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.
What's right and what's wrong?
Don't you hold me too lightly
To words as I've rounded them off
To the nearest of ten
For I gathered your body
In envious capture
In envious thought
Oh forgive me, oh gods
Or forgive me in fortune
Forgive me in feeling it out for myself
As I ought to have feelings for something
As great as thou art
Some great white rose
Of youth, your pleasure
Gives of my own heart
Generous portions, wisely
Breaks of my own heart
I felt the arm's length
While I've gone on my own way
Conserve me, strange waters
Come and obey me, strange waters
Have it your own way
So if you won't hold me
I have no objections
So if you won't please me
I make no commands
So if you don't trust me
It's best if I drown
Don't you hold me too lightly
To words as I've rounded them off
To the nearest of ten
For I gathered your body
In envious capture
In envious thought
Oh forgive me, oh gods
Or forgive me in fortune
Forgive me in feeling it out for myself
As I ought to have feelings for something
As great as thou art
Some great white rose
Of youth, your pleasure
Gives of my own heart
Generous portions, wisely
Breaks of my own heart
I felt the arm's length
While I've gone on my own way
Conserve me, strange waters
Come and obey me, strange waters
Have it your own way
So if you won't hold me
I have no objections
So if you won't please me
I make no commands
So if you don't trust me
It's best if I drown
Lyrics submitted by perpetualwolfe, edited by pwnttothemax
Neptune Lyrics as written by James Van Mcalister Bryce David Dessner
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Is this a song about Neptune mourning the loss of Pluto from the official list of planets? and Neptune wanting to abandon the solar system? This seems like a stretch but I can't get the thought out of my head.
"What’s right And what’s wrong?" --Neptune's reality is shattered by the possibility of losing his friend Pluto as a fellow planet
"Two wor(l)ds as I’ve rounded them off To the nearest of ten" --Counting pluto and the sun there are 10 celestial bodies in the solar system. But this song only concerns two of them
"For I gathered your body" --Neptune is mourning the loss of his closest friend, Pluto.
"Some great white rose Of youth, your pleasure" --Referring to Pluto, which is sort of like a ball of ice, as a white rose. It was also discovered relatively recently (1930) and could be considered youthful?
"Gives of my own heart Generous portions, wisely Breaks of my own heart" --Neptune considered Pluto to be a kindred spirit
"While I’ve gone on my own way" --Neptune is alone now
"Conserve me, strange waters Come and obey me, strange waters Have it your own way" --a clear reference to Poseidon/Neptune god of the sea. Neptune attempts to look inward for strength, trying to take solace in his own domain. He fails however and basically says "screw it, have it your way"
"So oh if you won’t hold me I have no objections So oh if you won’t please me I make no commands So oh if you don’t trust me It’s best if I drown" --Neptune basically says he would rather die than be here alone without his departed friend, Pluto.
@pwnttothemax while I don't think this is what the song was originally penned about, I really want it to be the official meaning. Amazing read & thank you for that :)