"Oh my God! What a fabulous room! Are all these your guitars?
"I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to startle you"
"This place is bigger than our apartment"
"Let me know when you're entering a room"
"Yes sir"
"Um, Can I get a drink of water?"
"I was wondering about"
"You want some, huh?"
"Yes"
"Oh wow, look at this tub? Do you want to take bath?"
"I'll have to find out from Mrs. Bancroft what time she wants to meet us, for her main"
"What are watching?"
"If you'll just let me know as soon as you can Mrs Bancroft" "Mrs Bancroft"
"Hello?"
"I don't understand"
"Are you feeling okay?"

Day after day, love turns grey
Like the skin of a dying man
And night after night, we pretend its all right
But I have grown older and
You have grown colder and
Nothing is very much fun any more
And I can feel one of my turns coming on
I feel cold as a razor blade
Tight as a tourniquet
Dry as a funeral drum

Run to the bedroom,
In the suitcase on the left
You'll find my favorite axe
Don't look so frightened
This is just a passing phase
One of my bad days
Would you like to watch T.V.?
Or get between the sheets?
Or contemplate the silent freeway?
Would you like something to eat?
Would you like to learn to fly?
Would'ya?
Would you like to see me try?

Would you like to call the cops?
Do you think it's time I stopped?
Why are you running away?


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One of My Turns Lyrics as written by Roger Waters

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    My attempt at interpreting this:

    "Day after day, love turns grey Like the skin of a dying man Night after night, we pretend it's all right But I have grown older and You have grown colder and Nothing is very much fun any more."

    Pink enters his hotel room with a groupie. He's with the groupie only because, as revealed in the previous songs, Pink realized his wife is cheating on him.

    Pink is no stranger to the groupie thing, and there he is with a groupie in his hotel room. It's old to him. Maybe he feels like he's mentally too old for it at this point.

    These lines also represent pink's fading marriage. Like "You have grown colder " Pink is no good for his wife and he's only hurting her and she is realizing this and beginning to move on with her life- without Pink and the emotional abuse he causes her to suffer.

    "And I can feel one of my turns coming on. I feel cold as razor blade Tight as a tourniquet Dry as a funeral drum,"

    Uh oh.... Pink knows whats about to happen and he can't stop it.

    "Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left You'll find my favorite axe Don't look so frightened This is just a passing phase Just one of my bad days

    Would you like call the cops? Do you think it's time I stopped?"

    Pink is flipping out at this point. In the movie, he kicks and breaks the TV screen, trashes the whole hotel room, throws a tv out the window, throws stuff at the groupie, chasing her away.

    In the lines "Don't look so frightened, This is just a passing phase, Just one of my bad days" Pink is attempting to explain his actions, although this is while he's acting. He's scaring the shit out of the groupie. Pink's 'turn' is the last thing she expected to witness tonight. She just wants to "get between the sheets" with Pink.

    "Would you like to watch T. V.? Or get between the sheets? Or contemplate the silent freeway? Would you like something to eat? Would you like to learn to fly? Would you like to see me try? Would you like call the cops? Do you think it's time I stopped?"

    ...sarcasm aimed at the groupie while he's flipping out and trashing the place.

    "Why are you running away?"

    Pink is, well, pretty crazy at this point in the album[/movie]. Maybe he really doesn't understand why the groupie is running away even though he obviously chased her away.

    This last line also has a direct meaning to Pink's marriage. Same concept though. It's obvious why pink's wife would want to leave him. He has nothing to offer her emotionally, and he may even be physically abusive. Pink's wife is definitely suffering emotional abuse from Pink. Pink might not even realize what he's doing to his wife and may not understand.

    HE'S FUCKING CRAZY.

    dalenkwinton March 25, 2007   Link

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