About the nasty side of fame - the fear of being hunted. He feels like some sort of wild game being persued.
"Don't ask me, I don't know any hallways." = I don't know how to handle this any better than you do. The "you" could be some up-and-coming star who will also be treated as a freak.
I'd love to connect it to the death of John Lennon, except that I'm pretty sure the song was written before then. Who's that guy who keeps insisting that Bowie's some sort of psychic? Take it from here, meaningman.
About the nasty side of fame - the fear of being hunted. He feels like some sort of wild game being persued. "Don't ask me, I don't know any hallways." = I don't know how to handle this any better than you do. The "you" could be some up-and-coming star who will also be treated as a freak.
I'd love to connect it to the death of John Lennon, except that I'm pretty sure the song was written before then. Who's that guy who keeps insisting that Bowie's some sort of psychic? Take it from here, meaningman.