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.
There is a game I play
Try to make myself okay
Try so hard to make the pieces all fit
Smash it apart
Just for the fuck of it
Bye bye, ooh
Got to get back to the bottom (bye bye, ooh)
The big come down isn't that what you wanted? (Bye, bye, ooh)
Find a place with the failed and forgotten (bye bye, ooh)
Isn't that really what you wanted now?
There is no place I can go
There is no way I can hide
It feels like it keeps coming from the inside
There is a hate that burns within
The most desperate place I have ever been
Try to get back to where I'm from
The closer I get, the worse it becomes
The closer I get, the worse it becomes
There is no place I can go
There is no way I can hide
It feels like it keeps coming from the inside
Try to make myself okay
Try so hard to make the pieces all fit
Smash it apart
Just for the fuck of it
Bye bye, ooh
Got to get back to the bottom (bye bye, ooh)
The big come down isn't that what you wanted? (Bye, bye, ooh)
Find a place with the failed and forgotten (bye bye, ooh)
Isn't that really what you wanted now?
There is no place I can go
There is no way I can hide
It feels like it keeps coming from the inside
There is a hate that burns within
The most desperate place I have ever been
Try to get back to where I'm from
The closer I get, the worse it becomes
The closer I get, the worse it becomes
There is no place I can go
There is no way I can hide
It feels like it keeps coming from the inside
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33
The Big Come Down Lyrics as written by Trent Reznor
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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"There is a game I play Try to make myself okay"
The game is him using some drug in order to feel better/cope with his problems.
"Try so hard to make the pieces all fit Smash it apart Just for the fuck of it"
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"Try to get back to where I'm from The closer I get the worse it becomes The closer I get the worse it becomes"
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