| David Bowie – Heat Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| In my opinion, the second part of the song reveals a lot about Bowie. He tells himself that he doesn't know who he is, and this seems to have played itself out during his career through his changing personas. However, as I see it, deeper meaning can read into this insight if this part is read in conjunction with the next section, "my father ran the prison". Sexuality has a lot to do with your relationship with your mother, according to Freud, and therefore your father, leading on from that. I can only speculate, but I think Bowie sees his relationship with his father as having been responsible for creating the prison in which Bowie lives. That prison, as I see it, is being uncertain about his sexuality, and therefore who he is. This has lead to his changing personas. | |
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