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.
Are you asleep?
Are you in a dream?
The copper shades of a morning
Distant lights beckon and fade
Unwritten songs of another day
I fear that you would never be
Every song in the world for me
Took your hand, led you astray
You cursed the worlds I longed to save
Is heaven to you a perfect place?
The look of sorrow on a sufferer's face
A field of lives to sow and to reap
That some of us will never see?
And why is it I didn't feel the same?
Are my longings to be blamed
For not seeing heaven like you would see?
Why is a song the world for me?
What is forgiveness?
It's just a dream
What is forgiveness?
It's everything
Are you in a dream?
The copper shades of a morning
Distant lights beckon and fade
Unwritten songs of another day
I fear that you would never be
Every song in the world for me
Took your hand, led you astray
You cursed the worlds I longed to save
Is heaven to you a perfect place?
The look of sorrow on a sufferer's face
A field of lives to sow and to reap
That some of us will never see?
And why is it I didn't feel the same?
Are my longings to be blamed
For not seeing heaven like you would see?
Why is a song the world for me?
What is forgiveness?
It's just a dream
What is forgiveness?
It's everything
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