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.
Gunshots shatter the peace of night
it's just another fire fight
for the people of this little town
but for the dying soldier
he's feeling ten yerars older
and he's lying face down on the ground
all the words that are in his head
are all the words his mother said
as she would put him to bed back home
CHORUS:
your daddy died in the falklands
fighting for another man's cause
and your brother he was killed in the last war
now your mother's lying at home alone
Every day she sees his face
on the picture on the fireplace
with your brother as he was leaving school
then a day came five years ago
you said "mother, i need to know"
and you spoke the words your brother spoke before
"i know the things my daddy done
i've seen the medals thet he won
and i know that this is what he would have wanted-for me"
CHORUS
AND NOW SHE WONDERS AT IT ALL
HOW MANY MORE ARE GOING TO ANSWER THE CALL
TO FIGHT AND DIE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY'S
TO DIE FOR RELIGION THE NEVER BELIVED IN AT ALL
TO DIE IN A PLACE THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN AT ALL
NO, NEVER BEEN AT ALL
CHORUS
it's just another fire fight
for the people of this little town
but for the dying soldier
he's feeling ten yerars older
and he's lying face down on the ground
all the words that are in his head
are all the words his mother said
as she would put him to bed back home
CHORUS:
your daddy died in the falklands
fighting for another man's cause
and your brother he was killed in the last war
now your mother's lying at home alone
Every day she sees his face
on the picture on the fireplace
with your brother as he was leaving school
then a day came five years ago
you said "mother, i need to know"
and you spoke the words your brother spoke before
"i know the things my daddy done
i've seen the medals thet he won
and i know that this is what he would have wanted-for me"
CHORUS
AND NOW SHE WONDERS AT IT ALL
HOW MANY MORE ARE GOING TO ANSWER THE CALL
TO FIGHT AND DIE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY'S
TO DIE FOR RELIGION THE NEVER BELIVED IN AT ALL
TO DIE IN A PLACE THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN AT ALL
NO, NEVER BEEN AT ALL
CHORUS
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death, edited by scaryshari
Another Man's Cause Lyrics as written by Jeremy Cunningham Charles Kenton Heather
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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