| Pink Floyd – Vera Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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To understand this song you have to understand the album's context, a little WWII history and a bit of Russian. As has been mentioned previously, the obvious meaning of this song lies in Vera's song "We'll meet again." At this point in the album, Pink has wrapped himself in his wall and is crying out about the various factors which forced him into building it. Vera is referring to its namesake's unfulfilled promise of bringing back Pink's dad from war. Of course there is some irony here as Pink never met his dad, so he wouldn't have seen him "again," but, in fact, for the first time. A less known fact is that the word "vera," in Russian, means "faith." Now, I'm unsure of whether or not Roger Waters knew about this. If he did, it suggests the song means something completely different. The lyrics "Vera, Vera, Vera/What has become of you?" now seem to be directed at Pink's unfaithful wife. At this point, Pink is still on the road with his band and had only recently found out about his wife's transgressions thousands of miles away. So now the song looks like Pink's attempt at coping with the fact that he will never be able to come home to the arms of a loving wife. Of course, like all great lyrics, chances are both interpretations are true simultaneously. This, in my mind, makes the song and album even better than previously imagined. |
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| Tally Hall – Hidden in the Sand Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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on the last wave, there is a backwards message that asks "Wouldn't the world be better off if we took nonsense more seriously?" A perfect cap to such a fun album. |
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