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Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb toward the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance, two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can?
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun
Cloudless everyday
You fall upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb toward the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance, two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can?
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun
Cloudless everyday
You fall upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by Undinal, patient957, tillyny, 1Bigdawg, Nmlgc, TomCrown, neeraj1030, Madanmohan, Blake614, importrade, tomslyrics123, ProppJoe
Echoes Lyrics as written by George Waters David Gilmour
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Not bad RJ!
"no one flies around the sun" can be a reference to the myth of Icarus and Daedalus. Icarus dies because he flies too close to the sun. The myth means than Men always want to go further and to do impossible things. If the song says "no one flies around the sun", maybe it means "we're good, we don't need any more". Not sure. Just a thought.
Is it God? People, don't be too rigid or close-minded. "you" (at the end "call to you across the sky") can stand for God but God can be lots of things. I don't like to say God, I would say "a divinity" or "the greatest thing in the Universe". You can replace it by Nature, by Love, by the Sun (don"t forget that many religions praised the Sun as the Creator of all Gods, like Râ in Antique Egypt, Aztecs, Incas, Mayas and much more). To me, it stands for Sun, the Universe, Creation, Life, Everything as opposed to Nothingness. It's the opposite of nihilism. So I think RJ is right but things stay open: you can replace "you" with whatever you praise to and if you don't praise, then put "reason" of life or awareness, or lucidity or something that indicates you that you are alive and that is the most perfect feeling ever!