Astronomy Domine (Barrett)
4:10
from The Piper At The Gates of Dawn
Lime and limpid green, a
second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the
sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter and Saturn,
Oberon, Miranda and Titania.
Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten.
Blinding signs flap,
Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow.
Stairway scare Dan dare who's there?
Lime and limpid green, the sounds
surronds
The icy waters under
Lime and limpid green, the sounds surronds
The icy waters underground.
See Emily Play
(Barrett) 2:47
Single (also on Relics and Works)
Emily tries but
misunderstands, ah ooh
She often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till
tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose
your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play
Soon after dark
Emily cries, ah ooh
Gazing through trees in sorrow hardly a sound till
tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose
your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play
Put on a gown that
touches the ground, ah ooh
Float on a river forever and ever, Emily
There
is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and
play
Free games for may
See Emily play
The Happiest
Days of Our Lives (Waters) 1:38
from The Wall
When we grew
up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the
children in any way they could
"OOF!" [someone being hit]
By pouring
their derision
Upon anything we did
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids
But in the town, it was well
known
When they got home at night, their fat and
Psychopathic wives would
thrash them
Within inches of their lives.
Another Brick
in the Wall (Part II) (Waters) 4:01
from The Wall
We don't
need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the
classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids
alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're
just another brick in the wall.
We don't need no education
We dont
need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave
them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just
another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the
wall.
"Wrong, Do it again!"
"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have
any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don't eat yer
meat?"
"You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still
laddy!"
Echoes (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour)
16:30
from Meddle
Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon
the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
An echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And
everything is green and submarine.
And no one called us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's.
Something stirs and something
tries
Starts to climb toward the light.
Strangers passing in the
street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see
is me.
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand
The best I can.
And no one called us to
the land
And no one crosses there alive.
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun....
Almost everyday you fall
Upon my
waking eyes,
Inviting and inciting me
To rise.
And through the
window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright
ambassadors of morning.
And no one sings me lullabyes
And no one
makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you
across the sky....
Hey You (Waters) 4:39
from
The Wall
Hey you, out there in the cold
Getting lonely, getting old
Can you feel me?
Hey you, standing in the aisles
With itchy feet and
fading smiles
Can you feel me?
Hey you, dont help them to bury the
light
Don't give in without a fight.
Hey you, out there on your
own
Sitting naked by the phone
Would you touch me?
Hey you, with you
ear against the wall
Waiting for someone to call out
Would you touch
me?
Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone?
Open your heart, I'm
coming home.
But it was only fantasy.
The wall was too high,
As
you can see.
No matter how he tried,
He could not break free.
And the
worms ate into his brain.
Hey you, standing in the road
always doing
what you're told,
Can you help me?
Hey you, out there beyond the
wall,
Breaking bottles in the hall,
Can you help me?
Hey you, don't
tell me there's no hope at all
Together we stand, divided we
fall.
Marooned (Wright, Gilmour) 2:02
from The
Division Bell
(Instrumental)
The Great Gig in the
Sky (Wright) 4:40
from The Dark Side of the Moon
"And I am
not frightened of dying, any time will do, I
don't mind. Why should I be
frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime."
"If you can hear this whispering you are dying."
"I never said I
was frightened of dying."
(Instrumental)
Set the
Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Waters) 5:20
from A Saucerful
of Secrets
Little by little the night turns around.
Counting the
leaves which tremble at dawn.
Lotuses lean on each other in yearning.
Under the eaves the swallow is resting.
Set the controls for the heart
of the sun.
Over the mountain watching the watcher.
Breaking the
darkness
Waking the grapevine.
One inch of love is one inch of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine.
Set the controls for the heart
of the sun.
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun.
Witness the
man who raves at the wall
Making the shape of his questions to Heaven.
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of
giving?
Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
The heart of the sun,
the heart of the sun.
Money (Waters) 6:29
from The Dark Side of the Moon
Money, get away.
Get a good job
with good pay and you're okay.
Money, it's a gas.
Grab that cash with both
hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll
buy me a football team.
Money, get back.
I'm all right Jack keep your
hands off of my stack.
Money, it's a hit.
Don't give me that do goody good
bullshit.
I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think
I need a Lear jet.
Money, it's a crime.
Share it fairly but don't take
a slice of my pie.
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil
today.
But if you ask for a raise it's no surprise that they're
giving
none away.
"HuHuh! I was in the right!"
"Yes, absolutely in the
right!"
"I certainly was in the right!"
"You was definitely in the right.
That geezer was cruising for a
bruising!"
"Yeah!"
"Why does anyone do
anything?"
"I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!"
"I was just
telling him, he couldn't get into number 2. He was asking
why he wasn't
coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
screaming and telling him why he
wasn't coming up on freely.
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter
out"
Keep Talking (Gilmour, Wright, Samson) 5:57
from The Division Bell
For millions of years mankind lived just
like the animals
Then something happenend which unleashed the power of our
imagination
We learned to talk
There's a silence surrounding me
I
can't seem to think straight
I'll sit in the corner
No one can bother
me
I think I should speak now ___________ Why won't you talk to me
I can't
seem to speak now ___________ You never talk to me
My words won't come out
right _______ What are you thinking
I feel like I'm drowning ______________
What are you feeling
I'm feeling weak now _______________ You never talk to
me
But I can't show my weakness ________ What are you thinking
I sometimes
wonder _________________What are you feeling
Where do we go from
here
It doesn't have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we
keep talking
Why won't you talk to me _____________ I feel like I'm
drowning
You never talk to me _________________ You know I can't breathe
now
What are you thinking ________________ We're going nowhere
What are
you feeling _________________ We're going nowhere
Why won't you talk to
me
You never talk to me
What are you thinking
Where do we go from
here
It doesn't have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we
keep talking
Sheep (Waters) 9:46
from Animals
Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away;
Only dimly aware
of a certain unease in the air.
You better watch out,
There may be dogs
about
I've looked over Jordan, and I have seen
Things are not what they
seem.
What do you get for pretending the danger's not real.
Meek and
obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of
steel.
What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes.
Now
things are really what they seem.
No, this is no bad dream.
The Lord
is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures
green He leadeth me the silent waters by.
With bright knives He releaseth my
soul.
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places.
He converteth me to
lamb cutlets,
For lo, He hath great power, and great hunger.
When cometh
the day we lowly ones,
Through quiet reflection, and great
dedication
Master the art of karate,
Lo, we shall rise up,
And then
we'll make the bugger's eyes water.
Bleating and babbling I fell on his
neck with a scream.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully
out of obscurity into the dream.
Have you heard the news?
The dogs are
dead!
You better stay home
And do as you're told.
Get out of the road
if you want to grow old.
Sorrow (Gilmour) 8:45
from A Momentary Lapse of Reason
The sweet smell of a great sorrow
lies over the land
Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky:
A
man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers,
But awakes to a morning with
no reason for waking
He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise
In
his youth or a dream, he can't be precise
He's chained forever to a world
that's departed
It's not enough, it's not enough
His blood has frozen
& curdled with fright
His knees have trembled & given way in the
night
His hand has weakened at the moment of truth
His step has
faltered
One world, one soul
Time pass, the river rolls
It's
not enough it's not enough
His hand has faltered
.... ....
......
And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication
And
silent replies that swirl invitation
Flow dark and troubled to an oily
sea
A grim intimation of what is to be
There's an unceasing wind that
blows through this night
And there's dust in my eyes, that blinds my
sight
And silence that speaks so much louder that words,
Of promises
broken
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-7) (Gilmour,
Waters, Wright) 17:32
from Wish You Were Here
Remember when you were
young,
You shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now
there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you
crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire
Of childhood and
stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway
laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
And
exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your
welcome
With random precision,
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you
raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner,
and shine!
Nobody knows where you are,
How near or how far.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Pile on many more layers
And I'll be
joining you there.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
And we'll bask in the
shadow
Of yesterday's triumph,
And sail on the steel breeze.
Come on
you boy child,
You winner and loser,
Come on you miner for truth and
delusion, and shine!
Time (Mason, Waters, Wright,
Gilmour) 6:48
from The Dark Side of the Moon
Ticking away the
moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an
offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.
Tired of lying
in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is
long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years
have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting
gun.
So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a
relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to
death.
Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the
song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.
The
Fletcher Memorial Home (Waters) 4:07
from The Final Cut
Take all your overgrown infants away somewhere
And build them a
home, a little place of their own.
The Fletcher Memorial
Home for
Incurable Tyrants and Kings.
And they can appear to themselves every day
On closed circuit T.V.
To make sure they're still real.
It's the
only connection they feel.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, Reagan and
Haig,
Mr. Begin and friend, Mrs. Thatcher, and Paisly,
"Hello Maggie!"
Mr. Brezhnev and party.
"Who's the bald chap?"
The ghost of
McCarthy,
The memories of Nixon.
"Good-bye!"
And now, adding color,
a group of anonymous latin-
American Meat packing glitterati.
Did
they expect us to treat them with any respect?
They can polish their medals
and sharpen their
Smiles, and amuse themselves playing games for awhile.
Boom boom, bang bang, lie down you're dead.
Safe in the permanent
gaze of a cold glass eye
With their favorite toys
They'll be good girls
and boys
In the Fletcher Memorial Home for colonial
Wasters of life and
limb.
Is everyone in?
Are you having a nice time?
Now the final
solution can be applied.
Comfortably Numb
(Gilmour, Waters) 6:53
from The Wall
Hello?
Is there anybody in
there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on,
now,
I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on
your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the
basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are
receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through
in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a
child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I've got
that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is
not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.
O.K.
Just a little
pinprick.
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little
sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good.
That'll keep
you going through the show
Come on it's time to go.
There is no pain
you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming
through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When
I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my
eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it
now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably
numb.
When the Tigers Broke Free (Waters) 3:42
from The Wall
It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in
black 'forty four.
When the Forward Commander was told to sit tight
When
he asked that his men be withdrawn.
And the Generals gave thanks
As the
other ranks
Held back the enemy tanks for a while.
And the Anzio
Bridgehead was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary
lives.
And kind old King George
Sent Mother a note
When he heard
that father was gone.
It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll,
With
gold leaf and all.
And I found it one day
In a drawer of old photographs,
hidden away.
And my eyes still grow damp
To remember His Majesty
Signed with his own rubber stamp.
It was dark all around.
There
was frost in the ground
When the tigers broke free.
And no one survived
From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
They were all left behind,
Most of
them dead,
The rest of them dying.
And that's how the High Command took my
Daddy from me.
One of These Days (Gilmour, Mason,
Waters, Wright) 5:14
from Meddle
One of these days, I'm going to cut
you into little pieces
Us and Them (Gilmour,
Mason, Waters, Wright) 7:51
from The Dark Side of the Moon
Us, and
them
And after all we're only ordinary men.
Me, and you.
God only
knows it's noz what we would choose to do.
Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died.
And the general sat and the lines on the map
moved from side to side.
Black and blue
And who knows which is which
and who is who.
Up and down.
But in the end it's only round and round.
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried.
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside.
"I mean, they're not gunna kill ya, so if you give 'em a quick short,
sharp, shock, they won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he get off
lightly,
'cos I would've given him a thrashing - I only hit him once!
It was only a
difference of opinion, but really...I mean good manners
don't cost nothing
do they, eh?"
Down and out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of
it about.
With, without.
And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all
about?
Out of the way, it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind.
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died.
Learning to Fly (Gilmour, Moore, Ezrin, Carin)
4:50
from Momentary Lapse of Reason
Into the distance, a ribbon of
black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a
windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding
me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can't keep my eyes
from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit,
I
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought
I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty
and turned to stone
A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition
grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling
skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Friction
lock - set.
Mixture - rich
Propellers - fully forward
Flaps - set -
10 degrees
Engine gauges and suction - check
Mixture set to maximum
percent - recheck
Flight instruments...
Altimeters - check
both
(garbled word) - on
Navigation lights - on
Strobes - on
(to
tower): Confirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure
(tower): Hello again, this is
now 129.4
(to tower): 129.4. It's to go.
(tower): You may commence your
takeoff, winds over 10 knots.
(to tower): 3-8-Echo
Easy on the brakes.
Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time.
Just hand the power gradually, and
it...
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a
vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out
of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning
light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
There's
no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, A state of
bliss
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted
just an earth-bound misfit, I
Arnold Layne
(Barrett) 2:52
Single (also on Relics and Works)
Arnold Layne had a
strange hobby
Collecting clothes
Moonshine washing line
They suit him
fine
On the wall hung a tall mirror
Distorted view, see through baby
blue
Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to
know, two to know
Why can't you see?
Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold
Layne, Arnold Layne
Now he's caught - a nasty sort of person.
They
gave him time
Doors bang - chain gang - he hates it
Oh, Arnold Layne
It's not the same, takes two to know
Two to know, two to know
Why
can't you see?
Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne, Arnold Layne
Don't do it again
Wish You Were Here
(Gilmour, Waters) 5:21
from Wish You Were Here
So, so you think you
can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green
field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you
can tell?
And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for
change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead
role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two
lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over
the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish
you were here.
Jugband Blues (Barrett) 2:56
from A Saucerful of Secrets
It's awfully considerate of you to think
of me here
And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not
here.
And I never knew the moon could be so big
And I never knew the
moon could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red
And I'm wondering who could
be writing this song.
I don't care if the sun don't shine
And I
don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my loving in the winter.
And the sea isn't green
And I
love the Queen
And what exactly is a dream
And what exactly is a joke.
High Hopes (Gilmour, Samson) 6:59
from The
Division Bell
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were
young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly
and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along
the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the
Cut
There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running
before times took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying
to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was
greener
The light was brighter
When friends surrounded
The nights of
wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a
glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but
sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide
At a
higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that
dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a
hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though
down this road we've been so many times
The grass was greener
The
light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With
friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless
river
Forever and ever
Bike (Barrett) 3:24
from The Piper At The Gates of Dawn
I've got a bike, you can ride it
if you like.
It's got a basket, a bell that rings and
Things to make it
look good.
I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.
You're
the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything,
ev'rything if you want things.
I've got a cloak. It's a bit of a joke.
There's a tear up the front. It's red and black.
I've had it for months.
If you think it could look good, then I guess it should.
You're the
kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, ev'rything
if you want things.
I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house.
I
don't know why. I call him Gerald.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good
mouse.
You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give
you anything, ev'rything if you want things.
I've got a clan of
gingerbread men.
Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men.
Take
a couple if you wish. They're on the dish.
You're the kind of girl that
fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, ev'rything if you want
things.
I know a room full of musical tunes.
Some rhyme, some ching.
Most of them are clockwork.
Let's go into the other room and make them work.
