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.
We know you said
You said there was nothing left down here
Well, I roamed around the wasteland
And I swear I found something
I found hope, I found God
I found the dreams of the believers
The dreams of the believers
Oh God, save us all
You said there was nothing left down here
Well, I roamed around the wasteland
And I swear I found something
I found hope, I found God
I found the dreams of the believers
The dreams of the believers
Oh God, save us all
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Desolate Earth: The End Is Here Lyrics as written by Christopher Dudley Aaron Gillespie
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these lyrics pretty much explain themselves...I hate how it ends so quickly after the verse though
I'm not a religious person, but this song gave me the freakin' chills
wow. epic...
flyingclubcup: i respectfully disagree i think this song would lose some meaning if it went on longer, to me the instrumental bit signifies the narrator's journey through the 'wasteland' searching for hope and the shouted bit is his triumphant message to the world that he has found hope before he leaves to be with God. Thats why i think it ends perfectly :)
haha. probably one of the best off the album. and yeah, the lyrics kinda speak for themselves. not much to explain :)
except for the part that says; "you said there was nothing left down here", i dont think you guys are taking that into consideration.
its about someone telling him; "you're hopeless" and now he's kinda saying; haha.! in your face! you were wrong! i found god :)
Im so glad they ended the album this way.
Its perfect.
Holy freaking crap. This CD blows my mind.
Much agreed!
I kinda think the whole point of the whole CD is pretty blunt.
It obviously tells the story of someone who is caught up in a single sin (drugs, alcohol, lying, whatever applies to you really.) and is trying to get rid of it so that they can live their life for God and His glory, and basically just be a Christian and serve God. But they can't, because they are "Lost in the Sound of Seperation" (Sin seperates us from God.)
So they try to get rid of it, about the middle of the CD it takes hold of them again and brings them down, then they are complete desperate. Then God redeems them and frees them of that burden of sin.
It's all about God's Grace and Mercy. Read all of the lyrics in order of the track listing and you'll see it.
-alex.
True. This album was pretty much written by Spencer, about himself. This last song is the hope, notice how short this message of hope is when compared to the rest of the album, but how powerful it is?
amazing. im just so blown away about everything they wrote on this album and i thought they were slipping away...they just came back even better.
its all about spencer and his drug addiction and overcoming it, but this song is about how little hope we have that'll completely set us free and the lost in the sound of separation is us being separated from God and thats why the world will end
Alex. Exactly. I ditto that.