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.
Listen to the voices all the noises that keep ringing in your head
Staring at the wall you trip and fall and think of other things instead
Things are changing clearly in our living singularly you have grown
Step out of the past you thought at last from the unknown to the unknown
And all the while you keep on telling me that you really shouldn't get inside yourself anymore
you really shouldn't get inside yourself anymore
My guilt resides in family
I leave it there, I leave it be
I drink my way to charity
But that's not me, no that's not me
I placed that bet twelve years ago
when I was left to the unknown
I change my mind
if only I could change my mind
I'd change
Listen to this race of all the humans and their funny little ways
Lying to yourself, you're getting by
the float is passing catch the rest
Underscore the cinematic feature on the screen
which tells the story of singing corpses who are cooler in their dreams
but now they're dragging dirty laundry up and down these crooked streets
and the whole time
they keep on telling me you really shouldn't get inside yourself anymore
you really shouldn't get inside yourself anymore
My guilt resides in family
I leave it there, I leave it be
I drink my way to charity
but that's not me, no that's not me
I placed that bet twelve years ago
when I was left to the unknown
I change my mind
if only I could change my mind
I'd change
Baby you'll make this work (x12)
Staring at the wall you trip and fall and think of other things instead
Things are changing clearly in our living singularly you have grown
Step out of the past you thought at last from the unknown to the unknown
And all the while you keep on telling me that you really shouldn't get inside yourself anymore
you really shouldn't get inside yourself anymore
My guilt resides in family
I leave it there, I leave it be
I drink my way to charity
But that's not me, no that's not me
I placed that bet twelve years ago
when I was left to the unknown
I change my mind
if only I could change my mind
I'd change
Listen to this race of all the humans and their funny little ways
Lying to yourself, you're getting by
the float is passing catch the rest
Underscore the cinematic feature on the screen
which tells the story of singing corpses who are cooler in their dreams
but now they're dragging dirty laundry up and down these crooked streets
and the whole time
they keep on telling me you really shouldn't get inside yourself anymore
you really shouldn't get inside yourself anymore
My guilt resides in family
I leave it there, I leave it be
I drink my way to charity
but that's not me, no that's not me
I placed that bet twelve years ago
when I was left to the unknown
I change my mind
if only I could change my mind
I'd change
Baby you'll make this work (x12)
Lyrics submitted by philaster
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