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 said hey
let me be the first to say
Living with you baby it ain't easy no
day by day
Sticks and stones
may break my bones
but you crept right up behind me
stuck a knife inside me
turned it round
you turned it round now
Chorus
I'm not the only one who hurts you know
I'm not the only one who burns inside
I'm not the only one who cries at night
holds her lover tight
tries to understand this thing
called blue
So here I go
I'll carry on with the show
No time to heal don't want to feel
I'll stay here in the cold
Heaven can wait I'm not quite ready yet
but it really doesn't matter no
'cause my fate has been set
Chorus
Why do the heavens open
every time that I feel fine?
Maybe it's just Nature's way of saying
that it's time
time
Chorus
Called blue x4
let me be the first to say
Living with you baby it ain't easy no
day by day
Sticks and stones
may break my bones
but you crept right up behind me
stuck a knife inside me
turned it round
you turned it round now
Chorus
I'm not the only one who hurts you know
I'm not the only one who burns inside
I'm not the only one who cries at night
holds her lover tight
tries to understand this thing
called blue
So here I go
I'll carry on with the show
No time to heal don't want to feel
I'll stay here in the cold
Heaven can wait I'm not quite ready yet
but it really doesn't matter no
'cause my fate has been set
Chorus
Why do the heavens open
every time that I feel fine?
Maybe it's just Nature's way of saying
that it's time
time
Chorus
Called blue x4
Lyrics submitted by djpalmer93
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