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.
Well I've been waiting for the words to clear my throat
And I've been waiting for my fingertips to fret forgotten notes
There is so much here that I don't know
And they've been staring at the clouds above my head, praying for snow
So what if everything that you ever loved more than anything
Was killing you this slow?
You'd let it go
Well I've been waiting for these words to set me straight
Like every empty line's a curse that I can't break
They say these spiderwebs around my head can all be brushed away
But I'm confidently sure that's not the case
So what if everything that you ever loved more than anything
Was killing you this slow?
Yeah, what if everything that you ever loved more than anything
Was killing you this slow?
You'd let it go
You'd let it go
So what if everything that you ever loved more than anything
Was killing you this slow?
So what if everything that you ever loved more than anything
Was killing you this slow?
You'd let it go
And I've been waiting for my fingertips to fret forgotten notes
There is so much here that I don't know
And they've been staring at the clouds above my head, praying for snow
So what if everything that you ever loved more than anything
Was killing you this slow?
You'd let it go
Well I've been waiting for these words to set me straight
Like every empty line's a curse that I can't break
They say these spiderwebs around my head can all be brushed away
But I'm confidently sure that's not the case
So what if everything that you ever loved more than anything
Was killing you this slow?
Yeah, what if everything that you ever loved more than anything
Was killing you this slow?
You'd let it go
You'd let it go
So what if everything that you ever loved more than anything
Was killing you this slow?
So what if everything that you ever loved more than anything
Was killing you this slow?
You'd let it go
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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