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've stood upon my mountaintop
And shouted at the sky
Walked above the pavement with my senses amplified
I get this feeling
All my nerves are naked wires tender to the touch
Sometimes super-sensitive
But who can care too much?
I get this feeling
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Each emotional injury
Leaves behind its mark
Sometimes they come tumbling out
Like shadows in the dark
I get this feeling
When I think about all I have seen
And all I'll never see
When I think about the people
Who have opened up to me
I get this feeling
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Snow falls deep around my house
And holds the winter light
I've heard the lions hunting
In the Serengeti night
I get this feeling
Forests turned to factories
And river, sea, and sky
Hungry child in the desert
And the flies that cloud her eyes
I get this feeling
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Pleasure leaves a fingerprint as surely as mortal pain
In memories they resonate and echo back again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
And shouted at the sky
Walked above the pavement with my senses amplified
I get this feeling
All my nerves are naked wires tender to the touch
Sometimes super-sensitive
But who can care too much?
I get this feeling
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Each emotional injury
Leaves behind its mark
Sometimes they come tumbling out
Like shadows in the dark
I get this feeling
When I think about all I have seen
And all I'll never see
When I think about the people
Who have opened up to me
I get this feeling
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Snow falls deep around my house
And holds the winter light
I've heard the lions hunting
In the Serengeti night
I get this feeling
Forests turned to factories
And river, sea, and sky
Hungry child in the desert
And the flies that cloud her eyes
I get this feeling
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Pleasure leaves a fingerprint as surely as mortal pain
In memories they resonate and echo back again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
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@hsingarajah The thing i like about RUSH is that their albums don't all sound the same...they have variation under their named and made great music for over 40 years