Quicksand
David Bowie * Track #6 On Hunky Dory
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Album Hunky Dory
Quicksand by David Bowie
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“Quicksand” is about David Bowie’s philosophical struggle with the unknown. He is stuck in deep thought about unanswerable questions. What does it mean to exist? What is after death? He eventually comes to the conclusion that answers to these perplexing questions only come “with death’s release.”
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Quicksand Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm closer to the Golden Dawn
Immersed in Crowley's uniform of imagery
I'm living in a silent film
Portraying Himmler's sacred realm of dream reality
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm frightened by the total goal
Drawing to the ragged hole
And I ain't got the power anymore
No, I ain't got the power anymore
[Verse 2]
I'm the twisted name on Garbo's eyes
Living proof of Churchill's lies, I'm destiny
I'm torn between the light and dark
Where others see their targets, divine symmetry
[Pre-Chorus]
Should I kiss the viper's fang
Or herald loud the death of Man?
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
And I ain't got the power anymore
[Chorus]
Don't believe in yourself
Don't deceive with belief
Knowledge comes with death's release
Ah, ah
[Verse 3]
I'm not a prophet or a stone age man
Just a mortal with potential of a superman, I'm living on
I'm tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien
Can't take my eyes from the great salvation of bullshit faith
[Pre-Chorus]
If I don't explain what you ought to know
You can tell me all about it on the next Bardo
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
And I ain't got the power anymore
[Chorus]
Don't believe in yourself
Don't deceive with belief
Knowledge comes with death's release
Ah, ah
[Chorus]
Don't believe in yourself
Don't deceive with belief
Knowledge comes with death's release
Ah, ah
Quicksand Q&A
Who wrote Quicksand's ?
Quicksand was written by David Bowie.
Who produced Quicksand's ?
Quicksand was produced by David Bowie & Ken Scott.
When did David Bowie release Quicksand?
David Bowie released Quicksand on Fri Dec 17 1971.
What did David Bowie say about "Quicksand"?
From David’s original notes, distributed as a press release:
The chain reaction of moving around through out the bliss and then the calamity of America produced this epic of confusion – Anyway, with my esoteric problems I could have written it in Plainview – or Dulwich.
There is a time and space l...