Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Wait, there's never been a mess like this
No more hands to hold
When the page turns tomorrow, with the hurt to give up
Curses as god has (sold us)
Believe me, hell has no room for your crime
So beat me till the blood and the bone finds our end near
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
And boy, you're never gonna see
The things that'll come of these
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
So march to the drumming
Show them you're coming
You've been their play
Cut to the carving
Bleed them 'til running
Enough, they'll take no more
You've been living off their power, boy
Now go and make your move
Curse us, these gods aren't faking
Have mercy on the cowards, boys
They'll pray to have you lose
Help us, this world's now breaking
So now they've noticed all you've given in sound
Let us in, let us in
Give me love over life the sweet soft of ground
Let us in, let us in now
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
And boy, you're never gonna see
The things that'll come of these
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
So march to the drumming
Show them you're coming
You've been their play
Cut to the carving
Bleed them 'til running
Enough, they'll take no more
In the light we'll sing, as all hurt must bring
In the falling cusp of all broken things
In the coming dusk, you will call on us
And unite we must, I'm the Crowing, thus
You all think you've figured me out, do as I say
Your words mean nothing at all, so now, I lay
I said, "Come, momma, come, momma, as I need"
I said, "Come, momma, come, momma, watch it bleed"
Oh, what did I do to deserve all of this?
What did I do to deserve all of you?
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
No more hands to hold
When the page turns tomorrow, with the hurt to give up
Curses as god has (sold us)
Believe me, hell has no room for your crime
So beat me till the blood and the bone finds our end near
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
And boy, you're never gonna see
The things that'll come of these
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
So march to the drumming
Show them you're coming
You've been their play
Cut to the carving
Bleed them 'til running
Enough, they'll take no more
You've been living off their power, boy
Now go and make your move
Curse us, these gods aren't faking
Have mercy on the cowards, boys
They'll pray to have you lose
Help us, this world's now breaking
So now they've noticed all you've given in sound
Let us in, let us in
Give me love over life the sweet soft of ground
Let us in, let us in now
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
And boy, you're never gonna see
The things that'll come of these
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
So march to the drumming
Show them you're coming
You've been their play
Cut to the carving
Bleed them 'til running
Enough, they'll take no more
In the light we'll sing, as all hurt must bring
In the falling cusp of all broken things
In the coming dusk, you will call on us
And unite we must, I'm the Crowing, thus
You all think you've figured me out, do as I say
Your words mean nothing at all, so now, I lay
I said, "Come, momma, come, momma, as I need"
I said, "Come, momma, come, momma, watch it bleed"
Oh, what did I do to deserve all of this?
What did I do to deserve all of you?
Raise your hands high, young brothers and sisters
There's a world's worth of work and a need for you
Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in
Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?
Bye, bye world, or will our hope still hold on?
Lyrics submitted by iforgot, edited by Mellow_Harsher
No World for Tomorrow Lyrics as written by Travis Stever Claudio Sanchez
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