The title of this song is such a great example of irony. Adults always tell children that their youth contains the happiest days of their lives, but in Pink's world, there is no such happiness with the presence of his sadistic teachers.
Also, I've heard that Roger Waters was always intrigued by the concept of cycles in life. I believe that the lyrics about the teachers' wives thrashing them is an example of a cycle within The Wall. The wives thrash the teachers, the teachers thrash Pink, Pink later thrashes his audience...
you're almost there - except you're not describing a cycle. A cycle is something that goes around and comes back to the beginning...this is a purely linear thought - A abuses B, B abuses C, C grows up to abuse his audience. It never comes back to A as C (Pink) has no relationship with A (teacher's wife).
It is simply cause and effect described here. Pink (recall that Pink is NOT autobiographical of Roger Waters) is upset at being restrained in thought and self expression in school and blames the teacher's miserable home life (and the school system) for his...
you're almost there - except you're not describing a cycle. A cycle is something that goes around and comes back to the beginning...this is a purely linear thought - A abuses B, B abuses C, C grows up to abuse his audience. It never comes back to A as C (Pink) has no relationship with A (teacher's wife).
It is simply cause and effect described here. Pink (recall that Pink is NOT autobiographical of Roger Waters) is upset at being restrained in thought and self expression in school and blames the teacher's miserable home life (and the school system) for his feeling of being trapped in an abusive system.
The title of this song is such a great example of irony. Adults always tell children that their youth contains the happiest days of their lives, but in Pink's world, there is no such happiness with the presence of his sadistic teachers.
Also, I've heard that Roger Waters was always intrigued by the concept of cycles in life. I believe that the lyrics about the teachers' wives thrashing them is an example of a cycle within The Wall. The wives thrash the teachers, the teachers thrash Pink, Pink later thrashes his audience...
you're almost there - except you're not describing a cycle. A cycle is something that goes around and comes back to the beginning...this is a purely linear thought - A abuses B, B abuses C, C grows up to abuse his audience. It never comes back to A as C (Pink) has no relationship with A (teacher's wife). It is simply cause and effect described here. Pink (recall that Pink is NOT autobiographical of Roger Waters) is upset at being restrained in thought and self expression in school and blames the teacher's miserable home life (and the school system) for his...
you're almost there - except you're not describing a cycle. A cycle is something that goes around and comes back to the beginning...this is a purely linear thought - A abuses B, B abuses C, C grows up to abuse his audience. It never comes back to A as C (Pink) has no relationship with A (teacher's wife). It is simply cause and effect described here. Pink (recall that Pink is NOT autobiographical of Roger Waters) is upset at being restrained in thought and self expression in school and blames the teacher's miserable home life (and the school system) for his feeling of being trapped in an abusive system.