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.
There's a wordless moon that's watching tonight
There's a garden that's left to grow wild
There's a sound with no name when a far away train
Cries like an unloved child
The paint on the walls is peeling away
There's a photograph that fades on the shelf
But the memory stays on of a love that is gone
And I'm dancing by myself
Why, why, I wanna know
She went and left me nowhere to go
Why, why, tell me my friend
It's midnight and lonesome again
The moon's still alone and I wonder sometimes
If that's why the train has to cry
So I ask right out loud
But there's no answer now
'Cause I'm just talking to the sky
Now the morning is time to get ready
In the evening you take off your shoes
Well you work all the day till the sun's gone away
But midnight lays claim to the blues
Why, why, I wanna know
She went and left me nowhere to go
Why, why, tell me my friend
It's midnight and lonesome again
Hey, hey, why, why, I wanna know
She went and left me nowhere to go
Why, why, 'til the blues come back in
It's midnight and lonesome again, yeah
It's midnight and lonesome again
There's a garden that's left to grow wild
There's a sound with no name when a far away train
Cries like an unloved child
The paint on the walls is peeling away
There's a photograph that fades on the shelf
But the memory stays on of a love that is gone
And I'm dancing by myself
Why, why, I wanna know
She went and left me nowhere to go
Why, why, tell me my friend
It's midnight and lonesome again
The moon's still alone and I wonder sometimes
If that's why the train has to cry
So I ask right out loud
But there's no answer now
'Cause I'm just talking to the sky
Now the morning is time to get ready
In the evening you take off your shoes
Well you work all the day till the sun's gone away
But midnight lays claim to the blues
Why, why, I wanna know
She went and left me nowhere to go
Why, why, tell me my friend
It's midnight and lonesome again
Hey, hey, why, why, I wanna know
She went and left me nowhere to go
Why, why, 'til the blues come back in
It's midnight and lonesome again, yeah
It's midnight and lonesome again
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