Lyric discussion by Forrykook 

Cover art for The Blue lyrics by David Gilmour

This song conjures up images and memories of my youth: sitting on the grassy dune with my surfboard in front of me, watching the surf, watching the tide, counting sets and waves and timing their intervals, studying where the rips are forming and dying, visualising the shape of the sand banks by the way the waves break with the swell direction. Blue sky above, blue water beyond. Sitting there with all the time in the world, relaxed, non-stressed, enjoying being 15, taking in my surroundings.