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 lady is dying
She bends back like a wave
As her spirit is climbing
Through the hospital wall and away
And I wanted to hold you
As you made your escape
But now I should have told you
When your eyes were alive and awake
Always in life we all must make this mistake
And so I go it alone
And the pressure is great
I hold on to my own
Oh please oh don't go away
And I wanted to know you
Before you started to fade
But I gave everything to
A lie and a farce and a fake
Always in life we all must make this mistake
And so I go it alone
And the pressure is great
I hold on to my own
Oh please oh don't go away
I'd like to see you
When all of these angry days fall away
She bends back like a wave
As her spirit is climbing
Through the hospital wall and away
And I wanted to hold you
As you made your escape
But now I should have told you
When your eyes were alive and awake
Always in life we all must make this mistake
And so I go it alone
And the pressure is great
I hold on to my own
Oh please oh don't go away
And I wanted to know you
Before you started to fade
But I gave everything to
A lie and a farce and a fake
Always in life we all must make this mistake
And so I go it alone
And the pressure is great
I hold on to my own
Oh please oh don't go away
I'd like to see you
When all of these angry days fall away
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"I wanted to know you Before you started to fade But I gave everything to A lie and a farce and a fake"
Good stuff.
the way i think about the song is this: either "the lady" is dying actually or metaphorically (spell check) and the singer was in love with her before she died and now he feels regret for not telling her before she died (died maybe meaning leaving,going with soemone else, or ..of course...dying)
I agree with you aeronautical... actually I read in an interview it was written about his grandmother who died while he was leaving town and he didn't get to go to the funeral
It sounds so cool when he breaks into the chorus with the "always in life we all must make this mistake" this song is really underrated
I feel so sad when I listen to this song, because I already felt this way, and I'm always feeling like I'm making the same mistake, because again I feel like I'm not seeing and talking with very important people.
I heard something about this in a movie once and it always makes me so sad. I really wanted to spend all the time wich is possible with people that I love, but, for some reason, I never do it, even when I can.
this reminds me very much of my grandmother, i watched her wither away due to cancer.
Yes, it was dedicated to Jeff's grandmother. I love this song.
Can anyone make out the words to the second unreleased part of this song that Jeff sings on the Live at Sudsy Malone's, Cincinnati, OH 7/23/96 bootleg? There are two verses to it. The first one goes something like:
Every sing every single day and its flares would go on the clam blue gray and we made and we made all the way and we know and we know that its all ran away
Then comes the part where he really starts to get into it and is shouting and going nuts and the band is playing and you can't hear a fucking thing. If anyone thinks they can discern even a single word of that clamor I am open to suggestions and would be much obliged.
Can anyone make out the words to the second unreleased part of this song that Jeff sings on the Live at Sudsy Malone's, Cincinnati, OH 7/23/96 bootleg? There are two verses to it. The first one goes something like:
Every sing every single day and its flares would go on the clam blue gray and we made and we made all the way and we know and we know that its all ran away
Then comes the part where he really starts to get into it and is shouting and going nuts and the band is playing and you can't hear a fucking thing. If anyone thinks they can discern even a single word of that clamor I am open to suggestions and would be much obliged.