Heathen (The Rays) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by linden1072 

Cover art for Heathen (The Rays) lyrics by David Bowie

He talked about writing this song in an interview. He said the words came out of him and he couldn't stop them, that it was a terrible, traumatic thing and afterwards he felt awful and was sobbing. It's about the fear that there is no spiritual plane, that his spirituality has no basis, the fear of death and nothingness and feeling the creeping approach of death and abyss, like life draining away.

(I wish people would actually research song meanings by referring to artist's own telling instead of just guessing or the superficial explanations).