The Show Must Go On Lyrics
You get a very strong sense of weariness and regret from this song. In some point in your life you are tired of putting on mask for the sake of outer world. You are tired and washed out and all you want to do is go home (not ment as physical place but more as a concept, a place where you are safe and free of all the worries of the hostile enviroment out there)
The show went on last night...as usual. Good band!
The show went on last night...as usual. Good band!
Pink realizes that hes created this wall and and hes trying to break out of it, and is wondering if he can remeber what he accomplished as well
This song is also a reference to the music industry
Pink realizes that he gave up every chance of a real life by abandoning his education And resolves that he has just become a show for his managers
strange, I'm looking at my parents' vinyls (both, I've got two) and the lyric sheets say:
"does the show have to go on do I have to stand up wild eyed in the spotlight what a nightmare why?!"
but I don't hear it.... was it a mistake?
here's a pic: http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p551/fiction1228/Snapbucket/38C2489F.jpg
That sounds like a really early version of the song. In The Wall Demos, another early version, the lyrics go:
That sounds like a really early version of the song. In The Wall Demos, another early version, the lyrics go:
Am I really on show wild eyed in the spotlight fuck me what a nightmare whos there? Have they all gone?
Am I really on show wild eyed in the spotlight fuck me what a nightmare whos there? Have they all gone?
It's okay now you're in luck the worms have fled the rising sun The evil power has gone away forget the past, start again.
It's okay now you're in luck the worms have fled the rising sun The evil power has gone away forget the past, start again.
You can listen to the old version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMDFL66Xd9w
You can listen to the old version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMDFL66Xd9w
I found the version you mentioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CsEiZzoXd88#t=1294s
I found the version you mentioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CsEiZzoXd88#t=1294s
I love the way the way Gilmore does those lines live
I love the way the way Gilmore does those lines live
Iamexpirienced is correct, I like this little short song although it's not in the movie.
Throughout the last few songs he has doubts about the Wall, and they are embodied here. However, at the end he resolves he has to continue inside the wall, and destroy everything outside it. This begins with In The Flesh, until he becomes of his real self in Waiting For The Worms. He is afraid though, and equates his true self (the worms) with Nazis.
This is a really good song. I dont like the wall at all but the ehhh...harmoinizing voices reminds me of beach boys or soemthin are very pleasant and easy to listen to...where has the feeling gone?, gives me chills. Good line.
Parts of this reminds me of "I am the Walrus"
On his The Wall Live tour, Roger Waters has re-inserted the original first verse:
OOOOOOH AAAAHHH
Must the Show go on? OOOOH Ma Take me home (3 times) OOOOH Pa Let me go (3 times) Do I have to stand up, wild eyed in the spotlight? What a nightmare, why don't I turn and run? (turn and run) OOOOH Ma Take me home (3 times) OOOOH Pa Let me go (3 times)
Then on to the: It was just a mistake...
You are correct I have the live CD and I love the way Gilmore sings those lines
You are correct I have the live CD and I love the way Gilmore sings those lines
I fucking love this, one of my favourite things off The Wall!