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.
I know I'll never be free
Change doesn't come easy
And if I'll never be free
You'll live in hell with me
Me
Fear
A Contradiction
Co-exist as darkness brought to life
My own skin don't seem to fit me right
Pain is my way of self-expression
A Fatal choice that always hangs above
Love what I kill Kill what I love
I run you run you stop and then you take it
I run you run you stop and then you get it
I run you run you stop and then you take it
I run you run you stop and then you get it from me
The one whose giant steps ahead of where you've been
What you don't see
I know I'll never save myself
Dying from this immortality
[Chorus]
This is not an exit
I can't never change it
This is not an exit
There's now way out
Add a touch of
Who'd thought humanity's a dream
Things are not what they seem
Hungry for you but not to hurt you
Hunger for the secret of your life
I'm a timeless clock
And you kill time
I run you run you stop and then you take it
I run you run you stop and then you get it
I run you run you stop and then you take it
I run you run you stop and then you get it from me
[Chorus]
I know I'll never be free
Change doesn't come easy
And if I'll never be free
You'll live in hell with me
This is not an exit
I can't ever change it
You stop and then you take it
I stop but I can't fake it
Cause this is not an exit
Pain is my way of self-expression
A fatal choice hangs above
Love what I kill kill what I love
Love
This is not an exit
I can't ever change it
Cause this is not an exit
Hand over fist come and taste my dark trick
Hand over fist I'll kill you when I give it
This is not an exit
I can't ever change it
Cause this is not an exit
Be dangerous and unpredictable
And make a lot of noise
Change doesn't come easy
And if I'll never be free
You'll live in hell with me
Me
Fear
A Contradiction
Co-exist as darkness brought to life
My own skin don't seem to fit me right
Pain is my way of self-expression
A Fatal choice that always hangs above
Love what I kill Kill what I love
I run you run you stop and then you take it
I run you run you stop and then you get it
I run you run you stop and then you take it
I run you run you stop and then you get it from me
The one whose giant steps ahead of where you've been
What you don't see
I know I'll never save myself
Dying from this immortality
[Chorus]
This is not an exit
I can't never change it
This is not an exit
There's now way out
Add a touch of
Who'd thought humanity's a dream
Things are not what they seem
Hungry for you but not to hurt you
Hunger for the secret of your life
I'm a timeless clock
And you kill time
I run you run you stop and then you take it
I run you run you stop and then you get it
I run you run you stop and then you take it
I run you run you stop and then you get it from me
[Chorus]
I know I'll never be free
Change doesn't come easy
And if I'll never be free
You'll live in hell with me
This is not an exit
I can't ever change it
You stop and then you take it
I stop but I can't fake it
Cause this is not an exit
Pain is my way of self-expression
A fatal choice hangs above
Love what I kill kill what I love
Love
This is not an exit
I can't ever change it
Cause this is not an exit
Hand over fist come and taste my dark trick
Hand over fist I'll kill you when I give it
This is not an exit
I can't ever change it
Cause this is not an exit
Be dangerous and unpredictable
And make a lot of noise
Lyrics submitted by BobbyjointRitual
This Is Not an Exit Lyrics as written by Daniel Alan Spitz Charlie L. Benante
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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