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.
Time
Ain't you have shotgun for a while
Gonna be shooting like a star across the sky
Gonna burn brightly for a while
Then you're gone
And maybe
It's not too late to change your mind
But I don't know, dear
If love will live or if it'll die
And I don't know if love's alive
And time
We've got a life and life's a prize
But I don't know, dear
If love, dear, will fall or if it'll rise
And I don't know if love's the prize
And maybe
It's not too late to say good bye
But I don't know, dear
If love, dear, will care or if it don't mind
And I don't know if love's the prize
And I don't know if love's the prize
And I don't know if love's the prize
And maybe
It's just impossible to know
If I should stay here with you, dear
Stay here or if I should go
And I don't know if love, don't know
And maybe
I should get down on my knees (and say)
That I don't know anything or anymore to anyone else today
And I don't if love's the way
And maybe
You've got no dreams but rest assured
There's a whole lifetime ahead of you to dash along the shore
And I don't know if love's the cure
And I don't know if love's so cure
And I don't know if love's the prize
Ain't you have shotgun for a while
Gonna be shooting like a star across the sky
Gonna burn brightly for a while
Then you're gone
And maybe
It's not too late to change your mind
But I don't know, dear
If love will live or if it'll die
And I don't know if love's alive
And time
We've got a life and life's a prize
But I don't know, dear
If love, dear, will fall or if it'll rise
And I don't know if love's the prize
And maybe
It's not too late to say good bye
But I don't know, dear
If love, dear, will care or if it don't mind
And I don't know if love's the prize
And I don't know if love's the prize
And I don't know if love's the prize
And maybe
It's just impossible to know
If I should stay here with you, dear
Stay here or if I should go
And I don't know if love, don't know
And maybe
I should get down on my knees (and say)
That I don't know anything or anymore to anyone else today
And I don't if love's the way
And maybe
You've got no dreams but rest assured
There's a whole lifetime ahead of you to dash along the shore
And I don't know if love's the cure
And I don't know if love's so cure
And I don't know if love's the prize
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
The Prize Lyrics as written by Jason Andrew Pierce
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, BMG Rights Management
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