No one has probably contributed here in decades, but, whatever.

No one has probably contributed here in decades, but, whatever.

I believe this song is about wanting to be a good human, but repeating your mistakes that make you less than that, and feeling guilty, yet also not giving a damn about the mistakes you're making. Stuck in a loop of wanting to be better because you know you'll feel better, but being lazy about it and doing the bare minimum. YOU are the line between good and evil. You want to turn the other cheek towards someone, be the better man. But a part of you is like, "get...

I believe this song is about wanting to be a good human, but repeating your mistakes that make you less than that, and feeling guilty, yet also not giving a damn about the mistakes you're making. Stuck in a loop of wanting to be better because you know you'll feel better, but being lazy about it and doing the bare minimum. YOU are the line between good and evil. You want to turn the other cheek towards someone, be the better man. But a part of you is like, "get revenge and arrest them. They deserve it." The guilt from those thoughts pile and pile and pile, to where you would kill yourself just to escape them.

This is more just speaking of what I'M going through and what this song means to me. I would prefer no constructive criticism, or just no criticism at all. Thanks.

I think that it goes like this:

I think that it goes like this:

Bowie meets an old friend ( alcoholic, addict, somebody that stayed in the hood ).

Bowie meets an old friend ( alcoholic, addict, somebody that stayed in the hood ).

Although he ( Bowie ) was not there for a long time, this man calls him a friend, which suprises Bowie a lot, since he has been away for long time.

Although he ( Bowie ) was not there for a long time, this man calls him a friend, which suprises Bowie a lot, since he has been away for long time.

Bowie tells this man to his eyes that he thought that this man has died a long time ago, knowing abut his sin. This man responses that he always had control ( over his addiction I suppose ), but he feels like failure after all ( he sold his career, his world, his everything )

Bowie tells this man to his eyes that he thought that this man has died a long time ago, knowing abut his sin. This man responses that he always had control ( over his addiction I suppose ), but he feels like failure after all ( he sold his career, his world, his everything )

...

Now, Bowie shakes his hand, smiles politely, and goes away.

After that, Bowie is travelling a lot, looking at millions of people, and then he realizes that we are the ones that have sold the world, we have died alone, and sold everything ( our worlds ) when we sold our dreams and became grown ups.

...

Here in Serbia, we have a saying that goes something like: " God bless the man that goes crazy early in the life, at least he spends his life in joy ". To me, this song has a lot to do with it

That is just how I see it :) Vlada