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.
Sailing
on the waves near the sun
Horizon's
watching our travel to nowhere
Hundred
miles away from the coast
Thousand
from the struggle of my past life
A warning in the night
without any moonlight
The darkest omen is burning in our minds
Night is what can bring you here
Reflecting all the past
When a day is already gone,
another one is born
Shadows will be gone
a shiny light will come
All around the
new life just begin
Vessel's
sinking down in black sea
Realizes in a flash
he's going to die
Starting to feel
human once again
He's begging God
for a second chance
A warning in the night
without any moonlight
The darkest omen is burning in our minds
Night is what can bring you here
Reflecting all the past
When a day is already gone,
another one is born
Shadows will be gone
a shiny light will come
All around the
new life just begin
"I belong to an another world
I belong to an another time
And my story has gone on..."
Land's embracing him
with its warmth
Memories now are flowing
in his mind
Found his inner peace
which was lost
Wondering what life
is going to bring
A warning in the night
without any moonlight
The darkest omen is burning in our minds
Night is what can bring you here
Reflecting all the past
When a day is already gone,
another one is born
Shadows will be gone
a shiny light will come
All around the
new life just begin
on the waves near the sun
Horizon's
watching our travel to nowhere
Hundred
miles away from the coast
Thousand
from the struggle of my past life
A warning in the night
without any moonlight
The darkest omen is burning in our minds
Night is what can bring you here
Reflecting all the past
When a day is already gone,
another one is born
Shadows will be gone
a shiny light will come
All around the
new life just begin
Vessel's
sinking down in black sea
Realizes in a flash
he's going to die
Starting to feel
human once again
He's begging God
for a second chance
A warning in the night
without any moonlight
The darkest omen is burning in our minds
Night is what can bring you here
Reflecting all the past
When a day is already gone,
another one is born
Shadows will be gone
a shiny light will come
All around the
new life just begin
"I belong to an another world
I belong to an another time
And my story has gone on..."
Land's embracing him
with its warmth
Memories now are flowing
in his mind
Found his inner peace
which was lost
Wondering what life
is going to bring
A warning in the night
without any moonlight
The darkest omen is burning in our minds
Night is what can bring you here
Reflecting all the past
When a day is already gone,
another one is born
Shadows will be gone
a shiny light will come
All around the
new life just begin
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
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