"Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do" is the most enigmatic lyric. You can take it even farther and interpret that he can leave the spacecraft confident that it can complete its mission without him. The Mercury astronauts expressed this felling in The Right Stuff. "My spaceship knows which way to go" means that Tom is a hero back home but he is very conscious of the fact that he is actually not controlling the spacecraft. "Whose shirts you wear" means just what Chris wrote: Major Tom is now a role model, and everyone is interested in him and wants to emulate him. It means the same thing in The Beatles' "A Day in the Life." "Made the grade" in British English means found success due to his skill or endeavor. Brian from La Mesa, CaMy interpretation of the lyric is much like that of Jeff in Boston.As other people have said it's more likely to refer to whether you were a Van Heusen, Double 2 or Rael Brook wearer. Scarves, hats, rosettes and the odd rattle maybe. Back in 1969 the sight of a replica shirt at any football match would be very rare. Dave from EnglandI don't know that the expression 'Whose shirt do you wear?' is even in common usage today as a means of identifying which team you support.Vive from London, United KingdomDavid Bowie wrote Space Oddity after watching Stanley Kubrick's 1967 film Lolita, although many of their shared themes were overshadowed by his last minute decision to set the song in space.Heather from Canada Space Oddity was also in C.R.A.Z.Y.Dahmar from Poland And what about Valerian by Besson? The song was used there.Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong Though I'm past one hundred thousand milesĪnd I think my spaceship knows which way to go Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare (Six) commencing (five) countdown, engines onĬheck ignition (one) and may God's love (lift off) be with youĪnd the papers want to know whose shirt you wear (Ten) Ground Control (nine) to Major Tom (eight, seven) Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
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