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condor 
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Posted: September 05 2015 at 10:41 |
You shout in your sleep [abstract poser makes it work like a short story]
Perhaps the price is just too steep [reminds me of Fearless]
Is your conscience at rest [reminds me of teenage years counting karma over squashed spiders]
If once put to the test?
You awake with a start
To just the beating of your heart [Saxon words create lull in tension]
Just one man beneath the sky [with age comes humility]
Just two ears
Just two eyes [reminds me when I've felt absolved by the universe] You set sail across the sea
Of long past thoughts and memories
Childhood's end
Your fantasies
Merge with harsh realities [feels like I'm 21]
And then as the sail is hoist
You find your eyes are growing moist
And all the fears never voiced
Say you have to make your final choice [feels like I only have 20 years left] Who are you and who am I
To say we know the reason why? [reminds me of the humility that comes from sailing down the Thames]
Some are born
Some men die
Beneath one infinite sky [a metaphor for the 7 billion people living here]
There'll be war
There'll be peace
But everything one day will cease
All the iron turned to rust
All the proud men turned to dust
And so all things, time will mend
So this song will end
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Posted: September 05 2015 at 10:47 |
Removed due to PA's deliberated act of deleting threads as alleged featuring negative behaviour posts towards others.
Edited by Otto9999 - October 31 2015 at 11:33
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Posted: September 08 2015 at 13:09 |
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One of very few Gilmour penned lyrics that aren't somewhat ridiculous. And I love Gilmour's contributions to Floyd. However, I can't deny that his lyrics are pretty trite and meaningless, for the most part. Even with your annotations though, what is this song really about? The ending certainly doesn't give any hint.
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Posted: September 08 2015 at 13:23 |
Hmm.....was never all that impressed with Floyd lyrics though there were some decent ones on DSOTM and WYWH. Didn't care much for those on Animals....or the Wall.
and the early ones were all a bit silly...weren't they?
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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Posted: September 08 2015 at 14:11 |
Perhaps you should make an initial poll to see if members even like Gilmour's lyrics. You seem to always put the cart before the horse. 
Edited by SteveG - September 09 2015 at 08:48
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Posted: September 08 2015 at 14:52 |
 dr wu23 wrote:
Hmm.....was never all that impressed with Floyd lyrics though there were some decent ones on DSOTM and WYWH. Didn't care much for those on Animals....or the Wall.
and the early ones were all a bit silly...weren't they? |
Though Echoes was quite nice, now wasn't it? It's very criptical and it seems to have some kind of meaning or theme. Only it's actually pretty hard to make real sense of yeah...
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Posted: September 08 2015 at 15:01 |
DDPascalDD wrote:
dr wu23 wrote:
Hmm.....was never all that impressed with Floyd lyrics though there were some decent ones on DSOTM and WYWH. Didn't care much for those on Animals....or the Wall.
and the early ones were all a bit silly...weren't they? |
Though Echoes was quite nice, now wasn't it? It's very criptical and it seems to have some kind of meaning or theme. Only it's actually pretty hard to make real sense of yeah... |
Yes..those are cryptic and btw Meddle is prolly my favorite Floyd thing.
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Posted: September 09 2015 at 07:14 |
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I like the lyrics in that one where Waters just screams into the mic. That one rocks!
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Posted: September 09 2015 at 07:58 |
It's a shame Gilmour got the jitters and lost confidence in his writing if he had to have the hired help for "A Momentary Lapse of Reason". I don't think Barrett should have been written off as "Childish", despite that being a lot of his stock. The lyrics for "Astronomy Domine" are better than a lot of Waters efforts. "Animals" has great lyrics but I can't get as excited for the music that accompanies them. I suppose "Obscured By Clouds" is the farewell to the Fantasy lyrics as from "Dark Side of the Moon" onwards, there is a bigger thrust for reality. As opposed to the imagination of the lyrics to "Echoes", leading all the way back to "Let There Be More Light" for Waters.
I really appreciate Pink Floyd's lyrics.
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Posted: September 09 2015 at 09:22 |
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I appreciate the lyrics from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut. Before and after, they mean little to me.
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Posted: September 09 2015 at 10:07 |
someone_else wrote:
I appreciate the lyrics from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut. Before and after, they mean little to me. |
Amused to Death's lyrics are awesome And when seeing the on-stage anime of the tour, Pros & Cons madea lot of sense... unfortunately, the stand-alone CD is less interesting... should transform the album into a DVD
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Posted: September 09 2015 at 10:28 |
someone_else wrote:
I appreciate the lyrics from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut. Before and after, they mean little to me. |
I agree and I like Corporal Clegg and Free Four too.
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Posted: September 09 2015 at 14:47 |
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I think Breathe(reprise) got the best lyrics, it's a very subtle social critique.
Otherwise, yes Waters was a better lyricist than Gilmour but music is far more important as I am concerned and solo Waters stuff puts me to sleep.
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Posted: September 09 2015 at 15:37 |
Sean Trane wrote:
someone_else wrote:
I appreciate the lyrics from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut. Before and after, they mean little to me. |
Amused to Death's lyrics are awesome And when seeing the on-stage anime of the tour, Pros & Cons madea lot of sense... unfortunately, the stand-alone CD is less interesting... should transform the album into a DVD |
Agreed. I limited my viewport to the Pink Floyd lyrics, but those of Amused to Death are great.
O666 wrote:
someone_else wrote:
I appreciate the lyrics from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut. Before and after, they mean little to me. |
I agree and I like Corporal Clegg and Free Four too.
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Corporal Clegg was a glimpse of what was yet to come, so it is worth mentioning indeed.
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Posted: September 09 2015 at 17:35 |
Roger Waters - king of the list song:
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Posted: September 09 2015 at 18:48 |
Gotta admit, I'm a little bit confused...
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Posted: September 09 2015 at 19:18 |
condor wrote:
You shout in your sleep [abstract poser makes it work like a short story]
Perhaps the price is just too steep [reminds me of Fearless... |
"Careful With That Axe, Eugene"
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Posted: September 10 2015 at 11:22 |
Hi, ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ... There will be literature and then rock song lyrics ... sorry!!! As much as I would like to give it more credit, as poetry, sometimes, many of these are just plain ... ridiculously boring. Time to go read some Shelley and get inspired! Or some Elliot!
Edited by moshkito - September 10 2015 at 11:28
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Posted: September 10 2015 at 12:27 |
moshkito wrote:
Hi, ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ... There will be literature and then rock song lyrics ... sorry!!! As much as I would like to give it more credit, as poetry, sometimes, many of these are just plain ... ridiculously boring. Time to go read some Shelley and get inspired! Or some Elliot!
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Echoes is better than most of what Shelley wrote. Eliot is transcendental.
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Posted: September 12 2015 at 09:26 |
someone_else wrote:
Sean Trane wrote:
someone_else wrote:
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O666 wrote:
[QUOTE=someone_else]I appreciate the lyrics from Dark Side of the Moon to The Final Cut. Before and after, they mean little to me. |
I agree and I like Corporal Clegg and Free Four too. |
Corporal Clegg was a glimpse of what was yet to come, so it is worth mentioning indeed.
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Exactly.
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