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If I were a swan
I'd be gone
If I were a train
I'd be late
And if I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
If I were to sleep
I could dream
If I were afraid
I could hide
If I go insane
Please don't put your wires in my brain
If I were the moon
I'd be cool
If I were a rule
I would bend
If I were a good man
I'd understand the spaces between friends
If I were alone
I would cry
And if I were with you
I'd be home and dry
And if I go insane
Will you still let me join in with the game?
If I were a swan
I'd be gone
If I were a train
I'd be late again
If I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
I'd be gone
If I were a train
I'd be late
And if I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
If I were to sleep
I could dream
If I were afraid
I could hide
If I go insane
Please don't put your wires in my brain
If I were the moon
I'd be cool
If I were a rule
I would bend
If I were a good man
I'd understand the spaces between friends
If I were alone
I would cry
And if I were with you
I'd be home and dry
And if I go insane
Will you still let me join in with the game?
If I were a swan
I'd be gone
If I were a train
I'd be late again
If I were a good man
I'd talk with you more often than I do
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
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"If I go insane Please don't put your wires in my brain" "And if I go insane Will you still let me join in with the game?"
I'm not sure, but these two lines above might refer to Syd Barrett. "The game" is then the music business or maybe even just the every day live.
Anyway, what a great song this is ;)
I have little doubt this song is about Syd. PF was struggling, in the years after Syd was forced to quit the band, to come up with a distinctive sound and to move beyond Syd's creative and eccentric psychedelia during the early period when he dominated the band, culminating in their first album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn." By 1969-70, while they were working on this, they were looking to move beyond the psychedelia of the early period (1965-early 1968), but they (and especially Waters, who took over as chief songwriter in Syd's absence) were Syd-haunted. There were the experimentation of "Saucerful of Secrets" (with limited involvement of Syd) and the mixed results of the soundtrack to the experimental movie "More." Meantime, the world and the music scene were moving past the brief flower-power moment of psychedelia, but, as I say, the band was (and remained, in my opinion, until the band's demise) Syd-haunted. "Atom Heart Mother," with songwriting contributions from all members of the band (except the drummer, Nick Mason), represented another move or attempt to get beyond '67 and Syd, with mixed results. In this song ("If"), Waters addresses the Syd conundrum, among other things, more or less directly. He fears going insane, he fears being "treated" ("please don't put your wires in my brain") for insanity, he fears being excluded and forgotten ("will you still let me join in with the game"). This last fear was one Syd himself voiced on his last significant PF contribution, the song "Jugband Blues," on "Saucerful." <br /> <br /> The band attempted to resolve this issue in 1972-73, when they made "Dark Side of the Moon," a concept album all about insanity, being different, and worries about being "labelled" and "treated" (and mistreated) for being psychotic. The album, of course, made them superstars and commercially successful beyond their most optimistic dreams- it still holds the record for length of time on Billboard Magazine's list of top 200 selling pop albums. But it did not resolve the band's existential, personal, and interpersonal dilemmas. They followed it up with an album also about insanity, but also about the fakery and greed in the music industry, and also specifically about missing Syd and the relative innocence of their early days in the mid-1960s (1975's "Wish You Were Here"). Finally, at the end of the decade, came their magnum opus, the flawed, often self-pitying, but largely brilliant "The Wall." After that, acrimony, dissension, Waters's departure, the David Gilmour-led band of the 1980s (Gilmour is a fine guitarist but not a particularly compelling songwriter to put it mildly- the prog rock Eric Clapton, who was best when in bands with others- Jack Bruce, John Mayall, Steve Winwood- were the chief songwriters; PF's music in the Gilmour era is bombastic without being compelling; Waters could be bombastic, self-pitying, etc., but also compelling), and the partial and temporary reunions, largely ended by Rick Wright's death in 2008. Syd of course died in 2006.<br /> <br /> "If" is an early attempt by Waters to deal with all of this, the in-between era that falls after "Piper" and before "Dark Side" and all that came after.
this- strangely enough- may be my favorite pink floyd song. it's so well crafted and the bits where you can hear roger waters breathing just make it seem so personal...beautiful!
"If I were a good man, I'd understand the spaces between friends." Wow. That line just hits you- it's this simple song until he sings that line. It's a lyrical double take- makes you think.
To me, it's about someone who's falling in love with a friend, and even though he knows what he should do (And if I were a good man I'd talk with you more often than I do / I'd understand the spaces between friends) he just can't because he's not perfect (if i was a swan i'd be gone, if i was a train i'd be late, etc)
So he's thinking about possible situations (And if I were with you i'd be home and clean), but knows that he's not brave enough to do something else than think and hypotetize, so he becomes afraid of going mad, and, even if he were to become insane, he wouldn't want to change. (If I go insane, please don't put your wires in my brain)
So, he accepts he just can't do anything about the situation.
This is a stretch, but Rudyard Kipling has a very famous poem titled "If" (my favorite poem of all time; everyone should read it to themselves everyday). It details the battle to truly become a man. To me, this song is a response to the poem, stating that he is not a good enough man b/c of his inadequacies. Anyone?
i just love this song. i love the lyrics, they're so true. i think he's saying how he's not perfect, in ways, by comparing himself to trains and such. but then he's saying please, even though i'm not perfect, don't try to fix me, and don't exclude me. (don't put your wires in my brain, would you still let me join in with the game)
I dont know why, but i absolutely love this song... to me, it somehow relates to a personal experience. It is talking to a person that you do not talk to often. Possibly because of different social groups, live far away, etc... Someone you really want to get to know, but somehow your paths never cross, and as time passes, it is harder and harder to talk to them.
it's beautiful track... emotional song. i have to play it to my girlfriend. she'll apreciate it...:)))
great song . . . i love the simplicity
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