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.
We're letting it out
The wildest shout
We're showing our teeth
We're perfectly fine
These white walls hurt my eyes
And show me the reason why it is that the caged bird sings
They miss all the seasons
They don't feel safe inside what they have been given
They don't feel satisfied being able to look through the bars at the world outside
We're letting it out
The wildest
We're claiming it all
Or just at least for tonight
If blue skies have taught us anything
It's that there is no such thing as purity without the occasional rain cloud
Or the winds from the coast that bring in the hurricane that settles the eye
And stirs up the ocean for the waves to arise
And the earthquake that brings down the house that we lie in
This still-water world just contrasts our minds
That are chaotic, and they're wild, and they're free
And they're nothing like they want it to be
It's pulsing and it's true, the heart of the beast is in you
And we feel it and we know, and we just have to let it go
And it's living and it breathes, our inner peace, love, and anarchy
It shines through the clouds, and she lets all know that she is proud
It's chaotic, and they're wild, and they're free
And they're nothing like they want it to be
It's pulsing and it's true, the heart of the beast is in you
And we feel it and we know, and we just have to let it go
And it's living and it breathes, our inner peace, love, and anarchy
And it's living and it breathes, our inner peace, love, and anarchy
It shines through the clouds, and she lets all know that she is proud
We're letting it out
The wildest shout
We're showing our teeth
And we're digging them in
The wildest shout
We're showing our teeth
We're perfectly fine
These white walls hurt my eyes
And show me the reason why it is that the caged bird sings
They miss all the seasons
They don't feel safe inside what they have been given
They don't feel satisfied being able to look through the bars at the world outside
We're letting it out
The wildest
We're claiming it all
Or just at least for tonight
If blue skies have taught us anything
It's that there is no such thing as purity without the occasional rain cloud
Or the winds from the coast that bring in the hurricane that settles the eye
And stirs up the ocean for the waves to arise
And the earthquake that brings down the house that we lie in
This still-water world just contrasts our minds
That are chaotic, and they're wild, and they're free
And they're nothing like they want it to be
It's pulsing and it's true, the heart of the beast is in you
And we feel it and we know, and we just have to let it go
And it's living and it breathes, our inner peace, love, and anarchy
It shines through the clouds, and she lets all know that she is proud
It's chaotic, and they're wild, and they're free
And they're nothing like they want it to be
It's pulsing and it's true, the heart of the beast is in you
And we feel it and we know, and we just have to let it go
And it's living and it breathes, our inner peace, love, and anarchy
And it's living and it breathes, our inner peace, love, and anarchy
It shines through the clouds, and she lets all know that she is proud
We're letting it out
The wildest shout
We're showing our teeth
And we're digging them in
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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