Candidate Lyrics

Lyric discussion by nagromnai 

Cover art for Candidate lyrics by David Bowie

The music builds like a painting, very artistic in feel - compliments the lyrics well

The music builds like an orgasm. Pretty fitting, given how sexual the song is... The Alternative Candidate is obviously extremely homosexual, which leads me to believe that Bowie's got a gay character in mind for Candidate regardless of the version, and nothing here contradicts that... And as we're all aware, I'm sure, our Candidate is a prostitute or something similar.

So... A song, about a gay hooker, that plays like sex. I love this song.