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.
Puffy lips, glistening skin
And everything comes rushing in
We don't go to hell the memories of us do
I get a sense of connectedness
Exclusive, tight but nothing dangerous
We don't go to hell the memories of us do
And if you go to hell, I'll still remember you
But I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability
Of death to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability
Of death to death just a little bit
Terry's gift is forever green
It got me up and back on the scene
We don't go to hell, just our memories do
Fantastic gap, common space
Open concept in your smiling face
We don't go to hell, the memories of us do
And if you go to hell I'll still remember you
But I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability
Of death to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability
Of death to death just a little bit
And everything comes rushing in
We don't go to hell the memories of us do
I get a sense of connectedness
Exclusive, tight but nothing dangerous
We don't go to hell the memories of us do
And if you go to hell, I'll still remember you
But I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability
Of death to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability
Of death to death just a little bit
Terry's gift is forever green
It got me up and back on the scene
We don't go to hell, just our memories do
Fantastic gap, common space
Open concept in your smiling face
We don't go to hell, the memories of us do
And if you go to hell I'll still remember you
But I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability
Of death to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the death
Of inevitability to death just a little bit
I thought you beat the inevitability
Of death to death just a little bit
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Inevitability of Death Lyrics as written by Gordon Sinclair Gordon Downie
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i love the statement "we don't go to hell, just our memories do". it means to me that what happens after death is nothing, the fear of going to hell is just that people say you went to hell, or whatever, basically talking ill of you after your passing and damaging your reputation after your demise. just a though.
yah man i deff agree, god is just a metaphor for other people and its not that we actually go to 'hell" its that the relation ship between someone who has gone to "hell" and the rest of the world is just as bad as if they actually had.<br />
I like the chorus, sometimes when having these kinds of conversations, people can beat the inevitability to death to death, just a little bit.
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