David Bowie - My Death (Music Video, Live 1995)

His 1973 single “My Death“ from the album “Ziggy Stardust“ film is perhaps one of the best musicalization of poem I’ve ever heard. It’s a shame that no footage of it is available. So I make the music video just for fun. Lyrics, written by Bowie: My death waits like an old roue So confident I’ll go his way Whistle to him and the passing time. My death waits like a bible truth At the funeral of my youth Weep loud for that and the passing time. My death waits like a witch at night As surely as our love is bright Let’s not think about the passing time But what ever lies behind the door There is nothing much to do Angel or devil, I don’t care For in front of that door, there is you. My death waits like a beggar blind Who sees the world through an unlit mind Throw him a dime for the passing time. My