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.
I don't know if you'll hear this song
And if you do you might not know
That is a tribute to the man who made
Our world go around
I don't know if you'll hear this song
But if you do you're not alone
So dance while you can and cry while you can
Let the world go around
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
I miss the daily phone call
And I miss the good advice
And my brother misses everything
He's just looking for you
It's the longest tough goodbye
So many lows and no real highs
Seems so little we can do
Is see glimpses of you
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
Can't fight, life
So dance while you can
You can't fight, life
So just dance while you can
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
And if you do you might not know
That is a tribute to the man who made
Our world go around
I don't know if you'll hear this song
But if you do you're not alone
So dance while you can and cry while you can
Let the world go around
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
I miss the daily phone call
And I miss the good advice
And my brother misses everything
He's just looking for you
It's the longest tough goodbye
So many lows and no real highs
Seems so little we can do
Is see glimpses of you
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
Can't fight, life
So dance while you can
You can't fight, life
So just dance while you can
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
And if you will have me
I want to be the son that I was
And if you will have me
I want to be the boy from the photograph
Lyrics submitted by Soilydude, edited by BobTheRhino
If You Will Have Me Lyrics as written by Nicholas Hodgson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Beautiful song. I don't know what it's about, but something like what Ashtray-girl said would probably fit it. It definitely does seem to be about the protagonist's relationship with his parent/s, at least.
"You can't fight life / So just dance while you can" seems to me to be a beautiful and succinct way of saying that we're all going to get caught up in some bad or even just time-consuming things sometimes and we've only got so much time in our lives, so we should seize moments whenever we can and just create our own happiness. And that would probably especially fit if the song is about the person's father having died, because that would get him thinking about how fleeting life is and how we should try to get as much out of it as we can.
Incidentally, the lyrics shown here are slightly off; the lyric booklet shows the lyrics as the following:
I don't know if you'll hear this song And if you do you might not know That it's a tribute to the man who made Our world go around
I don't know if you'll hear this song But if you do, you're not alone So dance while you can and cry while you can Let the world go around
And if you will have me I want to be the son that I was And if you will have me I want to be the boy from the photograph
I miss the daily phone call And I miss the good advice And my brother misses everything He's just looking for you
It's the longest of goodbyes So many lows and no real highs There seems so little we can do We see glimpses of you
And if you will have me I want to be the son that I was And if you will have me I want to be the boy from the photograph
You can't fight life So dance while you can
You can't fight life So just dance while you can
And if you will have me I want to be the son that I was And if you will have me I want to be the boy from the photograph
And if you will have me I want to be the son that I was And if you will have me I want to be the boy from the photograph