Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Hey Eugene
This is Henry McClean
And I've finished my beautiful flying machine
And I'm ringing to say
That I'm leaving and maybe
You'd like to fly with me
And hide with me, baby
Isn't it strange
How little we change
Isn't it sad we're insane
Playing the games that we know end in tears
The games we've been playing for thousands and thousands and thousands
Jumps into his cosmic flyer
Pulled his plastic collar higher
Light the fuse and stand right back
He cried
This is my last goodbye
Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
Point me at the sky and let it fly
And if you survive till two thousand and five
I hope you're exceedingly thin
For if you are stout you will have to breathe out
While the people around you breathe in (breathe in, breathe in, breathe in)
People pushing on my sides
Is something that I hate
And so is sitting down to eat
With only little capsules on my plate
Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
Point me at the sky and let it fly
And all we've got to say to you is goodbye
It's time to go, better run and get your bags
It's goodbye
Hey Jean look at the screen and it's goodbye
Julian hey, the milky way and it's goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
I am going to say goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
Crash, goodbye
This is Henry McClean
And I've finished my beautiful flying machine
And I'm ringing to say
That I'm leaving and maybe
You'd like to fly with me
And hide with me, baby
Isn't it strange
How little we change
Isn't it sad we're insane
Playing the games that we know end in tears
The games we've been playing for thousands and thousands and thousands
Jumps into his cosmic flyer
Pulled his plastic collar higher
Light the fuse and stand right back
He cried
This is my last goodbye
Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
Point me at the sky and let it fly
And if you survive till two thousand and five
I hope you're exceedingly thin
For if you are stout you will have to breathe out
While the people around you breathe in (breathe in, breathe in, breathe in)
People pushing on my sides
Is something that I hate
And so is sitting down to eat
With only little capsules on my plate
Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
Point me at the sky and let it fly (point me at the sky and let it fly)
Point me at the sky and let it fly
And all we've got to say to you is goodbye
It's time to go, better run and get your bags
It's goodbye
Hey Jean look at the screen and it's goodbye
Julian hey, the milky way and it's goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
I am going to say goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
Crash, crash, crash, crash, goodbye
Crash, goodbye
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Point Me at the Sky Lyrics as written by Roger Waters David Gilmour
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Another directionless attempt at a single from a floundering post-Syd Floyd. It sounds to me like the use of the flying metaphor was an attempt to obliquely maintain the "voyaging" quality of some of Syd's lyrics (Astronomy Domine, Flaming), as Waters had previously done on "Let There Be More Light." Other than that, there's not a lot here—Waters obviously isn't writing from any kind of conviction and the attempts at whimsy fall flat. Too bad—"Point Me at the Sky" is a good name for a song; it deserved better treatment.
Your lyrics are right except for:
"I hope you're EXCEEDINGLY THIN."
Well... 2005... they survived...
Isn't it supposed to be "Eugene"?
I love this song, and I also like Let There Be More Light. Driving and spacy at the same time. It's classic britpsych- what's not to like?
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It's decent. It's quite the social commentary:
"Isn't it strange how little we change?" -we make the same mistakes over and over again
"Isn't it sad we're insane?" -we're all lunatics
"Playing the games that we know end in tears," -we do things that we know end up with people getting hurt
"The games we've been playing for thousands and thousands and thousands..." -despite the fact that we know this, we keep doing it, and have for thousands of years (which is implied, as it would rhyme).
"If you are stout..." -because people are way too fat
It's not Waters' best effort, however.
I love it when people post "interpretations" that just restate the god damn lyrics. What the fuck man! <br /> <br /> Does anyone really question that "isn't it sad we're insane" = "we're all lunatics"? Really? I mean, except for people who can't read.<br /> <br /> And you're a dumb shit anyways. If anything, the lines about being "stout" is a commentary about OVERPOPULATION you stupid shit. Try again next time, moron.
i havent actually herd this version (these lyrics), the ones i know of is: "pink floyd - ultra rare trax vol.2 - top gear session"
Hey Gene, this is Henry Maclean and I finished my beautiful flying machine and I'm ringing to say that I'm leaving and maybe you'd like to fly with me and hide with me, baby
Isn't it strange how little we changed isn't it sad we're insane playing the games that we know end in tears the games we've been playing for thousands and thousands
Jumps into his cosmic flyer pulls his plastic collar higher light the fuse and standwell back he cried THIS IS MY LAST GOODBYE
(3x)point me at the sky and let it fly
And if you survive till two thousand and five i hope yourexceeding me dearly for if you are stout you will have to breathe out so the man next to you can breathe in, breath in
people pressing on my sides is something that i hate and so is sitting down to eat with all these little capsials on my plate
(x3)Point me at the sky and let it fly
these lyrics, i love :-)
I think this is a great harder rock song by Floyd. Probably has something to do with the early days of flying.