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 it goes again
On the road again
Eleven years later and I’m still writing wrongs
Time reflects on us all
Back when we were seventeen we were so lost
I heard your melody it changed everything
Back at The Orange Street we were all that we would need
Back when we were seventeen
Two words followed by three words
Punctuated with a kiss
Chain smoking cigarettes we breathe each other in
Our buzz will never ever end
Back when we were seventeen we were so lost
I heard your melody it changed everything
Back at The Orange Street we were all that we would need
Back when we were seventeen
We want the same things now I’m sure
We had it we lost it we want it but we can’t make it work
Should have known then what i know now
We had it we lost it we want it but we can’t make it work
Back when we were seventeen we were so lost
I heard your melody it changed everything
Back at The Orange Street we were all that we would need
Back when we were seventeen
Yeah we had everything
We were just seventeen
Yeah we had everything
When we were seventeen
On the road again
Eleven years later and I’m still writing wrongs
Time reflects on us all
Back when we were seventeen we were so lost
I heard your melody it changed everything
Back at The Orange Street we were all that we would need
Back when we were seventeen
Two words followed by three words
Punctuated with a kiss
Chain smoking cigarettes we breathe each other in
Our buzz will never ever end
Back when we were seventeen we were so lost
I heard your melody it changed everything
Back at The Orange Street we were all that we would need
Back when we were seventeen
We want the same things now I’m sure
We had it we lost it we want it but we can’t make it work
Should have known then what i know now
We had it we lost it we want it but we can’t make it work
Back when we were seventeen we were so lost
I heard your melody it changed everything
Back at The Orange Street we were all that we would need
Back when we were seventeen
Yeah we had everything
We were just seventeen
Yeah we had everything
When we were seventeen
Lyrics submitted by thesolo940, edited by sigrid1000, FireKittens, EliusCornelius
Seventeen Lyrics as written by Jeffrey Klemm
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I know this probably isn't the meaning at all. But the line, "I could never tell you what happened the day I turned 17, the rise of a king and the fall of a queen." always makes me think immediately of rape. Anyone else think of this?
it seemed that way to me too.
@frillsthrillsandpills Yeah me too. That's what I always assumed
@frillsthrillsandpills I also feel is related to sex or loosing her virginity
@frillsthrillsandpills It makes me think rape, but specifically incest.