Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI - IX) Lyrics
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph,
sail on the steel breeze.
Come on you boy child, you winner and loser,
come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shineNobody knows where you are, how near or how far.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there.
And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph,
sail on the steel breeze.
Come on you boy child, you winner and loser,
come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine
The final movement ends with a keyboard variation on the opening melody, but with an important twist: the key shifts from the minor scale to the major scale. Floyd rarely works in major scales - they usually prefer the edgy amiguity and flatted thirds of the minor/blues scales - so this shift in mode is significant. Basically, the song spends most of its time in a place of darkness/fear but finally ends up in a positive/hopeful place, recognizably similar to the place of origin, but brighter. I feel this represents a sense of positive closure: the culmination of Roger's soul-searching related to the fate of his friend Syd. The final phase of mourning is Acceptance.
maybe, but I think what they were doing was accepting that Syd was gone.. and was never coming back.. Sad in ways, but anyone with mental illness understands this song.
maybe, but I think what they were doing was accepting that Syd was gone.. and was never coming back.. Sad in ways, but anyone with mental illness understands this song.
I've got a book that analyzes all of Floyd's songs, and it bring's up that Part 9 of "Shine On" actually features the melody of "See Emily Play," making it another reference to Syd.
I've got a book that analyzes all of Floyd's songs, and it bring's up that Part 9 of "Shine On" actually features the melody of "See Emily Play," making it another reference to Syd.
i know im probally alone in saying, but i like parts VI - X more than parts I-V. I really really like the "Pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there." part. its like roger saying that he knows the band isnt gonna be around forever and when its through him, and the rest of the band will see Syd again. the next part it talking about what they'll do when they get there. love it
I guess that makes sense nukethesun but I think this part has a sort of a closure sense to it . I always thought the line "Pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there" refered to the his state of mind. like he knows that somewhere along the line he'd get lost too and sink in his world of madness.
Which is kind of why he wrote "The Wall." Because to an extent, he had gone a bit mad, to the point that he got an overinflated opinion of himself while onstage and spat on a fan. At that point he probably realized that he had "joined Syd there" and wrote "The Wall." And yes, lyrically it does belong last.
Well, pinkubus, I wouldn't say you are alone in your assumption. I enjoy playing the "second part" more than the first. Between the lap steel and the synth, it just becomes a great example of what the Floyd was all about. To "bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph." It's this that all Floyd fans do!
OMG i love this song...i like the whole thing! Its GREAT!!!!
Ooh I have to agree there :P
Echoes part 3
Really?
Oh yes! You're right. No need to explain.