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.
Lovely jumbly
Hoity-Toity
You never understand
I found solace in the place designed to extract all living things
The water wheel turns in rage
Should've stayed never knew center stage meant all the world to you
Where you go, now I see someone else, never me
Accept the loss, take it on the chin
I can see it make its way from a single stare designed to kill
It Won't stop calling in the back of what I used to call my head
The water wheel turns in rage
Should've stayed never knew center stage meant all the world to you
Where you go, now I see someone else, never me
Accept the loss, take it on the chin
And when you come around you'll find us here
Peeking through the holes you thought were never there
What's the best thing you could do to yourself
Take a rest from your life for the rest of your life
The water wheel turns in rage
Should've stayed never knew center stage meant all the world to you
Where you go, now I see someone else, never me
Accept the loss, take it on the chin
On the chin
On the chin
Hoity-Toity
You never understand
I found solace in the place designed to extract all living things
The water wheel turns in rage
Should've stayed never knew center stage meant all the world to you
Where you go, now I see someone else, never me
Accept the loss, take it on the chin
I can see it make its way from a single stare designed to kill
It Won't stop calling in the back of what I used to call my head
The water wheel turns in rage
Should've stayed never knew center stage meant all the world to you
Where you go, now I see someone else, never me
Accept the loss, take it on the chin
And when you come around you'll find us here
Peeking through the holes you thought were never there
What's the best thing you could do to yourself
Take a rest from your life for the rest of your life
The water wheel turns in rage
Should've stayed never knew center stage meant all the world to you
Where you go, now I see someone else, never me
Accept the loss, take it on the chin
On the chin
On the chin
Lyrics submitted by ncc74656m
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