How can you compare the lyrics of a young, semi-amateur which did a couple of albums in the late sixties with the ones of an accomplished, experienced author with a 30 odd years career? We just don't know how Syd's style would have developed through the years. In the 1967-70 period, when Syd was in fact writing, Roger's stuff wasn't as brilliant as it became subsequently, and THAT is the only possible (fair) comparison. Maybe these days Barrett could have been a much better lyricist than Rog, who knows.

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