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.
Man, oh, man
My hands in the plans
Fan of the man
Sands in the plans
I'm at home
On my own
Gone and flown
A home's a home
Ren the Hoak
And other folk
Soaked and soaked
By their joke
Hey, hey, Joe, Joe
Whatcha know, whatcha know?
Hey, hey, Joe, Joe
Whatcha know, whatcha know?
Push and push
The level of the tone
A bone's a bone
A moan's a moan
What's next, what's next?
Who knows not those?
Bear it wear it
Live it or die it
Hearts that bleed
Hearts that need
Need and need
Bleed and bleed
Toke and toke
The smokin' toke
Smokin' Joe, he know
Smokin' Joe, he know
Hit after hit
My fuck's not fit
To sit and sit
And follow that shit
On my own
My brain's my home
I'm alone you're alone
I'm alone we're alone
Push and push
The level of the tone
A bone's a bone
A moan's a moan
What's next, what's next?
Who knows not those?
Bear it wear it
Live it or die it
There's no glove
There's no love
Push to shove
No glove no love
Safety first
Safely thirst
Skirt the hurt
That ignorance flirts
Go to bed
Cover your head
Cover your head
Or end up dead
Cover you heard
Or end up dead
Cover your head
Or end up dead
Man on man
My hands in the plans
Fan of the man
Sands in the plans
I'm at home
On my own
Gone and flown
A home's a home
Ren the Hoak
Another bloke
Soaked and soaked
By the joke
Hey, hey, John K
Watcha say, watcha say?
Hey, hey, Joe, Joe
Watcha know, watcha know?
My hands in the plans
Fan of the man
Sands in the plans
I'm at home
On my own
Gone and flown
A home's a home
Ren the Hoak
And other folk
Soaked and soaked
By their joke
Hey, hey, Joe, Joe
Whatcha know, whatcha know?
Hey, hey, Joe, Joe
Whatcha know, whatcha know?
Push and push
The level of the tone
A bone's a bone
A moan's a moan
What's next, what's next?
Who knows not those?
Bear it wear it
Live it or die it
Hearts that bleed
Hearts that need
Need and need
Bleed and bleed
Toke and toke
The smokin' toke
Smokin' Joe, he know
Smokin' Joe, he know
Hit after hit
My fuck's not fit
To sit and sit
And follow that shit
On my own
My brain's my home
I'm alone you're alone
I'm alone we're alone
Push and push
The level of the tone
A bone's a bone
A moan's a moan
What's next, what's next?
Who knows not those?
Bear it wear it
Live it or die it
There's no glove
There's no love
Push to shove
No glove no love
Safety first
Safely thirst
Skirt the hurt
That ignorance flirts
Go to bed
Cover your head
Cover your head
Or end up dead
Cover you heard
Or end up dead
Cover your head
Or end up dead
Man on man
My hands in the plans
Fan of the man
Sands in the plans
I'm at home
On my own
Gone and flown
A home's a home
Ren the Hoak
Another bloke
Soaked and soaked
By the joke
Hey, hey, John K
Watcha say, watcha say?
Hey, hey, Joe, Joe
Watcha know, watcha know?
Lyrics submitted by monster36604
Green Mind Lyrics as written by Phillip M. Steir Adam Sherburne
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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