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Never Get Old Lyrics
(Better take care)
I think I'd better go, I'd better get a room, better take care of me
(Again and again)
I think about this, and I think about personal history
(Better take care)
I breathe so deep and the movie gets real when the star turns 'round
(Again and again)
He looks me in the eyes, says he's got his mind on the count down
(3, 2, 1)
(Forever)
There's this feeling that we're going to be living until the end of time
(Forever)
The sky flips over to a dull, lit skull, my head hangs low 'cause it's all over now
And there's never gonna be enough money
And there's never gonna be enough drugs
And I'm never, ever gonna get old
There's never gonna be enough money
There's never gonna be enough sex
And I'm never, ever gonna get old
So I'm never, ever gonna get high
And I'm never, ever gonna get low
And I'm never, ever gonna get old
(Better take care)
The moon flows on to the edges of the world because of you
(Again and again)
And I'm awake in an age of lights and living it because of you
(Better take care)
I'm looking at the future solid as a rock because of you
(Again and again)
I wanna be here, and I wanna be there, living just like you, living just like me
(Forever)
Putting all my doubts in the buried mouth bones in the marshland
(Forever)
I think about my soul and I don't need a thing just the ring of the bell and the clear, green air
And I'm running down the street of life
And I'm never gonna get to die
And I'm never, ever gonna get old
And I'm never, ever gonna get
I'm never, ever gonna get
And I'm never, ever gonna get old
And I'm never, ever gonna get
And I'm never, ever gonna get
Never, ever gonna get old
I think I'd better go, I'd better get a room, better take care of me
(Again and again)
I think about this, and I think about personal history
(Better take care)
I breathe so deep and the movie gets real when the star turns 'round
(Again and again)
He looks me in the eyes, says he's got his mind on the count down
(3, 2, 1)
(Forever)
There's this feeling that we're going to be living until the end of time
(Forever)
The sky flips over to a dull, lit skull, my head hangs low 'cause it's all over now
And there's never gonna be enough drugs
And I'm never, ever gonna get old
There's never gonna be enough money
There's never gonna be enough sex
And I'm never, ever gonna get old
So I'm never, ever gonna get high
And I'm never, ever gonna get low
And I'm never, ever gonna get old
The moon flows on to the edges of the world because of you
(Again and again)
And I'm awake in an age of lights and living it because of you
(Better take care)
I'm looking at the future solid as a rock because of you
(Again and again)
I wanna be here, and I wanna be there, living just like you, living just like me
(Forever)
Putting all my doubts in the buried mouth bones in the marshland
(Forever)
I think about my soul and I don't need a thing just the ring of the bell and the clear, green air
And I'm never gonna get to die
And I'm never, ever gonna get old
And I'm never, ever gonna get
I'm never, ever gonna get
And I'm never, ever gonna get old
And I'm never, ever gonna get
And I'm never, ever gonna get
Never, ever gonna get old
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Submitted by
saturnine On Apr 09, 2004
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Wow, what a great song! And no comments? Are there no modern Bowie fans here?
I guess this song is about being love with someone and it changing the way you feel about life. Or maybe it's more depressing - maybe it's about wishing/deluding yourself that you will never get old, never die, but this mindset leads to never getting enough of anything (drugs, money, sex). The person that Bowie is singing about is a way to gain this sense of immortality, to be caught in the moment and never have to face the inevitable passage of time and the trials of love.
I know this comment is quite literally a decade old, but I agree with it and although Bowie says that many of his songs aren't personal, I think this one could be. Meeting Iman seemed to really change his life and I think he started to value living a bit more. He realized that he can't live in the present-focused way he did when he was a wild kid back in the 70s. Perhaps the 'you' is Iman, or his daughter. He doesn't want to get old and die because he wants to continue to be around them and...
I know this comment is quite literally a decade old, but I agree with it and although Bowie says that many of his songs aren't personal, I think this one could be. Meeting Iman seemed to really change his life and I think he started to value living a bit more. He realized that he can't live in the present-focused way he did when he was a wild kid back in the 70s. Perhaps the 'you' is Iman, or his daughter. He doesn't want to get old and die because he wants to continue to be around them and love them.
your interps all make a lot of sense and will change the way i listen to this song! i just always thought that he didn't wanna get old, lol.
just now it occurred to me: does bowie mean that his status as a rock icon, as bowie the icon and not as david jones the man, will never get old? like, it'll always be hip and in style to listen to bowie. unlike, i don't know, legwarmers and big hair, the essense bowieness will never die and get old.
To me, this song is about addiction-induced nihilism
I second that ... this song is great..... i know what he means :p
Good theory, caitsith. I'm going with that one as well. Great song... I love how it sounds so uppity, yet the message conveyed is really kind of depressing.
Yeah Caitsith, I think so too. Maybe put more simply: He's bored with life and yet he tries as hard as he can to have a fucking amazing time (knowing he won't succeed). So far for the lyrics. What did Bowie himself want to achieve with this song as a single? He's frustrated with a hit-less life, and tries his utmost to score a big fat hit, with this catchiest of tunes (knowing, that probably ...)