| David Bowie – The Next Day Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Oh how we we're all so fooled by the man! When this song was first released many people had many different interpretations as to what it means, something that we can still argue today. However what's obvious is that this is when David found out about his terminal disease, who else takes that news and decides to write two final huge albums, starting with this song. The level of genius here is so vast that I'll only explain a few and leave the rest for you to work out. "Look into my eyes he tells her, I'm gonna say goodbye he says yeah" - this is clearly a line to Iman, also note in the video how the eyes on the plate coincide with blackstars' look where David presents himself with no eyes. "Ignoring the pain of the perticular diseases" and "here I am, not quite dying" are obviously his battle cry against the news, his final stand and looking back, nobody can argue he beat death, not by carrying on living, but to end his career in such a way that his legacy will never die, well played Mr.Jones, well played! For any Bowie fans, check out Ian Hunters tribute to him called "Dandy", tremendous tip of the hat! |
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