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.
i come to your town
like thirsty lips to a cup
i come to your town
and i wanna call you up
i don't know how you feel
but i hope you feel the same
i've broken every speed limit in your name
sometimes i just wanna bury my head in a hole
tell me do you have the kind of touch that can console?
i wanna hold my hands over my eyes during the scary scenes
will you stay with me at night and stand guard over my dreams?
will you stand guard over my dreams?
you feel like you're out on a long limb
like you've risked it all
but i'll go out there with you
and when the bough breaks
the cradle will just fall
i'd rather go down knowing what it was like
than to keep myself company
one more night
one more night
and i've got something new
something i didn't have before
you were a big dark room
a room without a door
if you will shelter me
i will fill your vacancy
we don't even need the walls, the ceiling, or the floor
and i've got something for you too
something you probably don't need
you can buy it for the pictures, baby
find out its a real good read
i just hope you still want it
'cause i'm bringing it to you
i'm gonna come to your town
i'm gonna call you up
then i don't know what i'm gonna do
you feel like you're out on a long limb
like you've risked it all
and if the bough breaks
the cradle will just fall
i'd rather go down knowing what it was like
than to keep myself company
one more night
one more night
i come to your town
like thirsty lips to a cup
i come to your town
and i'm gonna call you up
i don't know how you feel
but i hope you feel the same
i've broken every speed limit in your name
and sometimes i just wanna bury my head in a hole
tell me do you have the kind of touch that can console?
i wanna hold my hands over my eyes during the scary scenes
tell me will you stay with me at night and stand guard over my dreams?
will you stand guard over my dreams?
will you stand guard over my dreams?
like thirsty lips to a cup
i come to your town
and i wanna call you up
i don't know how you feel
but i hope you feel the same
i've broken every speed limit in your name
sometimes i just wanna bury my head in a hole
tell me do you have the kind of touch that can console?
i wanna hold my hands over my eyes during the scary scenes
will you stay with me at night and stand guard over my dreams?
will you stand guard over my dreams?
you feel like you're out on a long limb
like you've risked it all
but i'll go out there with you
and when the bough breaks
the cradle will just fall
i'd rather go down knowing what it was like
than to keep myself company
one more night
one more night
and i've got something new
something i didn't have before
you were a big dark room
a room without a door
if you will shelter me
i will fill your vacancy
we don't even need the walls, the ceiling, or the floor
and i've got something for you too
something you probably don't need
you can buy it for the pictures, baby
find out its a real good read
i just hope you still want it
'cause i'm bringing it to you
i'm gonna come to your town
i'm gonna call you up
then i don't know what i'm gonna do
you feel like you're out on a long limb
like you've risked it all
and if the bough breaks
the cradle will just fall
i'd rather go down knowing what it was like
than to keep myself company
one more night
one more night
i come to your town
like thirsty lips to a cup
i come to your town
and i'm gonna call you up
i don't know how you feel
but i hope you feel the same
i've broken every speed limit in your name
and sometimes i just wanna bury my head in a hole
tell me do you have the kind of touch that can console?
i wanna hold my hands over my eyes during the scary scenes
tell me will you stay with me at night and stand guard over my dreams?
will you stand guard over my dreams?
will you stand guard over my dreams?
Lyrics submitted by aur0ra
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I'd rather go down knowing what it was like than to keep myself company one more night
I love that line.
I never heard but iI absloutely love the lyrics.
and sometimes i just wanna bury my head in a hole tell me do you have the kind of touch that can console? i wanna hold my hands over my eyes during the scary scenes tell me will you stay with me at night and stand guard over my dreams? will you stand guard over my dreams? will you stand guard over my dreams?
"will you stand over my drean" reads absloutely haunting but I think this song is alot about ignorance and pretending not to know what you know is gonna happen. Especially the bit about burying her head in a hole and covering her eyes during scary scenes. It sound like she wants this person to step in and do the opposite of what she knows they'll do. I mean there's a reason why she left this person in the first place. but thats the thing that's so hard about relationships. Being "thirsty" for that person even after things don't work out.