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.
I won't waste away
I won't let this take me down
I can't survive
As long as I keep it around
I wish it would fade
But it will just sell me out
Over and over and over
I cried out loud
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
I run till I break
From the way it was killing me
Profuse to the day
I'll suffer afraid to speak
I carry the shame
And beg for a remedy
How long must I live
With the damage of my disease
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
I won't let this take me down
I can't survive
As long as I keep it around
I wish it would fade
But it will just sell me out
Over and over and over
I cried out loud
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
I run till I break
From the way it was killing me
Profuse to the day
I'll suffer afraid to speak
I carry the shame
And beg for a remedy
How long must I live
With the damage of my disease
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
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Damage Done [Bonus Track] Lyrics as written by Myles Kennedy Mark Tremonti
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The chorus is wrong. It's supposed to say:
The race I run It keeps me farther from the man I could become
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I won't waste away, I won't let this take me down I can't survive as long as I keep it around I wish it would fade, but it will just sell me out
Over and over and over, I cry out loud - "somebody save me... somebody save me..."
The race I run, it keeps me farther from the man I could become The damage done, I want to wash the filth away 'til there is none
I run 'til I break from the weight of what's killing me Profuse to the day, I suffer, afraid to speak I carry the shame and beg for the remedy How long must I live with the damage of my disease?
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