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.
Guess you never really stuck around,
All that long anywhere.
I guess I should have known that you'd skip town.
You always did, catch me unawares.
Looking now at your debris,
These trails of paper strewn across the floor.
Towards an open door.
Look at all you've gathered, all you own,
Hold it in your hand, does it weigh more than a single feather?
If the things you feel outsmart the things you know,
It's almost time, it's almost time to go.
I don't know if you struggled at the end.
I know at times, you fought like hell.
I know that sleep was never quite your friend.
I hope that now, you're resting well.
Old band names and alma maters,
A patchwork quilt of people you have been,
Tattooed on your skin.
Think of people, places you have known,
Sculpted out of sand.
The tide's coming in and we're going nowhere.
If your feet are still in shoes that they've outgrown,
It's almost time, it's almost time to-
Think of seed you've scattered and you've sown,
All out of your hands,
Lost in the wind like a little feather,
And the things you feel outsmart the things you know.
It's almost time, it's almost time, it's almost time, it's almost time,
it's almost time, it's almost time to go.
All that long anywhere.
I guess I should have known that you'd skip town.
You always did, catch me unawares.
Looking now at your debris,
These trails of paper strewn across the floor.
Towards an open door.
Look at all you've gathered, all you own,
Hold it in your hand, does it weigh more than a single feather?
If the things you feel outsmart the things you know,
It's almost time, it's almost time to go.
I don't know if you struggled at the end.
I know at times, you fought like hell.
I know that sleep was never quite your friend.
I hope that now, you're resting well.
Old band names and alma maters,
A patchwork quilt of people you have been,
Tattooed on your skin.
Think of people, places you have known,
Sculpted out of sand.
The tide's coming in and we're going nowhere.
If your feet are still in shoes that they've outgrown,
It's almost time, it's almost time to-
Think of seed you've scattered and you've sown,
All out of your hands,
Lost in the wind like a little feather,
And the things you feel outsmart the things you know.
It's almost time, it's almost time, it's almost time, it's almost time,
it's almost time, it's almost time to go.
Lyrics submitted by fieria
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"I guess I should have known that you'd skip town/You always did catch me unaware." He should have known she'd end up killing herself (skipping town, if the town is earth), but she'd never been predictable to him.
"Looking now at your debris/These trails of paper strewn across the floor." He's sorting through her things, paperwork, perhaps. Or maybe just examining the traces she left in her wake. The footprints she left on the path she took in life.
"Towards an open door." The path she took in life leads to leaving, suicide.
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"I don't know if you struggled at the end./I know at times, you fought like hell." He doesn't know if she just gave up at fighting against her demons and just let them overtake her, or if she battled with them like she had so many times during her life.
"I know that sleep was never quite your friend./I hope that now, you're resting well." She had problems with sleep. Insomnia, or maybe she didn't trust sleep since bad things happened while she was sleeping. He hopes that this kind of sleep will be kinder to her.
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"Look at all you've gathered, all you own/Hold it in your hand, does it weigh more than a single feather?"
Look at everyone you have been. How many of those people were important in the ways that truly matter.
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"And the things you feel outsmart the things you know./It's almost time, it's almost time, it's almost time, it's almost time,/it's almost time, it's almost time to go." Your heart means more to you than your mind. It's almost time to leave life.
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@midnafanatic This is so beautiful. Thank you!<br />