Out of all of Waters' solo material, this is the one that sounds the most like a Pink Floyd song (in my opinion), with the soft synth intro, the echoing vocals in the first verse, and the powerful guitar solos (although, I'm sure if done by the then Floyd, the song would probably stretch to 12, even 14 minutes long, and have less female vocals).
The song basically says that even one person can have an effect on the world, and that that one person might influence others to follow in their actions.
To me, this is arguably Waters' best song since departing himself from Pink Floyd.
I changed up the lyrics just a bit more according to the live version taken from In the Flesh Live.
Not the torturer will scare me
Nor the body's final fall
Nor the barrels of death's rifles
Nor the shadows on the wall
Nor the night when to the ground
The last dim star of pain is hurled
But the blind indifference
Of a merciless unfeeling world
Lying in the burnt out shell of some Albanian farm
An old Babushka holds a crying baby in her arms
A soldier from the other side
A man of heart and pride
Breaks ranks, lays down his rifle to kneel by her side
He gives her water and binds her wounds and calms the crying child
A touch gives absolution then across the great divide
He picks his way back through the broken China of her life
And there at the curb The Samaritan Serb turns and waves goodbye
And each small candle
Each small candle
Lights a corner of the dark
Lights a corner of the dark
Each small candle
Each small candle
Lights a corner of the dark
Lights a corner of the dark
Each small candle lights a corner of the dark
When the wheel of pain stops turning
And the branding iron stops burning
When the children can be children
When the desperadoes weaken
When the tide rolls into greet them
When the natural law of science
Greets the humble and the mighty
And the billion candles burning lights the dark side of every human mind
Each small candle
Each small candle
Each small candle
Each small candle
Each small candle
Each small candle lights the dark side of every human mind
And each small candle
Each small candle
Lights a corner
Of the dark
Out of all of Waters' solo material, this is the one that sounds the most like a Pink Floyd song (in my opinion), with the soft synth intro, the echoing vocals in the first verse, and the powerful guitar solos (although, I'm sure if done by the then Floyd, the song would probably stretch to 12, even 14 minutes long, and have less female vocals).
The song basically says that even one person can have an effect on the world, and that that one person might influence others to follow in their actions.
To me, this is arguably Waters' best song since departing himself from Pink Floyd.
I changed up the lyrics just a bit more according to the live version taken from In the Flesh Live.
Not the torturer will scare me Nor the body's final fall Nor the barrels of death's rifles Nor the shadows on the wall Nor the night when to the ground The last dim star of pain is hurled But the blind indifference Of a merciless unfeeling world
Lying in the burnt out shell of some Albanian farm An old Babushka holds a crying baby in her arms A soldier from the other side A man of heart and pride Breaks ranks, lays down his rifle to kneel by her side He gives her water and binds her wounds and calms the crying child A touch gives absolution then across the great divide He picks his way back through the broken China of her life And there at the curb The Samaritan Serb turns and waves goodbye
And each small candle Each small candle Lights a corner of the dark Lights a corner of the dark Each small candle Each small candle Lights a corner of the dark Lights a corner of the dark Each small candle lights a corner of the dark When the wheel of pain stops turning And the branding iron stops burning When the children can be children When the desperadoes weaken When the tide rolls into greet them When the natural law of science Greets the humble and the mighty And the billion candles burning lights the dark side of every human mind
Each small candle Each small candle Each small candle Each small candle Each small candle Each small candle lights the dark side of every human mind
And each small candle Each small candle Lights a corner Of the dark