What a beautiful gift David
Bowie has given the world with his music video “Lazarus.” This video was released
a few days before Bowie died, and from what I understand, was conceived and
produced after he was diagnosed with cancer.
In the video, a blindfolded
Bowie lies in an old-fashioned hospital bed (with buttons over the eyes), and
occasionally levitates, while singing “Look up here, I’m in heaven/ I’ve
got scars that can’t be seen/ I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen/Everybody
knows me now.”
There’s a woman who is a little
scary, sometimes she’s under the bed or standing against the wall reaching
towards him like maybe she’s trying to hold on to him.
Then the scene cuts to Bowie dancing,
without the blindfold. He sits down at a desk where he writes furiously. The
video cuts back to the figure in the bed singing, “Oh I’ll be free/ Just like
that bluebird/ Oh I’ll be free/ Ain’t that just like me” as he lifts his hands
to the sky. The video ends with the unblindfolded Bowie standing up from the
desk and backing into the wardrobe behind him like a coffin.
Thank you David Bowie for
having the courage to make this incredible statement.
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