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.
The dampened earth clogged my nostrils and filled my mouth
Immobilized I was forced to watch
As you inched your way inside and spat your repungnant waste
Cackling and mewling you gladly regaled within their distress
I crawled towards them
The blinding sight reaped havoc on my staggered beliefs
My entire sanctity had been deconstructed
Life became a foreign task
I had to self medicate
Disintegrate these vacant aspects refuelling me
Reintegrate pain through ancient methods
Their final screams still invade my sleep
Luring me towards insanity
The simplest solution is the only one I can bear
Let us end this now
Remember the past born on a darkened night
The time has come for it to come to fruition
Now grip your blade as I unsheathe mine
Back in a final moment of grief realizing now there is nothing left to fear
The metallic scent permeates a primal stench
Blending time and altering notions
Suffocating the impiety I orchestrated through my banality
As the light slowly faded from my eyes
Their deceptive glance no longer holds ground
The remorse I enclosed within myself cocooned my cowardly rage
The reflection in your eyes mark my hatred for myself
Release myself within
The field of agony I frolic freely now the tiny specs
Flatter at the edges
I am reborn
Immobilized I was forced to watch
As you inched your way inside and spat your repungnant waste
Cackling and mewling you gladly regaled within their distress
I crawled towards them
The blinding sight reaped havoc on my staggered beliefs
My entire sanctity had been deconstructed
Life became a foreign task
I had to self medicate
Disintegrate these vacant aspects refuelling me
Reintegrate pain through ancient methods
Their final screams still invade my sleep
Luring me towards insanity
The simplest solution is the only one I can bear
Let us end this now
Remember the past born on a darkened night
The time has come for it to come to fruition
Now grip your blade as I unsheathe mine
Back in a final moment of grief realizing now there is nothing left to fear
The metallic scent permeates a primal stench
Blending time and altering notions
Suffocating the impiety I orchestrated through my banality
As the light slowly faded from my eyes
Their deceptive glance no longer holds ground
The remorse I enclosed within myself cocooned my cowardly rage
The reflection in your eyes mark my hatred for myself
Release myself within
The field of agony I frolic freely now the tiny specs
Flatter at the edges
I am reborn
Lyrics submitted by sokorny
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