"1984", lagu ikonik yang dibawakan oleh David Bowie, adalah sebuah refleksi tajam tentang masa depan yang suram. Liriknya, yang dipenuhi dengan citra orwellian, memperingatkan tentang potensi bahaya penindasan dan kontrol pemerintah. Berawal dari seruan untuk berani, Bowie menyoroti ancaman yang menghantui masyarakat 1984, di mana individu diindoktrinasi, dipantau, dan dibungkam. Melalui paduan suara yang menghantui dan bait-bait yang penuh peringatan, "1984" menjadi seruan yang kuat untuk kewaspadaan dan perlawanan terhadap otoritarianisme yang merajalela.
1984 Lyrics
David Bowie
Someday they won't let you, so now you must agree
The times they are a-telling,
and the changing isn't free
You've read it in the tea leaves, and the tracks are on TV
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984
They'll split your pretty cranium, and fill it full of air
And tell that you're eighty, but brother, you won't care
You'll be shooting up on anything, tomorrow's neverthere
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984
[CHORUS]
Come see, come see, remember me?
We played out an all night movie role
You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled
In 1984 (who could ask for more)
1984 (who could ask for mor-or-or-or-ore)
(Mor-or-or-or-ore)
I'm looking for a vehicle, I'm looking for a ride
I'm looking for a party, I'm looking for a side
I'm looking for the treason that I knew in '65
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984
[CHORUS]
1984 [ad lib]
The times they are a-telling,
and the changing isn't free
You've read it in the tea leaves, and the tracks are on TV
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984
They'll split your pretty cranium, and fill it full of air
And tell that you're eighty, but brother, you won't care
You'll be shooting up on anything, tomorrow's neverthere
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984
[CHORUS]
Come see, come see, remember me?
We played out an all night movie role
You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled
In 1984 (who could ask for more)
1984 (who could ask for mor-or-or-or-ore)
(Mor-or-or-or-ore)
I'm looking for a vehicle, I'm looking for a ride
I'm looking for a party, I'm looking for a side
I'm looking for the treason that I knew in '65
Beware the savage jaw
Of 1984
[CHORUS]
1984 [ad lib]
