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.
People say you've been around
How about you and me get down
How about you and me get down
Baby I know you've been around
Unmake your bed
Don't think about what lies ahead
Don't you wanna be misled
Don't you wanna be misled
Fame
Seems a far-off day
When enough was never enough
Vain
How I played my hand
One more reckless man in the rough
Strange
How we explain
The story that we've lived through
Change
My karma train
The person I can be for you is
Safe
(Safe, in the heat of the moment)
A stillness that comes to me
When I'm close to you
Safe
(Safe, at the speed of atonement)
A feeling that runs so deep
That it scares me, too
Dazed
By my own escape
From the single state I was used to
Face
My catch twenty two
Can I stay this way if I choose to
Wrong
To be so contained
Now I can't explain
What is happening
Strong
Is the human chain
As it pulls me through
What I bring to you is
Safe
(Safe, in the heat of the moment)
A stillness that comes to me
When I'm close to you
Safe
(Safe, at the speed of atonement)
A feeling that runs so deep
That it scares me, too
Safe
(Safe, in the heat of the moment)
A stillness that comes to me
When I'm close to you
Safe
(Safe, at the speed of atonement)
A feeling that runs so deep
That it scares me, too
(Fame
Seems a far-off day
When enough was never enough
Vain
How I played my hand
One more reckless man in the rough)
Hook a finger wink an eye
Caresses running up your thigh
Scratch my surface dig in deep
There's always secrets left to keep
Safe not sound
Who made these rules
Crowd control for enlightened fools
So come on boy let's change the pace
Come, feel the chill of my embrace
People say you've been around
How about you and me get down
How about you and me get down
Baby I know you've been around
Unmake your bed
Don't think about what lies ahead
Don't you wanna be misled
Don't you wanna be misled
Safe
(Safe, in the heat of the moment)
A stillness that comes to me
When I'm close to you
Safe
(Safe, at the speed of atonement)
A feeling that runs so deep
That it scares me, too
Safe
(Safe, in the heat of the moment)
A stillness that comes to me
When I'm close to you
Safe
(Safe, at the speed of atonement)
A feeling that runs so deep
That it scares me, too.
How about you and me get down
How about you and me get down
Baby I know you've been around
Unmake your bed
Don't think about what lies ahead
Don't you wanna be misled
Don't you wanna be misled
Fame
Seems a far-off day
When enough was never enough
Vain
How I played my hand
One more reckless man in the rough
Strange
How we explain
The story that we've lived through
Change
My karma train
The person I can be for you is
Safe
(Safe, in the heat of the moment)
A stillness that comes to me
When I'm close to you
Safe
(Safe, at the speed of atonement)
A feeling that runs so deep
That it scares me, too
Dazed
By my own escape
From the single state I was used to
Face
My catch twenty two
Can I stay this way if I choose to
Wrong
To be so contained
Now I can't explain
What is happening
Strong
Is the human chain
As it pulls me through
What I bring to you is
Safe
(Safe, in the heat of the moment)
A stillness that comes to me
When I'm close to you
Safe
(Safe, at the speed of atonement)
A feeling that runs so deep
That it scares me, too
Safe
(Safe, in the heat of the moment)
A stillness that comes to me
When I'm close to you
Safe
(Safe, at the speed of atonement)
A feeling that runs so deep
That it scares me, too
(Fame
Seems a far-off day
When enough was never enough
Vain
How I played my hand
One more reckless man in the rough)
Hook a finger wink an eye
Caresses running up your thigh
Scratch my surface dig in deep
There's always secrets left to keep
Safe not sound
Who made these rules
Crowd control for enlightened fools
So come on boy let's change the pace
Come, feel the chill of my embrace
People say you've been around
How about you and me get down
How about you and me get down
Baby I know you've been around
Unmake your bed
Don't think about what lies ahead
Don't you wanna be misled
Don't you wanna be misled
Safe
(Safe, in the heat of the moment)
A stillness that comes to me
When I'm close to you
Safe
(Safe, at the speed of atonement)
A feeling that runs so deep
That it scares me, too
Safe
(Safe, in the heat of the moment)
A stillness that comes to me
When I'm close to you
Safe
(Safe, at the speed of atonement)
A feeling that runs so deep
That it scares me, too.
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Safe (In the Heat of the Moment) Lyrics as written by Duran Duran Dom Brown
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