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.
Hey, you don't like the way I'm talking
Hey, so you stand there, keep on calling me names
No, I'm not your enemy so
If you're gonna do it, don't do it
Hey, do you wanna check my DNA?
Older stories, time to go away
And believe in fairytales, oh
If you're gonna do it
I'm gonna stand here like a unicorn
Out here on my own
I got the power of a unicorn
Don't you ever learn?
That I won't look back, I won't look down
I'm going up, you better turn around
The power of a unicorn, the power of a unicorn
History caught in a loop
Don't you wanna change it?
You know that we can, you and me
Can write a new book
Don't you wanna change it now?
It's gonna be phenomen-phenomen-phenomenal
Phenomen-phenomenal
Feminine-feminine-femininal
I'm gonna stand here like a unicorn
Out here on my own
I got the power of a unicorn
Don't you ever learn?
That I won't look back, I won't look down
I'm going up, you better turn around
The power of a unicorn, the power of a unicorn
It's gonna be phenomen-phenomen-phenomenal
Phenomen-phenomenal
אנ'לא כמו כולם, מול כל העולם, לא
It's gonna be phenomen-phenomen-phenomenal
Phenomen-phenomenal
You can call me queen
אין לי דאווין, לא
You wanna see me dance?
You wanna see me dance?
You wanna see me dance? (Hahaha)
Watch me
(It's gonna be, hey)
(It's gonna be, hey)
U-ni-corn
U-ni-corn
U-ni-corn
U-ni-corn
I'm standing like a
Hey, so you stand there, keep on calling me names
No, I'm not your enemy so
If you're gonna do it, don't do it
Hey, do you wanna check my DNA?
Older stories, time to go away
And believe in fairytales, oh
If you're gonna do it
I'm gonna stand here like a unicorn
Out here on my own
I got the power of a unicorn
Don't you ever learn?
That I won't look back, I won't look down
I'm going up, you better turn around
The power of a unicorn, the power of a unicorn
History caught in a loop
Don't you wanna change it?
You know that we can, you and me
Can write a new book
Don't you wanna change it now?
It's gonna be phenomen-phenomen-phenomenal
Phenomen-phenomenal
Feminine-feminine-femininal
I'm gonna stand here like a unicorn
Out here on my own
I got the power of a unicorn
Don't you ever learn?
That I won't look back, I won't look down
I'm going up, you better turn around
The power of a unicorn, the power of a unicorn
It's gonna be phenomen-phenomen-phenomenal
Phenomen-phenomenal
אנ'לא כמו כולם, מול כל העולם, לא
It's gonna be phenomen-phenomen-phenomenal
Phenomen-phenomenal
You can call me queen
אין לי דאווין, לא
You wanna see me dance?
You wanna see me dance?
You wanna see me dance? (Hahaha)
Watch me
(It's gonna be, hey)
(It's gonna be, hey)
U-ni-corn
U-ni-corn
U-ni-corn
U-ni-corn
I'm standing like a
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The song is about self empowerment and anti racism It's talking about how a person can be mistreated because of the way they look, the way they talk or where they're coming from
The 2nd verse is building on that message and telling the listener to stop believing in fairy tails & let go of old misconceptions
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