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 see the bags in the empty hallway
I can tell that something has changed
I see the pain written over your face
And I know I pushed you too far
If you want to leave me
You must know one thing
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I know times, I am lost and gone
I am told I'm only half dead
But you were there in my thoughts
In my head, in my heart above the left side
I know the time for us has past
But you must know one thing
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
And I say, dale, dale, I'm a dido
Finding it hard to breathe
And I say, dale, dale, I'm a dido
Finding it hard to breathe
I say, dale, dale, I'm a dido
Finding it hard to breathe
And I say, dale, dale, I'm a dido
Finding it hard to breathe
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I can tell that something has changed
I see the pain written over your face
And I know I pushed you too far
If you want to leave me
You must know one thing
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I know times, I am lost and gone
I am told I'm only half dead
But you were there in my thoughts
In my head, in my heart above the left side
I know the time for us has past
But you must know one thing
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
And I say, dale, dale, I'm a dido
Finding it hard to breathe
And I say, dale, dale, I'm a dido
Finding it hard to breathe
I say, dale, dale, I'm a dido
Finding it hard to breathe
And I say, dale, dale, I'm a dido
Finding it hard to breathe
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
I could have given you
Everything you wanted, everything you needed
Lyrics submitted by amurphy91, edited by SweetAmber36
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class song, brill album, dont get theand i say, "dale dale im a deero" but tho anyone help me out?
i seem to remember reading something about kele going through a tough breakup recently? dale = his ex boyfriend? (he's officially gay).
I think the ex-boyfriend 'dale' doesnt make sense to me. I heard "dale im a deero" is a from nigerian language?
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one word: safety
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