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.
She throws on her make up
Her friends say she's made up
She's everything as she should be
When she's folding her arms
She holds her applause
Just to let you know
She hangs 'em high everywhere she goes
She bleeds 'em dry and everybody knows
She takes time to talk about all her famous friends
And what crew they're in so don't get her started
She's out of her mind over half of the time
Crying in alleys while her friends are inside
You wouldn't believe when she swears she's eighteen
But everybody knows
She'll never get what she never got
Baby, lead on
(One, two, three, four)
She hangs 'em high everywhere she goes
She bleeds 'em dry and everybody knows
She takes time to talk about all her famous friends
And what crew they're in
She can party harder than you can
You don't understand, so don't get up
You'll never have what you never had in you to start
You'll never get it 'cause you never know what you want
Take advantage but you never seem to take it to heart
So lead on, lead on
You never have what you never had in you to start
You'll never get it 'cause you never know what you want
Take advantage but you never seem to take it to heart
So lead on, lead on
Everywhere she goes
Yeah, everybody knows
She takes time to talk about all her friends
She hangs 'em high everywhere she goes
She bleeds 'em dry and everybody knows
She takes time to talk about all her famous friends
And what crew they're in
She can party harder than you can
You don't understand, so don't get her
Her friends say she's made up
She's everything as she should be
When she's folding her arms
She holds her applause
Just to let you know
She hangs 'em high everywhere she goes
She bleeds 'em dry and everybody knows
She takes time to talk about all her famous friends
And what crew they're in so don't get her started
She's out of her mind over half of the time
Crying in alleys while her friends are inside
You wouldn't believe when she swears she's eighteen
But everybody knows
She'll never get what she never got
Baby, lead on
(One, two, three, four)
She hangs 'em high everywhere she goes
She bleeds 'em dry and everybody knows
She takes time to talk about all her famous friends
And what crew they're in
She can party harder than you can
You don't understand, so don't get up
You'll never have what you never had in you to start
You'll never get it 'cause you never know what you want
Take advantage but you never seem to take it to heart
So lead on, lead on
You never have what you never had in you to start
You'll never get it 'cause you never know what you want
Take advantage but you never seem to take it to heart
So lead on, lead on
Everywhere she goes
Yeah, everybody knows
She takes time to talk about all her friends
She hangs 'em high everywhere she goes
She bleeds 'em dry and everybody knows
She takes time to talk about all her famous friends
And what crew they're in
She can party harder than you can
You don't understand, so don't get her
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Hey my brother bought the CD and the first line is "she DIALS on her makeup."
i think this one could be just about all the girls that that encounter when they're on tour, possibly?
I think it's probably about the kind of girl who'll just do anything to fit in.
MayaMopo nailed it. This is exactly what the song is about. I hate people like that >:(
MayaMopo nailed it. This is exactly what the song is about. I hate people like that >:(
this song is about kerri o'neill, a girl from jersey who is basically really annoying and thinks she owns the scene. bands hate her and love her at the same time. all the girls like that spend so much time namedropping that you can't even have a real conversation.
this song is about girls like that.