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.
As she played, magicians sitting lotus on the floor,
Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw.
Had my share of nightmares,
Didn't think there could be much more.
Then in walked Rodrick Usher with the Lady Eleanor.
She tied my eyes with a ribbon,
Of a silken ghostly thread.
I gaze with troubled vision,
On an old four poster bed.
Where Eleanor had risen to kiss the neck below my head,
And bid me come along with her to the land of the dancing dead.
But its alright Lady Eleanor,
Alright Lady Eleanor.
I'm alright where I am.
She gazed with loving beauty,
Like a mother to a son.
Like living, dying, seeing,
Being all rolled into one.
Then all at once I heard some music,
Playing in my bones.
The same old song I'd heard for years,
Reminding me of home.
But its alright Lady Eleanor,
Alright Lady Eleanor.
I'm alright where I am.
Then creeping on towards me,
Licking lips with tongues of fire.
A host of golden demons,
Screaming lust and base desire.
And when it seemed for certain,
That the screams could get no higher.
I heard a voice above the rest,
Screaming you're a liar.
But its alright Lady Eleanor,
Alright Lady Eleanor,
I'm alright here in your arms.
Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw.
Had my share of nightmares,
Didn't think there could be much more.
Then in walked Rodrick Usher with the Lady Eleanor.
She tied my eyes with a ribbon,
Of a silken ghostly thread.
I gaze with troubled vision,
On an old four poster bed.
Where Eleanor had risen to kiss the neck below my head,
And bid me come along with her to the land of the dancing dead.
But its alright Lady Eleanor,
Alright Lady Eleanor.
I'm alright where I am.
She gazed with loving beauty,
Like a mother to a son.
Like living, dying, seeing,
Being all rolled into one.
Then all at once I heard some music,
Playing in my bones.
The same old song I'd heard for years,
Reminding me of home.
But its alright Lady Eleanor,
Alright Lady Eleanor.
I'm alright where I am.
Then creeping on towards me,
Licking lips with tongues of fire.
A host of golden demons,
Screaming lust and base desire.
And when it seemed for certain,
That the screams could get no higher.
I heard a voice above the rest,
Screaming you're a liar.
But its alright Lady Eleanor,
Alright Lady Eleanor,
I'm alright here in your arms.
Lyrics submitted by RausRausFilaFila, edited by JohnTaylorHK, lenski, dave69king, vaguely
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