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.
You said don't buy dope from the man you don't know
I don't know you won't
Don't get stuck in his pickup truck
In arm's reach, front seat
Man you're out of luck
Flush it downstream
Before it's found drowned swimming in your blood stream
If you must, crush it up into dust
If you must cut it up, then lie down
But I won't let you tell me what I can do
You try to scare me
But you're never gonna catch me, catch me, catch me
So don't you tell me how to run that race
You said don't back down in your wedding gown
Don't make a sound, you never made a sound
Don't chime in with your opinion
You don't need to object, man you're such a wreck
Rush to find a pulse before you're
Deep in dirt crushed by a cross like
Like jumping out of a moving train
Coming down is such a pain
But i won't let you tell me what I can do
You try to scare me
But you're never gonna catch me, catch me, catch me
So don't you tell me how to run that race
I don't know you won't
Don't get stuck in his pickup truck
In arm's reach, front seat
Man you're out of luck
Flush it downstream
Before it's found drowned swimming in your blood stream
If you must, crush it up into dust
If you must cut it up, then lie down
But I won't let you tell me what I can do
You try to scare me
But you're never gonna catch me, catch me, catch me
So don't you tell me how to run that race
You said don't back down in your wedding gown
Don't make a sound, you never made a sound
Don't chime in with your opinion
You don't need to object, man you're such a wreck
Rush to find a pulse before you're
Deep in dirt crushed by a cross like
Like jumping out of a moving train
Coming down is such a pain
But i won't let you tell me what I can do
You try to scare me
But you're never gonna catch me, catch me, catch me
So don't you tell me how to run that race
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How ironical. I'm on mushrooms right now, but if I may make a couple suggestions as to the correct lyrics:
FLUSH IT [or FLUSHING maybe?] downstream before it's found, drowned, swimming in your bloodstream.
and then
Rush to find A PULSE before You're deep in the dirt Crushed by a cross LIKE Jumping out of a moving train Coming down is such a pain.
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ah, those corrections make more sense, thanks.
but yeah man, i like this more than anything i've heard from arm's way, though i dont think it's as good as some of the stuff on return to the sea. still, it makes me really excited about the new album.
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The cover of this album is really funny to me. Nick is ridiculous.
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