Nobody Home's Connection with Syd?

Partially, yes. Much of Pink's experiences in The Wall are based on Syd's life. Check out Roger's commentary on The Wall DVD.

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what do you teach your children about me?
what do you teach your little children about me?
pimp, thug, bling drug lord of the undergrounded kings
how can you be so sure i won't call down the rain?
what do you teach your little children about me?
you point your gun, wait, hide and run. i see it plain

Hmmm...pass.

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Count me in on the journey, don't expect me to stay.

I think some of it involes being sent to some sort of phsyceatric hospital after Pink tries to kill himself.

As you can see, the stuff about elastic bands and spoons on a chain would be the kind of thing you would have there, so you couldnt do it again.

And the pomes, a small (i predict) bag with his toothbrush and comb, would be the only things you got when your alone in your room.

It's all got it in there.

I think the lyrics were writin with alot of diffrent views in it rather then just one.

I think I read somewhere that the lines 'I got a silver spoon on a chain. I got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains' was a reference to Rick Wright. I may have imagined that though.

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I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
how I wish you were here to see
tell me now, I am wrong in thinking
that you have forgotten me?

Nick Shaffner supposes that, but says that Rog will only comment this on the song, "It's about a lot of people I've known."

The obligatroy Hendrix perm was a blunt refernce to one of Syd's frakout sessions just before going on-stage, and "when I pick-up the phone" is a refernce to Rog's own failings with his wife.

The thirteen channels may also be arefernce to Syd's supposed hobby of watching more than one television at a time.

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stchrissie is not me.

roger said that syd was the only person he knew that used elastic bands to keep his boots on, so there you go, i guess

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like the moment when the brakes lock
and you slide towards the big truck
you stretch the frozen moments with your fear
and you'll never hear their voices
and you'll never see their faces
you have no recourse to the law anymore
- Roger Waters
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"There's some lines in here that hark back to the halcyon days of Syd Barrett - ye know - it's partly about all kinds of people that I've known. All this is about all sorts of people I've known. Hey, but Syd was the only person I ever knew who used elastic bands to keep his boots together, which is where that line comes from. In fact obviously the "Obligatory Hendrix Perm" you know, you have to go back ten years before you can understand what all that's about."
-Roger Waters

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a crazy guy i know calls me "floyd" because i listen to pink floyd alot.. true story

The 'silver spoon on a chain' is a coke spoon, so I hear. And this line connected to the line about the piano makes me think of Rick Wright.

BTW, these boots with elastic were also called Gohill's boots - made by the London outfitter of the same name. Quite a few people of the underground era dug them. Syd's pair was yellow.

Yeah, but I'll bet they were never as popular as Anello & Davide's Beatle boots. Jay even bought himself a pair in the 90s before the company disappeared.

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Count me in on the journey, don't expect me to stay.

Uh..just to clear it up Pink never tried to kill himself nor was he ever in a mental hospital.

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On a trip to Cirrus Minor, saw a crater in the sun, a thousand miles of moonlight later...

Umm, you missed the deleted "Hey You" scene.

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stchrissie is not me.

Yes, because I don't have the dvd. Sorry for contradicting you, anyway...

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On a trip to Cirrus Minor, saw a crater in the sun, a thousand miles of moonlight later...

You didn't contradict me. The scene just gives you the impression that he is in fact in an institution of some kind.

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Well then it had to have been between Pink's whole hotel stay and the events during Mother(Or half of mother should I say).

The Final Cut also mentions his attempt at attempting(Heehee) suicide but not having the strength to do it.

The whole thing about his 'sickness' though I think has to do with a combination of his cutting his hand and letting it bleed while soaking wet + the physical toll that stress and anxiety could give. For some reason I think it was his way of letting his life slip away with the hope that somehow things could change since there was a possibility.