This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Bowie's in space
Bowie's in spa-a-hace
Whatcha' doin' out there, man?
That's pretty freaky, Bowie
What's a rock musician doing out in space,man?
Isn't it cold out there, Bowie?
You can borrow my Jumper if you want Bowie?
Does the space cold do funny things to your nipples
Making them all pointy, Bowie?
And do you use your pointy nipples as telescopic antennae
Transmitting data back to Earth?
(Data back to Earth)
Bet you do, you freaky old bastard, you.
Is it lonely out there in space, man?
Or is there life on Mars?
Wouldn't that be weird 'cause you wrote that song, "Is There Life on Mars"
You could write a follow up tune and call it 'And There Is'
Yes, there is, there is
Do you have one really freaky sequin space suit, man?
Or do you have several ch-ch-ch-ch-changes?
Do you smoke grass out in space, man?
Or do they smoke astro-turf?
Receiving transmission from David Bowie's nipple antennae
Do you read me, Lieutenant Bowie?
This is Bowie to Bowie,
Do you hear me out there, man?
This is Bowie back to Bowie,
I read you loud and clear, man
Oh yeah man!
Your signal's weak on my radar screen,
How far out are you, man?
I'm pretty far out
That's pretty far out, man!
I'm orbiting Pluto
I'm drawn in by it's Groovitational
(Groovitational pull)
I'm jamming out with the Mick Jagger-nauts
And they think it's pretty cool man
Are you OK, Bowie, what was that sound?
I don't know, man, I have to turn my ship around
Oh, it's the craziest scene
I know, I'm picking it up on my LSD screen
Can you see the Stratosphere ringing?
To the choir of Afro-nauts singing
bowie is in space
bowie [Repeat x6]
bowie is in space
bowie [Repeat x6]
Eenie, ma-ma-meenie mynie mowie
(Set your phasers on funky)
Eenie, ma-ma-ma-meenie mynie mowie
Eenie, ma-meenie, mynie mynie mowie
Bowie's in space
Bowie's in spa-a-hace
Whatcha' doin' out there, man?
That's pretty freaky, Bowie
What's a rock musician doing out in space,man?
Isn't it cold out there, Bowie?
You can borrow my Jumper if you want Bowie?
Does the space cold do funny things to your nipples
Making them all pointy, Bowie?
And do you use your pointy nipples as telescopic antennae
Transmitting data back to Earth?
(Data back to Earth)
Bet you do, you freaky old bastard, you.
Is it lonely out there in space, man?
Or is there life on Mars?
Wouldn't that be weird 'cause you wrote that song, "Is There Life on Mars"
You could write a follow up tune and call it 'And There Is'
Yes, there is, there is
Do you have one really freaky sequin space suit, man?
Or do you have several ch-ch-ch-ch-changes?
Do you smoke grass out in space, man?
Or do they smoke astro-turf?
Receiving transmission from David Bowie's nipple antennae
Do you read me, Lieutenant Bowie?
This is Bowie to Bowie,
Do you hear me out there, man?
This is Bowie back to Bowie,
I read you loud and clear, man
Oh yeah man!
Your signal's weak on my radar screen,
How far out are you, man?
I'm pretty far out
That's pretty far out, man!
I'm orbiting Pluto
I'm drawn in by it's Groovitational
(Groovitational pull)
I'm jamming out with the Mick Jagger-nauts
And they think it's pretty cool man
Are you OK, Bowie, what was that sound?
I don't know, man, I have to turn my ship around
Oh, it's the craziest scene
I know, I'm picking it up on my LSD screen
Can you see the Stratosphere ringing?
To the choir of Afro-nauts singing
bowie is in space
bowie [Repeat x6]
bowie is in space
bowie [Repeat x6]
Eenie, ma-ma-meenie mynie mowie
(Set your phasers on funky)
Eenie, ma-ma-ma-meenie mynie mowie
Eenie, ma-meenie, mynie mynie mowie
Bowie's in space
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Bowie Lyrics as written by Jemaine Clement Bret Mckenzie
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