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.
Can you feel my broken spirit?
Seeing only visions of how it should have been
Rendering what shaped my existence
Wanting a change, but imprisoned by the past
I am lost in my inner forest of conflict
When this journey began, my life was chaotic
Because of my hate held hostage by my own hand
My feelings inflict me
I see no way out in life
Erase the pain that's eating me up inside
Venturing deeper and deeper into the abyss
Hearing voices like someone I know
Feeling harder to breathe
Then to be left behind, accepting the fate
"Of what I have become"
The only way my soul can breathe again
is letting the ones we love move on
Let go!
The silent fight will have no winner
Now I see my world coming back to life
My eyes are finally open again
Now I see it all in a different light
Standing on the outside
while I'm looking in
I stand on the edge of the abyss and I am waiting to fall
I see no way out in life
When I look back, there was no one there for me
I stand on the edge of the abyss and I am waiting to fall
There is no way out this time
All that I loved, I loved alone
My eyes are finally open again
Now I see it all in a different light
I’m standing all alone
while I'm looking in
I stand on the edge of the abyss and I am waiting to fall
I see no way out in life
When I look back, there was no one there for me
I stand on the edge of the abyss and I am waiting to fall
There is no way out this time
All that I loved, I loved alone
Seeing only visions of how it should have been
Rendering what shaped my existence
Wanting a change, but imprisoned by the past
I am lost in my inner forest of conflict
When this journey began, my life was chaotic
Because of my hate held hostage by my own hand
My feelings inflict me
I see no way out in life
Erase the pain that's eating me up inside
Venturing deeper and deeper into the abyss
Hearing voices like someone I know
Feeling harder to breathe
Then to be left behind, accepting the fate
"Of what I have become"
The only way my soul can breathe again
is letting the ones we love move on
Let go!
The silent fight will have no winner
Now I see my world coming back to life
My eyes are finally open again
Now I see it all in a different light
Standing on the outside
while I'm looking in
I stand on the edge of the abyss and I am waiting to fall
I see no way out in life
When I look back, there was no one there for me
I stand on the edge of the abyss and I am waiting to fall
There is no way out this time
All that I loved, I loved alone
My eyes are finally open again
Now I see it all in a different light
I’m standing all alone
while I'm looking in
I stand on the edge of the abyss and I am waiting to fall
I see no way out in life
When I look back, there was no one there for me
I stand on the edge of the abyss and I am waiting to fall
There is no way out this time
All that I loved, I loved alone
Lyrics submitted by Idan, edited by Octavarium64
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