I'm so afraid of mistakes that I've made
Shaking every time that I awake
I feel like a cardboard cut-out man

So build me a time
When the characters rhyme
And the story line is kind

I've aged and aged since the first page
I've lived every line that you wrote
Take me down, take me down
From the shelf above your head

And build me a time
When the characters rhyme
And the story line is kind

I live where I'm left
On the shelf like the rest
And the epilogue reads like a sad song
Please pick up your camera
And use me again

And build me a time
When the characters rhyme
And the storyline is kind
Yeah


Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by PinkFloyd8

Ibiza Bar Lyrics as written by Nick Mason David Jon Gilmour

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  • +4
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    the lyrics below are a lot more accurate. I remember traveling to Amsterdam in the late 90's to find Pink Floyd bootlegs and also found a book of their lyrics to date. A long trip and no small expense to find stuff that is all so easy nowadays on-line. The song as well as the album More deals in great part w/ the experience of making a film and gives the sensation of a story of an actor within the story of the film. The son Cybelline gives the listener the same cinematic sensation.

    I'm so afraid Of mistakes that I've made Shaking every time that I awake I feel like a cardboard cut-out man So build me a time When the characters rhyme And the storyline is kind I've aged and aged Since the first page [ Find more Lyrics on mp3lyrics.org/E7Pt ] I've lived every line that you wrote Take me down, take me down, From the shelf above your head And build me a time When the characters rhyme And the storyline is kind And if I'm left On the shelf like the rest And the epilogue reads like a sad song Please pick up your camera and use me again And build me a time When the characters rhyme And the storyline is kind

    excomposton November 07, 2009   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    It means a lot to me, but these lyrics are all wrong ? Hahaha I never read such nonsense! Its like it's been listened to by some warped person underwater and then translated into another language and then back again. PF would buzz to read that methinx. Thanks for giving me a giggle anyway.

    fearless_angelon September 29, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    mistaking... sad song in my view...

    pinkfloyd_atreyuon March 26, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    good but sounds too much like the nile song

    agoxideon September 09, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Or perhaps the Nile Song sounds too much like this one...

    Have to give them credit for trying, at least.

    Lyrically, it should be "the EPILOGUE reads like a sad song"

    inpraiseoffollyon September 11, 2006   Link

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