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Looking for Water Lyrics
Still the leaves are spinning 'round
Take my hand as we go down, and down, and down
Looking for water
Well, our light's gone in a New York minute
Don't know about you, but my heart's not in it
(Looking, looking, looking)
I'm looking for water
I'm looking for water
(Looking, looking, looking)
I can't breathe the air, can't raise a fact
'Cause all we've got left is a beat in the night, and I'm
(Looking for water)
Looking for water
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
Take my hand as we go down, and down
Leave it all behind, nothing could be found
(I'm, looking for water)
I'm looking for water
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
(I, looking for water)
Looking everywhere
(Looking for water)
Looking here and there
(I'm looking for water)
I'm looking for water
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
I can't live in this cage, I can't eat this candy
The edge of the earth to the spin in my head
The look in your eyes and never means never
The dawn's early light, baby, dark is forever
(Looking, looking)
(Looking, looking)
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
I
(Looking for water)
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
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(Looking for water)
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
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(Looking for water)
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
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(Looking for water)
(Looking for water)
Take my hand as we go down, and down, and down
Looking for water
Well, our light's gone in a New York minute
Don't know about you, but my heart's not in it
(Looking, looking, looking)
I'm looking for water
I'm looking for water
(Looking, looking, looking)
I can't breathe the air, can't raise a fact
'Cause all we've got left is a beat in the night, and I'm
(Looking for water)
Looking for water
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
Leave it all behind, nothing could be found
(I'm, looking for water)
I'm looking for water
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
(I, looking for water)
Looking everywhere
(Looking for water)
Looking here and there
(I'm looking for water)
I'm looking for water
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
The edge of the earth to the spin in my head
The look in your eyes and never means never
The dawn's early light, baby, dark is forever
(Looking, looking)
I
(Looking for water)
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
I
(Looking for water)
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
I
(Looking for water)
(Looking for water, looking, looking)
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Song Info
Submitted by
saturnine On May 02, 2004
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Looking for Water? Let's see... I think it MAY be a reference to the movie THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, in which the handsome and talented Mister Bowie portrayed a naive, tangerine-tressed, angel-faced spaceman who landed on Earth in search of -- yup, water! So, it MAY refer to that movie and its otherworldly hero
"I can't live in this cage, I can't eat this candy." may be a reference to Bowie's alien character's inability to completely emulate the customs and lifestyles of Earth folk.
@CuteSparkina Of course. DB continued his fascination with TMWFTE Thomas Newton to the end, didn't he? And also, the search for the "god beyond god"...meaning of life...water as good a symbol as any!
@CuteSparkina Of course. DB continued his fascination with TMWFTE Thomas Newton to the end, didn't he? And also, the search for the "god beyond god"...meaning of life...water as good a symbol as any!
"Well I'm not a scientist. But I know all things begin and end in eternity." - Thomas Jerome Newton (The Man Who Fell to Earth)
"Well I'm not a scientist. But I know all things begin and end in eternity." - Thomas Jerome Newton (The Man Who Fell to Earth)
I believe this song is David talking about religion. How?
When he mentions "I lost God in a New York minute", made me realize, he's looking for something to save his life (looking for water), and when he says
I can't live in this cage, I can't eat this candy The edge of the earth to the spin in my head The look in your eyes and never means never The dawn's early light, baby, dark is forever",
I believe that's him saying that he can't keep on living without a firm belief in something, because hes going to live a terrible life after.
I don't know, that's just what i thought about the song.
i think bowie once said that this song was actually about looking for oil.
@hallospacegirl I think he was having a laugh!
@hallospacegirl I think he was having a laugh!
I think the song is much darker than that. It sounds like it was written from the POV of one of the people who jumped from the WTC on September 11th.
Also, the correct lyric "I lost God in a New York minute"
Check out the Zoos of Berlin cover. I love it more than the original.