I just noticed that in Labyrinth, Jareth says "I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave." Could it be that Bowie is reaching back to his past work and this song is about Jareth singing to Sarah? He might have even written it around that time and pulled it up for Heathen.
@plor youre probably right!i think its a look into the story from his perspective,"walking in the snowy street,let me understand,drifting down a silent park,stumbling over land"could be him watching her in the start of the movie where she roleplays in the park "I bet you laugh out loud at me,a chance to strike me down"could be him mourning the fact that,to her,he is in fact only a fairytale villian meant to teach her a lesson and then be overthrown for the greater good.It lines up with the fact that in the Labyrinth (behind the scenes) interview,Bowie mentions how Jareth doesn't...
@plor youre probably right!i think its a look into the story from his perspective,"walking in the snowy street,let me understand,drifting down a silent park,stumbling over land"could be him watching her in the start of the movie where she roleplays in the park "I bet you laugh out loud at me,a chance to strike me down"could be him mourning the fact that,to her,he is in fact only a fairytale villian meant to teach her a lesson and then be overthrown for the greater good.It lines up with the fact that in the Labyrinth (behind the scenes) interview,Bowie mentions how Jareth doesn't really want to be Goblin King,its just something he inherited,that he doesn't have a choice,perhaps this is why he wants Sarah(and perhaps to some extent her brother)to stay so bad,perhaps this is why he gets so furious when he hears that Hoggle has befreinded her.or maybe bowie just used a line from the movie for fun,who knows,either way,this is a banger song!
I just noticed that in Labyrinth, Jareth says "I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave." Could it be that Bowie is reaching back to his past work and this song is about Jareth singing to Sarah? He might have even written it around that time and pulled it up for Heathen.
@plor youre probably right!i think its a look into the story from his perspective,"walking in the snowy street,let me understand,drifting down a silent park,stumbling over land"could be him watching her in the start of the movie where she roleplays in the park "I bet you laugh out loud at me,a chance to strike me down"could be him mourning the fact that,to her,he is in fact only a fairytale villian meant to teach her a lesson and then be overthrown for the greater good.It lines up with the fact that in the Labyrinth (behind the scenes) interview,Bowie mentions how Jareth doesn't...
@plor youre probably right!i think its a look into the story from his perspective,"walking in the snowy street,let me understand,drifting down a silent park,stumbling over land"could be him watching her in the start of the movie where she roleplays in the park "I bet you laugh out loud at me,a chance to strike me down"could be him mourning the fact that,to her,he is in fact only a fairytale villian meant to teach her a lesson and then be overthrown for the greater good.It lines up with the fact that in the Labyrinth (behind the scenes) interview,Bowie mentions how Jareth doesn't really want to be Goblin King,its just something he inherited,that he doesn't have a choice,perhaps this is why he wants Sarah(and perhaps to some extent her brother)to stay so bad,perhaps this is why he gets so furious when he hears that Hoggle has befreinded her.or maybe bowie just used a line from the movie for fun,who knows,either way,this is a banger song!