Sorry, mr_e_87, but this song is, indeed, about Bowie's glam rock persona Ziggy Stardust, but I can understand your conclusion, especially if you're not so well versed in one of the greatest musicians on all time. :-P I believe that Moby made it sound like a religious song because the character of Ziggy was supposed to be an alien, a creature from the heavens, come to warn us of impending doom ("Five Years" on the ZS album). Ziggy later became a rock n' roll messiah (summed up in "Moonage Daydream"), gettting sucked up into sex, drugs, etc. Through an act of some sort of self-sacrifice, he saves us from our doom. Not only that, but maybe it's a call for Bowie to return to his earlier glam rock sound (which I'd have to agree with; later albums like Earthling aren't too good at all). The title refers to Ziggy's band, the Spiders from Mars.
And yes, the lyrics are DREADFULLY wrong. The most important change is in the chorus: "Come UNCRUSH my hands," in reference to "Ziggy Stardust."
Sorry, mr_e_87, but this song is, indeed, about Bowie's glam rock persona Ziggy Stardust, but I can understand your conclusion, especially if you're not so well versed in one of the greatest musicians on all time. :-P I believe that Moby made it sound like a religious song because the character of Ziggy was supposed to be an alien, a creature from the heavens, come to warn us of impending doom ("Five Years" on the ZS album). Ziggy later became a rock n' roll messiah (summed up in "Moonage Daydream"), gettting sucked up into sex, drugs, etc. Through an act of some sort of self-sacrifice, he saves us from our doom. Not only that, but maybe it's a call for Bowie to return to his earlier glam rock sound (which I'd have to agree with; later albums like Earthling aren't too good at all). The title refers to Ziggy's band, the Spiders from Mars.
And yes, the lyrics are DREADFULLY wrong. The most important change is in the chorus: "Come UNCRUSH my hands," in reference to "Ziggy Stardust."