Some famous writer once described Britons as living lives of quiet desperation. Pink Floyd referenced the line at the beginning of "Dark Side of the Moon." Seems to me this song is referring to it as well, drawing a picture of a desperate middle-class man socially buffeted from all sides until "something has to break," at which point the inner monster is released and, the song seems to imply, something horrible happens.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
Some famous writer once described Britons as living lives of quiet desperation. Pink Floyd referenced the line at the beginning of "Dark Side of the Moon." Seems to me this song is referring to it as well, drawing a picture of a desperate middle-class man socially buffeted from all sides until "something has to break," at which point the inner monster is released and, the song seems to imply, something horrible happens.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.
@PencilNeckedGeek Somerset Maugham's poem The Hero. Pink Floyd ref are: "hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" in Time and also "in quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reign", from South Hampton Dock, from The Final Cut.