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.
The waterworks are churning,
Turning faster than it should be, than it should be.
For your information,
Everything is buried underneath my feet, underneath my feet.
The letters are crumbled,
New sheets are wrinkled.
Yet uncertainty clouds my vision now.
Something about you.
Yeah,something about you.
Maybe it's in your eyes,
Yes it's in your eyes.
Lying naked in my bed,
Staring blank at the ceiling wall.
Wondering should I be moving on?
Taking chances over again.
Wondering should I take this leap of faith?
Should i be moving on?
Between the devil and limbo
Lies a hard place, yes its a hard place.
My senses fail me and
I'm falling head over heels over you
Head over heels over you.
The letters are crumbled,
New sheets are wrinkled.
Yet uncertainty clouds my vision now.
Something about you.
Yeah,something about you.
Maybe it's in your eyes,
Yes it's in your eyes.
Lying naked in my bed,
Staring blank at the ceiling wall.
Wondering should i be moving on?
Taking chances over again.
Wondering should I take this leap of faith?
Should i be moving on?
Between the devil and limbo oh oh.
Yes no maybe so, I don't really know
And I don't know
And I don't know
I'm in limbo
I'm in limbo
Turning faster than it should be, than it should be.
For your information,
Everything is buried underneath my feet, underneath my feet.
The letters are crumbled,
New sheets are wrinkled.
Yet uncertainty clouds my vision now.
Something about you.
Yeah,something about you.
Maybe it's in your eyes,
Yes it's in your eyes.
Lying naked in my bed,
Staring blank at the ceiling wall.
Wondering should I be moving on?
Taking chances over again.
Wondering should I take this leap of faith?
Should i be moving on?
Between the devil and limbo
Lies a hard place, yes its a hard place.
My senses fail me and
I'm falling head over heels over you
Head over heels over you.
The letters are crumbled,
New sheets are wrinkled.
Yet uncertainty clouds my vision now.
Something about you.
Yeah,something about you.
Maybe it's in your eyes,
Yes it's in your eyes.
Lying naked in my bed,
Staring blank at the ceiling wall.
Wondering should i be moving on?
Taking chances over again.
Wondering should I take this leap of faith?
Should i be moving on?
Between the devil and limbo oh oh.
Yes no maybe so, I don't really know
And I don't know
And I don't know
I'm in limbo
I'm in limbo
Lyrics submitted by Zoterum
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