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.
Oh, love is shaped like cities burning,
Soot and ash is stretched between
The sea and sky; these lonely islands
Kiss the buildings, black and silent.
Here my eyes bent towards the brightest
Point of light, like some great sign.
And oh! The love!
I was reminded of the time I almost died,
But didn't mind. You close your eyelids,
See the fine-cut colors that are left behind
Like flaming fingers tracing lines-
It's kind of like that.
Oh, love is shaped like cities burning,
Sifting through the ashes after.
We will find your life in laughter,
Oh, the black and breathing rapture.
Soot and ash is stretched between
The sea and sky; these lonely islands
Kiss the buildings, black and silent.
Here my eyes bent towards the brightest
Point of light, like some great sign.
And oh! The love!
I was reminded of the time I almost died,
But didn't mind. You close your eyelids,
See the fine-cut colors that are left behind
Like flaming fingers tracing lines-
It's kind of like that.
Oh, love is shaped like cities burning,
Sifting through the ashes after.
We will find your life in laughter,
Oh, the black and breathing rapture.
Lyrics submitted by aha a lion, edited by gandly
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I know there are two more words after "like flaming fingers tracing lines..." but I can't figure it out.
Beautiful song. The banjo is perfect and the lyrics wonderful.
Like flaming fingers tracing lines, it's kinda like that.<br /> <br /> :)
nice