 Genius Meanings
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David Bowie – Valentine's Day
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A bittersweet song about love and ambition, “Valentine’s Day,” shows us how quickly a young heart can turn cold and turn violent.
It concerns Valentine, who is telling his friend
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David Bowie – The Next Day
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The video of “The Next Day” takes place in a bar called The Decameron. If we follow the reference, we find a masterpiece written by Boccaccio, an Italian author. In this book, a
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David Bowie – Leon Takes Us Outside
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[Spoken] / Valentines Day, 25, June, 16th, Wednesday, July 6th, 20, 0, 20, 15 / Martin Luther King Day, June 18th, June 6th, Wednesday / August 18th, 9th, 1999, 12, Nicholas
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David Bowie – As the World Falls Down
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“As the World Falls Down” is the song sung by David Bowie during Labyrinth when Jareth and Sarah dance at a masquerade. The scene ends with Sarah rejecting him and breaking out of
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David Bowie – I'd Rather Be High
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[Verse 1] / Nabokov is sun-licked now / Upon the beach at Grunewald / Brilliant and naked just / The way that authors look / Clare and Lady Manners drink / Until the other cows go
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David Bowie – If You Can See Me
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If you can see me I can see you / I could wear your new blue shoes / I should wear your old red dress / And walk to the crossroad, so take this knife / And meet me across the river
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David Bowie – Heat
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[Verse 1] / Then we saw Mishima's dog / Trapped between the rocks / Blocking the waterfall / The songs of dust / The world would end / The night was always falling / The peacock in
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David Bowie – So She
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[Verse 1] / For the priceless man / Who suffers gloom / So slow / Eyes were stolen / For her / A sleeping sky / Takes the moon / So slow / I would slide away / Further out to sea
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David Bowie – How Does the Grass Grow?
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[Verse 1] / There's a graveyard by the station where the girls / Wear vinyl skirts and sandals from Hungary / The boys ride their Riga 1s upon the little hills / Such sadness and
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David Bowie – Where Are We Now?
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The first single released from Bowie’s surprise 2013 comeback album The Next Day, “Where Are We Now?” presents a look at modern-day Berlin, and how different the city is compared
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David Bowie – Love Is Lost
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“Love is Lost” details the perils of success. The story starts with a fresh-voiced 22 year old, follows him through stardom, and the sad, lonely, years after he’s made it big.
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David Bowie – Dirty Boys
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[Verse 1] / Something like tobacco road / Living on a lonely road / I will pull you out of there / We will go to Finchley fair / [Verse 2] / I will buy you feather hat / I will
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David Bowie – The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
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The second single from The Next Day, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” is Bowie in his element. A driving, uptempo rock number in praise of celebrity, it sounds almost as if it could
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David Bowie – You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
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Tony Visconti who produced the album said he believed that this song concerned the fall of the Soviet Union. Some of the references later (an assassins needle on a crowded train
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David Bowie – I'll Take You There
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“I’ll Take You There” is an up-beat tempo song, only available on the deluxe version of the Next Day.
Referring to the 1st of May, international Labour Day, and more recently
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David Bowie – God Bless the Girl
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[Verse 1] / Jacqui loves her work, and her work is love / For there is no other / She says "God has given me a job" / Jacqui loves her work / There is no other / Jacqui's aiming
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David Bowie – Dancing Out in Space
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[Verse 1] / Cutting through the water / Hands upon the ghost / To the city of solid iron / Through the kingdom of the boats / Send your friend away now / Let him sail back home
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David Bowie – (You Will) Set the World on Fire
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[Verse 1] / Midnight in the Village / Seeger lights the candles / From Bitter End to Gaslight / Baez leaves the stage / Ochs takes notes / When the black girl and guitar / Burn
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David Bowie – Boss of Me
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[Verse 1] / Tell me when you're sad / I wanna make it cool again / I know you're feeling bad / Tell me when you're cool again / [Chorus] / Who'd have ever thought of it? / Who'd
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