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.
Perform a ritualistic ceremony, cause I believe in what I’ve dreamed
Free the one that opens up the door to anyone
Poisoning the natives although believed to be extinct was once considered good sense
When shit smells like blood and the cancer I embody doesn’t trust anyone
All this weight on my bare back
And the holy gun against my chest
Smile, smile, smile, for me
Smile, smile, smile, say cheese
Once I came down from this cloud in a shroud and I kissed the crown
Don’t make me go leave me alone can’t you hear from these moans, that I kissed the crown
Even tho I died beauty’s just as fleeting as when I was alive
An extreme statement is the least that I could do for you at this time
I’ve counted all the ways in which that I could possibly die
I never owned a woman so I guess I’ll have to keep my own mind, my own, my own mind, my own mind
All this weight on my bare back
And the holy gun against my chest
Smile, smile, smile, for me
Smile, smile, smile, please
Once I came down from this cloud in a shroud and I kissed the crown
Don’t make me go leave me alone can’t you hear from these moans, that I kissed the crown
Free the one that opens up the door to anyone
Poisoning the natives although believed to be extinct was once considered good sense
When shit smells like blood and the cancer I embody doesn’t trust anyone
All this weight on my bare back
And the holy gun against my chest
Smile, smile, smile, for me
Smile, smile, smile, say cheese
Once I came down from this cloud in a shroud and I kissed the crown
Don’t make me go leave me alone can’t you hear from these moans, that I kissed the crown
Even tho I died beauty’s just as fleeting as when I was alive
An extreme statement is the least that I could do for you at this time
I’ve counted all the ways in which that I could possibly die
I never owned a woman so I guess I’ll have to keep my own mind, my own, my own mind, my own mind
All this weight on my bare back
And the holy gun against my chest
Smile, smile, smile, for me
Smile, smile, smile, please
Once I came down from this cloud in a shroud and I kissed the crown
Don’t make me go leave me alone can’t you hear from these moans, that I kissed the crown
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