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.
Mhm-mhm
Yup, yup
Yeah, yeah
I still keep thinking that you
Would tell me the truth
But you never do
No, you don't (no, no)
Sugar coating mirrors and lies
The perfect disguise
Do you pay the price
No, you don't (no, no)
I wish I could go (wish I could go)
Back to the start
And tell myself that I hold the cards (don't go)
I don't know (woo)
Why do I follow
When you lead me nowhere
You take the dark road
And baby, I go there
There's a part of me
Somewhere deep
Down there still believes
That's why I follow
When you lead me nowhere
Ba da da ra da da da da da
Ra da da da da da da, ra da da da da da (woo)
You let my love go to waste
You're not gonna change
You're not gonna change
No, you won't (nah)
Staying up at night and I pray it gets better
Waiting on a change in the weather
But I ain't gonna wait here forever
No, I won't
Oh, I wish I could go (could you take me)
Back to the start
And tell myself that I hold the cards (anything baby)
I don't know
Why do I follow
When you lead me nowhere
You take the dark road
And baby, I go there
There's a part of me
Somewhere deep
Down where I still believe
That's why I follow
When you lead me nowhere
Ba da da ra da da da da da
Ra da da da da da da, ra da da da da da (woo)
Ba da da ra da da da da da
Ra da da da da da da, ra da da da da da
Ooh, Oh my, I just missed my line
Help me, I'm so blind
I just love your lies (yeah)
How can you blame me?
You make 'em sound so amazing
Deep down I know that you hate me
Baby, it's so entertaining
I wish I could go (wish I could go)
Back to the start
And tell myself that I hold the cards
I don't know
I wish I could say (wish I could say)
All of the things I want to say
And then walk away
I don't know
Why do I follow
When you lead me nowhere
You take the dark road
And baby, I go there
There's a part of me
Somewhere deep
Down I still believe
That's why I follow
When you lead me nowhere (no-no-no-no-nowhere)
Ba da da ra da da da da da
Ra da da da da da da, ra da da da da da
Ba da da ra da da da da da
Ra da da da da da da, ra da da da da da
Yup, yup
Yeah, yeah
I still keep thinking that you
Would tell me the truth
But you never do
No, you don't (no, no)
Sugar coating mirrors and lies
The perfect disguise
Do you pay the price
No, you don't (no, no)
I wish I could go (wish I could go)
Back to the start
And tell myself that I hold the cards (don't go)
I don't know (woo)
Why do I follow
When you lead me nowhere
You take the dark road
And baby, I go there
There's a part of me
Somewhere deep
Down there still believes
That's why I follow
When you lead me nowhere
Ba da da ra da da da da da
Ra da da da da da da, ra da da da da da (woo)
You let my love go to waste
You're not gonna change
You're not gonna change
No, you won't (nah)
Staying up at night and I pray it gets better
Waiting on a change in the weather
But I ain't gonna wait here forever
No, I won't
Oh, I wish I could go (could you take me)
Back to the start
And tell myself that I hold the cards (anything baby)
I don't know
Why do I follow
When you lead me nowhere
You take the dark road
And baby, I go there
There's a part of me
Somewhere deep
Down where I still believe
That's why I follow
When you lead me nowhere
Ba da da ra da da da da da
Ra da da da da da da, ra da da da da da (woo)
Ba da da ra da da da da da
Ra da da da da da da, ra da da da da da
Ooh, Oh my, I just missed my line
Help me, I'm so blind
I just love your lies (yeah)
How can you blame me?
You make 'em sound so amazing
Deep down I know that you hate me
Baby, it's so entertaining
I wish I could go (wish I could go)
Back to the start
And tell myself that I hold the cards
I don't know
I wish I could say (wish I could say)
All of the things I want to say
And then walk away
I don't know
Why do I follow
When you lead me nowhere
You take the dark road
And baby, I go there
There's a part of me
Somewhere deep
Down I still believe
That's why I follow
When you lead me nowhere (no-no-no-no-nowhere)
Ba da da ra da da da da da
Ra da da da da da da, ra da da da da da
Ba da da ra da da da da da
Ra da da da da da da, ra da da da da da
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Nowhere Lyrics as written by Ilsey Juber Grace Chatto
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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