Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth
You pull on your finger
Then another finger, then cigarette
The wall-to-wall is calling
It lingers, then you forget
Ohhh, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it
And the clock waits so patiently on your song
You walk past a cafe, but you don't eat
When you've lived too long
Oh, no, no, no, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
Chev brakes are snarling
As you stumble across the road
But the day breaks instead, so you hurry home
Don't let the sun blast your shadow
Don't let the milk float ride your mind
They're so natural, religiously unkind
Oh no, love, you're not alone
You're watching yourself, but you're too unfair
You got your head all tangled up
But if I could only make you care
Oh no, love, you're not alone
No matter what or who you've been
No matter when or where you've seen
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
Just turn on with me, and you're not alone
Let's turn on and be not alone
Gimme your hands, 'cause you're wonderful
Gimme your hands, 'cause you're wonderful
Oh, gimme your hands
You pull on your finger
Then another finger, then cigarette
The wall-to-wall is calling
It lingers, then you forget
Ohhh, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it
And the clock waits so patiently on your song
You walk past a cafe, but you don't eat
When you've lived too long
Oh, no, no, no, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
Chev brakes are snarling
As you stumble across the road
But the day breaks instead, so you hurry home
Don't let the sun blast your shadow
Don't let the milk float ride your mind
They're so natural, religiously unkind
Oh no, love, you're not alone
You're watching yourself, but you're too unfair
You got your head all tangled up
But if I could only make you care
Oh no, love, you're not alone
No matter what or who you've been
No matter when or where you've seen
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
Just turn on with me, and you're not alone
Let's turn on and be not alone
Gimme your hands, 'cause you're wonderful
Gimme your hands, 'cause you're wonderful
Oh, gimme your hands
Lyrics submitted by LilBowieGirl, edited by WiseOldGuy
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You're watching yourself but you're too unfair
You got your head all tangled up but if I could only make you care
Oh no love! you're not alone
No matter what or who you've been
No matter when or where you've seen
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
Just turn on with me and you're not alone "
after that I broke down and cried and thanked God for that message being given to me when I was about to end it. If I had one thing to say to David Bowie, it'd be thank you for saving my life and helping me get onto the road to recovery.
all this, it sounds sentimental or histrionic I suppose. anyway she does what she can to lessen my pain, and I try to do the same for her. she is spiritually gifted. so am I, she says...but I find that difficult to believe.
thank you Hime17. I too have stood on that ledge wondering why would I want to live another day. I am afraid of people, and spend most of my time alone. even so (at 45) I'm grateful to have survived. it will be a lifelong struggle.
beautiful. I wish I'd paid more attention to this song when I was going through my own depressive crisis.
You're not alone and you're wonderful.
Lovely message, no? =)
I have known David Bowie since I was a teenager and recently saw Phish cover Ziggy Stardust in Las Vegas and relived my earlier emotional experiences with this album.
Your story brought me to tears. No matter what the original meaning was, this song and it's heart-wrenching lyrics carry on after David's death.
Your story is so very powerful, especially considering your age and your life before you...Thank you for your inspiration.
I love you and I don't even know you.
Your name-dropping makes you sound like a loser desperate for attention...Peace.
Can you just imagine hearing this song at Ziggy's retirement concert? I've heard that Bowie anounced Ziggy's retirement at that final show and then dove right into this song, with all the fans screaming and crying. And as soon as it was finnished, he hopped into a car and drove away with all the fans chasing after him.
The last part of the song seems to be about comforting the fans. Imagine your at that concert and Bowie announces his retirement, only you dont know he's playing the part of Ziggy, so you think its the last concert he'll ever do period...so those last lines were meant as a reassurance...dont fret because Ziggy will always be with you sort of thing. Pure magic.
All hail Bowie!
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide was written for the concept album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars." Note the words "concept" and "Ziggy."
For a fully referenced description of ZS, check out the album article on Wikipedia. The article includes a comprehensive version of the story by Bowie himself, inspirations behind both name and character, and other titbits of info you might be interested in. Oh, and by the way - Cobain may have been a rock 'n' roll suicide, but he was also about five years old when this song was written.
And for the name, you are SO right, Ziggy? I mean what is that supossed to be? Where does that guy come from?Space or what?
Ziggy Stardust originally released in 1972
Cobain born 1967