I've read a few comment elsewhere which seem to think this is Bowie knowingly singing beyond the grave.
I don't think it is, judging by his final line 'this is not quite yet'.
I think he's trying to convey exactly where he was when he wrote this, the uncertainty, not knowing when he's going to die exactly.
He, as does everyone, spent his whole life making plans for whatever's next but at the stage he wrote this I imagine he's almost in limbo, neither here nor there.
He's considering exactly what he was, what he is, where he is and he's unsure of it all.
this is not quite yet, not quite death.
I've read a few comment elsewhere which seem to think this is Bowie knowingly singing beyond the grave. I don't think it is, judging by his final line 'this is not quite yet'. I think he's trying to convey exactly where he was when he wrote this, the uncertainty, not knowing when he's going to die exactly. He, as does everyone, spent his whole life making plans for whatever's next but at the stage he wrote this I imagine he's almost in limbo, neither here nor there. He's considering exactly what he was, what he is, where he is and he's unsure of it all. this is not quite yet, not quite death.