Shine On You Crazy
Diamond
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 percision,
Rode
on the steel breeze.
Come
on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come
on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
Learning To Fly
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
Yet Another Movie
One
sound, one single sound
One
kiss, one single kiss
A face
outside the window pane
However
did it come to this?
A man
who ran, a child who cried
A girl
who heard, a voice that lied
The
sun that burned a fiery red
The
vision of an empty bed
The
use of force, he was so tough
She'll
soon submit, she's had enough
The
march of fate, the broken will
Someone
is lying very still
He has
laughed and he has cried
He
has fought and he has died
He's
just the same as all the rest
He's
not the worst, he's not the best
And
still this ceaseless murmuring
The
babbling that I brook
The
seas of faces, eyes upraised
The
empty screen, the vacant look
A man
in black on a snow white horse,
A pointless
life has run its course,
The
red rimmed eyes, the tears still run
As
he fades into the setting sun
M: You're going on that plane to take you where you belong.
W: But no, I have.
M: You have got to listen to me. Do you have any idea what
you have to look forward to if you stay here? Nine chances out of 10 we
both end up in a
concentration camp and that.
W: You're only saying these things to make me go.
M: I'm saying it 'cause it's true. Inside us, we both know we belong in
different...
maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your
life.
W: But what about us?
But what about us?
But what about us?
Round And Around (Instrumental)
Sorrow
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
The Dogs Of War
Dogs
of war and men of hate
With
no cause, we don't discriminate
Discovery
is to be disowned
Our
currency is flesh and bone
Hell
opened up and put on sale
Gather
'round and haggle
For
hard cash, we will lie and deceive
Even
our masters don't know the web we weave
One
world, it's a battleground
One
world, and we will smash it down
One
world ... One world
Invisible
transfers, long distance calls,
Hollow
laughter in marble halls
Steps
have been taken, a silent uproar
Has
unleashed the dogs of war
You
can't stop what has begun
Signed,
sealed, they deliver oblivion
We
all have a dark side, to say the least
And
dealing in death is the nature of the beast
One
world, it's a battleground
One
world, and we will smash it down
One
world. One world
The
dogs of war don't negotiate
The
dogs of war won't capitulate,
They
will take and you will give,
And
you must die so that they may live
You
can knock at any door,
But
wherever you go, you know they've been there before
Well
winners can lose and things can get strained
But
whatever you change, you know the dogs remain.
One
world, it's a battleground
One
world, and we will smash it down
One
world. One world
On The Turning Away
On the
turning away
From
the pale and downtrodden
And
the words they say
Which
we won't understand
"Don't
accept that what's happening
Is
just a case of others' suffering
Or
you'll find that you're joining in
The
turning away"
It's
a sin that somehow
Light
is changing to shadow
And
casting it's shroud
Over
all we have known
Unaware
how the ranks have grown
Driven
on by a heart of stone
We
could find that we're all alone
In
the dream of the proud
On the
wings of the night
As
the daytime is stirring
Where
the speechless unite
In
a silent accord
Using
words you will find are strange
And
mesmerized as they light the flame
Feel
the new wind of change
On
the wings of the night
No more
turning away
From
the weak and the weary
No
more turning away
From
the coldness inside
Just
a world that we all must share
It's
not enough just to stand and stare
Is
it only a dream that there'll be
No
more turning away?
One Of These Days
"One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces"
Time
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.
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.
Us & Them
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.
Money
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"
Another Brick In The Wall(Part Two)
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!"
Comfortably Numb
Hello?...
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.
Run Like Hell
Run,
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run,
Run,
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run.
You
better make your face up in
Your
favorite disguise.
With
your button down lips and your
Roller
blind eyes.
With
your empty smile
And
your hungry heart.
Feel
the bile rising from your guilty past.
With
your nerves in tatters
When
the conchshell shatters
And
the hammers batter
Down
the door.
You'd
better run.
Run,
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run,
Run,
Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Run.
You
better sleep all day
And
run all night.
Keep
your dirty feelings
Deep
inside.
And
if you're taking your girlfriend
Out
tonight
You'd
better park the car
Well
out of sight.
Cause
if they catch you in the back seat
Trying
to pick her locks,
They're
gonna send you back to mother
In
a cardboard box.
You
better run.
"Hey, open up! HaHaHaHaHaaaaaaaaaa!
"Hammer, Hammer"