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.
Hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Step up to the rag again (???)
Is your haircut out of fashion now
Gonna waste time
Get it cut and dyed in the mirror
So you're satisfied again
When they're fallin' from your side
Gonna stand as one of five (WTF does he say in those two lines????)
With your hang ups
Start at 9 AM
When you wake up
Till you go to bed
In your makeup
Your mind is always a hang up
And a nine-inch lie (???)
Acting from the gut again
You're too much when you shouldn't've been
I'm in coming on the tragedy of your makeup (???)
And you're nothing here with me, yeah
When they're fallin' from your side
Gonna stand as one of five
Of your hang ups
Start at 9 AM
When you wake up
Till you go to bed
In your makeup
Your mind is always a hang up
And a nine-inch lie
Hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Completely lost my mind
You've never been more kind, kind, kind, kind
Ain't no hurry
To talk some trash, honey I can't wait
To get you on another date
'Cause your hang ups
Start at 9 AM
When you wake up
Till you go to bed
In your makeup
Your mind is always a hang up
And a nine-inch lie
With your hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
(Try to be my) hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Step up to the rag again (???)
Is your haircut out of fashion now
Gonna waste time
Get it cut and dyed in the mirror
So you're satisfied again
When they're fallin' from your side
Gonna stand as one of five (WTF does he say in those two lines????)
With your hang ups
Start at 9 AM
When you wake up
Till you go to bed
In your makeup
Your mind is always a hang up
And a nine-inch lie (???)
Acting from the gut again
You're too much when you shouldn't've been
I'm in coming on the tragedy of your makeup (???)
And you're nothing here with me, yeah
When they're fallin' from your side
Gonna stand as one of five
Of your hang ups
Start at 9 AM
When you wake up
Till you go to bed
In your makeup
Your mind is always a hang up
And a nine-inch lie
Hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Completely lost my mind
You've never been more kind, kind, kind, kind
Ain't no hurry
To talk some trash, honey I can't wait
To get you on another date
'Cause your hang ups
Start at 9 AM
When you wake up
Till you go to bed
In your makeup
Your mind is always a hang up
And a nine-inch lie
With your hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
(Try to be my) hang ups
Hang ups, hang ups
Lyrics submitted by williamhaddad
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