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.
(Woo)
I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds
Strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind
Pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy, happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I lay my head onto the sand
The sky resembles a backlit canopy
With holes punched in it
I'm counting UFOs
I'll signal them with my lighter
And in this moment I am happy, happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
Wish you were here
Oh yeah, oh
The world's a roller coaster
And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care
But my hands are busy in the air saying
I wish you were here
I wish you were
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
Wish you were here
I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds
Strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind
Pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy, happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I lay my head onto the sand
The sky resembles a backlit canopy
With holes punched in it
I'm counting UFOs
I'll signal them with my lighter
And in this moment I am happy, happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
Wish you were here
Oh yeah, oh
The world's a roller coaster
And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care
But my hands are busy in the air saying
I wish you were here
I wish you were
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
Wish you were here
Lyrics submitted by zara013, edited by letmecheck
Wish You Were Here Lyrics as written by Alex Katunich Jose Pasillas Ii
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I'm strongly disagreeing with the rest of you here...
To me it isn't a love song and it isn't about being content, it's about the pain of loss.
The first time I heard this I didn't like it. But since it got heavily overplayed and I had no choice but to listen to it twenty or thirty times I started actually hearing the lyrics and I realized how brilliant it is.
It sets a up perfect scene. Lying on the beach or looking up on the sky and does an excellent job of establishing what a perfect scenario this simple perfect situation is.
Then "And in this moment I am happy, happy" and the second "happy," the way he sings it, just sounds full of gut-wrenching misery. It's a weak claim of happiness in the face of suffering. Then "I wish you were here"
How could a happier situation exist? It can't, but a happy situation only brings thoughts of how that person is missing.
Then the "my life's a roller coaster bit," that kinda means to me theres happiness in a situation until the realization that someone's missing hit's home, and it's followed up utter misery. His life goes up and down like a roller coaster.
Now, I'm not missing anyone. I haven't been separated from anyone important by death or by a soured relationship, that's just how the song struck me.
And even though I don't particularly care for its sound it's the goddamned saddest song I've ever heard.