Most profound lyric personally?

Which ONE Pink Floyd lyric is the most deeply meaningful to you?


Think about this one....


Take it easy,

Mark

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When Bucks Fizz’s tour bus crashed they all survived. When Metallica's bus crashed Cliff Burton died. Why?

How long may the lyric passage be?

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"And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again..."

WrightSatellite #1

As long as it continues to have meaning to you.

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When Bucks Fizz’s tour bus crashed they all survived. When Metallica's bus crashed Cliff Burton died. Why?

Very well, then. I would choose the latter half of "The Gunner's Dream"...because somewhere in the back of my mind, no matter how hopeless things seem, this dream never leaves. It is agonising at times, other times heartening...and those sensations too are captured perfectly in the following lyrics.

"A place to stay, enough to eat
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud
About your doubts and fears
And what's more
No one ever disappears, you never hear their standard issue
Kicking in your door
You can relax on both sides of the tracks
And maniacs don't blow holes
In bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no one kills the children anymore
No one kills the children anymore

"Night after night, going round and round my brain
His dream is driving me INSANE!!!

"In the corner of some foreign field
The gunner sleeps tonight
What's done is done
We cannot just write off his final scene
Take heed of the dream
Take heed...!"

Now, most meaningful SOLO lyrics...that would be an interesting "game" in and of itself, as well...

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"And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again..."

WrightSatellite #1

Is it just one and only one?

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I was in the kitchen
Seamus, that's the dog, was outside

I would have to say the most profound lyrics are in Seamus's singing.

"Did, did, did, did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?" - Goodbye Blue Sky, THE WALL

Howzat?
Byron

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

This is a little bit tricky...

lemme think.

You've got to be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes when you're on the street
You've got to be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
Then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You've got to strike when the moment is right without thinking
After a while you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A sudden look in the eye, and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know it's gonna get harder, harder and harder as you get older
Yeah and in the end you'll pack up, fly down southHide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer
And when you lose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown as you go down all alone, dragged down by the stone
Gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this place
Deaf, dumb, and blind--you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable, and no one has a real friend
And it sems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
Everything's done under the sunAnd you believe at heart everyone's a killer
Who was born in a house full of painWho was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the manWho was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chainWho was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the packWho was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the endWho was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone


That makes me feel as if the music and i are walking together, singing this song, and shaking hands, as we pass another barn.

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Its Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuu!

Jeez, CIA. I mean, I know it's powerful stuff, but you could just as easily have said "all the lyrics of Dogs from ANIMALS."

Floyd-izzy,
Byron

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

Lol

Floyd- Axl,

Mark

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When Bucks Fizz’s tour bus crashed they all survived. When Metallica's bus crashed Cliff Burton died. Why?

Sorry, but no - i couldn't.

it never even entered my mind to do that

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Its Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuu!

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ears
You shout and no-one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon...

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Think for yourself. Question authority.

Syd's lyrics in Jugband Blues. My Favourite lyrics of all.

Mark

Too many to chose from, so many spine tinglers. One thing though, I'm pretty sure we wont see an entry post-Final Cut.

Simon

Yeah. I think the best lyrics from that era was in Cluster One. j/k