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.
Tried to break love to a science
In an act of pure defiance
I broke her heart
There's a pull up on her theories
There's a watch her growing weary
I broke her heart.
Having heavy conversations
About the furthest constellations of our souls
We're just trying to find some meaning
In the things that we believe in
But we got some ways to go
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that just knocks me dead.
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
I tried pushing evolution
As the obvious conclusion off the start
But it was all my own amusement
Saying love was an illusion of a hopeless heart
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that knocks me dead
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that just knocks me dead
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
In an act of pure defiance
I broke her heart
There's a pull up on her theories
There's a watch her growing weary
I broke her heart.
Having heavy conversations
About the furthest constellations of our souls
We're just trying to find some meaning
In the things that we believe in
But we got some ways to go
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that just knocks me dead.
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
I tried pushing evolution
As the obvious conclusion off the start
But it was all my own amusement
Saying love was an illusion of a hopeless heart
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that knocks me dead
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Of all of the things that she's ever said
She goes and says something that just knocks me dead
You won't find faith or hope down a telescope
You won't find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything down to chemicals
But you can't explain a love like ours
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Ooh, it's the way we feel, yeah this is real
Lyrics submitted by Sypher, edited by Goldenkarma
Science & Faith Lyrics as written by Mark Anthony Sheehan Daniel John O'donoghue
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Great version of a great song,
This song is a portrayal of an argument between the rationalist, logical and scientific thinker with a more spiritual thinker, who is often referred to as 'her,' indicating the likelihood that this person is the singer's lover. The rationalist confesses that he enjoyed 'pulling apart her theories,' by stating that calling love an illusion was all 'for my own amusement.' He almost enjoys watching his lover's ideas becoming nullified and she seems to concede to many of his points as she 'grows weary.' But with what seems as a last throw of the dice she makes a more personal statement and says that reducing everything to chemicals and physical laws will not necessarily lead to happiness. She draws upon four points: first, she claims faith and hope cannot be found by simply looking at the laws of nature, here implied by 'down a telescope.' The effect of this is clear on the singer and the reason for this is that within his lover's claim it is first implied that faith and hope are irrespective of scientific discovery as they are not tangeable concepts. Indeed, faith is belief without evidence by definition. When the term faith is used it is likely to have been referring to a god, as the more spiritual thinker in this interchange is likely to be a believer in god, while the scientific thinker does not believe in ideas without them being backed up by evidence. The singer's lover adds in the idea that without faith (with the implication being faith in a god) there is no hope. Hope in this sense is possibly used to mean hope in an afterlife or reward for having lived a good life. By saying this she raises the question 'if there is no god, why do we bother?' The last straw which makes the singer crumble is the idea that if everything is simply chemicals and laws of physics, how does he 'explain this love' between them. She plays upon his emotions as he feels as though his scientific explanations are not adequate enough to explain their love.
Just a disclaimer: I am merely trying to portray the views of the two parties, mainly the woman, in this song. I disagree with the woman on many levels because as it happens I do find faith and hope in the beauty of science and I also find heart and soul in the wonders that are the stars. Also, it is actually possible to break love down to chemicals, but why does that make it any less special? Regards.
you'll never understand :/
because some theories are correct others aren't. If we were to abide by your ideas that all theories deserve equal credit, then we would not have progressed at all over the years. We wouldn't have any life saving medicines, knowledge or, for that matter, this music.
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