| Pink Floyd – The Gunner's Dream Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Star Captain, good job. That's all that really needs to be said. | |
| Pink Floyd – The Hero's Return Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The Schoolmaster also stars in Fletcher Memorial, I do believe... Anywho, "The Final Cut" was ultimately a tie up album. Not really "The Wall, pt. 3", seeing as at the end of the Wall Pink's problems are resolved, but they do tie up a few loose ends. Bashyou, yeah, the teacher was insecure because his wife was abusive, as said by "The Wall". But what ho? "Sweet-heart, sweet-heart, are you fast asleep? / Good, that's the only time that I can really speak to you?" Hey! What do you know! IT'S THE WIFE! Anywho, I felt like pointing that out. Back to the main focus, this song is part of a story-line regarding the teacher. One that, in my opinion, includes "Your Possible Pasts", "One of the Few", this song, "The Gunner's Dream", and "Paranoid Eyes". Notice that these were all sequential songs in the initial publishing of the album. |
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| Pink Floyd – Any Colour You Like Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Ugathug, I honestly regret that you're unable to enjoy Pink Floyd in the concious state of mind. Drugs are the cheap way to creativity. There's no effort in it, there's just the substance. Anything you come up with or "observe" under this influence cannot be credited to you; the drug did it. Meanwhile, plenty of people have died smoking pot. The problem is, once they do they're counted as a "death caused by smoking". Meanwhile, this song to me is about the illusion of choice. All previous songs described various pressures: this song is the bridge to the insanity theme. Insanity, of course, being the result of these pressures. |
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| Pink Floyd – Goodbye Blue Sky Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| In a sense, each generation has several million Pinks. | |
| Pink Floyd – Goodbye Blue Sky Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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One, we don't HAVE to get off 9/11. Roger Waters purposefully made the Wall vague enough to be applicable to thousands and thousands of people. I myself can relate to the Wall on a personal level, as can many other Pink Floyd fans. It was intentional. Meanwhile, keeping in mind both the cyclical nature of "The Wall" ["Isn't this where... We came in?"] and Roger Waters belief that cycles go through generations, we can assume that this song (while referencing World War II specifically for Waters/Pink) could very easily be applied to 9/11, Vietnam, or any other military venture. |
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| Roger Waters – The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Waters was very anit-war. This is clear throughout his entire career. If I may go off topic... I won't deny that Republicans fight horrible wars... But what about that one war called Vietnam? Anywho, this is obviously lambasting modern warfare PERIOD. War has become COMPLETELY impersonal, war can be waged from the comfort of a computer desk. There's no honor in clicking somewhere on a screen and then wiping out a few dozen human beings. |
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| Pink Floyd – Nobody Home Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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A note about the "swollen hands". We know from "Comfortably Numb" that Pink has had some kind of childhood illness; "hands felt just like two balloons". These are indications of fever dreams, where one is locked in a delirious state and suffers hallucinatory dreams. Therefore, these "swollen hand blues" could be the moments before Pink is afflicted with his childhood sickness again; "Comfortably Numb". |
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| Pink Floyd – In the Flesh? Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Zero, that discovery indicates the cyclical nature of the Wall; it perpetuates itself throughout time and through the generations. Everyone else, do not forget that this song serves PRIMARILY as the introduction to the epic story that is "The Wall". He might have had ideas concerning rude audiences in mind; however, those are not the points of the song. I personally think there are two interpretations. One, this song is performed in retrospect by Pink, who is about to tell his story to the audience. Two, this could describe Pink's conception. The title "In the Flesh?" could be taken as such, and (should this meaning be taken) the lyrics serve as life telling Pink that it's going to be a hard life. Life won't be what it seems, and if you really want to enjoy it, you're going to have to "claw" through the "disguises" of innumerable individuals; something Pink will have enormous difficulty with later on. |
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| Pink Floyd – Goodbye Cruel World Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Hm... Here's an idea. Without a DOUBT, this is metaphorical suicide. All interpretations in that regard have been right on the money, really... However, here's another idea, for those pointing out that it could be a suicide note that was never fulfilled. If you dig around, you'll find that the song "The Final Cut" was originally going to be in the "Wall" album. The song describes a man's overwhelming depression up to a point where he "held the blade in trembling hands", ready to commit suicide. Just then, "the phone rang, [he] never had the nerve to make the final cut." Another interesting thing is that you never find WHERE on the album "The Final Cut" was supposed to be. So here's an idea; what if it WAS a suicide note? If "The Final Cut" fit right after "Goodbye Cruel World", then this song could be about both suicides, literal and metaphorical. It's just a thought. |
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