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.
My friends are so depressed
I feel the question
Of your loneliness
Confide, 'cause I'll be on your side
You know I will, you know I will
Ex-girlfriend called me up
Alone and desperate
On the prison phone
They want, to give her seven years
For being sad
I love all of you
Hurt by the cold
So hard and lonely too
When you don't know yourself
My friends are so distressed
And standing on
The brink of emptiness
No words, I know of to express
This emptiness
I love all of you
Hurt by the cold
So hard and lonely too
When you don't know yourself
Imagine me taught by tragedy
Release is peace
I heard a little girl
And what she said
Was something beautiful
To give, your love
No matter what
Yeah, what she said
I love all of you
Hurt by the cold
So hard and lonely too
When you don't know yourself
I feel the question
Of your loneliness
Confide, 'cause I'll be on your side
You know I will, you know I will
Ex-girlfriend called me up
Alone and desperate
On the prison phone
They want, to give her seven years
For being sad
I love all of you
Hurt by the cold
So hard and lonely too
When you don't know yourself
My friends are so distressed
And standing on
The brink of emptiness
No words, I know of to express
This emptiness
I love all of you
Hurt by the cold
So hard and lonely too
When you don't know yourself
Imagine me taught by tragedy
Release is peace
I heard a little girl
And what she said
Was something beautiful
To give, your love
No matter what
Yeah, what she said
I love all of you
Hurt by the cold
So hard and lonely too
When you don't know yourself
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While all songs have a source of inspiration that relates to the literal lyrics, I feel this song in particular is well and truly about depending on yourself. All complete joy is born from some deep suffering but you never see this while you're tied up in the troubles of life. It's about understanding that without appreciating the bad times there's no real happiness, but you can only see it once you've accepted your struggle and are looking in on it from the outside. It then becomes obvious that everyone you know is still where you once were and only those who have grown and healed have any concept of how hard you make it for yourself. The "emptiness" is a lack of appreciation for your ability to keep going and also for how you lead yourself into strife. Once AK had accepted his role in creating his problems he was "filled" with the strength and motivation to take control of the direction he was headed, read Scar Tissue it's awesome. The "No words" is because it's impossible to explain this concept to someone, it can only be learnt through honestly evaluating your own actions and outlook on life and making the choice to change it.
Gonna sound whack to heaps of you but thats what it said to me. :)