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.
Regrets and I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
I saw it through without exemption
I've planned each charted course
Each careful step along the highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way
There were times
I'm sure you knew
When there was fuck, fuck
Fuck all else to do
But through it all
When there was doubt
I shut it up or kicked it down
I faced the wall and the world
And did it my way
I've loved and been a snide
I've had my fill, uh
My share of losing
And now the tears subside
I find it all so amusing
To think, I killed a cat
And might I say
Not in the die way
Oh no, oh no, not me
I did it my way
For what is a brat
What has he got
When he wears hats
And he cannot
Say the things he truly feels
But only the words
Of one who kneels
The record shows
I've stuffed a bloke
And did it my way
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
I saw it through without exemption
I've planned each charted course
Each careful step along the highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way
There were times
I'm sure you knew
When there was fuck, fuck
Fuck all else to do
But through it all
When there was doubt
I shut it up or kicked it down
I faced the wall and the world
And did it my way
I've loved and been a snide
I've had my fill, uh
My share of losing
And now the tears subside
I find it all so amusing
To think, I killed a cat
And might I say
Not in the die way
Oh no, oh no, not me
I did it my way
For what is a brat
What has he got
When he wears hats
And he cannot
Say the things he truly feels
But only the words
Of one who kneels
The record shows
I've stuffed a bloke
And did it my way
Lyrics submitted by spunkykitten, edited by Mellow_Harsher
My Way Lyrics as written by Gilles Thibaut Claude Francois
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