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.
16 balloons against the blue
They're red, they're red like a dream come true
Sure it was enough to give them to you
To watch you let them go, let them go
[Chorus]
Empty your hands
Of overheard conversations
Empty your hands
Static from the big bang
And dinosaur radio stations
Empty your hands
Genocides in foreign nations
Empty your hands and look up
His eyes are wide and beautiful,
My own feel dull and old
They can't recall some buoyancy,
They've had too much to hold, let them go
[Chorus]
Floating past a daytime moon
Transparent as a shell
Rubies in a well, sixteen apples on a tree
We never would have seen
If his fingers weren't so free
Our baby learned to run today
In circles on the grass
His joyful face it radiates
These moments go so fast, let them go
[Chorus]
Look up, and look up
Look up
Look up
Look up
Look up
They're red, they're red like a dream come true
Sure it was enough to give them to you
To watch you let them go, let them go
[Chorus]
Empty your hands
Of overheard conversations
Empty your hands
Static from the big bang
And dinosaur radio stations
Empty your hands
Genocides in foreign nations
Empty your hands and look up
His eyes are wide and beautiful,
My own feel dull and old
They can't recall some buoyancy,
They've had too much to hold, let them go
[Chorus]
Floating past a daytime moon
Transparent as a shell
Rubies in a well, sixteen apples on a tree
We never would have seen
If his fingers weren't so free
Our baby learned to run today
In circles on the grass
His joyful face it radiates
These moments go so fast, let them go
[Chorus]
Look up, and look up
Look up
Look up
Look up
Look up
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
This is song has great lyrics. It is so much more creative then so much of the music made today.
Its about not taking the blame for things that aren't necessarily in your control. And also learning to forgive yourself. You have to empty your hand f everything and just look up. Be happy. It is also slightly a political statement about certain events but I think focuses more on moving on from the past and things you could not have prevented.