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.
Charlie's enormous mouth, well, it's awright
The girl got a very large mouth
But it's awright her teeth look okay
She must be brushin' 'em quite a bit
'Course her mouth is extra large
'N we can only assume as to how
She's been usin' it
Charlie's enormous mouth, well, it's awright
The girl got a very large mouth
But it's awright
She got lips all around the hole
Where she puts her food in
They call it THE MOUTH
They call it THE MOUTH
They call it THE MOUTH
Which is as good a place as any for a tongue
To include in, that's why
They call it THE MOUTH
They call it THE MOUTH
They call it THE MOUTH la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
(Kinda young kinda wow)
Charlie's enormous nose, well, it's all white
The girl got a very large
Nose but it's all white she once was okay
But she's been blowin' it quite a bit
'Course her friends are extra large
'N we can only assume as to how
She's been choosin' it
Charlie's enormous nose, well, it's all white
The girl got a very large nose
But it's all white
She got stuff all around the hole
Where she puts her spoon in
They call it THE NOSE they call it THE NOSE
They call it THE NOSE
And when it finally rots away I guess you'd
Prob'ly drive a truck in they used to
Call it THE NOSE they called it THE NOSE
They called it THE NOSE la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
(Kinda young kinda dead)
Charlie's disgusting brain, well
It's all black
The girl got a very dead brain
It won't come back she used to convey
But then she took an extra hit
'Course her friends are extra dumb
'N they were terribly excited while they
Watched her doin' it
Charlie's disgusting brain
Well it's all black
The girl got a very dead brain
It won't come back
She got dirt all around the hole
Where they dumped her box in
They call it THE GRAVE
They call it THE GRAVE
They call it THE GRAVE
Which is as good a place as any for a
Chump to repose in that's why they
Call it THE GRAVE they call it THE GRAVE
They call it THE GRAVE
The girl got a very large mouth
But it's awright her teeth look okay
She must be brushin' 'em quite a bit
'Course her mouth is extra large
'N we can only assume as to how
She's been usin' it
Charlie's enormous mouth, well, it's awright
The girl got a very large mouth
But it's awright
She got lips all around the hole
Where she puts her food in
They call it THE MOUTH
They call it THE MOUTH
They call it THE MOUTH
Which is as good a place as any for a tongue
To include in, that's why
They call it THE MOUTH
They call it THE MOUTH
They call it THE MOUTH la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
(Kinda young kinda wow)
Charlie's enormous nose, well, it's all white
The girl got a very large
Nose but it's all white she once was okay
But she's been blowin' it quite a bit
'Course her friends are extra large
'N we can only assume as to how
She's been choosin' it
Charlie's enormous nose, well, it's all white
The girl got a very large nose
But it's all white
She got stuff all around the hole
Where she puts her spoon in
They call it THE NOSE they call it THE NOSE
They call it THE NOSE
And when it finally rots away I guess you'd
Prob'ly drive a truck in they used to
Call it THE NOSE they called it THE NOSE
They called it THE NOSE la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
(Kinda young kinda dead)
Charlie's disgusting brain, well
It's all black
The girl got a very dead brain
It won't come back she used to convey
But then she took an extra hit
'Course her friends are extra dumb
'N they were terribly excited while they
Watched her doin' it
Charlie's disgusting brain
Well it's all black
The girl got a very dead brain
It won't come back
She got dirt all around the hole
Where they dumped her box in
They call it THE GRAVE
They call it THE GRAVE
They call it THE GRAVE
Which is as good a place as any for a
Chump to repose in that's why they
Call it THE GRAVE they call it THE GRAVE
They call it THE GRAVE
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