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If one can take the micky out of the future, and what it is going to be like Its going to be unbelievably technological. Nevertheless, BowieBible.com also notes that the song speaks of a dystopian nightmare in which Earth enters its final five years, for reasons undisclosed, and the ensuing panic, violence, and attempts at redemption. BowieBible.com also quotes from a 2018 interview with drummer Mick Woodmansey: Well, we chatted about it, and we knew it was about the end of the world and pretty depressing, Woodmansey said of the song

Police officers there have saved lives exactly because they were unable to shoot

I will only end up using what I earn for cigarettes

Referenced by name during two separate instances in (P)lanets - the life of normalcy has ended

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