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.
Day break, I'm sitting near your grave
I take my guitar out of the tin bag because I haven't got a case for it
I take a flight of fancy and see an airplane reflecting the sun
It carries many stories, enough for our flight
A couple of rabbits come out from nowhere
Wriggling their ears, always together
Feeling, reeling, dealing, revealing, singing by your side
Because I know that I feel out of place
Anywhere I go
I sing night and day
I sing night and day
I sing night and day
Night and day
Night and day
I run night and day
I run night and day
I run night and day
Night and day
Night and day
As all the things come together
Time flows past me like a never-ending river
People drifting in the forest of buildings
How many times am I gonna see you in my dreams
You're a memory now, one I pray never fades
I sing night and day
I sing night and day
I sing night and day
Night and day
Night and day
Night and day
Night and day
I take my guitar out of the tin bag because I haven't got a case for it
I take a flight of fancy and see an airplane reflecting the sun
It carries many stories, enough for our flight
A couple of rabbits come out from nowhere
Wriggling their ears, always together
Feeling, reeling, dealing, revealing, singing by your side
Because I know that I feel out of place
Anywhere I go
I sing night and day
I sing night and day
I sing night and day
Night and day
Night and day
I run night and day
I run night and day
I run night and day
Night and day
Night and day
As all the things come together
Time flows past me like a never-ending river
People drifting in the forest of buildings
How many times am I gonna see you in my dreams
You're a memory now, one I pray never fades
I sing night and day
I sing night and day
I sing night and day
Night and day
Night and day
Night and day
Night and day
Lyrics submitted by Rakeru
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It's a song about bereavement and loss. In the first verse, we find out he's sitting near somebody's grave, and reflecting on the world around him. I suppose the rabbits could be bittersweet, "always together", while the person whose grave he's visiting can't be with him anymore. And it's obvious he hasn't gotten over the loss, "Because I know I feel out of place/ Anywhere I go". Other people's stories have always intrigued me, and so I feel the same thing as Akeboshi when I see an airplane. It's exactly the sort of musing that fits into a song like this.
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