| David Bowie – Space Oddity Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[jmsn2393:32437] I agree with your analysis. This song has always struck me as being incredibly sad because you’re right, it is about alienation. I also see it as an analogy for a drug overdose. In fact, it many ways it reminds me of Pink Floyd’s ‘Comfortably Numb.’ However, this song is much more visceral and devastating than ‘Comfortably Numb’ because at the end he is lost. He just floats away in his tin can in the cold dark vacuum of space, gazing back at the faraway, planet Earth, which of course we know is the most beautiful thing out there, and there’s nothing he can do. | |
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