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.
Black operations using money color black
Dark webs getting spun so politically correct
Watchin' everybody fight each other
Sister versus brother
Peace versus war
Rich against the poor
Different versus different
Bed versus the floor
Wall versus the door
Shore black, water black, money, black
Money backing greed, back in season
Spring fall in summer for unnatural reasons
Wanna decide which side? You're a goner
Don't know which evil side is upon us this time
Mind your business, stay in line
Find your calling, enterprise
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
This is maniacal, entire societies are falling
Without a net underneath 'em and no one digging 'em out
The fire has gotten out of control
We got no water, no buckets, and we're lucky if tomorrow comes
"Why" isn't important anymore
Sure, I'd like to know that need-to-know information
But when I know it
What reactions will it cause
When they finally show up
Dressed up, amped up, in a black car?
Wanna decide which side? You're a goner
Don't know which evil side is upon us this time
Mind your business, Stay in line
Find your glory, enterprise
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape, cut away all the red tape
Of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape, cut away all the red tape
Of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Dark webs getting spun so politically correct
Watchin' everybody fight each other
Sister versus brother
Peace versus war
Rich against the poor
Different versus different
Bed versus the floor
Wall versus the door
Shore black, water black, money, black
Money backing greed, back in season
Spring fall in summer for unnatural reasons
Wanna decide which side? You're a goner
Don't know which evil side is upon us this time
Mind your business, stay in line
Find your calling, enterprise
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
This is maniacal, entire societies are falling
Without a net underneath 'em and no one digging 'em out
The fire has gotten out of control
We got no water, no buckets, and we're lucky if tomorrow comes
"Why" isn't important anymore
Sure, I'd like to know that need-to-know information
But when I know it
What reactions will it cause
When they finally show up
Dressed up, amped up, in a black car?
Wanna decide which side? You're a goner
Don't know which evil side is upon us this time
Mind your business, Stay in line
Find your glory, enterprise
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape
Leaving things in a state of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape, cut away all the red tape
Of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
Cutting away all the red tape, cut away all the red tape
Of chaos and earthquakes
Chaos and earthquakes
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Chaos and Earthquakes Lyrics as written by Elias Soriano Bradley Kochmit
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