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.
A chasm grows
With the cavity of serpentine teeth
(Serpentine teeth)
Hunger pains strike
For the sweet feast of innocent blood
Of innocent bloodshed
Now here we go
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
Growing fat on the throne of an empire
Tyrant rules with the threat of a great fire
I've opened up my eyes
Seen the world for what it's worth
Tears rain down from the sky
They'll blow it all to bits
To prove whose god wields all the power
Fire rains down from the sky
The gaping wounds
Hemorrhaging the blood from which they feast
(Blood from which they feast)
Eat us alive
Consume to feed a hunger with no
A hunger with no end
Let's fucking go
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
Growing fat on the throne of an empire
Tyrant rules with the threat of a great fire
I've opened up my eyes
Seen the world for what it's worth
Tears rain down from the sky
They'll blow it all to bits
To prove whose god wields all the power
Fire rains down from the sky
This battle's not the same
Which they have led us to believe
A synthesis of propaganda
Terror and deceit
We are the cattle
They the slaughter
Our meat, gasoline
They pump us through the machine's valves
To cleanse the world's "disease"
We are the ammunition
That will cause all life to cease
Annihilate
All those who stand in their way
Obliterate
They'll rain their holocaust
Down from the sky
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
Growing fat on the throne of an empire
Tyrant rules with the threat of a great fire
I've opened up my eyes
Seen the world for what it's worth
Tears rain down from the sky
They'll blow it all to bits
To prove whose god wields all the power
Fire rains down from the sky
Annihilate
All those who stand in their way
Obliterate
They'll rain their holocaust
Down from the sky
With the cavity of serpentine teeth
(Serpentine teeth)
Hunger pains strike
For the sweet feast of innocent blood
Of innocent bloodshed
Now here we go
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
Growing fat on the throne of an empire
Tyrant rules with the threat of a great fire
I've opened up my eyes
Seen the world for what it's worth
Tears rain down from the sky
They'll blow it all to bits
To prove whose god wields all the power
Fire rains down from the sky
The gaping wounds
Hemorrhaging the blood from which they feast
(Blood from which they feast)
Eat us alive
Consume to feed a hunger with no
A hunger with no end
Let's fucking go
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
Growing fat on the throne of an empire
Tyrant rules with the threat of a great fire
I've opened up my eyes
Seen the world for what it's worth
Tears rain down from the sky
They'll blow it all to bits
To prove whose god wields all the power
Fire rains down from the sky
This battle's not the same
Which they have led us to believe
A synthesis of propaganda
Terror and deceit
We are the cattle
They the slaughter
Our meat, gasoline
They pump us through the machine's valves
To cleanse the world's "disease"
We are the ammunition
That will cause all life to cease
Annihilate
All those who stand in their way
Obliterate
They'll rain their holocaust
Down from the sky
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
The vampires feed on the wars of mankind
Growing fat on the throne of an empire
Tyrant rules with the threat of a great fire
I've opened up my eyes
Seen the world for what it's worth
Tears rain down from the sky
They'll blow it all to bits
To prove whose god wields all the power
Fire rains down from the sky
Annihilate
All those who stand in their way
Obliterate
They'll rain their holocaust
Down from the sky
Lyrics submitted by Sonic Raider
Down From the Sky Lyrics as written by Matthew Heafy Corey Beaulieu
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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