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 can learn to live with all the things I've done.
I can turn my face up towards the sun.
Now I'm set to embrace.
Learn from my mistakes.
I can leave it behind and do whatever it takes.
I can clean the slate.
It's a new day.
It's a good day and I'm moving on.
I've been keeping all of this inside for way too long.
Dreaming of a way to start my own revolution.
Dwelling on the ways that everyone's done me wrong.
I'm moving on.
I'm leaving all of this behind me.
I'll admit you got me, but that was only once.
I won't live so blindly because I can learn to confront.
I can clean the Slate.
It's a new day.
It's a good day and I'm moving on.
I've been keeping all of this inside for way too long.
Dreaming of a way to start my own revolution.
Dwelling on the ways that everyone's done me wrong.
I'm moving on.
I'm leaving all of this behind me.
I have learned to tolerate,
and now there's nothing you can say about me,
to make me feel like I'm not something.
That was the old me and it's a new day.
I'm moving on.
I've been keeping all of this inside for way too long.
Dreaming of a way to start my own revolution.
Dwelling on the ways that everyone's done me wrong.
I'm moving on.
I'm leaving all of this behind me.
I'm moving on.
It's been so long.
I can turn my face up towards the sun.
Now I'm set to embrace.
Learn from my mistakes.
I can leave it behind and do whatever it takes.
I can clean the slate.
It's a new day.
It's a good day and I'm moving on.
I've been keeping all of this inside for way too long.
Dreaming of a way to start my own revolution.
Dwelling on the ways that everyone's done me wrong.
I'm moving on.
I'm leaving all of this behind me.
I'll admit you got me, but that was only once.
I won't live so blindly because I can learn to confront.
I can clean the Slate.
It's a new day.
It's a good day and I'm moving on.
I've been keeping all of this inside for way too long.
Dreaming of a way to start my own revolution.
Dwelling on the ways that everyone's done me wrong.
I'm moving on.
I'm leaving all of this behind me.
I have learned to tolerate,
and now there's nothing you can say about me,
to make me feel like I'm not something.
That was the old me and it's a new day.
I'm moving on.
I've been keeping all of this inside for way too long.
Dreaming of a way to start my own revolution.
Dwelling on the ways that everyone's done me wrong.
I'm moving on.
I'm leaving all of this behind me.
I'm moving on.
It's been so long.
Lyrics submitted by DubJ
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