I Can't Give Everything Away Lyrics

Lyric discussion by @nthony 

Cover art for I Can't Give Everything Away lyrics by David Bowie

It might be morbid, but I hear this as Bowie saying, "Everything", meaning his entire existence. The coming to the reckoning for him that this is the absolute end of this strange, blessed, wonderful life that he had led, including all the things around him, the nature, the beauty, the people, everything. And he could not simply accept giving it away, because he understood the full gravity of what that meant. Bowie was extraordinary in his honesty to his work, but perhaps this is just my interpretation of a beautiful, passionate song.

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@@nthony the realization that this was the absolute end of his strange, blessed, and wonderful life, with all its surroundings: the nature, the beauty, the people, everything he had cherished. He could not simply accept giving it all away, fully aware of the gravity of that act. Bowie was extraordinary in his honesty to his work, yet perhaps this is just my interpretation of a beautiful, passionate song.