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.
Notice she howls as you finds the right spot
Halloween fingers stir every witch's pot
So stop all your bluffs and show me what you got
Or fold and cry away home
Yesterday's actress is start to look hit
Halloween fingers pinch every goblins tit
So come to the states where the lager is shit
And I'll invite you into my home
And oh
Everything comes from the same place
Everything comes from a regional processing and distribution center in outerspace
But don't let your mum and dad know that you know
That they're not emotionally equiped to know what you already know
Most of the things they were trying to prevent you from knowing
The wind is kicking up now and the leaves are blowing
It's over, it's over
I've been betrayed
Halloween fingers stirs Satan's lemonade
So dance around the maypole like we were enslaved
And sing ho-ey-ho-ey-ho
Ho-ey-ho-ey-ho
Ho-ey-ho-ey-ho
Halloween fingers stir every witch's pot
So stop all your bluffs and show me what you got
Or fold and cry away home
Yesterday's actress is start to look hit
Halloween fingers pinch every goblins tit
So come to the states where the lager is shit
And I'll invite you into my home
And oh
Everything comes from the same place
Everything comes from a regional processing and distribution center in outerspace
But don't let your mum and dad know that you know
That they're not emotionally equiped to know what you already know
Most of the things they were trying to prevent you from knowing
The wind is kicking up now and the leaves are blowing
It's over, it's over
I've been betrayed
Halloween fingers stirs Satan's lemonade
So dance around the maypole like we were enslaved
And sing ho-ey-ho-ey-ho
Ho-ey-ho-ey-ho
Ho-ey-ho-ey-ho
Lyrics submitted by hornytheclown
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