I've nothing much to offer
There's nothing much to take
I'm an absolute beginner
But I'm absolutely sane
As long as we're together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same
If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean
Just like the films
There's no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true
Nothing much could happen
Nothing we can't shake
Oh, we're absolute beginners
With nothing much at stake
As long as you're still smiling
There's nothing more I need
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
But if my love is your love
We're certain to succeed
If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Sail over heartaches
Just like the films
If there's reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true
There's nothing much to take
I'm an absolute beginner
But I'm absolutely sane
As long as we're together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same
If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean
Just like the films
There's no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true
Nothing much could happen
Nothing we can't shake
Oh, we're absolute beginners
With nothing much at stake
As long as you're still smiling
There's nothing more I need
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
But if my love is your love
We're certain to succeed
If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Sail over heartaches
Just like the films
If there's reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true
Lyrics submitted by LilBowieGirl
"Absolute Beginners" as written by David Bowie
Lyrics © TINTORETTO MUSIC
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About the song, ok, it's a simple tune, with simple lyrics; but not without depth.
To me, the guy says: I'm absolutely, deeply in love... but I'm not mad, not crazy ('And I'm absolutely sane'). He is mature, and lived enough to recognize a deep emotion without the blindness off love madness.
On the other hand, the relationship is just beginning, but he's sure that it will survive whatever lif throws at them, and it's a concious, cerebral statement ('With eyes completely open').
I can relate to it particulary in the seeing your couple as your whole world ('As long as we're together, the rest can go to hell').
This song is about maturity, the rediscover of a feeling of youth, with a new perspective, and the nervousness of the projections.
imdb.com/title/tt0090585/
BUT; am I the only one who can the drug references in it? If you put drugs in stead of the love-theme, at least it has a less abused theme.
Its certainly easier to appreceiate the depth in a song with more gravity, such as Cygnet Committe etc
This song is simple , short and optimistic
I think one of the stongest and most powerful pieces of advice I have ever heard is "Love More"
And I think this song beautifully captures the depth of that thought. It is unashamedly optimistic and innocent but not naive
An optimistic backlash to the often expressed "Ah but we all thought that when we were your age" and "Ah yeah but you're still in your honeymoon period"
Kinda suggests that plastiksjael is on to something with the drug reference. It's just tobacco he can't do without!