This song is a first person narrative. He's taking a walk on a rainy night, to find out what about his life is bugging him. He's wasted so much of his life on education, which he feels he never needed. He's a thinker, not a talker, but he doesn't have anybody to talk to anyways. In London, above shops, there are often small apartments one can live in. He lives above a grocer's store. The owner invites him to dinner, and tries to joke with him, and make him feel better. He comes back to reality, and stops before a bridge. HE thinks about how many people are in the world, and how little he matters the the world. They don't know him, so they won't miss him. Everybody has a friend but him. He reflects again on his "wasted" education, that his essays are where they need to be; on the floor. His hands are shaking ,and his head is throbbing as he walks toward the bridge. He's telling himself that nobody will miss him, that he's doing the world a favor. He jumps from the bridge, and his eyes are full of tears as he drowns himself, ending his own life. It truly is a very sad song, and it has a huge effect on me, and I'm sure, a lot of others. I recommend it very highly. It was one of David's first 3 songs, the other two being Silly Boy Blue and You've Got a Habit Of Leaving. While the original version of this song is good, the 2001 rerecording is a work of art.
Are you saying they are essays from long ago during his education years, or do you think they may be his thoughts?
Why did you quote 'wasted'? Bowie never mentioned that word in the song!
Are you saying they are essays from long ago during his education years, or do you think they may be his thoughts?
Why did you quote 'wasted'? Bowie never mentioned that word in the song!
Also; What do you mean when you say "He comes back to reality" when he stops before the bridge. Were you suggesting he comes back to reality & realises he shouldn't committ suicide, or that he comes back to reality by realiseing that inspite of how friendly the Austrian is to him, he still has no friends??
Also; What do you mean when you say "He comes back to reality" when he stops before the bridge. Were you suggesting he comes back to reality & realises he shouldn't committ suicide, or that he comes back to reality by realiseing that inspite of how friendly the Austrian is to him, he still has no friends??
This song is a first person narrative. He's taking a walk on a rainy night, to find out what about his life is bugging him. He's wasted so much of his life on education, which he feels he never needed. He's a thinker, not a talker, but he doesn't have anybody to talk to anyways. In London, above shops, there are often small apartments one can live in. He lives above a grocer's store. The owner invites him to dinner, and tries to joke with him, and make him feel better. He comes back to reality, and stops before a bridge. HE thinks about how many people are in the world, and how little he matters the the world. They don't know him, so they won't miss him. Everybody has a friend but him. He reflects again on his "wasted" education, that his essays are where they need to be; on the floor. His hands are shaking ,and his head is throbbing as he walks toward the bridge. He's telling himself that nobody will miss him, that he's doing the world a favor. He jumps from the bridge, and his eyes are full of tears as he drowns himself, ending his own life. It truly is a very sad song, and it has a huge effect on me, and I'm sure, a lot of others. I recommend it very highly. It was one of David's first 3 songs, the other two being Silly Boy Blue and You've Got a Habit Of Leaving. While the original version of this song is good, the 2001 rerecording is a work of art.
Are you saying they are essays from long ago during his education years, or do you think they may be his thoughts? Why did you quote 'wasted'? Bowie never mentioned that word in the song!
Are you saying they are essays from long ago during his education years, or do you think they may be his thoughts? Why did you quote 'wasted'? Bowie never mentioned that word in the song!
Also; What do you mean when you say "He comes back to reality" when he stops before the bridge. Were you suggesting he comes back to reality & realises he shouldn't committ suicide, or that he comes back to reality by realiseing that inspite of how friendly the Austrian is to him, he still has no friends??
Also; What do you mean when you say "He comes back to reality" when he stops before the bridge. Were you suggesting he comes back to reality & realises he shouldn't committ suicide, or that he comes back to reality by realiseing that inspite of how friendly the Austrian is to him, he still has no friends??
Also... you wouldn't happen to know the meaning of this line?
Also... you wouldn't happen to know the meaning of this line?
"While the light that shines above the grocer's store investigates my face so rudely"
"While the light that shines above the grocer's store investigates my face so rudely"
Is he trying to say that he feels people are judging him? vulerable? naked? Or is he saying he feels self-conscious?
Is he trying to say that he feels people are judging him? vulerable? naked? Or is he saying he feels self-conscious?
If so, this wouldn't make sense as he says he's "invisible"
If so, this wouldn't make sense as he says he's "invisible"
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