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'll never let you down boy
I'll never let you go
Her subtle hint of life
Is so innocent and scary
"So tell me that you're here, boy"
She says as if she knows
When God took her with time
God made me quite alone
It's like the universe has left me
Without a place to go
Without a hint of light
To watch the movement glow
Where our song was slowly starting
Your memory felt so real
At first against my will
But God invented chills
Yeah I, I saw your ghost tonight
The moment felt so real
If your eyes stay right on mine
My wounds would start to heal
The kids are in a hurry
And I'm just full of fear
The lights make bodies blurry
It's getting hard enough to hear
It's like the evidence is cared for
And evidently clear
If I never leave this dance floor
Then I'll never leave you here
Yeah I, I saw your ghost tonight
The moment felt so real
If your eyes stay right on mine
My wounds would start to heal
I felt your ghost tonight
And God, I felt like hell
To know you're almost mine
But dreams are all I feel
Yeah I, I saw your ghost tonight
It fucking hurt like hell
I felt you here tonight
But dreams can't all be real
I saw your ghost tonight
It fucking hurt like hell
I felt you here tonight
But dreams can't all be real (real, real, real, real, real)
I'll never let you go
Her subtle hint of life
Is so innocent and scary
"So tell me that you're here, boy"
She says as if she knows
When God took her with time
God made me quite alone
It's like the universe has left me
Without a place to go
Without a hint of light
To watch the movement glow
Where our song was slowly starting
Your memory felt so real
At first against my will
But God invented chills
Yeah I, I saw your ghost tonight
The moment felt so real
If your eyes stay right on mine
My wounds would start to heal
The kids are in a hurry
And I'm just full of fear
The lights make bodies blurry
It's getting hard enough to hear
It's like the evidence is cared for
And evidently clear
If I never leave this dance floor
Then I'll never leave you here
Yeah I, I saw your ghost tonight
The moment felt so real
If your eyes stay right on mine
My wounds would start to heal
I felt your ghost tonight
And God, I felt like hell
To know you're almost mine
But dreams are all I feel
Yeah I, I saw your ghost tonight
It fucking hurt like hell
I felt you here tonight
But dreams can't all be real
I saw your ghost tonight
It fucking hurt like hell
I felt you here tonight
But dreams can't all be real (real, real, real, real, real)
Lyrics submitted by iswearillactenthused, edited by Mellow_Harsher, hatparadox
Ghost on the Dance Floor Lyrics as written by Thomas Delonge Travis Barker
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