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The Man Who Sold the World Lyrics
We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone, a long long time ago Oh no, not me I never lost control You're face to face With The Man Who Sold The World I laughed and shook his hand, and made my way back home I searched a foreign land, for years and years I roamed I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here We must have died alone, a long long time ago Who knows? not me We never lost control You're face to face With the Man who Sold the World |
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05-01-2002
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05-01-2002
anyway, when you listen to it with "all the madmen", "savior machine", "the supermen" and the rest of the album, it seems like this "super race" once gave up earth to live on another planet. it's really ambiguous, but i think that is what it is getting at.
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06-01-2002
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08-30-2002
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09-07-2002
My interpretation is that the song is about fascism rising again. Hitler spoke of an Ayran "master race", and maybe Bowie is talking about the sort of feelings that led to the creation of fascist regimes coming to the for eonce more
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05-12-2003
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06-24-2003
I love the song, just think it's much better when its toned down (like minus the cheese-graters), brings out the desperation of the lyrics and tune, exemplifying the vacancy of many lines like "I gazed a gazely stare".
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06-30-2003
when you look at the referances in the song, it makes a lot of sense, i think its also about the never ending struggle of humanity (history repeating itself, hence "i thought you died alone, a long long time ago") but when you look at it as a whole, and ask yourself "who is the man that sold the world?"
the only true answer that comes back to me, is god.... makes a lot of sense also "thought you died alone, a long long time ago" there havent been any new major religions with a god base for 1500 years.... "search for form and land" a referance to the bible, moses and/or adam and eve... we seem to be fading from religion with god as a base slowly..."We passed upon the stair" stairway to heaven.. i think bowie was trying to tell us, that to him, god sold the world to the devil, hence the chaos in the world....... so i agree with scholesy on that one too.... it's always up for interpretation, which is what is so great about music, but i quite strongly believe it is a referance to god
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06-30-2003
when you look at the referances in the song, it makes a lot of sense, i think its also about the never ending struggle of humanity (history repeating itself, hence "i thought you died alone, a long long time ago") but when you look at it as a whole, and ask yourself "who is the man that sold the world?"
the only true answer that comes back to me, is god.... makes a lot of sense also "thought you died alone, a long long time ago" there havent been any new major religions with a god base for 1500 years.... "search for form and land" a referance to the bible, moses and/or adam and eve... we seem to be fading from religion with god as a base slowly..."We passed upon the stair" stairway to heaven.. i think bowie was trying to tell us, that to him, god sold the world to the devil, hence the chaos in the world....... so i agree with scholesy on that one too.... it's always up for interpretation, which is what is so great about music, but i quite strongly believe it is a referance to god
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06-16-2004
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06-23-2004
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06-23-2004
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07-01-2004
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10-06-2004
The next verse is about accept christaininty, and realizing it's not that great. "I gazed a gazely stare at all the millions here/We must have died along, a long long time ago"
That's just my take on it.
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11-22-2004
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12-20-2004
i love this song and i love bowie so much
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01-11-2005
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03-06-2005
if i had the world i would sell it
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05-16-2005
with a friend who became a junky (maybe even himself i dunno if he did drugs tho)
if u look at the lyrics becomes more apparent
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05-29-2005
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06-06-2005
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07-03-2005
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07-21-2005
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07-25-2005
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08-03-2005
I am not Christian but thats my take on the song.
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