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.
And I wonder if you ever think about me anymore
And I wonder if you ever think about me when your bored
And I wonder if you ever think about me when you're hangin' in New York
And I wonder if you still think Bono writes his songs for you
And I wonder if the reasons why you left me were untrue
And I wonder if you give him better blowjobs than the ones I got from you
because
girl you mean
so much to me
I wish that we..
could start it over, start it over
I don't need your sympathy or apologies
still I'm staring in my coffe cup at six am
and I cannot give.. up
and I wonder if you're happy or just glad to see me scarred
took my drunken self-confession sober up your bleeding heart
I am bending over backwards to get close to you but still I feel so far
because...
girl you mean
so much to me
I wish that we..
could start it over, start it over
I don't need your sympathy or apologies
still I'm staring in my coffe cup at six am
and I cannot give.. up
girl you mean
so much to me
I wish that we could start it over
I don't need your sympathy or apologies
no more
girl you mean
so much to me
I wish that we..
could start it over, start it over
I don't need your sympathy
I just want you here with me
..with me oh
do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do,
still I'm staring in my coffee cup at six am
and still i cannot give..
...up [fading]
And I wonder if you ever think about me when your bored
And I wonder if you ever think about me when you're hangin' in New York
And I wonder if you still think Bono writes his songs for you
And I wonder if the reasons why you left me were untrue
And I wonder if you give him better blowjobs than the ones I got from you
because
girl you mean
so much to me
I wish that we..
could start it over, start it over
I don't need your sympathy or apologies
still I'm staring in my coffe cup at six am
and I cannot give.. up
and I wonder if you're happy or just glad to see me scarred
took my drunken self-confession sober up your bleeding heart
I am bending over backwards to get close to you but still I feel so far
because...
girl you mean
so much to me
I wish that we..
could start it over, start it over
I don't need your sympathy or apologies
still I'm staring in my coffe cup at six am
and I cannot give.. up
girl you mean
so much to me
I wish that we could start it over
I don't need your sympathy or apologies
no more
girl you mean
so much to me
I wish that we..
could start it over, start it over
I don't need your sympathy
I just want you here with me
..with me oh
do do do, do do do, do do do, do do do,
still I'm staring in my coffee cup at six am
and still i cannot give..
...up [fading]
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