I've a favor to ask, maybe this is a bad time You know whenever you ask there's never a good time How do you take your heart out of it? How can you take your heart out of this? And how do you stop once you've started? Somebody gave you a choice And all you do is abuse it If God he gave you a voice Then use it Here's something to ask if these are the bad times Because whenever you ask why it's never the good times How will we get ourselves out of it? How can you take your heart out of this? And how do you stop once you've started? Somebody gave you a choice And all you do is abuse it If God he gave you a voice Then use it Just a lullaby for the new world order

This is a commercial for my army and my navy This is a rehearsal for all the empty promises I will be And I won't let you down Done letting you down This is a commercial for freedom while freedom is in hades This is a rehearsal of incoherent double talk and maybes And it won't let you down Done letting you down It's okay to be their disappointment baby It's okay to fly the flag It's okay to be my disappointment baby It's okay to fly the flag This is a commercial for my army and my navy This is a rehearsal for all the empty promises I will be And I won't let you down Done letting you down

Although I think all of the ideas posted are plausible, when i first heard this song, i didnt get an impression about war, per se. I think a lot of the people who posted the beliefs about the song are on the right track, but i dont think that it's right. If Dark Side of the Moon is about a persons growth, and eventual descent into madness, i think the topic should have something to do with everyday life. I think the war references are used in a way, as they drugs were in "I did it" (by Dave Matthews Band). I think it's about a person becoming fed up with the workplace and the sort of routine fashion, and do as you're told attitude, that accompanies it (kind of like how soldiers automatically do as they're told by generals, being "killed", while they stay out of "harms way"). And that, even though this person hates going through this day in, day out, sort of lifestyle, he was forced into it to support himself, and because this late in life, there werent any other options. And when all of this becomes apparent to him, he can no longer take anymore, and thus slowly "Any Color You Like" and eventually "Brain Damage" begin.