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.
Awoken.
Soul slept stiff,
Body strewn askew.
If you cut me,
I swear you'll see
Circles running through,
But nowhere are the roots.
There's no room for the branches all to
Rise up and claim the sky,
So give up.
We only have this time to
Make life what we want to.
We're stuck inside this shell
This hell could surely end.
These broken words to speak
Fail and fall apart.
If you love me,
I swear you'd see
Signs all from a star.
I've been cracked at the edges
And screaming my head off
For something, someone
To break me to pieces,
A welcome release of this
Weight holding me down,
So I finally can
Rise up and claim the sky, so give up.
We only have this time to
Make life what we want to.
We're stuck inside this shell
This hell could surely end.
Soul slept stiff,
Body strewn askew.
If you cut me,
I swear you'll see
Circles running through,
But nowhere are the roots.
There's no room for the branches all to
Rise up and claim the sky,
So give up.
We only have this time to
Make life what we want to.
We're stuck inside this shell
This hell could surely end.
These broken words to speak
Fail and fall apart.
If you love me,
I swear you'd see
Signs all from a star.
I've been cracked at the edges
And screaming my head off
For something, someone
To break me to pieces,
A welcome release of this
Weight holding me down,
So I finally can
Rise up and claim the sky, so give up.
We only have this time to
Make life what we want to.
We're stuck inside this shell
This hell could surely end.
Lyrics submitted by Tim0470
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