Tag: Pink Floyd

The lunatic is on the grassThe lunatic is on the grass.Remembering games and daisy chains and laughsGot to keep the loonies on the path The lunatic is in the hallThe lunatics are in my hallThe paper holds their folded faces to the floorAnd every day the paper boy brings more And if the dam breaks… Continue reading Brain Damage – Pink Floyd

The opening quote is from the 1933 light heavyweight boxing match between Max Baer and Max Schmeling We don’t need no educationWe don’t need no thought controlNo dark sarcasm in the classroomTeachers leave the kids aloneHey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone!All in all it’s just another brick in the wall.All in all you’re just another… Continue reading Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 – Pink Floyd

HelloIs there anybody in there?Just nod if you can hear me.Is there anyone home? Come on, now.I hear you’re feeling down.Well I can ease your pain,Get you on your feet again. Relax.I 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… Continue reading Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd

One of these days, I’m going to cut you into little pieces.

Stop!I wanna go homeTake off this uniformAnd leave the show.And I’m waiting here in this cellBecause I have to know.Have I been guilty all this time?

Us, and themand after all we’re only ordinary men.me, and you.God only knows it’s not what we would choose to do. Forward he cried from the rearand the front rank died.and the general sat and the lines on the mapmoved from side to side. Black and blueand who knows which is which and who is… Continue reading Us and Them – Pink Floyd

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull dayYou fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home townWaiting 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… Continue reading Time – Pink Floyd

”{spoken} 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. I never said I was frightened of dying. {the rest of this song is an instrumental}”

“And disciplinary remains mercifully”“Yes and um, I’m with you Derek, this star nonsense”“Yes, yes, now which is it?”“I am sure of it” So, so you think you can tellHeaven from Hell? Blue skies from pain?Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?Did… Continue reading Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd

Money, get away.Get a good job with more 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.But Don’t give me that… Continue reading Money – Pink Floyd