Like a lot of the other comments are saying, I think this mainly about voyeurism. If the song was about his girlfriend, then why would he use the word spy. If you are a spy it means you shouldn't be caught, that is kind of the whole point, and if you are a voyeur, the whole point of the pleasure you get from it, is the fact that the other people don't know you are watching them. See a bit of a connection there?
I'm so afraid of mistakes that I've made
Shaking every time that I awake
I feel like a cardboard cut-out man
So build me a time
When the characters rhyme
And the story line is kind
I've aged and aged since the first page
I've lived every line that you wrote
Take me down, take me down
From the shelf above your head
And build me a time
When the characters rhyme
And the story line is kind
I live where I'm left
On the shelf like the rest
And the epilogue reads like a sad song
Please pick up your camera
And use me again
And build me a time
When the characters rhyme
And the storyline is kind
Yeah
Shaking every time that I awake
I feel like a cardboard cut-out man
So build me a time
When the characters rhyme
And the story line is kind
I've aged and aged since the first page
I've lived every line that you wrote
Take me down, take me down
From the shelf above your head
And build me a time
When the characters rhyme
And the story line is kind
I live where I'm left
On the shelf like the rest
And the epilogue reads like a sad song
Please pick up your camera
And use me again
And build me a time
When the characters rhyme
And the storyline is kind
Yeah
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by PinkFloyd8
Ibiza Bar Lyrics as written by Nick Mason David Jon Gilmour
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
the lyrics below are a lot more accurate. I remember traveling to Amsterdam in the late 90's to find Pink Floyd bootlegs and also found a book of their lyrics to date. A long trip and no small expense to find stuff that is all so easy nowadays on-line. The song as well as the album More deals in great part w/ the experience of making a film and gives the sensation of a story of an actor within the story of the film. The son Cybelline gives the listener the same cinematic sensation.
I'm so afraid Of mistakes that I've made Shaking every time that I awake I feel like a cardboard cut-out man So build me a time When the characters rhyme And the storyline is kind I've aged and aged Since the first page [ Find more Lyrics on mp3lyrics.org/E7Pt ] I've lived every line that you wrote Take me down, take me down, From the shelf above your head And build me a time When the characters rhyme And the storyline is kind And if I'm left On the shelf like the rest And the epilogue reads like a sad song Please pick up your camera and use me again And build me a time When the characters rhyme And the storyline is kind
It means a lot to me, but these lyrics are all wrong ? Hahaha I never read such nonsense! Its like it's been listened to by some warped person underwater and then translated into another language and then back again. PF would buzz to read that methinx. Thanks for giving me a giggle anyway.
mistaking... sad song in my view...
good but sounds too much like the nile song
@agoxide That's the point. The Nile Song is almost like the younger version of Ibiza Bar. If you listen the chords and even the sounding is more mellow, it feels as if time has gone by. The whole connection to those two songs on this album is really beautiful. <br /> You can listen to it in order and feel the sense of direction change, the sense of emotion and tension in perspective. Cymbaline is probably my second fav to this one just because it's so mellow but it's not a drag, it's swift and soft.
Or perhaps the Nile Song sounds too much like this one...
Have to give them credit for trying, at least.
Lyrically, it should be "the EPILOGUE reads like a sad song"