Embryo Lyrics
Is all I am,
A ball is all I am.
I'm so new
Compared to you
And I am very small.
Warm glow,
Moon glow,
Waiting here,
Seems like years,
Never see the light of day.
I hear strange sounds
Come gurgling in my ear.
Red the light
And dark the night
I feel my dawn is near.
Warm glow,
Moon glow,
Always need a little more room.
Whisper low
Here I go,
I will see the sunshine show.
This song is most obviously about the human life that an embryo is. Many people try to pass it off as something un-human and cancerous, but these people only try to fool themselves so they don't feel anything when they decide to kill it for convenience sake. This view follows just about everything else Pink Floyd has written, all their music boils down to their obvious love for their fellow man and the decrying of human oppression. The musical and poetic genius of Pink Floyd is undeniable.
at first its about the embryo, then it grows into a fetus and in the end of the song its the baby being born
Any real Pink Floyd fan should own this own. it can easily be purchased through iTunes music store. That was not meant to be a plug, but it is better to buy just the one song than to get the entire "Works" CD.
The lyrics and music are amazing. Waters did an amazing job.
really good song.. its ovious what its about.. the way its sung tho seems sad some people think it sounds scarey but i love it
you guys are right. it is very obvious, but to me it is way too obvious, so i wanna think that pink floyd is talking about something else. I don't know.
an obvious song ... but I doubt there must be a meaning behind the meaning . Can anybody guess? Next, I simply love the voice of Rojer Waters and the way it is sung is really amazing. After "amused to death"--the only song that I listened 100 times (to say atleast) continuosly . Waters, I absolutely adulate you.
I think this song gives a general view of "the wall" album!just compare it! although it haven`t got any solos or ... it sounds really GOOD.
i was lucky enough to get a live version of this song from like 70/71ish, and god dude... it is SO freaking amazing... I've only heard the studio version off of works lik 1 or 2 times but the live one is just... damn. I don't really have much to add to what you others have already said, the meaning's already been covered lol...
This song is an Ummagumma outtake by Roger Wates, but he dropped it in favor of Several Species. I guess he just wanted a "differnt", more experimental song. However, I wish this was on Ummagumma as the closer for the studio disc. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party isn't bad, but it's no good closer. The Narrow Way would have been better, but the perfect closer would have been Embryo.
I just bought the live version (but I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet), and I hope it's as good as you say.
While this would have been a good closing song, it doesn't really fit on Ummagumma, in terms of how it sounds. I like it better as it did come, off of Works.