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.
Down down, buried beneath
I feel like I'm running out of time, running out of time
Down down, make me believe
I want you to show me I'm alive, show me I'm alive
I have seen the slow disaster
Wreckage of my life
Silence before and nothing after
Echoing inside, I confess
I lied for this
I died for this
Down, down, buried beneath (down, down)
I feel like I'm running out of time, running out of time
Down, down, make me believe (down, down)
I want you to show me I'm alive, show me I'm alive
Life, life, life
I am just a sole survivor
Of self inflicted wounds
Shadows hide the dying embers
Burning out too soon
I lied for this
I died for this
Down, down, buried beneath (down, down)
I feel like I'm running out of time, running out of time
Down, down, make me believe (down, down)
I want you to show me I'm alive, show me I'm alive
Show me, show me down
Show me, show me down
Down, down
Buried
Down, down, buried beneath (down, down)
I feel like I'm running out of time, running out of time
Down, down, make me believe (down, down)
I want you to show me I'm alive, show me I'm alive
I lied for this (down, down, buried beneath)
I died for this (down, down buried beneath)
Down, down, buried beneath (down, down)
I feel like I'm running out of time, show me I'm alive
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I think this is about feeling so low in life that you can no longer see your way out and you're seeking out for that one person who you know can possibly save you for help.