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.
Into the eye of the storm
It hits you like a train
And crawls under your skin
You are sure of death
Afraid of everything else
Into the eye of the storm
The pounding will never cease
The shaking will never die
The burning just won't stop
As you count your wounds
[Chorus]
Yet I fall for it every time
I bow my head to king alcohol
I think it keeps me totally sane
Yet I know it drives me insane
So I keep on walking this thin line
This path to my own demise
Into the eye of the storm
You lay awake in the night
Afraid to close your eyes
When the sleep finally comes
Nightmares are endless
[Chorus]
Most of the time I hate being alive
I am a caricature of a human being
It just gets worse the older you get
I swallow my pride which I never had
So at my lowest I know the solution
It kills all the problems, the balancing factor
Fuck this and fuck you too
Into the eye of the storm
It makes me feel like a king
I am an unstoppable warrior
On my way to the battle
You all can fuck off!
It hits you like a train
And crawls under your skin
You are sure of death
Afraid of everything else
Into the eye of the storm
The pounding will never cease
The shaking will never die
The burning just won't stop
As you count your wounds
[Chorus]
Yet I fall for it every time
I bow my head to king alcohol
I think it keeps me totally sane
Yet I know it drives me insane
So I keep on walking this thin line
This path to my own demise
Into the eye of the storm
You lay awake in the night
Afraid to close your eyes
When the sleep finally comes
Nightmares are endless
[Chorus]
Most of the time I hate being alive
I am a caricature of a human being
It just gets worse the older you get
I swallow my pride which I never had
So at my lowest I know the solution
It kills all the problems, the balancing factor
Fuck this and fuck you too
Into the eye of the storm
It makes me feel like a king
I am an unstoppable warrior
On my way to the battle
You all can fuck off!
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