This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
Hello? (Hello? Hello? Hello?)
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again
Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
I have become comfortably numb
Okay (okay, okay, okay)
Just a little pinprick
There'll be no more, ah
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again
Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
I have become comfortably numb
Okay (okay, okay, okay)
Just a little pinprick
There'll be no more, ah
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by nasses321
Comfortably Numb Lyrics as written by Roger Waters David Jon Gilmour
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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You people are retards? Pink Floyd didnt do drugs huh? I saw the video. Spend 30 bucks to buy the dvd and you will really understand this song and the life pain that 1 of the band members went thru. They play the entire fucking song and almost all their greatest hits. The entire movie doesnt have dialogue but the movie stands for itself. Half of you morons dont even know what they are singing about! The wall! His father died in the war, and his mother abandoned him when he was 6 years old. He was looking at other fathers for their love. But he never knew his father because he died in the war before he was born. He loved this girl that he was married to and she ends up cheating on him. The wall gets higher and higher, he is emotional traped behind the wall. Listen to the song "Mother" and listen to the lyrics. "Mother why u build the wall so high" ? His mother was always up his ass about every single little detail about his life. His GF and his entire life. Do some homework before most of u guys talk! BradNZ "it was a booster shot" HAHAHA Dont make me laugh man. And in America we dont use the word Wanker, so wanker this!
@WhiteMagic His father didn't die before he was born, there is a photo of him with both his parents and his older brother when they were very young. His mother didn't abandon h when he was 6 either.<br /> The song is based on Syd, it can't be denied. The band capitalized on Syd's demise, whichever way you look at it. OK they were only kids, their understanding of what was happening was limited & by that time they were well on the way to being one of the biggest bands of all time.<br /> But Syd comes into all of the writing in one way or another.<br /> There are just too many similarities... not even similarities, events as they actually happened. Roger has said in an interview that he walked in and seen the cigarette burnt down into Syd's fingers.<br /> Syd shaved his hair and eyebrows, its all about him, with some added events/emotions from Roger's life.<br /> They wrote and wrote about Syd and made a hell of a lot of money in the process.<br /> Syd was unwell but he knew what was going down, that's clear in the lyrics to jugband blues. Syd hated the in authenticity of it all, how his art was becoming just business & he couldn't live like a performing monkey, he stayed true to himself. He knew they wanted him well to keep on delivering.<br /> Maybe Roger did need medical attention before a gig, and the stark realisation that they wanted him to just get through the show must have brought it home to him how Syd must have felt.<br /> As well as this, they were to discover that all the success and fame in the world does not equal happiness.<br /> So it's an amalgamation of experiences and emotions of Syd and Roger, but based on Syd. It can't be denied, it all points to that.<br /> As they have got older and wiser they have recognised the callousness involved in the treatment of Syd before and as he left the band. I am not judging them as callous, those are David Gilmours words, and as I've said they were just kids on the road to living the dream. But all said and done, Syd's demise was capitalized on in a big way.<br /> There's no denying it, it's there in the lyrics, in the film, everything.<br /> They may have said it was 'general'_but all artists work is some form of expression of himself. And this was their experience.<br /> Maybe it helped them process their grief at losing their friend and his amazing talent that gave birth to Pink Floyd.<br /> And what came of it was nothing short of phenomenal.<br /> But it's Syd through and through, and other things added.<br /> R.I.P Syd..Legend
@WhiteMagic I only just realised your post is from so long ago!! I hope you're still around to read my reply, agree or disagree. Let's face it, none of us know 10000% do we.<br /> My last post seems to be hanging in thin air somewhere in cyberspace & I cba going through 550 posts!!<br /> 17 years!! Good Lord!! Lol<br /> Comfortably Numb...still a tune, always will be, bet you're still listening!<br /> You forgot you ever wrote this right?<br /> :)
@WhiteMagic spot on mate ,