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.
Descending,
An orbit gone wrong,
Europa rely,
Europa will rely,
The monolith is calling me.
The monolith is calling me.
Living on the ideal of,
borrowed time.
Living on your own,
the darkness of the light,
the silence in between,
I remember your eyes,
and softness of the skin,
Living on your own,
borrowed time.
The monolith is calling me,
the names of all the ones I loved,
no time in space,
no day or night to know,
how long I’ve been away from your home,
how long – I’ve drifted away - I’ve drifted away
An orbit gone wrong,
The shell of a man,
has lost his form again,
The shell of man.
Forgotten form,
an orbit gone wrong
Descending,
an orbit gone wrong.
Borrowed time,
can't show me.
Monolith is calling,
descending, the names of
my own memories.
This shell of a man has forgotten,
his human form at last,
shell of a man forgotten,
his human form again
Look to the sky for Mary.
Bleed up to the light.
Shell of a man forgotten,
his human form at last,
shell of man,
forgotten human form.
Your dream died today.
Turn it around,
crumbling odds,
your failed me,
turn it around,
crumbling down,
you failed me.
Shell of a man forgotten, bleed up to the light
Shell of a man forgotten his human form again.
Shell of a man Europa - lift me up.
Shell of man, turning over, your dream died today.
Shell of man has forgotten human form - you failed me
Shell of man, forgotten human form
Shell of man, your dream died today
Shell of man forgotten
Shell of man. Living on borrowed time.
An orbit gone wrong,
Europa rely,
Europa will rely,
The monolith is calling me.
The monolith is calling me.
Living on the ideal of,
borrowed time.
Living on your own,
the darkness of the light,
the silence in between,
I remember your eyes,
and softness of the skin,
Living on your own,
borrowed time.
The monolith is calling me,
the names of all the ones I loved,
no time in space,
no day or night to know,
how long I’ve been away from your home,
how long – I’ve drifted away - I’ve drifted away
An orbit gone wrong,
The shell of a man,
has lost his form again,
The shell of man.
Forgotten form,
an orbit gone wrong
Descending,
an orbit gone wrong.
Borrowed time,
can't show me.
Monolith is calling,
descending, the names of
my own memories.
This shell of a man has forgotten,
his human form at last,
shell of a man forgotten,
his human form again
Look to the sky for Mary.
Bleed up to the light.
Shell of a man forgotten,
his human form at last,
shell of man,
forgotten human form.
Your dream died today.
Turn it around,
crumbling odds,
your failed me,
turn it around,
crumbling down,
you failed me.
Shell of a man forgotten, bleed up to the light
Shell of a man forgotten his human form again.
Shell of a man Europa - lift me up.
Shell of man, turning over, your dream died today.
Shell of man has forgotten human form - you failed me
Shell of man, forgotten human form
Shell of man, your dream died today
Shell of man forgotten
Shell of man. Living on borrowed time.
Lyrics submitted by LLN
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