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.
"Four to three (and then)
And then you gotta play, lost your part
Which means you rest for four bars"
"Right, three, stop, then three"
Remember the day we were giving up
When you told me I didn't give you enough
And all of your friends were saying I'd be leaving you
She's lying in bed with my t-shirt on
Just thinking how I went about it wrong
This isn't the stain of a red wine, I'm bleeding love
Please believe me, don't you see
The things you mean to me?
Oh I love you, I love you
I love, I love, I love Olivia
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia (hey hey)
I've been idolizing the light in your eyes, Olivia (hey hey)
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Say what you're feeling and say it now
'Cause I got the feeling you're walking out
And time is irrelevant when I've not been seeing you
The consequences of falling out
There's something I'm having nightmares about
And these are the reasons I'm crying out to be with you
Please believe me, don't you see
The things you mean to me?
Oh I love you, I love you
I love, I love, I love Olivia
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia (hey hey)
I've been idolizing the light in your eyes, Olivia (hey hey)
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
When you go and I'm alone
You live in my imagination
The summertime and butterflies
All belong to your creation
I love you, it's all I do
I love you
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia (hey hey)
I've been idolizing the light in your eyes, Olivia (hey hey)
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go (Olivia)
"No way"
And then you gotta play, lost your part
Which means you rest for four bars"
"Right, three, stop, then three"
Remember the day we were giving up
When you told me I didn't give you enough
And all of your friends were saying I'd be leaving you
She's lying in bed with my t-shirt on
Just thinking how I went about it wrong
This isn't the stain of a red wine, I'm bleeding love
Please believe me, don't you see
The things you mean to me?
Oh I love you, I love you
I love, I love, I love Olivia
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia (hey hey)
I've been idolizing the light in your eyes, Olivia (hey hey)
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Say what you're feeling and say it now
'Cause I got the feeling you're walking out
And time is irrelevant when I've not been seeing you
The consequences of falling out
There's something I'm having nightmares about
And these are the reasons I'm crying out to be with you
Please believe me, don't you see
The things you mean to me?
Oh I love you, I love you
I love, I love, I love Olivia
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia (hey hey)
I've been idolizing the light in your eyes, Olivia (hey hey)
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
When you go and I'm alone
You live in my imagination
The summertime and butterflies
All belong to your creation
I love you, it's all I do
I love you
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia (hey hey)
I've been idolizing the light in your eyes, Olivia (hey hey)
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go (Olivia)
"No way"
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
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Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
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Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
it's an ode to something or someone or somewhere that you really, really love and idolize. "olivia" represents that something / someone / somewhere for the listener. whatever or whoever or wherever makes you feel giddy and bubbly inside is "olivia"