The Man Who Sold the World Lyrics

Lyric discussion by australianfan 

Cover art for The Man Who Sold the World lyrics by David Bowie

I might be way off here but i think its about someone who lost himself thru drugs or by any other means but then got his act together.

" thought you died alone, a long long time ago

Oh no, not me I never lost control"

for me its about someone cleaning up their act when everyone had given up on them and wrote them off.

Maybe