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'''''Station to Station''''' is the 10th studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 23 January 1976 by [[w:RCA Records|RCA Records]]. In an album that reflected his darkest years Bowie, who five years previously in one of his lyrics had entrusted salvation to aliens, dedicated himself to the [[w:Stations of the Cross|Stations of the Cross]]. He prayed, in the depths of his addictions and lacerating questions: “Lord, I kneel and offer you my word on a wing / And I’m trying hard to fit among your scheme of things.” ([[w:Word_on_a_Wing|Word on a Wing]]). | '''''Station to Station''''' is the 10th studio album by English musician David Bowie, released on 23 January 1976 by [[w:RCA Records|RCA Records]]. In an album that reflected his darkest years Bowie, who five years previously in one of his lyrics had entrusted salvation to aliens, dedicated himself to the [[w:Stations of the Cross|Stations of the Cross]]. He prayed, in the depths of his addictions and lacerating questions: “Lord, I kneel and offer you my word on a wing / And I’m trying hard to fit among your scheme of things.” ([[w:Word_on_a_Wing|Word on a Wing]]). | ||
Bowie admits that the song '''''Word on a Wing''''' was written out of a [[cocaine|coke]]-addled spiritual despair that he experienced while filming the movie ''[[w:The Man Who Fell to Earth|The Man Who Fell to Earth]]''. In 1980 Bowie spoke of the song to NME, claiming "There were days of such psychological terror when making the [[w:Nicolas Roeg|Roeg]] film that I nearly started to approach my reborn, born again thing. It was the first time I'd really seriously thought about [[w:Jesus of Nazareth|Christ]] and [[w:God|God]] in any depth, and 'Word on a Wing' was a protection. It did come as a complete revolt against elements that I found in the film. The passion in the song was genuine... something I needed to produce from within myself to safeguard myself against some of the situations I felt were happening on the film set." | Bowie admits that the song '''''Word on a Wing''''' was written out of a [[w:cocaine|coke]]-addled spiritual despair that he experienced while filming the movie ''[[w:The Man Who Fell to Earth|The Man Who Fell to Earth]]''. In 1980 Bowie spoke of the song to NME, claiming "There were days of such psychological terror when making the [[w:Nicolas Roeg|Roeg]] film that I nearly started to approach my reborn, born again thing. It was the first time I'd really seriously thought about [[w:Jesus of Nazareth|Christ]] and [[w:God|God]] in any depth, and 'Word on a Wing' was a protection. It did come as a complete revolt against elements that I found in the film. The passion in the song was genuine... something I needed to produce from within myself to safeguard myself against some of the situations I felt were happening on the film set." | ||
From the time of this song, David Bowie starting wearing and wore for many years a small silver crucifix, as can be seen in a number of his performances.<ref>See a gallery of pictures here: https://bowiesattva.com/2016/05/21/bowies-cross-a-tool-for-psychic-self-defense/ .</ref> | From the time of this song, David Bowie starting wearing and wore for many years a small silver crucifix, as can be seen in a number of his performances.<ref>See a gallery of pictures here: https://bowiesattva.com/2016/05/21/bowies-cross-a-tool-for-psychic-self-defense/ .</ref> | ||