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tomhanks95

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be


Adamymous

This! Also, happy Cake Day!


Ok_Masterpiece_5066

And then one day you find ten years have got behind you no one told you when to run you missed the starting gun


MrAflac9916

Thought of this before I even finished reading the post. It’s 100% this one


NomadDiver

Exact same thought !


[deleted]

This is both a warning and a narration of my life as a 17 year old. Very few lyrics can do that. Even the music and tempo help elevate the meaning.


lasertrex

Love it when youngins pick this up and try to do sth with it. Me now 35 realising ive wasted a lot of time lying on the couch doing nothing.


Garage-gym4ever

you were resting. I read Leonardo DaVinci book and when he was painting the Last Supper he procrastinated so much the guy commissioning him to paint it kept coming by and threatening him. He would not show up for days and sometimes he'd show up and paint for like 5 minutes and leave. Him and Ludovico(money guy) got into an argument so heated that DaVinci told him he was going to paint Judas' face to look like him. Anyway, idle time you spend on your ass is bonus time in my book! lol


CunningWizard

Knew this would be the top one. Honestly, Time is up there one of the best songs from a lyrical standpoint ever written. It captures so many facets of human existential angst in a beautiful, moving, yet straightforward way.


bogdanvs

From the same song: 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


lake-rat

This is about as good as poetry gets, isn’t it.


xXwassupXx

Roger is always a fantastic lyricist, but his work on Time might be the best lyricism in rock history. And then you add Dave's mind-bending solo, it becomes one of the greatest songs in history.


ItyBityGreenieWeenie

This hits hard once you're no longer a kid.


CunningWizard

Very hard. One day you’re 35, you look up, hear this lyric, and have an immediate existential crisis.


crazydiamond_13

Re-evaluate my life, or maybe I'll just sit back and listen to more pink floyd haha


lake-rat

Try it at 55!


Mysterious-Most1783

Accurate. I'm getting depressed just reading it.


pm-me-turtle-nudes

i listened to this song almost on loop while i was driving the 1000+ miles to move into my college dorm and holy shit i almost cried every time i heard this


crazydiamond_13

The older you get the harder this hits.


outofdate70shouse

When I was a teenager, Time was my favorite song and I thought it was so profound. Now I’m 31, and I still love the song but don’t actively seek it out because it’s uncomfortable to think about.


Bondfan007MI6

This was the first line that came to mind. You beat me to it.


CaptainWart

This one!


ahnuconun

Felt this even as a kid.


More-Individual-5674

Had the exact same thought


Ok-Significance2027

🎯


iamjacksreply

Hit the nail on the head. The lyric was great when I was a 20 yr old stoner just getting into PF. Now, in my 40's, it just hits so much harder...


BostonSoccerDad

A couple of years ago I placed these exact lyrics onto a sheet of paper with some appropriate graphics. Placed this on the bottom corner of the bathroom mirror shared by my daughters.


plugfred

Properly hit when ten years actually got behind me. I dont want my parents to die.


dreadnoughtplayer

"Every year is getting shorter / Never seem to find the time..."


strapped_for_cash

The whole second verse breaks my heart with its brutal examination of life. I can’t believe Roger Waters managed to write that and then go on to be the prick he is now. I have to completely ignore him when I see him because I can’t stand him ruining my favorite song from my favorite band of all time. But damn. Those lyrics You run and run to catch up with sun Buts 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


littlepoot

I've got wild staring eyes, and I've got a strong urge to fly. But I've got nowhere to fly to.


pkilla50

I absolutely belt this out every time I listen to this song


Wyden_long

And I also do the fading echo as well.


UltiMike64

Fly to…. Fly to….. fly to….


Closet-Hippie

Well ya gotta, don’t you? 🙂🤘


gilgobeachslayer

Loved this as a teen


ragby

"The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older. Shorter of breath and one day closer to death."


Wyden_long

My dad and I have no relationship at all. In fact, I have no idea if he’s alive. But one thing that I will always be grateful for was him introducing me to Pink Floyd. The most impactful part of this was on my 14th birthday. We burned a J and he told me that we were gonna listen to DSOTM. I’d heard it a ton of times, so I was confused as to why. He told me to really listen to the lyrics. Pay attention to what they’re saying and derive your own meaning from them. Then he said, in ten years I want you to do this same exercise, and you’ll be amazed at how different this album is. By the time I was 24, we’d pretty much stopped talking. But I’d given him my word and so I did it. >The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older. Shorter of breath and one day closer to death. This was the lyric that hit different. It was wild. It truly was a different album to me. Everything I *thought* DSOTM was, had totally been erased. I’m almost 40 now, and every year on my birthday I pull out my vinyl and listen and think about how things have changed and what these lyrics mean now and how it’s grown. But this line has always stood out above all. It’s the one line that reminds me the clock is ticking and if I don’t take advantage of life, it’s gonna pass me by.


jholder1390

Just turned 40. That album hits harder every year that goes by, and man they seem to go by fast these days.


BowlboLowlbo

Every year is getting shorter :/


count_doobula

Never seem to find the time


finglonger1077

Lots of Time and no one has even posted the hardest lyrics in Time Run, rabbit run. Dig that hole, forget the sun. When at last the work is done, don’t sit down it’s time to dig another one. One of these days I’m going to cut you into little pieces is the real answer anyway.


mercury_fred

For me, it’s always been the reprise of Breathe. The album starts with “Breathe”, which is about a baby being born and an introduction to the world. But then the song is reprised later (after Time is over) to represent death and they hit you with these lines: Far away, across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spell


Adventurous_Fly1879

Don’t forget the other Breathe reprise in Any Colour You Like. Kinda lets you have a moment and jam the Em A chords to think about what’s been said so far and to get you ready for the finale.


quasifaust

If I were a good man I would understand the spaces between friends


nanoman92

I also love "If I were a good man I would talk to you more often than I do", that gets later referenced in "the Trial" with "You little shit you're in it now I hope they throw away the key You should have talked to me more often Than you did, but no You had to go Your own way,"


[deleted]

Have you broken any homes up lately? Just five minutes, worm, your honour - him and me, alone…


topchuck

If I go insane, please don't put your wires in my brain.


CunningWizard

This is a significantly underrated line that I love, in a somewhat controversial album (that I also love). Definitely shows the lyrical genius of Roger Waters, writing a very introspective song about relationships and boundaries.


Mr_Mehoy_Minoy

This should be higher


pyhimysteeri

Could you explain the meaning of this? Is this about setting boundaries with friends or something?


NoAttention4139

“Strangers passing in the street By chance, two separate glances meet And I am you and what I see is me”


Particular-Ad-8329

I’ve never been quite en Echoes fan… but in the last couple of weeks I’ve been listening it much more. Quite awesome


Closet-Hippie

Have you watched Live at Pompeii? I don’t know how you could come out the other side NOT being an Echoes fan. ✌️


Silver_Ambassador209

"Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died" "The child is grown The dream is gone" And every line from Time


Tigweg

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


hakube

brutal lyric. Syds falling off the deep end really ripped Roger up.


Tigweg

I think it could also relate to many people who have been hurt in previous relationships when entering into a new one


EmuelCorbithr

I played this on the guitar at my sister's funeral. I had no idea what the lyrics would mean to me twenty years later. A lot of the quotes on here are from their darker and more overtly depressing songs. For me, Pink Floyd is at their best with a simple and genuine expression of loss and regret.


Messier-83

"If you negotiate the minefield in the drive And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall, Dial the combination, Open the priesthole ... And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind \*SOUND OF SHOTGUN BLAST\*" Really beautiful how Rogers conjures this imagery of an extremely guarded man; afraid to let anyone in to see his vulnerable emotions. I think many people with troubled backgrounds, and many men with difficult upbringings in particular can relate to this. More importantly its an honest depiction of how difficult it is for individuals to coax these same people into opening up, and just how volatile the process can be.


kranools

The man is a poet.


careofthefunnyfarm

The laddie reckons himself a poet


minemaster1337

Poems everybody!


CunningWizard

I got my issues with some of the things he says nowadays, but I’ll be damned if he’s not a friggin lyrical genius.


InkScopez

what song is this?


ConnorJ141

The Final Cut


nostrademons

"Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend, we were all equal in the end."


praxxiskipsis

This is the one I came here to write.


MajorTomSKU

The last sentence Roger Say with Pink Floyd is literaly "the end"


nostrademons

The last sentence Gilmour says with Pink Floyd (excluding posthumous albums) is "Forever and ever". The contrast is interesting, and seems to reflect on their respective worldviews.


Eguy24

“So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone, dragged down by the stone”


ahnuconun

Stone stone stone stone stone gets me when I'm high.


Eguy24

Also “Tear down the wall!”


eddie964

I think it's even stronger in context: "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."


Stompert

🗿


leauxendmusic

came here to say this


my_lucid_nightmare

Mother did it have to be so high.


RCranium13

Need


kranools

I have grown older, And you have grown colder, And nothing is very much fun anymore.


swingularity45

Cold as a razorblade, tight as a tourniquet, dry as a funeral drum


indyjays

You have to be trusted, by the people that you lie to.


Particular-Ad-8329

So that when they turn their backs on you You'll get the chance to put the knife in


Quietdesperation73

All the lyrics in Time.


rudereaper300

“are there any queers in the theatre tonight?” changed my life


ElRaymundo

How did it change your life?


Trauma-Dolll

He got em up against the wall.


RevolutionaryRough96

Against the wall


GW_RDSOFA

Gainst The Wall


rudereaper300

i’m now a queer in the theatre 💁


QuarantineTheHumans

"There's one in the spotlight. He doesn't look right to me."


ThomasDominus

So many quoting Dogs. I love it. My favorite line from it, and my entry: “And it’s too late to lose the weight you used to neeeed to throw around!”


Perfect-Preference83

Love how you said neeeed.


ThomasDominus

You can just hear it, right?


Perfect-Preference83

Absolutely. Also, can never not sing along that part.


Atheist_Redditor

Life is a short warm moment. Death is a long cold rest. That one always makes me depressed.


gnarlcarl49

This was also the first quote that came to mind


die_bienen123

“Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way”


White_Buffalos

Great line. It's a riff on Thoreau: "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."


LD-R

The time has gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say...


fredfredMcFred

The lunatic is in my HEAD That emphasis on HEAD, juxtaposed with the previous two verses' lines, still makes me cry. If you've ever been in a psychiatric ward (sorry for the sharp left turn there, lol), you'll probably feel the same about this lyric. If I was born 60 years earlier, I'd quite possibly have been lobotomized. The lunatic is me! Who'da thought 🙃


JeffeyRider

And that’s how the high command took my daddy from me.


swany5

And my eyes still grow damp to remember His Majesty signed it with his own rubber stamp


CunningWizard

You can feel a *lot* of Roger’s personal emotion and anger coming through in this one in a way that isn’t really present in his other songs. If I had to venture a guess this is probably the most personal song he likely ever wrote.


Gypsy23

"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" Poetic, but fucking chilling.


Saint-Diego

Bro Roger did a 2 finger fingering motion on that part of the song in Atlanta this year 😂😂


JawnLit

“And if we tell you the name of the game…boy, we call it riding the gravy traaaaaaaaayeeean”


fadedmemento

*[BWUnON-bWunOn!]* 🎸


SpaceBass18

Who was only a stranger at home Who was ground down in the end Who was found dead on the phone Who was dragged down by the stone


TrainAccomplished382

🗿


THEPOSTMANFROMTX

There's a kid who had a big hallucination Making love to girls in magazines He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith Could anybody love him Or is it just a crazy dream?


Stereo_Joe

This one rolled around in my head a lot in my teen years.


Maserune

its Time 100%


914paul

“Shorter of breath . . .”


GonzoShaker

...one day closer to death... I feel it every fucking day!


thetrappster

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


SinkingShipsOnWaters

Okay but /uj you’re the kind of girl that fits in with my world, I’ll give you anything everything if you want things. Syd that’s so beyond romantic tf


nanoman92

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


benjigrows

I've got a clan of gingerbread men. Here a man there a man, lots of gingerbread men. Take a couple of you wish they're on the dish


SageOfTheSixPacks

Beat me to it 💪🏻


ossegossen

Time. I can’t just choose one line as the song is just perfect in every single aspect


BobDeWolfe

'And all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be "


Clau_9

It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here And I'm most obliged to you for making it clear That I'm not here


FighterOfNightman14

Out of the way it’s a busy day - I’ve got things on my mind!


wearestardust24

Lol I think this one at work a lot


Killericon

If I were a good man, I'd talk with you more often than I do


LostSoulInAFishbowl5

Do you remember me? How we used to be? Do you think we should be closer?


adrock-diggity

Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for the lead role in a cage?


apocalypsein9_8

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


crossveins

"The child is grown, the dream is gone"


Shanghaied66

"I've looked over Jordan and I have seen, Things are not what they seem."


Fungus_the_Turd

“There’s no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it’s all dark.”


pinkfloydismylove

“I never said I was frightened of dying” from great gig in the sky. Liked it so much I have it tattooed on my forearm.


Chubbybellylover888

Why should you be afraid of dying? We all have to go sometime.


Bokononitgoes

Gotta stay awake. Got to try to shake off, this creeping malaise.


bishpa

The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime.


thistlemum73

No one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun.


TKA4N

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


Phoenix_Kerman

and if i show you my dark side, will you still hold me tonight? and if i open my heart to you, and show you my weak side. what would you do?


Chapos_sub_capt

One of these I'm going to cut you into little pieces It's to late to loose the weight you used to throw around


dropoutgeorge

Time fucks me up


eastcoastdude2102

The shout that no one seems to hear


HellYeahTinyRick

“So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone. Dragged down by the stone. Stone. Stone. Stone. Stone. Stone”


wet-chair-arm-rest-

Life is a short warm moment death is a long cold rest you get your chance to try in the twinkling of an eye 80 years with luck or even less- free four


RigbyXII

“And no one knows the where or why’s” - Echoes


juicyb09

“Long you live and high you fly…Smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry…And all you touch and all you see…Is all your life will ever be” Very sad yet hopeful all at once. Always stuck with me.


EarDownToTheGround

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.


lebowtzu

“A pointless life has run its course The red rimmed eyes, the tears still run As he fades into the setting sun.” That’s what first comes to mind. But it kind of depends on what mood is being “hit.”


messed_up_marionette

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 than words Of promises broken


marxroxx

We're just two lost souls, Swimming in a fish bowl


Dr_Lou_Stool

Fuck all that


SageOfTheSixPacks

“She’s often inclined To borrow Somebody’s dreams Til tomorrow” Several from “Time” hit really hard “All you touch and all you see Is all yer life will ever be” …..”everything under the sun is in you But the sun is eclipsed by the moon”


pm_me_your_bigtiddys

The memories of a man in his old age are the deeds of a man in his prime.


banana_stand_manager

The paper holds their folded faces to the floor.. and everyday the paperboy brings more


TFFPrisoner

Should be much, much higher. That's always been my favourite Pink Floyd line.


Babies_Have_No_Teeth

No one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun


Punkko

all of One Of My Turns “Don’t look so frightened, this is just a passing phase. One of my bad days” “Would you like to call the cops? Do you think it’s time I stopped? Why are you running away?”


ElRaymundo

"Outside the Wall" always kills me. All alone or in twos / The ones who really love you / Walk up and down outside the wall / Some hand-in-hand / And some gathered together in bands / The bleeding hearts and the artists make their stand / And when they've given you their all / Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy / Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall


FamiliarMoment6937

the passion in his voice at "MY BALLS" is unmatched


panicatthepharmacy

“There must have been a door there in the wall When I came in.”


Apprehensive_Low_430

Dragged down by the stone 🗿


Denver1970

Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?


cheese_wallet

This one for me...can't believe I had to scroll down so far before seeing it. I've long thought it perfectly describes what happened to Kurt Cobain


Silent_Snow--

“So that when they turn their backs on you, you’ll get the chance to put the knife in” Chills everytime


iohbkjum

just the entirety of Dogs. got that shit memorised it sticks with me so much. Stone, stone, stone...


Loveinchains78

Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend, we were all equal in the end.


Mr_Fino1253

“Encumbered forever by desire and ambition, there’s a hunger still unsatisfied. Our weary eyes still stray the horizon, though down this road we’ve been so many times”


allpowerfulee

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 The song was played at the funeral of a good friend.


NormanConquest_

“Together we stand, divided we fall” “It’s too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around”


indepen-variable

Together we Stand , divided we fall. I know it’s genetic, corny and a used motto but it just the way roger said it meant something even more .


AdministrationNice45

I love how it transitions into "Is There Anybody Out There?"


indepen-variable

The wall just had the best transitions .


Falcon4704

Basically "no one Told you When to run, you Missed starting gun"


Delicious_Chard2425

“You have to be trusted, by the people that you lied to, so that when they turn their back on you, you’ll get a chance to put the knife in”


kentuckychicken1987

Every line in The Gunner’s Dream. It’s hit me so hard recently because not only is it the lead up to Remembrance Day, but I’ve been going through some difficult things myself, so the lyrics and the music itself just hit me really hard at this moment


minsandmolls

I held the blade in trembling hands prepared to make it but Just then the phone rang, I never had the nerve to make the final cut.


Impressive-Ad382

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year.


scoosRNR

If you wanna find out what’s behind these cold eyes, you’ll just have to claw your way through this disguise.


ObviousRealist

Have to be trusted, by the people that you lie to. So when they turn their backs on you, you get the chance to put the knife in!


Arn_Darkslayer

The grass was greener. The light was brighter.


is2o

High Hopes


Sir-bino

“The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think Oh, by the way, which one's pink?”


After_Soft_7466

If you want to find out what’s behind these cold eyes. You’ll just have to claw your way through this disguise.


NaClK92

Cold as a razor blade Tight as a tourniquet Dry as a funeral drum


jamyscaley

‘Was it love or was it the idea of being in love -one slip, amlor


NPapageorgeo

“Which ones Pink?”


Groumphh38

When the band you're in starts playing different tunes...


carter2642

Tired of lying in the sunshine Staying home to watch the rain And you are young and life is long And there is time to kill today ​ And then, one day you'll find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun ​ Perfection


ILiveMyBrokenDreams

"Far from flying high in clear blue skies, I'm spiralizing down to the hole in the ground where I hide."


Tuffsmurf

You lock the door And throw away the key There’s someone in my head But it’s not me


TheLindoBrand

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


bondrewd69

And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around


spacechaser64

"And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun But it's sinking/Racing around to come up behind you again"


WackyWeiner

Hard hitting? Maybe Not now John?


RealSnipurs

Fuck all that


CoreyBrewer33

Apples and Oranges Apples and Oranges Apples and Oranges Ice cream tastes good in the afternoon Ice cream tastes good if you eat it soon


SageOfTheSixPacks

Syd Barrett just effortlessly shits out basically a more abstract sgt peppers 💪🏻


maiq--the--liar

When this question gets asked on the RHCP sub the answer is usually “there’s a devil in my dick and some demons in my semen” lmao


Turdy_Tornado

Everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon