You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking

And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you,
You'll get the chance to put the knife in

You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south
Hide your head in the sand,
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer

And when you loose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone
Dragged down by the stone (stone, stone, stone, stone, stone)

I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?

Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable and no-one has a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
And everything's done under the sun
And you believe at heart, everyone's a killer

Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel

Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home

Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone


Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by BIRDDUDE830, DanVitaleRocks

Dogs Lyrics as written by Roger Waters David Jon Gilmour

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    There are a lot of good interpretations here. I agree with many of them.

    The 3 animals represented are the three major powers in the capitalist Society. The pigs who are the leaders of the government, the dogs who are the leaders of business, and the Sheep who collectively are the power of the economy.

    In Pigs on the Wing part 2, the author admits to being a dog but at least he is not alone, and he does not feel the weight of his burden - the stone, because he has a home and a companion.

    The stone is simply a representation of a tumor, the cancer that was brought on by so much bad blood.

    The sad old man is just one of many, and it's the same person who's all alone and dying of cancer.

    jim1098266on May 19, 2017   Link

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