David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
“Reality,” from the album of the same name, is a song about illusions and delusion in modern culture.
Here’s what Bowie had to say about the record:
I feel that reality has become an abstract for so many people over the last 20 years. Things that they regarded as truths seem to have just melted aw...
[Verse 1]
Tragic youth was looking young and sexy
The tragic youth was wearing tattered black jeans
Bearing arms and flaunting all her mischief
The tragic youth was going down on me
[Pre-Chorus]
And I swear
Woo hoo
Yes I swear
[Chorus]
I built a wall of sound to separate us
And hid among the junk of wretched highs
I sped from Planet X to Planet Alpha
Struggling for reality
[Post-Chorus]
Ha ha ha ha
Woo hoo
Ha ha ha ha
Whoo hoo
[Verse 2]
Hey, now my sight is failing in this twilight
Da da da da da da da da da
Now my death is more than just a sad song
Da da da da da da da da da
[Pre-Chorus]
And I swear
Woo hoo
Yes I swear
Woo hoo
[Chorus]
I still don't remember how this happened
I still don't get the wherefores and the whys
I look for sense but I get next to nothing
Hey boy welcome to reality
[Post-Chorus]
Ha ha ha ha
Woo hoo
[Bridge]
I've been right and I've been wrong
Now I'm back where I started from
Never looked over reality's shoulder
[Post-Chorus]
Ha ha ha ha
Huh ha ha ha
Woo hoo
Huh ha ha
Wooh
Woo hoo
Wooh
Reality was written by David Bowie.
Reality was produced by Tony Visconti & David Bowie.
David Bowie released Reality on Tue Sep 16 2003.