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.
The sunset will make the night,
He feels the road with the headlights
He's one of the wilder kind,
In his yellow and red skyline
Young man... and... his... fast car
Squeezing... the wheel...
Knuckles white
Speeding, turning, sliding, drifting
Deeper in his bucket seat,
Running all the lights with the girl of his dreams
And they enter the night when
The young ones need no sleep
Laughing at the lights they keep running
When the song on the
Radio sings "Such a perfect day"
Tomorrow slowly fade away
The world only ends once in one life time
These night of the young last forever
Around and around, with the clearing smoke
These days drift away altogether
The peak of the perfect skies
The sunrise always runs the night
Racing... for one... final kiss
Drifting... away... don't touch... the wheel!
Turn left slide right, Initial G-feel
Deeper in the redline,
Screaming louder underneath
And they enter the night when
The young ones need no sleep
Laughing at the lights they keep running
When the song on the
Radio sings "Such a perfect day"
Tomowwor slowly fade away
World only ends once in one life time
These night of the young last forever
Around and around, with the clearing smoke
These days drift away altogether
Once in a while night's a full lifetime
These nights of the young last forever
Around and around, with the clearing smoke
These days drift away in the shades of time
He feels the road with the headlights
He's one of the wilder kind,
In his yellow and red skyline
Young man... and... his... fast car
Squeezing... the wheel...
Knuckles white
Speeding, turning, sliding, drifting
Deeper in his bucket seat,
Running all the lights with the girl of his dreams
And they enter the night when
The young ones need no sleep
Laughing at the lights they keep running
When the song on the
Radio sings "Such a perfect day"
Tomorrow slowly fade away
The world only ends once in one life time
These night of the young last forever
Around and around, with the clearing smoke
These days drift away altogether
The peak of the perfect skies
The sunrise always runs the night
Racing... for one... final kiss
Drifting... away... don't touch... the wheel!
Turn left slide right, Initial G-feel
Deeper in the redline,
Screaming louder underneath
And they enter the night when
The young ones need no sleep
Laughing at the lights they keep running
When the song on the
Radio sings "Such a perfect day"
Tomowwor slowly fade away
World only ends once in one life time
These night of the young last forever
Around and around, with the clearing smoke
These days drift away altogether
Once in a while night's a full lifetime
These nights of the young last forever
Around and around, with the clearing smoke
These days drift away in the shades of time
Lyrics submitted by emberobin
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