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.
Sunset, behind a chain link fence
You put that tiny candle in my hand
You put that chrism on my forehead
With your fingers crossed
You held my wrists
And I'll never forget that pebble pushing up into my knee
You said the sky'd light up
You said the sky'd light up
And all the kids in the playground waiting for the light up
You said the sky's the sign
You said the sky's the sign
And I was watching the blue in your eyes turn fire
You said the sky'd light up
You said the sky'd light up
And I feel anymore and all I can see anymore
I didn't like it
I was excited by it
What will I say when I get home?
I'm in the window, I'm at the door
Oooh, oooh, oooh
And (I, my) one the black top (lie, aie) and on the jungle gym (why, cry, I've got no piece of mind) and (I got no peace) on the four-square courts you gave me a fear of (I'm gonne blow your mind and) my skin, a desiring (I'm gonna blow your mind) to feel the sun rising in between my knees
Why try, feel my, I got no peace of mind
And I got no peace of mind
And I got no peace of mind
And all I can feel anymore and all I can see anymore
I'm 16, driving south from Baltimore
What will I say when I get home?
I'm in the window
I'm at the door
All I feel anymore and all I can see anymore
There's something on the ceiling
My feet aren't on the floor
All I feel anymore and all I can see anymore
My feet aren't on the floor
There's something on the ceiling
I didn't like it
I was excited by it
What will I say when I get home?
I'm in the window, I'm out the door
Sunset, behind a chain link fence
You put that tiny candle in my hand
You put that chrism on my forehead
With your fingers crossed
You held my wrists
And I'll never forget that pebble pushing up into my knee
You said the sky'd light up
You said the sky'd light up
And all the kids in the playground waiting for the light up
All I feel anymore and all I can see anymore
Do you fear for your child?
This will stay with me until I die!
And all the kids (boys) in the four-square courts
All I feel anymore and all I can see anymore
I hated (wanted) them then them more!
A loneliness no fag could comprehend
You put that tiny candle in my hand
You put that chrism on my forehead
With your fingers crossed
You held my wrists
And I'll never forget that pebble pushing up into my knee
You said the sky'd light up
You said the sky'd light up
And all the kids in the playground waiting for the light up
You said the sky's the sign
You said the sky's the sign
And I was watching the blue in your eyes turn fire
You said the sky'd light up
You said the sky'd light up
And I feel anymore and all I can see anymore
I didn't like it
I was excited by it
What will I say when I get home?
I'm in the window, I'm at the door
Oooh, oooh, oooh
And (I, my) one the black top (lie, aie) and on the jungle gym (why, cry, I've got no piece of mind) and (I got no peace) on the four-square courts you gave me a fear of (I'm gonne blow your mind and) my skin, a desiring (I'm gonna blow your mind) to feel the sun rising in between my knees
Why try, feel my, I got no peace of mind
And I got no peace of mind
And I got no peace of mind
And all I can feel anymore and all I can see anymore
I'm 16, driving south from Baltimore
What will I say when I get home?
I'm in the window
I'm at the door
All I feel anymore and all I can see anymore
There's something on the ceiling
My feet aren't on the floor
All I feel anymore and all I can see anymore
My feet aren't on the floor
There's something on the ceiling
I didn't like it
I was excited by it
What will I say when I get home?
I'm in the window, I'm out the door
Sunset, behind a chain link fence
You put that tiny candle in my hand
You put that chrism on my forehead
With your fingers crossed
You held my wrists
And I'll never forget that pebble pushing up into my knee
You said the sky'd light up
You said the sky'd light up
And all the kids in the playground waiting for the light up
All I feel anymore and all I can see anymore
Do you fear for your child?
This will stay with me until I die!
And all the kids (boys) in the four-square courts
All I feel anymore and all I can see anymore
I hated (wanted) them then them more!
A loneliness no fag could comprehend
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Best. Best. Best.
this song is chock full of nostalgic feeling. when i go home, i drive in my buick and blast this song.
isn't this song about anal??
first of all one of these verses is wrong. It's:
On the four-square court, and on the jungle gym, and on the asphalt, you gave me, a fear of my skin, a desiring, to feel the sun rising in between my knees.
i'm sure this song has nothing to do with anal.
there's a lot of childhood imagery, playground what have you. It's got a lot to do with school girls, and adolescent desire.
"you gave me, a fear of my skin, a desiring, to feel the sun rising in between my knees"
whoever's singing this song isn't sure if they want to want.
Its about that whole Catholic preist thingy... "You put that tiny candle in my hand... You put that chrism on my forehead..." That's that ash and candle they give to altar boys... But as barrons said, he's not sure if he wants what he's getting or not...
Its about that whole Catholic preist thingy... "You put that tiny candle in my hand... You put that chrism on my forehead..." That's that ash and candle they give to altar boys... But as barrons said, he's not sure if he wants what he's getting or not...
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im not sure if its so specific to the Catholic priest thing because it seems too literal to me but its definitely about pedophilia. one of the band members said in an interview that the line "a loneliness no fag can comprehend" means that pedophiles are the worse off of the sexual minorities because their sexual expression violates their partners.
i would have figured that "a lonliness no fag could comprehend" is more about the fact that ... gays don't like girls?
i would have figured that "a lonliness no fag could comprehend" is more about the fact that ... gays don't like girls?