Ministrydid more than any other band to popularize industrial-metal, injecting large doses of punky, over-the-top aggression and roaring heavy metal guitar riffs that helped their music find favor with metal and alternative audiences outside of industrial's cult fan base. That's not to say Ministry had a commercial or generally accessible sound: they were unremittingly intense, abrasive, pounding, and repetitive, and not always guitar-oriented (samples, synthesizers, and tape effects were a primary focus just as often as guitars and distorted vocals). However, both live and in the studio, they achieved a huge, crushing sound that put most of their contemporaries in aggressive musical genres to shame; plus, founder and frontman Al Jourgensengave the group a greater aura of style and theater than other industrial bands, who seemed rather faceless when compared with Jourgensen's leather-clad cowboy/biker look and the edgy shock tactics of such videos as .
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So many years I just suffered through the tears
Knowing one day Id wake up wishing I had never met her
But as the time goes by my hope keeping playing every day
As I laugh to myself, i just should have known better
Theres no more laughter as I think about the other girl
Its a slap in my face as Im opening her letter
Shes doing fine now with two kids and another man
As I cry out loud, i just should have known better
She was the reason I was living every day
I would ride upon a white horse in my quest to try and find her
But now its too late, I dont care if I die tonight
Cos a voice keeps ringing in my heart, i should have known better
I learned my lesson this time
Lonliness and a broken heart
Shouldve known right from the start