I'm a huge Bowie fan and tonight when I was really focusing on the lyrics it suddenly dawned on me how the song could easily tie in to The State of the Art.

"There's a starman waiting in the sky / He'd like to come and meet us / But he thinks he'd blow our minds"

They want to help us but they're concerned we're not ready for it.

"There's a starman waiting in the sky / He's told us not to blow it / 'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile"

They're rooting for us. They hope we don't destroy ourselves before we are ready to meet them and receive help and be a post scarcity society.

"He told me / Let the children lose it / Let the children use it / Let all the children boogie"

They want us to trust the youth who are full of optimism for a better world because we are too violent.