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Stained, glaucous, glycerine, gold,goat, clover
gold, local stocks, type, food, wild, national, lake, flag,
valve, gyroscope, sect
heat, helium, lead, bare, state, invention, medieval
refraction, faction, ultra-action,
hunter, interest, bullet, market...
Loads, liquids, neon, heater, jaws, jungle
mains, signal, knives, kitchen
ingot, lovely, mirror, mold
Mycenaean, moat, poppy, rubber,
radar, rags, sugar, teak
silver, poke, tin, beetroot,
carrott, ebony, fruit, copper, silk...
Carpet, distant, pigmy, hid, pack,
timber, pudding, straw
raindrops, spattering, ramps
chameleon, prairie, pods, trigger
museum, scales, square, ultra, out of map, vent
volcano, vain, wreck, tactic
tidal, arches, valley, hand
inflect, impression, loom, last, molten
you gamma, meeting
lighting, signal, island, coral-cold
Rooftop In A Thunderstorm Row Missing The Point
With yellow, red and roomy food, and quivered
crouching on a golden cushion
undressed himself to disappear
through an infinity of pleasure
and smiled to free the running me
with "Am I my brother's keeper?"
his meek hand on devils gloves
shaping running blood.
The prohecy, to ricreate the truth
in visions of a seasonal mood
in truth, the only sight he saw
lay hidden in the bathroom door
and spat on the rug
as high is high, so low is low
and that's the end of it. -
gold, local stocks, type, food, wild, national, lake, flag,
valve, gyroscope, sect
heat, helium, lead, bare, state, invention, medieval
refraction, faction, ultra-action,
hunter, interest, bullet, market...
mains, signal, knives, kitchen
ingot, lovely, mirror, mold
Mycenaean, moat, poppy, rubber,
radar, rags, sugar, teak
silver, poke, tin, beetroot,
carrott, ebony, fruit, copper, silk...
timber, pudding, straw
raindrops, spattering, ramps
chameleon, prairie, pods, trigger
museum, scales, square, ultra, out of map, vent
volcano, vain, wreck, tactic
tidal, arches, valley, hand
inflect, impression, loom, last, molten
you gamma, meeting
lighting, signal, island, coral-cold
crouching on a golden cushion
undressed himself to disappear
through an infinity of pleasure
and smiled to free the running me
with "Am I my brother's keeper?"
his meek hand on devils gloves
shaping running blood.
in visions of a seasonal mood
in truth, the only sight he saw
lay hidden in the bathroom door
and spat on the rug
as high is high, so low is low
and that's the end of it. -
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a friend inferred that this song was from one of Syd's friends daring him to "write a song with these 100 words in it" also, the version I have has different lyrics... especially at the bottom, no full sentances..
Lsd and word song= amazing imagery flying through your mind faster than the speed of light. A true syd song, showing us that the song is just the surface, everything else is inside each of our heads, interpreting it differently in based on civilization, age, or ny other form of setting.
Awesome & strange-I have the other version as well
It seems to be a description of himself and of other people. The stark differences between the real him and this artificial world, the problems that caused with communicating, the misunderstandings that led to with his abstract demonstrations and where that eventually left him. The island is Opel. This song really is total genius.
Syd for poet laureate, and for hosting Newsnight too.
Ive gotta agree with you Black&GreenAchilles, incredible song.
ive got a different version, it stops at lighting, signal, island, coral-cold. mines from the opel album...is the version on this site from another album?
the guy just posted lyrics from one of Syd's poems called "Rooftop In A Thunderstorm Row Missing The Point" don't know why he posted it, still a good poem though....still baffled why there's not song version for it but you can find the lyrics like its a song...