ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Five Years (David Bowie song)

Okay, so David Bowie was a very famous singer and songwriter. One day, he wrote a song called "Five Years". The song is about a sad thing that happens in the future.

In the song, Bowie describes how, in 5 years, the world is going to end. Everyone is going to die and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it.

He talks about how people are going to be really scared and sad about this, and they'll start doing crazy things. They'll try to find love and have fun because they know they only have a short time left.

But even though it's a really sad song, people still love it because Bowie was a great artist and he could express emotions really well through his music.