This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Got tired of wasting gas living above the planet,
Mister, show me the way to Earth,
The boys of Quadrant 44, with their vicious metal hounds,
Never come around here no more,
Sometimes I wonder if I'm still alive,
Six feet down at age 25,
Maxwell Leather Demon rock hand jive,
I came down like water for the age of solar,
Hail to the father,
Kiss your sons and your daughters,
Goodbye, goodbye,
Steam steady roller,
Lady tongue controller,
Ten feet tall, better walk it back down,
Despite the great duress, always get off 'cause damn it!
It's the only sure fire way to win,
Your poison doesn't hurt me, no,
Tender wine disguised in a milk-fat fair kiddie show,
I'm here to celebrate the one below,
At last I've heard from good God above
As the slap on my ass by a lipstick-kissed elbow glove.
Mister, show me the way to Earth,
The boys of Quadrant 44, with their vicious metal hounds,
Never come around here no more,
Sometimes I wonder if I'm still alive,
Six feet down at age 25,
Maxwell Leather Demon rock hand jive,
I came down like water for the age of solar,
Hail to the father,
Kiss your sons and your daughters,
Goodbye, goodbye,
Steam steady roller,
Lady tongue controller,
Ten feet tall, better walk it back down,
Despite the great duress, always get off 'cause damn it!
It's the only sure fire way to win,
Your poison doesn't hurt me, no,
Tender wine disguised in a milk-fat fair kiddie show,
I'm here to celebrate the one below,
At last I've heard from good God above
As the slap on my ass by a lipstick-kissed elbow glove.
Lyrics submitted by ruben
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everyone here is crazy 'cause this is the best song ever
D: No comments for two years!? This song is amazing. It needs more love.
I think it does make sense. Well, it's a ballad.. so it has a lot of metaphors. It's about Maxwell Demon, who is an alien, like Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie).
Got tired of wasting gas living above the planet -He's in a spaceship above his planet, so he's wasting gas to power it) Mister, show me the way to earth -He wants to go to Earth The boys of Quadrant 44 with their vicious metal hounds -The astronauts from earth in their space ships Never come around here no more -Astronauts don't go to space much anymore Sometimes I wonder if I'm still alive -he's depresses Six feet down at age 25 -People are buried six feet under and he feels dead. He's 25. Maxwell Leather Demon rock hand jive -His name and a dance move
I came down like water -Water comes to Earth (rain) he came to Earth For the age of solar -for the solar age (60s//70s) Hail to the father Kiss your sons and daughters Goodbye goodbye -he's going to destroy earth. Brain Slade brings glam rock to the youth, which currupts them Steam steady roller Lady tongue controller Ten feet tall, better walk it back down -What they become
Despite the great duress, always get off 'cause damn it! It's the only sure-fire way to win Your poison doesn't hurt me, no -They are trying to kill him. Bring him down Tender wine disguised in a milk-fat fair kiddie show I'm here to celebrate the one below -He worships the Devil. Glam rock is the devil. At last I've heard from good God above As the slap on my ass by a lipstick-kissed elbow glove -he's saying their God isn't who they think he is. He is glamorous like him
^^^i must agree
it really is. but it makes no sense to my feeble mind! haha.
Okay, normally I don't use this excuse but seriously, this song is indecipherable and I think the lyrics are pretty much made up randomly. I believe Maxwell's Demon was some sort of physics thing. Maybe that will give someone a clue.
They were very deliberately aping Bowie's early glam period; Maxwell Demon is a reference to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell's_demon (which also features prominently in Thomas Pynchon's "The crying of lot 49").
This song is obviously a Bowie tribute.
First, the song is about "Maxwell Demon", the alter ego of the singer. This mirrors "Ziggy Stardust" and later "Alladin Sane"/The Thing White Duke and various other Bowie alter egos. (Maxwell's Demon is a thought experiment proposed by a physicist, Maxwell, about entropy, fyi). In particular, the title and idea of the song really reflects the song "Ziggy Stardust" from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
Likewise, the spaceship/space/deity ideas are all a pastiche of Bowie-esque stuff. For example, the story of Ziggy Stardust is about an aliens coming to earth and the rock star (Ziggy) who acts as their prophet.
Other links I see:
Six feet down at age 25 - parallels "Rock'n'Roll Suicide" from Ziggy
Came down like water/for the age of solar - i.e., Maxwell is going to extinguish the "age of solar" - see "Five Years" from Ziggy
Kiss Your Sons and Daughters Goodby - see "Starman" from Ziggy and "Oh! You Pretty Things" from Hunky Dory
There's plenty more if you can be bothered. But basically someone sat down and wrote a song with as many faux-Bowie lyrics in it as possible.
And I love it!