Cosmic Dancer

On the Acoustic Warrior album, Marc says, "This is a song about reincarnation" before playing Cosmic Dancer.

one of the most beautiful songs ever written

This is one of my favorite T.Rex songs. It is definately not about the car accident thing. Marc died in a car accident while his wife was driving but she survived. I don't think his kid was in the car and Rolan Bolan is very much alive.

The mood of the song is so strange and the idea of dancing from the womb to the tomb is perfect Bolan. That carefree perfect expression in dancing.

The Cosmic Dancer is Shiva from the Hindu religion, representing the act of creation and destruction so I am guessing that this song is about Bolan as an artist or poet, a sort of song about destiny. I know he used to call himself the Bolan Child and thought he was destined to become something big.

First off, just12: Marc Bolan did not die from "an OD of the quintessential disco drug," he died as a passenger in a car his girlfriend accidentally drove into a tree. Yes, he was involved with drugs for a time, but was actually clean and coming back at the time of his death. (look at any Bolan fan site).

Anyway, I love this song, even before I knew it was about reincarnation (according to Marc), but that makes me like it even more. To me, the song is about living your life fully, from birth to death, and then some--to recognize that death isn't the end of life, just a small part in the tapestry of a cosmic dance.

How can no one comment on T Rex ? One of the greatest bands there ever was and no one says anything about them. Urgh. Sums up Britain. We'd rather listen to "Crazy Frog".

THIS SONG IS WONDERFUL

Ahhh this song brings back memories of billy elliot movie. yeh it is about reincarnation, as far as i know. youre right

Marc Bolan said in a bonus track interview on Electric Warrior that Cosmic Dancer was about reincarnation.

To me it's about enjoying something so much that you give it your all and refuse to let go.

Cosmic Dancer--'Dancing' in poetic parlance, can also be about having sex...(eg. "Private Dancer", a courtesan or prostitute.) So I suppose this song could be about his early sexuality as a boy, like so many in his day and age. The 'cosmic' part could be about his state of mind, spiritual, evolving, perhaps? It's up to artistic interpretation, surely. Sometimes Marc could sound very melancholy when he sang this, as if a deep sadness is woven throughout this 'experience' of life he lived.