From the album Black Tie White Noise (1993).
“Pallas Athena“ is a song written by David Bowie in 1993 for the album Black Tie White Noise.
The name is taken from the Greek goddess, Athena, who famously depicted in Athenian statues under the form of Pallas Athena. Hence, the name of the song is a suggestion of religion and icons and sets the mood for a dark piece concerning the power that religion has over man.
The lyrics are rather sparse, but the phrase beginning the piece, “God is on top of it all, that’s all,“ delivered as though from an African-American preacher, is ominous and intimidating, accompanied with the sound of strings delivering a sorrowful melody. The piece develops into a techno dance piece, using string sounds to hold the ominous mood while overlaid atop bass and drums. David Bowie’s saxophone playing is amplified into a scream-like sound, which solos, along with Lester Bowie on trumpet. A lyric, “We are, we are, we are, we are praying,"
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