The song is about the struggle to achieve against overwhelming odds that threaten to drag you down. The notion of time passing, the soundless struggle of man's journey and the tragic decline of Syd Barrett. The lyrics were inspired when the band listened to old tapes of Barrett's 'Vegetable man' and 'Scream thy last Scream' leading up to the release of Relics.

The lyrical theme of the song is that of a contented fool whose mind is apparently somewhere else when the judgement of his peers descends on him from on high. nevertheless, "fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd" and he is spurred on by the humanity of the people who love him - at which point the 'Kop' chorus comes in singing "You'll never walk Alone".

Source: Another Brick in the Wall; The stories behind every Pink Floyd Song by Cliff Jones

One of my favourites as well. Awesome song that I loved from the first time I heard it.

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