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.
our friends on the front porch
telling jokes and they swing swiftly towards happier times
expending lines and finding more energy for the effort
and getting distance from that front porch spotlight
but us we found peace in shadows
long enough to see the monsters rise
candy's got some space to fill in her daydreams
living high on yesterday's lie
talking to me about some 0% interest
and how she got a better deal than the next guy
and the way the lightning shocked us
when we were lost and we were
looking down that long deserted highway
Well, our hair was longer then, and now I can remember
Say, now well I remember oh-so-well
Almost too well, now
oh the roads unencumbered by cats
they're burning like wet matches
thruough my miracle mile mind
But it's all in my mind
you left your thumbprint inside me now
for months it seems
but mine only brushes your soft surface
and somehow, somehow it leaves me listless,
my tongue curls under my lips, oh, oh yes
so I can speak to tell you of the months before I met you
and the way the truth it locked us
right about the time after the lightning shocked us
when we were young and missing
round that small new england byway
our lives they were sheltered then and I now I remember
And I remember well, so well
It's almost too well
well its not even being about that anymore
I gotta get you down
those tiny fragments of perfection
they please me in a time unchanged
when its not the same beginning
or along awaited end..
if I knew all the words
I would write myself out of here
if I was all the colors
I would paint you pretty in gold in a picture
so I'm told little sister
so now I'm sold little sister
why don't you tell me about the sunsets in sweden
and the laws of eden
and how you were the rock of gibraltar
and how they called you foxy (foxy)
well that's another whole box of pandoras,
that's another whole box of them ties
slide your foot off the gas
before we crash right back into the median
it separates our house from the middle of the street.. talking about our house
is on the front porch telling jokes and they swing swiftly towards happier times
expending lines and finding more energy for the effort and getting distance from that front porch spotlight
but us we found peace in shadows long enough to see a monster die.
we all need to find a little space in our daydreams long enough and just so long.
long enough, just as long, just so long as its long enough is it long enough?
Is it long enough for me? Long enough for me to chew on.
If it isn't..
If it is't ..
If it ain't
If it don't
If it can't then it wont.
And that's just the way that it goes.
telling jokes and they swing swiftly towards happier times
expending lines and finding more energy for the effort
and getting distance from that front porch spotlight
but us we found peace in shadows
long enough to see the monsters rise
candy's got some space to fill in her daydreams
living high on yesterday's lie
talking to me about some 0% interest
and how she got a better deal than the next guy
and the way the lightning shocked us
when we were lost and we were
looking down that long deserted highway
Well, our hair was longer then, and now I can remember
Say, now well I remember oh-so-well
Almost too well, now
oh the roads unencumbered by cats
they're burning like wet matches
thruough my miracle mile mind
But it's all in my mind
you left your thumbprint inside me now
for months it seems
but mine only brushes your soft surface
and somehow, somehow it leaves me listless,
my tongue curls under my lips, oh, oh yes
so I can speak to tell you of the months before I met you
and the way the truth it locked us
right about the time after the lightning shocked us
when we were young and missing
round that small new england byway
our lives they were sheltered then and I now I remember
And I remember well, so well
It's almost too well
well its not even being about that anymore
I gotta get you down
those tiny fragments of perfection
they please me in a time unchanged
when its not the same beginning
or along awaited end..
if I knew all the words
I would write myself out of here
if I was all the colors
I would paint you pretty in gold in a picture
so I'm told little sister
so now I'm sold little sister
why don't you tell me about the sunsets in sweden
and the laws of eden
and how you were the rock of gibraltar
and how they called you foxy (foxy)
well that's another whole box of pandoras,
that's another whole box of them ties
slide your foot off the gas
before we crash right back into the median
it separates our house from the middle of the street.. talking about our house
is on the front porch telling jokes and they swing swiftly towards happier times
expending lines and finding more energy for the effort and getting distance from that front porch spotlight
but us we found peace in shadows long enough to see a monster die.
we all need to find a little space in our daydreams long enough and just so long.
long enough, just as long, just so long as its long enough is it long enough?
Is it long enough for me? Long enough for me to chew on.
If it isn't..
If it is't ..
If it ain't
If it don't
If it can't then it wont.
And that's just the way that it goes.
Lyrics submitted by rayro211, edited by weakfeelings
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There are so many parts in this song, there arelike 500 different pieces of symbolism. it seems like nothing in his songs are ever meant to be taken literally.
heres some of what I got out of it: The "little sister" part doesn't mean it's actually about his sister I think it illustrates the closeness of the relationship like in the Song of Solomon when Solomon refers to his lover as "my sister, my spouse" it was a metaphor, they weren't anywhere close to being related, they weren't even the same race, but he said it.
The rock of gibralter symbolizes invulnerability
thumb print= impression
unencumbered, I think is used incorrectly but he uses it as a refrence to a girl he dated whose favorite word was unencumbered.
I really don't get most of it, there's too much... but if I knew all the words, I would write myself out of here and if I was all the colors I would paint you pretty and gold in a picture.
Am I the only one who thought this song was about politics?<br /> <br /> I always assumed that the name and the line "separates our house from the middle of the street" was a reference to the housing crisis. I figured rest was just about enjoying life in spite of how crazy the world is.
my favorite jason mraz song.
my favorite lyrics in this song are: if I knew all the words I would write myself out of here if I was all the colors I would paint you pretty in gold in a picture
and:
well that's another whole box of pandoras, that's another whole box of them ties
This song is so fun live...and the "why don't you tell me about the sunsets in Sweden and the laws of Eden and how you were the rock of Gibralter and how they called you foxy" part rocks.
totally my favorite mraz song. my favorite part, "slide your foot off the gas before we crash right back into the median" wicked killer part of the song.
what does he mean by "how you were the rock of Gibraltar"?
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And I think that his reference to the Rock of Gibraltar is referring to someone being steadfast and strong. The Rock of Gibraltar "guards" the entrance to the Straight of Gibraltar and is one of the Pillars of Hercules.
This song is amazing, it's one of my favorite Mraz songs. The best lines are: "Well it's not even being about that anymore, I gotta get you down, those tiny fragments of perfection, they please me in a time, unchanged, when it's not the same, beginning, or a long awaited end..." I think that these lines are talking about enjoying the simple pleaseure in life. It's the little things in a relationship that often count the most. Even when things aren't perfect you can go back to those memories that made you happy.
And I think that his reference to the Rock of Gibraltar is referring to someone being steadfast and strong. The Rock of Gibraltar "guards" the entrance to the Straight of Gibraltar and is one of the Pillars of Hercules.
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I believe Jason wrote this song partially about his sister. (candy's got some space to fill in her daydreams ) Candy is his sister's name.