This is such a sad song, it's about his step brother who was taken away to a mental institution. I love the sense of rebellion in this song, it makes me think of childhood, but more what Bowie's childhood would have been. The line -
I was stone and he was wax
So he could scream, and still relax, unbelievable
is just brilliant. Bowie always sounds like an outsider, on this song it sounds like his brother was an outsider with him.
This is such a sad song, it's about his step brother who was taken away to a mental institution. I love the sense of rebellion in this song, it makes me think of childhood, but more what Bowie's childhood would have been. The line - I was stone and he was wax So he could scream, and still relax, unbelievable is just brilliant. Bowie always sounds like an outsider, on this song it sounds like his brother was an outsider with him.