David Bowie - You Feel So Lonely You Could Die Lyrics

Dieser song hätte ich gerne live gehört. Ich liebe seine Stimme.

Gracias por todo David...

Who the fuck dislike this song ?

I have chills right now so beautiful

😂😂😂 Surely this is a hilarious sequel to "The Bewley Brothers"!

I read somewhere that every song on this album is a sequel to a previous song or album

These lyrics are so haunting, especially the first verse . When you listen very closely you can even hear him breathing. This is unreal.

Tremendous song!

That man served his time, took the knocks, felt humiliation, elation ... the inkling of success, greatness... and he indeed was great. What a man you were, David!

One of those epic swan-song performances... This stunner comes from a man coming out of a 10 year hiatus... The surprise is not that it's good but that it surpasses some former glories, & at this last chapter of a genius...

This song breaks my heart. Depression and isolation are tough for me and if anyone else is going through what I am I hope you all feel better.

4:02 Five Years

Drums from Soul Love.

I'm So Lonely I Could Cry

great point liam

No-one ever saw you

Moving through the dark

Leaving slips of paper

Somewhere in the park

Hidden from your friends

Stealing all they knew

Lovers thrown in airless rooms

Then vile rewards for you



And I'm gonna tell

Yes I've gotta tell

Gotta tell the things you've said

When you're talking in the dark

And I'm gonna tell the things you've done

When you're walking through the park



Some night on the thriller's street

Will come the silent gun

You've got a dangerous heart

You stole their trust, their moon, their sun

There'll come assassin's needle

On a crowded train

I'll bet you feel so lonely

You could die



Buildings crammed with people

Landscape filled with wrath

Grey concrete city

Rain has wet the street

I want to see you clearly

Before you close the door

A room of bloody history

You made sure of that



I can see you as a corpse

Hanging from a beam

I can read you like a book

I can feel you falling

I hear you moaning in your room

Oh see if i care

Oh please. Please make it soon



Walls have got you cornered

You've got the blues my friend

And people don't like you

But you will leave without a sound, without an end



Oblivion shall own you

Death alone shall love you

I hope you feel so lonely

You could die

You could die

You feel so lonely

You could die

Is this song the epilouge to 'The Next Day' ?

It's an absolute tragedy that this masterpiece was never sang live. Like Lady Grinning Soul which was never played live. Unbelievable. I'm hoping one day in the not too distant future, the sessions video recordings are released. I've no doubt that some sessions were recorded. He did it with all of his latter albums.

Jamie Duffy

The chord progression is soo similar to Cohen's "Halleluja" at times :/

what a joy this song is. instant classic. we miss you David.

This album is just a masterpiece.

It was well worth waiting for after his long absence.

Fantastic song, on the greatest album of all time.. And eff those deaf, lame members of the academy who disagree..

I heard this today and really paid attention to it and these lyrics are resonating with me. Hope you had a great day :D

No one ever saw you
Moving through the dark
Leaving slips of paper
Somewhere in the park
Hidden from your friends,
Stealing all they knew
Love is thrown in airless rooms
Thin vile rewards for you

And I'm gonna tell
Yes, I've gotta tell
Gotta tell the things you've said
When you're talking in the dark
And I'm gonna tell the things you've done
When you're walking through the park

Some night on a thrill-less street
Will come a silent gun
You've got a dangerous part
You stole their trust, their moon, their sun
There'll come assassins needle
On a crowded train
I bet you'll feel so lonely you could die

Buildings crammed with people,
Landscape filled with wrath
Grey and concrete city,
Rain has wet the street
I want to see you clearly
Before you close the door
A room of bloody history,
You made sure of that

I can see you as a corpse
Hanging from a beam
I can read you like a book
I can feel you falling
I hear you moaning in your room
Oh, see if I care
Oh please, please make it soon

Walls have got you cornered
You've got the blues my friend
And people don't like you
But you will leave without a sound
Without an end

Oblivion shall own you
Death alone shall love you
I hope you feel so lonely you could die
(feel so lonely) you could die,
You feel so lonely, you could die.

Now I'm crying again.

love this track, outstanding. RIP David, never forgotten

What's this song about?

I heard it was inspired by how poorly and horribly Bowie's ex friend Morrissey treated him, however that could be wrong

Hearing the lyrics and some reference some people have claimed that the song goes about a spy in the cold war. How they betray people who trusted them, and even referencing the murder of a Russian journalist with an umbrella needle that had poison ("They'll come such assassin's needle on a crowded train").

Bowie was reading a lot of books about war, and you could tell quite easily. The Next Day had a lot of social themes (Like gun control on "Valentine's Day" and useless wars in "I'd Rather Be High") and it's no surprise that this also talks about something like that.

Klui Surely that could be a metaphor though.

@sammavacaist Probably, Bowie always liked to play with his lyrics, so it ain't far fetched to think of it as a metaphor and nothing else, but a lot of the elements in the song can also reference the cold war.
Deciphering Bowie songs is quite a hard task, so a lot of meanings can be found on a single song

Klui Well, I disagree with you there. If you're paying close attention, Bowie's songs are really quite simple. But he loved to f*ck with people and make it cryptic to see what lunatic interpretations they'd come up with.
This song has absolutely nothing to do with the cold war or Russian spies. What's hilarious is that that's what he told Tony Visconti it was about and then got Tony to repeat it to the world! 😂😂😂😂

No one ever saw you
Moving through the dark
Leaving slips of paper
Somewhere in the park
Hidden from your friends,
Stealing all they knew
Love is thrown in airless rooms
Thin vile rewards for you

And I'm gonna tell
Yes, I've gotta tell
Gotta tell the things you've said
When you're talking in the dark
And I'm gonna tell the things you've done
When you're walking through the park

Some night on a thrill-less street
Will come a silent gun
You've got a dangerous part
You stole their trust, their moon, their sun
There'll come such ? needle
On a crowded train
I bet you'll feel so lonely you could die

Buildings crammed with people,
Landscape filled with wrath
Grey concrete city,
Rain has wet the street
I want to see you clearly
Before you close the door
A room of bloody history,
You made sure of that

I can see you as a corpse
Hanging from a beam
I can read you like a book
I can feel you falling
I hear you moaning in your room
Oh, see if I care
Oh please, please make it soon

Walls have got you cornered
You've got the blues my friend
And people don't like you
But you will leave without a sound
But you will leave without a land

Oh feeling so lonely
Death alone shall love you
I bet you'll feel so lovely you could die
(I feel so lonely) you could die,
You feel so lonely, you could die.

Beauty Bulletin
You must have hearing problems,,half those lyrics are wrong.

just copied from a lyrics site- so they got it wrong

Even so, we have ears, we can hear what he is singing, no need for a lyric sheet to this song.
Btw,,are you Beauty Bulletin or sugar salt, or both?

yes I did copy that from a lyrics site

Huh?
Not sure what you meant by that, but I typed the correct lyrics above.

One of the Greatest Bowie songs ever. This should have been played at one of the tributes to our hero at an awards ceremony.

If you are not too long,
I will wait here for you all my life.

Oscar Wilde

Such a great song, one of my favourites. replay and replay over and over.. sad days

Such a heart felt song, Rest Easy my Brother!!!!!!

A world without Bowie. I cannot.

it doesn't matter

Dont give up my friend may i say

no words, just no words

this is such a magical song. the problem is that Bowie has made so many brilliant albums with so many brilliant songssongs that classics like this can be overlooked.

there are no words

A lot's of sorrow and grief , Major Tom went back to the stars, there where he came from....

he's gone and now I'm feeling so lonely

You're not alone

+Matt Black rock n roll suicide

Altair Mesquita sometimes I get so lonely

I remember when I first heard the title of this song, I thought immediately of Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel.

Walls have got you cornered
https://bowiesongs.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/you-feel-so-lonely-you-could-die-2/

I love how the ending resembles the beginning of Five Years.

The beginning, and the end. Circular.

Yeah, it does sound similar to Five Years.

Very interesting fact about this song. In the chords for the lyrics "Die, ie, ie, ieeee" at the end of the chorus, the chords are "D,E,A,D" In that order. Very clever!

+Apertravel wow awesome!

Eb,F,Bb,Eb, but yeah

it's not very clever

You're right. It's not very clever. It's genius.

Brilliant again

It still amazes me how Bowie reaches so far. So we see all these comments about what people love about this song. Then there are those who favor "Heat" or "Dirty Boys" etc. I never heard a bad Bowie album no matter what the media has written, they've proved to be clueless beyond repair, one just needs to look at the reviews of Low. Bowie is my God and he's real!

Fantastic song! A bitter attack upon his former self, perhaps?

Jesse Aaron James GGBR, Golgotha Gypsy Blues Revue I agree :)

Such a beautiful, poignant song. Thank god the world still has david bowie in it.

So beautiful.

Wonderfull!!

The Walls Have Got You Cornered - brilliant !

How this wasn't released as a single bewildered me! Easily my favourite song on the album and the one I appreciate the most, shame it will slip through as another album track - it is however, in my view the star of the album. Very few can write a song like this in their sixties...perhaps Dylan but...wow love this track

@Liam Kay yes! best song on the albums!

HE TOUCH SO MUCH HOW YOU FEEL SOMETIMES.

it's just amazing how Bowie kept making such fantastic music right up to the very end
The Next Day and Black Star are as unique and brilliant as anything he did in the 70"s. Sometimes i still get overwhelmed by his passing.so much great music and not enough time.

A proper Bowie song if ever there was one...

cosa significa questa canzone?

+Riccardo Di Gianfrancesco forse sono in ritardo ma vuol dire "ti senti così solo che potresti morire"

beautiful song, very sad, he talks from his experience and he's had a long eventful life.
If you've time check out Lucid Rivers

+F. Hawk and now he's gone

Still gives me goosebumps every time I hear this!

ahh.. brilliant song... I am so glad that David started to make music. :) <3

He dead :(

I had even forgotten that I commented on this song! 2014 seems like a long time ago! I miss him so much....

Sad but true

Words cannot express how much I love this song! Only Bowie :)

Yep :)

Are the drums at the end the same as the ones at the end of "Five years?'

The jewel of The Next Day. Love love love that song. It sounds like a 2013 version of Rock'n'Roll Suicide. Amazing Bowie! David, if you read this, I want you to know that I've been a huge fan of yours since the time I was in the womb of my mum. No nursery rhyme made me fall asleep when I was a baby. Your music only did. You're the very best multifaceted artist on this planet.

truly sorry about your loss, this song is incredible and I also find comfort in it...

When I was young and self esteem was at a low, I was suicidal but there is one thing that kept me going. Listening to Bowie. It's like he understands even though he doesn't know me. Now I look forward to seeing 'The Next Day'

This song....O MAH GAD this song.

halleluja?

another bowie classic dont know what else to say really

I love all his music

love love love this man. GENIUS

I am so sorry to hear about your father. I had a friend that committed suicide. It's something you never really get over despite what people say about the passing of time. This song for me is one of the best he has written in years.

Henry Page, please inbox me. Go to your channel and check your comment page right now. Please.

well people i am so lonely and i could die, and the worst thing is i do not have anything to get out from this situation just please help ..........

I genuinely think this is one of David Bowie's greatest songs. What an absolute legend. I can't wait for the next album!

I am so sorry for your loss and for how you are feeling now. Please reach out to someone to help you get through this difficult time. If you want to talk, I'm a school counselor, so I know some stuff, and my email is [email protected].

This is one of the greatest songs in the history of mankind.

Thank you Bowie.

Completed by the outro drumming of Five Years.

This song is as classic as it gets. Reminds me of the drive and darkness of Rock'N'Roll Suicide & Big Brother combined with the uplifting blissfulness of Days.

best song on the album

holy fuck, with this song you can commit suicide .

I'm so sorry to hear that! I'm glad you found something that can help you at least commiserate on some level, and I wish you the best of luck in the healing process.

My father committed suicide about a month ago...this song, to me at least, captures exactly how he was feeling and how I feel now. This is why I love Bowie more than any other artist.

Love it love it.

Tony brought me here!

This is fab