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.
Thousands of acres
A blast of concrete
Tall cities rising from years of expertise
Rooms let to men with
Visions and designs
Map of the future in parallel fines
Born to acquire
The thought is common sense
The powers of possession
A world of übermensch
Everybody's into
the digital dream
Or caught in the hands
of a government scheme
You've got what you want
The world in a dome
You've got what you want
The world in a dome
No contradictions, kept safely at home
The world in a dome
Do you ever wonder
how you came this close?
One step after the other
and a kingdom finally shows
Take hold of the possession
You sure know what to do
But handle with care,
or it may turn on you
You've got what you want
The world in a dome
You've got what you want
The world in a dome
No contradictions, kept safely at home
The world in a dome
Thousands of acres
A blast of concrete
Tall cities rising from years of expertise
Rooms let to men with
Visions and designs
Map of the future in parallel lines
Towering tangents
No room to spare
For charm and affection,
for chaos and despair
A grand exhibition
of feelings cast in chrome
The last constitution
World in a dome
A blast of concrete
Tall cities rising from years of expertise
Rooms let to men with
Visions and designs
Map of the future in parallel fines
Born to acquire
The thought is common sense
The powers of possession
A world of übermensch
Everybody's into
the digital dream
Or caught in the hands
of a government scheme
You've got what you want
The world in a dome
You've got what you want
The world in a dome
No contradictions, kept safely at home
The world in a dome
Do you ever wonder
how you came this close?
One step after the other
and a kingdom finally shows
Take hold of the possession
You sure know what to do
But handle with care,
or it may turn on you
You've got what you want
The world in a dome
You've got what you want
The world in a dome
No contradictions, kept safely at home
The world in a dome
Thousands of acres
A blast of concrete
Tall cities rising from years of expertise
Rooms let to men with
Visions and designs
Map of the future in parallel lines
Towering tangents
No room to spare
For charm and affection,
for chaos and despair
A grand exhibition
of feelings cast in chrome
The last constitution
World in a dome
Lyrics submitted by Zadion, edited by Octavarium64
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