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 know it's too late
I went and called your number by mistake
Like a habit that's hard to break
I wear my cold heart on my sleeve
'Cause you're where I wanna be, yeah
I wish you'd still be there
But I'm a mess and I know you don't care
A long way from anywhere
I walk these rainy streets
And drown my misery
Baby, it's over now
Maybe my ups are all downtown
So far away
I'm too lost to be found
Baby, this time we're through
Maybe I guess you knew
Nothing matters anymore
And that's the secret to New York
Broadway in my brain
The corner where my dreams became mistakes
It was written all over your face
You said I don't know who you are
Remember Union Square was always ours?
It all went by so fast
Now I got no girl, no place to crash
And I can't erase the past
'Cause I walked these rainy streets
Drowning you and me
Baby, it's over now
Maybe my ups are all downtown
So far away
I'm too lost to be found
Baby, this time we're through
Maybe I guess you knew
Nothing matters anymore
And that's the secret to New York
I'm stuck on this train
Every stop, I see your face
Who's crying now?
You're begging me to stay
Reflections don't lie
I keep you here, hidden in my eyes
Baby, it's over now
Maybe my ups are all downtown
So far away
I'm too lost to be found
Baby, this time we're through
Maybe I guess you knew
Nothing matters anymore
And that's the secret to New York
Nothing matters anymore
That's the secret to New York
I went and called your number by mistake
Like a habit that's hard to break
I wear my cold heart on my sleeve
'Cause you're where I wanna be, yeah
I wish you'd still be there
But I'm a mess and I know you don't care
A long way from anywhere
I walk these rainy streets
And drown my misery
Baby, it's over now
Maybe my ups are all downtown
So far away
I'm too lost to be found
Baby, this time we're through
Maybe I guess you knew
Nothing matters anymore
And that's the secret to New York
Broadway in my brain
The corner where my dreams became mistakes
It was written all over your face
You said I don't know who you are
Remember Union Square was always ours?
It all went by so fast
Now I got no girl, no place to crash
And I can't erase the past
'Cause I walked these rainy streets
Drowning you and me
Baby, it's over now
Maybe my ups are all downtown
So far away
I'm too lost to be found
Baby, this time we're through
Maybe I guess you knew
Nothing matters anymore
And that's the secret to New York
I'm stuck on this train
Every stop, I see your face
Who's crying now?
You're begging me to stay
Reflections don't lie
I keep you here, hidden in my eyes
Baby, it's over now
Maybe my ups are all downtown
So far away
I'm too lost to be found
Baby, this time we're through
Maybe I guess you knew
Nothing matters anymore
And that's the secret to New York
Nothing matters anymore
That's the secret to New York
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