Letra The Man Who Sold The World

La canción The Man Who Sold the World fue compuesta por David Bowie, incluida en su álbum homónimo de 1970. La letra aborda temas de dualidad, identidad y realidad, sugiriendo un encuentro surrealista con una versión pasada o alternativa de uno mismo. La canción ganó reconocimiento mundial cuando fue interpretada por Kurt Cobain de Nirvana, durante su famoso MTV Unplugged in New York de 1993.

We passed upon the stairs
We spoke of was and when
Although I wasn´t there
He said I was his friend
Which came as a surprise
I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone
A long, long time ago

Oh no, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world

I laughed and shook his hand
Made my way back home
I searched for form and land
For years and years, I roamed
I gazed a gazely stare
At all the millions here
I must have died alone
A long, long time ago

Who knows, not me
I never lost control
You're face, to face
With the man who sold the world

Who knows, not me
We never lost control
You're face, to face
With the man who sold the world