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.
So you honestly believe in me
though I wake up every night
and I've been dreaming of a second rush
while the first one leaves your eye
What if you'd never been through lies,
young sorrow, wailing loans,
what if you'd never seen through that
to the fields of our home
Always rumours of a flame in town
not by parents ever traced
just a part of what we do out here
subtle early, vicious late
What if I'd never been through finds
of sorrow, wailing loans
what if I'd never seen through that
to the fields of our home
When all falling down is just the traveling need
of a wave
and the burn of a salt in the cuts come around
heal again
There was always racing on that crossing street
where you'd land on quiet heels
will there ever be a sane time to
let them know how walking feels
What if we never see through crying tomorrows,
wailing loans
what if we never see through that
to the fields of our...
The more we believe in these frozen grounds
suddenly hunger disappears
will we fall as we run with our closing eyes
Is this a lifetime or some years?
though I wake up every night
and I've been dreaming of a second rush
while the first one leaves your eye
What if you'd never been through lies,
young sorrow, wailing loans,
what if you'd never seen through that
to the fields of our home
Always rumours of a flame in town
not by parents ever traced
just a part of what we do out here
subtle early, vicious late
What if I'd never been through finds
of sorrow, wailing loans
what if I'd never seen through that
to the fields of our home
When all falling down is just the traveling need
of a wave
and the burn of a salt in the cuts come around
heal again
There was always racing on that crossing street
where you'd land on quiet heels
will there ever be a sane time to
let them know how walking feels
What if we never see through crying tomorrows,
wailing loans
what if we never see through that
to the fields of our...
The more we believe in these frozen grounds
suddenly hunger disappears
will we fall as we run with our closing eyes
Is this a lifetime or some years?
Lyrics submitted by michaelbushwvu
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The lines: So you honestly believe in me though I wake up every night and I've been dreaming of a second rush while the first one leaves your eye
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