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.
This empty king I stand before
He's alright, but I ignore
This mess I've made
This election has got me down
The one over who gets to wear the crown
And sit on the throne of my state of mind
Staying, holding out for something
Waiting here for nothing and nothing always comes
But I keep on waiting, holding out for someone
But expecting no one and no one always comes
And a third faction joins in the fray
One who wants to make the crown go away
And open it up to the outside
So I send in the royal guard
To send them away and break them apart
Can't have another revolution inside
Staying, holding out for something
Waiting here for nothing and nothing always comes
But I keep on waiting, holding out for someone
But expecting no one and no one always comes (no one always comes)
Steeling myself for a breakdown
I feel it coming on now and I can't even breathe
So can you breathe for me? Can you speak for me?
And can you love for me when I'm not around? (when I'm not around)
Staying, holding out for something
Waiting here for nothing and nothing always comes
But I keep on waiting, holding out for someone
But expecting no one and no one always comes (no one always comes)
He's alright, but I ignore
This mess I've made
This election has got me down
The one over who gets to wear the crown
And sit on the throne of my state of mind
Staying, holding out for something
Waiting here for nothing and nothing always comes
But I keep on waiting, holding out for someone
But expecting no one and no one always comes
And a third faction joins in the fray
One who wants to make the crown go away
And open it up to the outside
So I send in the royal guard
To send them away and break them apart
Can't have another revolution inside
Staying, holding out for something
Waiting here for nothing and nothing always comes
But I keep on waiting, holding out for someone
But expecting no one and no one always comes (no one always comes)
Steeling myself for a breakdown
I feel it coming on now and I can't even breathe
So can you breathe for me? Can you speak for me?
And can you love for me when I'm not around? (when I'm not around)
Staying, holding out for something
Waiting here for nothing and nothing always comes
But I keep on waiting, holding out for someone
But expecting no one and no one always comes (no one always comes)
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zeroh, now that you say that, it makes since... maybe his mom left him with someone, or at an orphanage. I do know that Fred Durst (director of the video) said some interesting things... read: mtv.com/news/articles/1441864/20010320/story.jhtml