7/23/2019 The Original Complete Analysis of Pink Floyd http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-original-complete-analysis-of-pink-floyd 1/23 The Original Complete Analysis of Pink Floyd's The Wall When the Tigers Broke Free, part 1 It was just before dawn one miserable Morning in blak 'forty four! "hen the forward ommander was told to sit tight "hen he asked that his men be withdrawn! And the #enerals ga$e thanks as the other ranks %eld bak the enemy tanks for a while! And the An&io bridgehead was held for the prie Of a few hundred ordinary li$es! It's etremely disappointing that Pink Floyd left this heart wrenhing song off of the album but thankfully( they inluded it in the mo$ie! )"hen the Tigers *roke Free) is set in "orld "ar II! It tells of a bridgehead established by the *ritish soldiers in An&io( Italy! The tigers referred to in this song are the #erman tanks storming An&io( and the )few hundred ordinary li$es)( as the seond part of the song will tell( are the men of Pink's father's rank! In the mo$ie( we are first shown the hotel Pink is staying at( then a +uik sene hange to a man lighting a lantern( smoking a igarette( and leaning out his gun! As will later be shown( this man turns out to be Pink's father preparing for war with the #ermans! On another note( the song playing at the beginning of the mo$ie( before )"hen The Tigers *roke Free) begins( is a song by ,era -ynn alled )The -ittle *oy That .anta Claus Forgot!) The lyris are as follows/ )Christmas omes but one a year for e$ery girl and boy0 The laughter and the joy0 They find in eah new toy!0 I tell you of the little boy who li$es aross the way0 This fella's Christmas is just another day!!!) At this point( the $auum leaner starts up and )"hen The Tigers *roke Free) begins! "hen the song ends and there is a lose up of the Mikey Mouse wath( ,era's song starts again/ )%e's the little boy that .anta Claus forgot0 And goodness knows( he didn't want a lot!0 %e sent a note to .anta( what he wanted was a drum0 This broken little heart when he woke and he hadn't ome0 In the streets( yes he!!!) At this point( the $auum one again drowns out the musi! .ound similar to Pink1 *oth Pink and the little boy in ,era's song ha$e been fed untruths 2I hesitate to all them full lies3 and in turn rash into reality when they see this ideal that they'$e been taught is false 2see )Comfortably 4umb)3! Many thanks to *radley .tapleton for this information! For more information about ,era -ynn( sroll down to the analysis of the song ),era)! In the Flesh? .o ya( thought ya Might like to go to the show! To feel the warm thrill of onfusion That spae adet glow! Tell me is something eluding you( sunshine1 Is this not what you epeted to see1 If you wanna find out what's behind these old eyes 5ou'll just ha$e to law your way through this disguise! -ights! 6oll the sound effets! Ation! 7rop it on 'em888 76OP IT O4 '9M888 )In the Flesh1) ser$es two different purposes at this point in the album! First( it shows Pink's oneption and seond( it sets the stage for the rest of the story( showing the present state of Pink and offering a sort of hiarosuro between the )fasist) Pink and )little boy) Pink! The oneption isn't really lear on the album(
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The Original Complete Analysis of Pink Floyd's The Wall
When the Tigers Broke Free, part 1
It was just before dawn one miserableMorning in blak 'forty four!
"hen the forward ommander was told to sit tight
"hen he asked that his men be withdrawn!And the #enerals ga$e thanks as the other ranks
%eld bak the enemy tanks for a while!
And the An&io bridgehead was held for the prie
Of a few hundred ordinary li$es!
It's etremely disappointing that Pink Floyd left this heart wrenhing song off of the album but thankfully(
they inluded it in the mo$ie! )"hen the Tigers *roke Free) is set in "orld "ar II! It tells of a bridgeheadestablished by the *ritish soldiers in An&io( Italy! The tigers referred to in this song are the #erman tanks
storming An&io( and the )few hundred ordinary li$es)( as the seond part of the song will tell( are the men of
Pink's father's rank! In the mo$ie( we are first shown the hotel Pink is staying at( then a +uik sene hangeto a man lighting a lantern( smoking a igarette( and leaning out his gun! As will later be shown( this man
turns out to be Pink's father preparing for war with the #ermans!
On another note( the song playing at the beginning of the mo$ie( before )"hen The Tigers *roke Free) begins( is a song by ,era -ynn alled )The -ittle *oy That .anta Claus Forgot!) The lyris are as follows/
)Christmas omes but one a year for e$ery girl and boy0 The laughter and the joy0 They find in eah new
toy!0 I tell you of the little boy who li$es aross the way0 This fella's Christmas is just another day!!!) At this
point( the $auum leaner starts up and )"hen The Tigers *roke Free) begins! "hen the song ends andthere is a lose up of the Mikey Mouse wath( ,era's song starts again/ )%e's the little boy that .anta Claus
forgot0 And goodness knows( he didn't want a lot!0 %e sent a note to .anta( what he wanted was a drum0 This
broken little heart when he woke and he hadn't ome0 In the streets( yes he!!!) At this point( the $auum oneagain drowns out the musi! .ound similar to Pink1 *oth Pink and the little boy in ,era's song ha$e been
fed untruths 2I hesitate to all them full lies3 and in turn rash into reality when they see this ideal that
they'$e been taught is false 2see )Comfortably 4umb)3! Many thanks to *radley .tapleton for thisinformation! For more information about ,era -ynn( sroll down to the analysis of the song ),era)!
In the Flesh?
.o ya( thought yaMight like to go to the show!
To feel the warm thrill of onfusion
That spae adet glow!Tell me is something eluding you( sunshine1
Is this not what you epeted to see1
If you wanna find out what's behind these old eyes5ou'll just ha$e to law your way through this disguise!
-ights!
6oll the sound effets!Ation!
7rop it on 'em888
76OP IT O4 '9M888
)In the Flesh1) ser$es two different purposes at this point in the album! First( it shows Pink's oneption and
seond( it sets the stage for the rest of the story( showing the present state of Pink and offering a sort of
hiarosuro between the )fasist) Pink and )little boy) Pink! The oneption isn't really lear on the album(
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but after wathing the mo$ie( I am on$ined that this is the first meaning of the song! In the mo$ie( as themaid knoks on the door( there are +uik shots to a rowd of people trying to push through a set of double
doors loked with hains! As the song builds( the hains break and thousands of young people rush out! This
is similar to the oneption proess if you look at the young boys and girls representing sperm! Also in themo$ie( as the teenagers riot( the polie try to hold bak as many as they an( thus representing the body's
defenses! The title itself suggests oneption as well! The +uestion mark at the end proposes that a physial
body has not yet de$eloped( therefore suggesting that this song takes plae during oneption and during thegrowth of the fetus! The lyris themsel$es seem to ha$e been written as instrutions for a young hild! The
hild wanted to join the show( a symbol of life( to feel warmth and lo$e eperiened during life! *ut the
speaker rhetorially asks )Is this not what you epeted to see1) or is -ife not all the joy and happiness that
you thought it would be1 The answer he epets is no! And if you are to find out what life is( what peopleare( what surrounds you( one must be willing to law through the disguises built up all around us!
The seond purpose of this song is to ser$e as foreshadowing for what Pink will beome when subjeted to(
as the lih: says( se( drugs( and rok ; roll! In the mo$ie( there is a sene at Pink's onert in whih he isinstruting his rowd on life and the masks we put up to shield oursel$es from the world! %e in$ites
e$eryone to try to find out what's behind his )old eyes)!!!and what's behind them will pro$ide for an
entertaining show! "hat lies behind his mask are years of pain( torture( and abandonment!At the end of this song( the sound of planes and a $oie sreaming )76OP IT O4 '9M8) is almost
deafening! The plane heard is the $ery one that drops the bomb on An&io( killing Pink's father! "e an also
hear Pink sreaming for the lights( sound effets( and ation( suggesting that he is gi$ing ues at his onert! 4ot only this( but it suggests that Pink is about to be born( as if the diretor of a mo$ie is trying to get
e$erything in order right before the mo$ie0life begins! This interpretation of life being like a mo$ie or
onert reminds me of .hakespeare's )Mabeth) in whih Mabeth ompares li$ing to being an ator in a
play! )-ife's but a walking shadow( a poor player0 That struts and frets his hour upon the stage0 And then isheard no more/ it is a tale0 Told by an idiot( full of sound and fury(0 .ignifying nothing!) 2At <( sene <3
Another interpretation of this song is that it takes plae at the end of the story! )In The Flesh1) is about Pink
looking bakward and ommenting about his life( and life in general! 2Thanks to 6a$en for thisinterpretation!3 This song sets the story )in media res) whih is a harateristi of most epi stories 2suh as
the Odessey( ,irgil's Aeneid( et!3( all whih begin in the middle of the story so as to parallel the younger
harater with the harater in the middle of his journeys and finally with the harater one he's ompletedhis mission!
For those of you who ha$e really good ears( you will notie at the beginning of this song( before thethumping guitars( organ( drums and bass ome in( there is a little ut of dialogue! "hat is said here is )!!!we
ame in1) 4ow( if you will listen to )Outside The "all) you will notie that right before the musi ends on)Outside The "all)( there is another little piee of dialogue whih says )Isn't this where!!!) Put the two
together and you ha$e )Isn't this where we ame in1) "hy( you may be asking yourself( is the dialogue out
of order1 It's not( aording to "aters' $iew of yles! The story of the "all does not just apply to onegeneration( the hildren of "orld "ar II( but rather to e$eryone! At the end of the mo$ie( the hildren are
gathering briks( perhaps to use in their own wall! This in onjuntion with the little sound bits( shows that
Pink isn't the first nor the last to build up a wall! It happened to people before him and it's happening to thenet generation! The yle will always ontinue!
The Thin Ice
Momma lo$es her baby( and daddy lo$es you too!And the sea may look warm to you babe
And the sky may look blue
*ut ooooh babe
Ooooh baby blueOooooh babe!
If you should go skating
On the thin ie of modern life
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7ragging behind you the silent reproahOf a million tear=stained eyes
7on't be surprised when a rak in the ie
Appears under your feet!5ou slip out of your depth and out of your mind
"ith your fear flowing out behind you
As you law the thin ie! Ooooooh( *abe!This song begins with the sound of a baby rying( presumably Pink( and in the mo$ie( the images of his
father's hand slipping from the phone in a bunker where he was re+uesting help! Other images of war haunt
this song( perhaps suggesting that the innoene of hildhood is +uikly lost in this )modern life)! This is
the first time in whih we find the symbol blue! *lue is a pure( ool olor whih is often used to symboli&einnoene as well as depression! It is interesting how Pink is alled )*aby *lue) by his mother! This
represents the baby's innoene while also foreshadowing the depression and gloom that will later e$ol$e
into Pink's life! >ust as soon as the smooth( entreating $oie of hope and dreams finishes( the harsh $oie ofreality speaks up omparing life to thin ie! It warns that should Pink want to ontinue li$ing( to )go skating
on the thin ie of modern life)( then he should not be surprised when a )rak in the ie)( the hardships of
life( gapes below his feet( swallowing his life and his sanity as he goes down struggling!
Another Brick in the Wall, part 1
7addy's flown aross the oean
-ea$ing just a memoryA snapshot in the family album
7addy what else did you lea$e for me1
7addy( what d'ya lea$e behind for me1
All in all it was just a brik in the wall!All in all it was all just briks in the wall!
)Another *rik In The "all 2Part I3) is the first song to introdue the metaphor of the wall! The wall
represents the mental wall people build in order to blok out the disorder and onfusion of the world! It atsas a boundary so that no one an get too lose beause when one is left open with no wall to protet them(
they are etremely $ulnerable! In the first dismal part of the )*rik In The "all) trilogy( the hild Pink is
realling that his daddy has left( flying )aross the oean) to war! All his daddy has left are memories( suhas the pitures in the photo album! In this song( Pink first shows all the bitterness he feels toward his father
for lea$ing for war( lea$ing nothing but a memory! )7addy( what d'ya lea$e behind for me1) %is dad's deathfores him to see stark reality( whih Pink does not like! *eause he fears what he sees( Pink begins forming
a wall to guard himself from being hurt again! This part in the mo$ie is arguably one of the saddest! 7uringthis time( Pink is aompanied with his mother to the playground where his mother lea$es him to play! The
obser$ant Pink wathes all the other little hildren playing with their fathers and reali&es he has no father to
spend time with! Pink then walks up to another father at a merry=go=round and asks for the man to put himon the rotating ride! "hen the man does( the joy in Pink's fae an learly be seen? he has found a father
figure! *ut this joy doesn't last beause the man takes his hildren off the merry=go=round and walks away(
lea$ing Pink on it! Pink follows and tries to hold the man's hand but the man only shoos him off( asking himwhere his father is! 7espondent Pink wanders to the swings and sees all the other fathers pushing their kids
on the swings! %e struggles up onto one of the sets and( grasping the hains( wobbles bak and forth in an
attempt to mo$e his swing! This part in the mo$ie is one of the first times we see Pink as a kid 2@ or so13and it is the first time Pink atually omes to the reali&ation that he has no father( an epiphany whih lea$es
him empty( no doubt!
When the Tigers Broke Free, part 2
And kind old Bing #eorge sent Mother a note"hen he heard that Father was gone!
It was( I reall( in the form of a sroll(
"ith gold leaf and all!
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And I found it one dayIn a drawer of old photographs( hidden away!
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
%is Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp!It was dark all around( there was frost in the ground
"hen the Tigers broke free!
And no one sur$i$edFrom the 6oyal Fusiliers Company C!
They were all left behind(
Most of them dead( the rest of them dying!
And that's how the %igh CommandTook my daddy from me!
This is the seond part to the opening song of the mo$ie! In this part( Pink finds a letter in a drawer full of
memorabilia! The letter( whih was sent by the Bing to his mother( tells of the death of Pink's father! Pinklearns that the 6oyal Fusiliers Company C( of whih his father belonged 2also the ompany "aters' father
belonged to in real life3( was pratially destroyed on a winter day when( basially( all hell broke loose! In
this song( just by the way "aters sings the last two $erses( there is a lot of bitterness toward the go$ernmentfor taking his father away! In the mo$ie( as the song plays( Pink dresses in his father's war outfit and( as he
looks in the mirror( there are +uik 2and eerie3 uts from young Pink in the uniform to his father in the same
apparel! This represents how the young take the plae of the preeding generation( taking on all mattersfrom that generation( inluding war! It also shows the father0son onnetion( something that will play
hea$ily into effet later in the album0mo$ie! Pink's mother( ha$ing lost a husband( transfers her emptiness
onto her son( proteting him from e$erything that she deems unfit! In a non=seual way( Pink beomes his
father( ating as his mother's only means of support 2mentally3!
Goodbye Blue Sky
7id you see the frightened ones1
7id you hear the falling bombs17id you e$er wonder why we
%ad to run for shelter when the
Promise of a bra$e( new worldnfurled beneath the lear blue sky1
7id you see the frightened ones17id you hear the falling bombs1
The flames are all long gone( but the pain lingers on!#oodbye( blue sky
#oodbye( blue sky!
#oodbye! #oodbye!On the album( this song appears three songs later( after )Mother)( but in the mo$ie it is plaed here! I put it
here beause I like its position after )"hen Tigers *roke Free 2Part II3) beause it ontinues the theme of
pain and desolation aused by war started in )Tigers)! This song epresses the onerns indued by war(suh as the apprehension of bombs and the reason why one should run for shelter in a )bra$e( new world)!
The lyri that sums this song up is/ )The flames are all long gone but the pain lingers on!) Though the war
may be o$er( painful memories and sars still eist beause of it( suh as Pink's depression o$er his lostfather! In the song( we again presented with the symbol of blue! The )blue sky) represents innoene( thus
by saying )#oodbye *lue .ky) Pink is bidding farewell to his own innoene while the world itself utters
goodbye to its innoene after being raped by war! 7uring this song in the mo$ie( an animated do$e flies
through the sky only to be ripped apart by a na&i war bird 2found on a na&i flag3( showing the innoene lost by war! The war bird flies o$er the land spreading its filth( ausing the ghosts of the battle field to rise in
unrest! The best part of this animation short is when the stripes of the *ritish flag fall away to show a ross
and the blood of Christ streaming o$er the ground! This suggests redemption in order to restore purity!
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%owe$er( the blood drains into the sewer( one interpretation suggests that despite the $irtuous ause behindthe war( it was simply an inredible waste of life! 6edemption is being wasted on those who don't want it! At
the end of the song( we see the do$e fly off! Though something as e$il and se$ere as war 2espeially the
4a&i rule in "orld "ar II3 an rule the land for a time( innoene and purity will pre$ail!In an inter$iew( 6oger "aters said that )#oodbye *lue .ky) is a song about Pink )lea$ing home to go out
on his own!) In other words( Pink is saying goodbye to the blue innoene of hildhood and protetion from
his mother and is stepping foot into a sinful world! 2Thanks again( 6a$en!3
The appiest !ays o" #ur $i%es
"hen we grew up and went to shool
There were ertain teahers who would
%urt the hildren in any way they ould*y pouring their derision upon anything we did
And eposing e$ery weakness
%owe$er arefully hidden by the kids*ut in the town( it was well known
"hen they got home at night( their fat and
Psyhopathi wi$es would thrash them"ithin inhes of their li$es!
A truly arimonious song( )The %appiest 7ays Of Our -i$es) along with )Another *rik In The "all 2Part
II3) hronile Pink's shool boy days in jolly ole' 9ngland! In the sene right before the song begins( Pinkand his friends are laying bullets on a rail road! As the train passes by( Pink is aught in the tunnel and
wathes as ar after ar pass by( filled with faeless people( all desperately staring out at him! I think this is
only a halluination of Pink's( yet it is important nonetheless! First( it ontinues with the war theme( drawing
parallels between the faeless hildren in the train ar with the )faeless) >ews transported in mass toonentration amps in #ermany during "orld "ar II! .eond( it parallels the hildren of the shool
2faeless in )Another *rik In The "all pt D)3 with the perseuted >ews! The hildren of the 9nglish shool
did not put up with e$en a fration of the harsh treatment that the >ews went through( but in Pink's mind( both represent repression of indi$iduality! In the song( Pink tells of the oppressi$e teahers in the system
who would )hurt the hildren any way they ould) by eposing the hild's weaknesses and ridiuling
him0her for them! *ut( as Pink states( it was well known that when the teahers got home at night( theirwi$es would punish them as e+ually as the teaher's punished the students! In the mo$ie( Pink's teaher
stumbles onto Pink writing poems during a lesson( 2and for those of you who don't know( the poem is a lyrifrom the Pink Floyd song )Money)3! For writing these( also for trying to be an indi$idual by epressing
himself( Pink is taunted in front of the lass and gi$en a stinging slap on the wrist! The sene following ishilarious to me! It shows the same teaher at home eating dinner with his wife! The teaher apparently bites
something hard in the meat he is eating and takes it out of his mouth! %is wife noties this( 2note/ she is not
fat but her attitude ertainly is large3 and just by pointing at the disarded bit( the teaher immediatelyhokes down the hard srap of meat! I ha$e one word for that teaher/ whipped! I think the editing in that
sene is wonderful( utting from the teaher spanking a kid bak to the teaher hoking down his dinner
bak to the teaher spanking!!!It all goes to show you that what you dish out e$entually gets bak to you! Italso reinfores "aters belief in yles!
Another Brick in the Wall, part 2
"e don't need no eduation"e don't need no thought ontrol
4o dark sarasm in the lassroom
Teahers lea$e them kids alone
%ey8 Teahers8 -ea$e them kids alone8All in all it's just another brik in the wall!
All in all you're just another brik in the wall!
"e don't need no eduation
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"e don't need no thought ontrol 4o dark sarasm in the lassroom
Teahers lea$e them kids alone
%ey8 Teahers8 -ea$e them kids alone8All in all it's just another brik in the wall!
All in all you're just another brik in the wall!
The seond and most famous of the )*rik In The "all) trilogy( Part II ontinues desribing Pink's shool boy days in 9ngland( piking up the story where )The %appiest 7ays Of Our -i$es) lea$es off! Contrary to
belief( this song is 4OT about the abolishment of eduation or anything else through anarhy! It is about
indi$iduality! "hen the hildren sing )"e don't need no eduation) 2aside from being a double negati$e
atually meaning )"e need eduation)3 they are not talking about eduation as a whole( but the kind ofeduation they ha$e been gi$en thus far in their li$es! They don't need the teahers to tell them what to
think( no thought ontrol? they don't need to be ridiuled for mistakes( )4o dark sarasm in the lassroom)!
The basi idea is that teahers should teah but not onform! This an best be seen in the mo$ie( as all thekids marh down the hall wearing similar masks( walking to the same beat! *asially( the kids ha$e no
indi$iduality!!!they walk without looking and fall into misfortune( the meat grinder at the end of the walk
way! 7uring the mo$ie( there is a re$olution against the onforming teahers( 4OT against shool oreduation! *eause of the teahers( Pink puts another brik in his wall! *rad Baye wrote me the following/
)"hen the shool hildren are all hanting '"e don't need no eduation' together in unison( this at( in a
way( is MO69 onforming than the eduation they ha$e grown to hate! If you think about it( 6oger "aterswas saying that e$en in a re$olt against onformity there will still be the presene of onformists( or
uniformed followers! The use of the helpless shool hildren is magnifient and pro$es my point e$en more!
These kids do what they are told8 I mean( I read somewhere that 6oger got the idea to use a group of kids
one day and then *A4#( the net day he asked a shool if he ould ome in and *A4#( they all agreed andwithin a short period of time( the entire horus of hildren was reorded! 4o +uestions asked! 4obody raised
a fuss or anything( e$en the teahers in the shool were eited and aught up in the moment without fully
understanding what was going on! My point is this/ 6oger "aters wanted to show how onformity ise$erpresent( e$en when we're little( and e$en when we are rebelling! %is point is definitely powerful!)
2Thanks for *rad Baye for that wonderful interpretation!3
One of the great lines in the mo$ie is said during this song is )If you don't eat your meat( you an't ha$e any pudding!) I might be interpreting too muh into this( but I think this means that if one doesn't trudge through
the hard times in life( then one an ne$er ha$e the rewards( or the pudding( of life! 7oug >ensen ga$eanother interpretation of this line( saying that )Ethis line is about being sodomi&ed by the establishment! Of
ourse( Pink doesn't want the 'pudding' that the establishment thinks e$eryone should ha$e( and he ertainlydoesn't want to 'eat the meat' to get it! It all ties into the anti=indi$iduality and 'onform or be damned' theme
that runs throughout the album!)
7uring this song( we also see hammers in the mahinery that is grinding the kids! %ammers are a majorsymbol in the mo$ie! They mainly symboli&e two things/ ruthless power and oppressi$e onformity! In this
song( the hammers make up the mahine whih is ausing all the kids to onform! In later songs( suh as
)"aiting For The "orms)( the hammers take on a more militaristi aspet! .ot Balar pointed out thathammers are one of the few tools that possess an e+ually onstruti$e and destruti$e nature! 2Thanks(
.ot!3 *y this $iew( Pink not only uses the hammer to build up his wall but also to tear it down!
&otherMother do you think they'll drop the bomb1
Mother do you think they'll like this song1
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls1
Mother should I build the wall1Mother should I run for president1
Mother should I trust the go$ernment1
Mother will they put me in the firing line1
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)Mother) is a song in whih young Pink epresses his onerns to his o$erproteti$e mother! The album$ersion is terrifi but the mo$ie $ersion is the better of the two in my opinion! In the mo$ie( this song is
played with something that sounds like a musi=bo rather than an aousti guitar! The musi=bo sound
makes the song sound more hildlike and innoent( whih goes great when jutaposed with the mother'synial $oie! The song opens up with Pink's onerns of war( rooted with his father's death! %e then
wonders if )they)( 2meaning soiety( his peers( the world3 will like his song or try to break him down! 4ow
he asks his mother if he should build a wall!!!his mother's haunting answer an be found later! Pink+uestions whether he should run for president when he is older( but this does not literally mean president to
me! It is there to show that Pink has dreams and hopes! After wondering whether he should trust thego$ernment and if )they) will take him down( there are three lyris! In the album $ersion( Pink asks )Is it
just a waste of time1) with )it) referring to life! In the mo$ie Pink sings )Am I really dying1) whih showsthat as a hild( Pink beame seriously ill( almost to the point of dying! %is illness is later mentioned in
)Comfortably 4umb)! It also might stand for Pink's epiphany that we all must die( just as his father did! The
third lyri is from one of their onerts in whih Pink sings )"hat a ra&y time) referring to the e$entsgoing on( "orld "ar II( and his life in general!
At this point( Pink's mother begins to sing! In her $erses( we learn that she is 9GT69M9-5 o$erproteti$e
of her hild( but she has good reason to be! .he has lost her husband to war and she doesn't want her )baby blue) to be injured! .he is almost portrayed as being psyhoti to me( )Mama's gonna make all of your
nightmares ome true( Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you!) nwittingly( Pink's mother is foring all
of her fears and beliefs onto her son while thinking she is helping him by proteting him from the world!This also shows a psyhologial theory known as *eha$iorism! A person learns to fear by obser$ing others!
In this ase( Pink beomes fragile and despondent mainly as a result of obser$ing his mother this way! This
also supports the Psyhodynami theory 2.igmund Freud3! The mother is using an ego=defense mehanism
2projetion3 to protet herself from the pain! nwittingly( she is projeting these fears onto her son! It analso be argued that she is using the defense of o$erompensation( she is trying to o$er her weaknesses by
being etremely proteti$e and maternal to Pink! %ere( we get the answer to the +uestion Pink asked his
mother earlier!!!The answer is )Of ourse Mama's gonna help build a wall!) .he helps build the wall by
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enouraging him to build( trying to keep him far away from reality! Also( she helps build it unknowingly beause she is one of the briks in Pink's life! At this point in the mo$ie( during the guitar solo( Pink has a
flash bak to his wedding and right before his seond $erse( we are shown a bit of his married life! Pink sits
at the piano playing 2)Comfortably 4umb)( of all songs3 and his wife omes in! .he tries to get his attentionand when she finally does( he just stares $aantly at her! This shows the growing rift between the two of
them( a hasm that will e$entually ost them their marriage!
In his seond $erse( Pink is older than in the first $erse! %ere( he is either dating or possibly married! %is+uestions onern the girl he is with? he asks his mother whether his girlfriend2wife13 is good enough for
him( whether she is dangerous to him( whether she will dominate him( or will she break his heart!
In her seond $erse( Mother answers Pink's onerns toward the girl! One again( we see how proteti$e
2psyhoti3 she is( stating that she will )hek out all your girlfriends for you() and that she won't lettinganyone )dirty) get to him( that she will always wait up for him at night( and that she will find out where he
has been! %er net line shows that no matter what( Pink will always be )*aby *lue) to her? in her eyes he
will always remain a hild( needing the attention and are and protetion that a hild needs! )5ou'll always be baby to me!)
Pink's last line is a bit of a mystery/ )Mother did it need to be so high1)! If )it) represents life( as it did
earlier when Pink said )Is it just a waste of time1) then this line might be a +uestion as to why life had to beso distorted( so drugged up!
Another interpretation of the last line is that the )it) is referring to Pink's e$er=epanding wall! As 6a$en
stated/ )It was almost finished by the time he left home 2i!e! his mother3 and he says 'Mother( I know Ineeded a wall( but did it ha$e to be so high that I an't get bak out if I need to1') Personally( I agree with
6a$en's interpretation! At the end of )Mother) there is a phone on$ersation! Pink( touring in Ameria( tries
to ontat his wife in 9ngland( but little does he know that his wife has hooked up with another guy! "hen
the operator alls Pink's house( the other man answers and when learning Pink is trying to get in touh withhis wife( he hangs up! The operator tries again but the man hangs up again! 4ow( Pink reali&es that there is
another man in his wife's life! This reali&ation is the basis for )9mpty .paes)! An interesting tid=bit is that
this phone on$ersation really happened! 6oger "aters was the nited .tates 2touring( I belie$e3 and alled9ngland in the middle of a onert! The person he was alling was in on the whole )joke)( howe$er the
operator thought this was a real phone all and therefore tried her best to path "aters through to his )wife)!
What Shall We !o 'o(?
"hat shall we use to fill the empty spaes
"here wa$es of hunger roar1.hall we set out aross the sea of faes
In searh of more and more applause1.hall we buy a new guitar1
.hall we dri$e a more powerful ar1
.hall we work straight through the night1
.hall we get into fights1
-ea$e the lights on1 7rop bombs1
7o tours of the east1 Contrat diseases1*ury bones1 *reak up homes1
.end flowers by phone1
Take to drink1 #o to shrinks1#i$e up meat1 6arely sleep1
Beep people as pets1
Train dogs1 6ae rats1
Fill the atti with ash1*ury treasure1 .tore up leisure1
*ut ne$er rela at all
"ith our baks to the wall!
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This song only appears in the mo$ie set to some mighty fine animation of a wall tearing down e$erything inits path! This song is a soial ommentary about how we aept moral deay and eessi$e materialism as
e$eryday life! It shows that we use these materialisti things to build up a wall between oursel$es and all
others! I partiularly like the last two lines/ )*ut ne$er rela at all( "ith our baks to the wall!) This showsthat we stress oursel$es out o$er petty things( o$er building our wall! 6ather than searh for a way through
the wall( we sit defeated( not aring about others( just about oursel$es( with our baks to the wall!
)*pty Spaces
"hat shall we use to fill the empty spaes
"here we used to talk1
%ow should I fill the final plaes1
%ow should I omplete the wall1Momentarily in the present( Pink has diso$ered his wife is heating on him and beomes sullen 2although
this outome is not a total shok when seeing that Pink hardly e$er paid attention to his wife3! In this song(
Pink asks his wife( in his mind( what they shall do now! The most important line in the short song is the lastone/ )%ow should I omplete the wall1) This shows us that Pink's wall is on the $erge of being finished( and
one it is omplete( Pink will be totally separated from the real world!
The empty spaes referred to in the song are not only the spae between he and his wife but also the fewremaining holes in Pink's wall yet to be filled in! Originally( )9mpty .paes) was supposed to appear before
)Another *rik In The "all part III)! In this position( ).paes)'s meaning is reinfored beause Pink is
asking what he should use to fill the remaining gaps( and then A*IT"H kiks in( answering Pink's +uestion!The answer is that e$eryone an be used/ )All in all it was all just briks in the wall0 All in all you were all
just briks in the wall!)
If you play )9mpty .paes) bakwards( your in for a surprise! Clik here to listen to the beginning of the
song bakwards! 5ou will here 6oger "aters say )Congratulations! 5ou ha$e just diso$ered the seretmessage! .end your answer to Old Pink in are of the funny farm!) And then a seond person says/ )6oger(
Carolyn is on the phone!) A little "aters humor or more symbolism1 5ou guessed it( more symbolism!
)9mpty .paes) is a transitional song! It marks one of the times in whih Pink loses touh with reality andhis sanity! Aording to the bakwards message( Old Pink is now at an insane asylum 2within his mind3
whih means that the new( fasist Pink is taking o$er! The Carolyn that is mentioned in the bakground is
6oger's wife! 6oger has often said that if it had not been for Carolyn( he would ha$e ended up insane likePink!
+oung $ustI am just a new boy(
.tranger in this town!"here are all the good times1
"ho's gonna show this stranger around1
Ooooh( I need a dirty woman!Ooooh( I need a dirty girl!
"ill some woman in this desert land
Make me feel like a real man1Take this rok and roll refugee
Oooh( baby set me free!
Ooooh( I need a dirty woman!Ooooh( I need a dirty girl!
)5oung -ust) shows the bakstage party after a Pink onert! In the song( and mo$ie( a bunh of groupies
infiltrate the after=onert party and one ends up being the luky one who goes bak to the hotel room with
Pink! Maybe Pink does this to get e$en with his heating wife! Though I was on$ined for a while that thissong was a flashbak( I am now ertain it takes plae in the present! I belie$ed it was a flashbak beause in
some songs( like this one( Pink's room is seen as being $ery high up( while in others( it appears his room is
on the ground floor beause he has a swimming pool outside of his room! "hat I finally reali&ed is that
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many )rit&y) hotel suites( like one a rok star would stay in( ha$e pools on their balonies( no matter howhigh up they are! Also( the blood from Pink's ut hand 2ut in the present during )One Of My Turns)3 an be
seen in the net song spreading in the pool that I mistakenly thought was on the ground floor!
#ne o" &y Turns
7ay after day( lo$e turns gray
-ike the skin of a dying man!
4ight after night( we pretend it's all right*ut I ha$e grown older and
5ou ha$e grown older and
4othing is $ery muh fun any more!
And I an feel one of my turns oming on!I feel old as a ra&or blade(
Tight as a tourni+uet(
7ry as a funeral drum!6un to the bedroom(
In the suitase on the left
5ou'll find my fa$orite ae!7on't look so frightened
This is just a passing phase(
One of my bad days!"ould you like to wath T,1
Or get between the sheets1
Or ontemplate the silent freeway1
"ould you like something to eat1"ould you like to learn to fly1
"ould 'ya1
"ould you like to see me try1"ould you like to all the ops1
7o you think it's time I stopped1
"hy are you running away1)One Of My Turns) douments Pink and the groupie from )5oung -ust) whih he has brought to his hotel
room! In the mo$ie( and heard on the album( Pink sits in a hair and wathes an old war mo$ie( perhapsreminding him of his dad( as the girl walks around looking and mar$eling at e$erything she sees! The song
starts soft and simple as Pink gently sings his little ballad! As with )5oung -ust)( the lyris to )One Of MyTurns) suggest that the e$ents taking plae are in the present and that he is singing to his wife( ommenting
on how their lo$e has turned gray and how their relationship has fallen apart! I belie$e these omments are
also made to lo$e in general( about how lo$e is fikle and an hange and grow older! Pink remarks that heis feeling lonely and stressed )As tight as a tourni+uet)( the tourni+uet being used to show Pink's use of
drugs! The song doesn't remain simple and +uiet for long!
Pink unepetedly beomes enraged and starts trashing the room while patroni&ing the groupie( asking hersuh +uestions as )"ould you like to wath T!,!( or get between the sheets( or ontemplate the silent
freeways( would you like something to eat1) and so on! This sudden unontrolled outburst of emotion has
been building within him like a $olano( but this isn't the first time it has $ented( as suggested by the lyris!)This is just a passing phase( one of my bad days!) It seems Pink has been through many of these phases
before( but( unfortunately the groupie did not know of his wild tendenies!
The mo$ie Pink is wathing is another interesting aspet of this song! It's an old war mo$ie alled )The
7ambusters)! .te$e >asper sent me this e=mail/ )'The 7ambusters' is essentially a biopi of *arnes "allis(the bloke who designed the bouning bomb! This was dropped by bombers onto #erman reser$oirs where it
bouned along the surfae of the water and then slowly sank to the bottom of the dam wall where it would
eplode( breahing the dam and flooding the $alley( ausing all the fatories to flood as well and thus halt
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the #erman steel prodution neessary for the war effort! In the "all film( '7ambusters' is on one of thehannels on the telly all the way through the se+uene with the T, in it!
=It's a war film all about blowing up walls!) Thank you .te$e for that inredible insight you ha$e shed on
this sene! p
!ont $ea%e &e 'o(
Ooooh babe( don't lea$e me now!
7on't say it's the end of the road!6emember the flowers I sent!
I need you( babe
To put through the shredder
In front of my friendsOoooh babe( don't lea$e me now!
%ow ould you go1
"hen you know how I need youTo beat to a pulp on a .aturday night
Ooooh babe( don't lea$e me now!
%ow an you treat me this way16unning away!
Ooooh babe!
"hy are you running away1Oooooh *abe
)7on't -ea$e Me 4ow) is a song in whih Pink addresses his adulterous wife in his mind( begging her to
stay! %e tries to remind her of all the great times they ha$e had and all the pleasant things he has done for
her/ )6emember the flowers I sent( I need you( *abe)! *ut just as he gets sentimental the mood shifts as headds )To put through the shredder( In front of my friends) and )To beat to a pulp on a .aturday night)!
"hile remembering their relationship( we see that there really wasn't muh lo$e there in the first plae if the
beatings Pink laims atually happened 2although these )beatings) are probably eaggerations of Pink'sdisturbed mind and represent his lo$e0hate feelings towards this woman whom he thought he was in lo$e
with! I think we an all relate to this onfliting feelings brought in the name of lo$e!3 It is also likely that
Pink didn't strike his wife( but rather he is feeling so hurt and repelled that he alms himself by thinking ofinfliting harm onto the one who hurt him! Pink finally asks one more +uestion/ )"hy are you running
away1) 4ot literally running away( as from home( but lea$ing him for another man and also running awayemotionally( though it is Pink who has been )running away) this whole time! This shows that Pink is
absolutely lueless when it omes to the surrounding world and his relationship! It's not astonishing that hiswife would look for lo$e in other plaes when she did not get it with her husband! Their break up is one of
the briks that Pink diretly aused!
Another Brick in the Wall, part -
I don't need no arms around me
And I don't need no drugs to alm me!
I ha$e seen the writing on the wall!7on't think I need anything at all!
4o8 7on't think I'll need anything at all!
All in all it was all just briks in the wall!All in all you were all just briks in the wall!
Part III of the )*rik In The "all) trilogy is my fa$orite! It takes plae during the present( with the wall
being $ery nearly ompleted! This song arries the anger( fear( angst( all the emotions of all the songs so far
on this album( and rolls them into one powerful tune! In this song( Pink rejets the world( laiming hedoesn't need the help of anyone or anything beause he has seen what real life is all about! %e has seen )the
writing on the wall!) A notieable differene in the lyris is rather than the singular brik in the wall
mentioned in the pre$ious two )*rik in the "all) songs( Part III delares that all were )briks) 2plural3 in
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the wall! This suggests that( unlike the pre$ious songs whih told of the wall being built( the wall is prettymuh ompleted by this third song! The briks are in plae!
In the mo$ie( we are shown senes from Pink's life intertwined with a riot! *oth life and rioting are similar
beause( like a riot( life is out of ontrol and beyond our own hands to shape it!
Goodbye .ruel World
#oodbye ruel world(
I'm lea$ing you today!#oodbye( goodbye( goodbye!
#oodbye( all you people(
There's nothing you an say
To make me hange my mind!#oodbye!
Though the lyris may sound like Pink is about to ommit suiide( that's not what the song really means!
2Although it does appear in the Top @ songs to kill yourself to!3 Pink is not lea$ing the ruel world bydeath( but he is lea$ing by beoming a reluse behind his wall! My fa$orite part about this song is the
ending! After the final )#oodbye)( the song abruptly ends( unlike its ounterpart )Outside The "all) in
whih the song's musi ontinues playing after Pink finishes singing! The abruptness represents Pink'saspiration to lea$e the world behind and take refuge where no one an reah him( behind the wall!
)#oodbye Cruel "orld) is the perfet ending to the first half of the album and mo$ie! In the mo$ie we are
shown Pink as he searhes for a hink( a way through his giganti wall! It's almost as if he suddenly reali&eswhat a huge mistake he has made!
ey +ou
%ey you( out there in the old
#etting lonely( getting old( an you feel me1%ey you( standing in the aisles
"ith ithy feet and fading smiles( an you feel me1
%ey you( don't help them to bury the light7on't gi$e in without a fight!
%ey you( out there on your own
.itting naked by the phone( would you touh me1%ey you( with you ear against the wall
"aiting for someone to all out( would you touh me1%ey you( would you help me to arry the stone1
Open your heart( I'm oming home!*ut it was only fantasy!
The wall was too high( as you an see!
4o matter how he tried( he ould not break free!And the worms ate into his brain!
%ey you( out there on the road
Always doing what you're told( an you help me1%ey you( out there beyond the wall(
*reaking bottles in the hall( an you help me1
%ey you( don't tell me there's no hope at allTogether we stand( di$ided we fall!
)%ey 5ou)( another well known trak from )The "all)( yet unfortunately it was left out of the mo$ie! It is a
entreaty from Pink as he reali&es that being bloked off from the world is not as profiient as he thought it
would be! In this song( Pink is alling for the help of anyone who might be able to hear him beyond his wallIt almost appears to be an instrution book set by Pink to those of us already onstruting a wall/ )7on't help
them to bury the light0 don't gi$e in without a fight!) This might also be a plea for the outside world to help
him out from his wall( a plea for those outside not to help )them) bury the light within Pink himself! Pink
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then goes on to plead for help in arrying )the stone() the burden that has been plaed on him throughout hislife and throughout the making of his wall!
After the guitar solo another $oie( maybe the $oie of reality( begins singing! It says that Pink's belief that
someone ould atually help him now is )only fantasy) beause his wall is too high and too strong/ there isno way in or out now! )4o matter how he tried he ould not break free!) Though he struggles( Pink will not
be able to free himself from the massi$e barrier he enthusiastially reated! )And the worms ate into his
brain!) This lyri introdues the metaphor of the worms! "orms( in traditional literature( symboli&e twothings! The first( a symbol of death and deay! The seond interpretation is Bnowledge! The worms ha$e
eaten into Pink's brain( showing the degradation and deay of a normal mind into a psyhoti mind! It shows
a hange 2a rebirth of sorts!!!although in this ase( the rebirth is not benefiial3 through death! As a symbol
for knowledge/ the worms are knowledge of real life that Pink learned of at an early age( ausing him to build his wall! One he barriaded himself from the world( he learned that onditions behind the wall aren't
as pleasant as he thought they would be! The worms eating into his brain are the true knowledge of reality/
though it is useful to fortify one's self from the hard times of life( it an also be dangerous when one bloksout the good along with the bad times by building a entire wall!
After the grim $oie of reality speaks( Pink begins singing again( but instead of asking for someone to )feel)
or )touh) him( he gets right to the point and pleads for someone to )help) him! In the last lyri( )Togetherwe stand( di$ided we fall) Pink reali&es his fault in building a omplete wall! %e reali&es that( though
sometimes a nuisane( people need eah other! And when one tries to beome independent of all others( they
most surely fall!
Is There Anybody #ut There?
Is there anybody out there1
Is there anybody out there1
Is there anybody out there1Is there anybody out there1 2followed by a wonderful aousti piee3
This song is the hardest one to analy&e! 2sarasm3 Containing only one lyri( )Is There Anybody Out
There1) is a plea from the imprisoned Pink( alling for the attention of anyone beyond his wall! In themo$ie( Pink ontinually slams against the wall( trying to bust through( but as )%ey 5ou) said( )It was only
fantasy0 The wall was too high as you an see!0 4o matter how he tried he ould not break free!!!)! After the
haunting $oies end there plaguing problemati petition( the aousti guitar leads in! In my opinion( this isone of the greatest piees on )The "all) and it is one of the greatest aousti piees in reorded history!
"hat Pink is onstruting in his hotel room is still a mystery! In an inter$iew( 6oger "aters stated that )IsThere Anybody Out There1) is no more than a little sphere=piee( meant to reate an atmosphere of
isolation( also a main theme in )%ey( 5ou) and )4obody %ome)! 2Thanks Maikel Aarts3! Many peopleresponded that they think Pink is building a replia of army barraks with battle bunkers and runways!
%owe$er( the eplanation I tend to agree with was sent in by #ogul -e$iathon! %e states/ )Conerning the
thing Pink was onstruting in )Is There Anybody Out There1)( I belie$e that it wasn't anything or shape in partiular( but rather something to show his need to li$e an ordered and organi&ed 2up to the point of mania3
life! I'm sure you reall the absolute haos of his apartment at the start of )7on't -ea$e Me 4ow)! For Pink
to transform this into a painfully aurate design shows the fragile and tenuous state he was in! Mo$ing aCoke an a few entimeters( replaing the guitar nek he knoked( seems silly to anyone else( but to Pink( it
was not only neessary but essential to ha$e it perfet!) *ill 6omanelli 24ewboy3 stated that )onstruting
the 'bunker' or whate$er it is( from the debris in the room is the final epression of his reati$ity andindi$iduality( and e$en his sanity( before he surrenders and disappears behind the wall into madness! I think
what he builds is a monument to the reati$ity and inspiring beauty of his human spirit!) 2Thanks *ill3!
'obody o*e
I'$e got a little blak book with my poems in!#ot a bag with a toothbrush and a omb in!
"hen I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in!
I got elasti bands keeping my shoes on!
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#ot those swollen hand blues!#ot thirteen hannels of shit on the T!,! to hoose from!
I'$e got eletri light!
And I'$e got seond sight!I'$e got ama&ing powers of obser$ation!
And that is how I know
"hen I try to get throughOn the telephone to you
There will be nobody home!
I'$e got the obligatory %endri perm!
And the ine$itable pinhole burnsAll down the front of my fa$orite satin shirt!
I'$e got niotine stains on my fingers!
I'$e got a sil$er spoon on a hain!I'$e got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains!
I'$e got wild staring eyes!
And I'$e got a strong urge to fly!*ut I got nowhere to fly to!
Ooooh( *abe when I pik up the phone
There's still nobody home!I'$e got a pair of #ohills boots
And I got fading roots!
This song is relati$ely simple to analy&e! *asially( the lyris tell all!!!no hidden meaning really! One lyri
that many people ha$e +uestions about is )those swollen hand blues!) "hy would Pink ha$e swollen hands!%ere is an eplanation gi$en by 6ob! )"hen 'swollen hand blues' is sung( it may be referring to heroin
injetions as addits often de$elop swollen hands!) The swollen hands may also refer to Pink's hildhood
illness( hinted at in )Comfortably 4umb) during whih his hands )felt just like two balloons!) Pink is goingthrough possessions and problems( addressing his adulterous wife! )"hen I try to get through(0 on the
telephone to you(0 there will be nobody home!) .imply( no matter how muh he tries( he will ne$er get an
answer beause she knows that he found out about her affair! Through this song( simple as it is( a lot ofemotion( mostly grief and self=pity( is arried through 6oger "aters' $oie!
Another interpretation( offered by >eremy 7aneils/ )This is my fa$orite song on the album beause it has adeeper emotional resonane that few people reali&e! It is( in many ways( stating that he who has all
e$entually has nothing! Pink's superstar status has gi$en him rihes( power( and more se and drugs than hean handle! %e has all of this( and yet he has a reali&ation that this means nothing! There are literally
thousands of rok stars with e$erything he has! %e begins to regress( to ra$e the pure( non=seual lo$e he
got as a hild( before he was 'Pink Floyd'! I think this is really "aters talking here! '4obody %ome' is ametaphor for the lost opportunities of suburban( monogamous bliss Pink feels he ould eperiene if he had
not strayed so far from his wife!)
7uring )4obody %ome)( the mo$ie 'The 7ambusters' is one again playing on the tele$ision! 2For asynopsis of 'The 7ambusters'( refer to the )One Of My Turns) analysis!3 More from .te$e >asper/ )The
se+uene we hear( arguably one of the saddest in inemati history( is the death of 4igger the dog! The dog
is owned by one of the pilots who's on the raid and the dog is wandering around the air=base as he often did!*ut he gets lost beause his master isn't around( The posh sounding offier laughs and turns hims away( and
somebody else tells him he isn't supposed to be where he is! .o he arries on wandering around! The dog
then gets run o$er 2by one of the offiers( I think( but whoe$er it is beomes $ery onerned3! People reali&e
and run around to hek if he's alright( but he dies! And e$eryone's sad and they think of it as a bad omen forthe raid 2although the raid goes well3! The fat is that this learly works on different le$els! For a start( in
'The 7ambusters'( the death of the dog an be seen as a metaphor for the people dying in the ar( but more
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apparent o us is the onnetion between 4igger and Pink! Pink's dad isn't there and Pink gets sort of lost!)Thanks one again( to .te$e >asper!
/era
7oes anybody here remember ,era -ynn16emember how she said that
"e would meet again
.ome sunny day1,era8 ,era8
"hat has beome of you1
7oes anybody else in here
Feel the way I do1Prior to what I thought( ,era -ynn was a singer in "orld "ar II who was fanied by the 9uropean fores(
espeially the *ritish! One of her songs is )"e'll Meet Again) whih is referred to in the lyris to ),era)/
)6emember how she said that we would meet again some sunny day)! This song is a hildhood refletion of Pink( but it's main purpose is to set a war theme whih arries on to )*ring The *oys *ak %ome!) 2.peial
thanks to Phil 9$ens for telling me who ,era -ynn is!3
%ere's some additional information about ,era -ynn submitted by *radley .tapleton/ ,era -ynn was born,era Margaret -ewis in @J@K and beame a *ritish singer who was etremely popular in "orld "ar II! The
lyris to )"e'll Meet Again) the song alluded to in ),era) go as follows/ )"e'll meet again0 7on't know
where0 7on't know when0 *ut I know we'll meet again some sunny day! 0 Beep smilin' through0 >ust like youalways do0 'Till the blue skies dri$e the dark louds far away! 0 .o will you please say hello0 To the folks that
I know0 Tell them that it won't be long!0 They'll be happy to know0 That as you saw me go0 I was singing
this song! 0 "e'll meet again0 7on't know where0 7on't know when0 *ut I know we'll meet again some
sunny day!)
Bring the Boys Back o*e
*ring the boys bak home!
*ring the boys bak home!7on't lea$e the hildren on their own( no( no!
*ring the boys bak home!
)*ring The *oys *ak %ome() is a ontinuation of the war theme set during ),era -ynn) and pre$ioussongs! In the mo$ie( the people at the railway station sing this as they meet up with family members who
sur$i$ed "orld "ar II! .adly enough( young Pink( though probably aware that his father is dead( still hashope that his dad is still ali$e and therefore begins to searh for him at the station! In the song( the iti&ens
implore that all the soldiers should be brought bak home beause the hildren should not grow up without afather 2whih is Pink's ase3 or brother or unle( et!!
.o*"ortably 'u*b
%ello( is there anybody in there1>ust nod if you an hear me!
Is there anyone at home1
Come on( now( I hear you're feeling down!"ell I an ease your pain
#et you on your feet again!
6ela( I'll need some information first!>ust the basi fats!
Can you show me where it hurts1
There is no pain you are reeding
A distant ship( smoke on the hori&on!5ou are only oming through in wa$es!
5our lips mo$e but I an't hear what you're saying!
"hen I was a hild I had a fe$er
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My hands felt just like two balloons! 4ow I'$e got that feeling one again
I an't eplain( you would not understand
This is not how I am!I ha$e beome omfortably numb!
Ok( just a little pinprik!
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah8*ut you may feel a little sik!
Can you stand up1
I do belie$e it's working( good!
That'll keep you going through the showCome on it's time to go!
There is no pain you are reeding
A distant ship( smoke on the hori&on!5ou are only oming through in wa$es!
5our lips mo$e but I an't hear what you're saying!
"hen I was a hild I aught a fleeting glimpseOut of the orner of my eye!
I turned to look but it was gone
I annot put my finger on it nowThe hild is grown( the dream is gone!
I ha$e beome omfortably numb
)Comfortably 4umb) is one of the most reogni&ed Pink Floyd songs from )The "all)( all for good reason/
it is e+ually interesting as it is entertaining! nonsious due to the drugs and reolletions( Pink is found inhis hotel room by his manager and a group of others who are trying to get him to one of his own onerts!
The $oie 26oger "aters3 that sings the first and seond $erse is either the manager or a dotor( but most
likely a dotor! The dotor is trying to awaken Pink and get him mo$ing( as he does this he asks him+uestions to see if Pink an omprehend him( eg! )%ello( is there anybody in there10 >ust nod if you an hear
me!0 Is there anyone home1) For a hange( someone is trying to get through to Pink( )is there anybody in
there1) almost in answer of Pink's earlier +uestion )Is there anybody out there1) The dotor then goes on tosay that he an ease Pink's pain as long as Pink shows him )where it hurts!) The most interesting thing about
the $erse part of the song is "aters' $oie! The wa$iness and dream=like sound of his $oie truly sound likehe is alling through the ha&e and muddle that is Pink's brain! .ome ha$e e$en written me and said that the
$oie is the drug2s3 that Pink has taken and that the dotor injets into him!At this point( Pink 27a$id #ilmour3 begins to sing( saying that he feels no pain and that the dotor's $oie is
drifting away! As Pink falls into his mind( he sees images from his hildhood( )A distant shipE's smoke on
the hori&on!) The dotors $oie is )only oming through in wa$es) and Pink an see the dotor talking butan't +uite make out what he is saying! Then Pink goes straight to the memories of his hildhood! %e tells of
the fe$er he had when he was hild( the sikness whih was first told of in the mo$ie $ersion of )Mother)/
)Am I really dying1) %e then desribes the sikness( )My hands felt just like two balloons!) %e was feelingswollen and fe$erish! 4ow Pink feels the same way 2as a result of the drugs3 yet the dotor would not
understand! )I ha$e beome omfortably numb!) Pink has beome numb to his present illness and to the
painful memories as well as to the world around him! %e has been numbed through drugs to physialailments and by the use of his wall( Pink has numbed himself to the problems of the world!
7uring the horus in the mo$ie( young Pink is shown finding a rat in a field and taking it home to his
mother! .he is frightened by the reature and fores Pink to remo$e the rodent from the house! Pink takes
the rodent to a wooden shed and lea$es it there in a bed of hay! -ater( Pink returns to find the rat has died!Taking the rat by the tail( the hild throws it into the ri$er! The +uestion is )"hy suh an odd sene with a
rat that has nothing to do with the story1) I belie$e one reason the rat was used was to show how Pink
beame infeted with a sikness whih nearly killed him in hildhood! It also shows Pink's ompassionate
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side( something we don't see muh when he is an adult! It an also be interpreted in a Psyhodynami wayusing the theories of .igmund Freud! The rat is a symbol of Pink's $ery being/ he has projeted A-- OF
T%9 9OMOTIO4. he has e$er felt( espeially those felt as a result of his father's death( onto this little
reature! %e learns from his mother that epressing those emotions is wrong 2the mother rejets them( therat( foring Pink to hide them in a shed!3 "hen the rat dies( a part of Pink dies as well! %e sees that life is
not bright and heery( that it is full of death and disappointment! .o what does he do with these emotions1
%e tosses them( along with the rat( into the muddy water! Psyhoanalysts 2those who follow the teahings of Freud3 belie$e that water 2espeially in dreams3 is a symbol of the unonsious mind! Therefore( when Pink
throws the rat into the water( he is 69A--5 pushing his feelings and emotions into his unonsious( an ego=
defense mehanism known as repression!
.urprisingly( the majority of e=mails I reei$e are about the rat8 %ere are a few interpretations/ Marosuggests that the rat is )a sort of twisted illusion( a thing in whih he put many hopes! %e then shows it to
his mother who disards the little animal! 4et( Pink finds the rat dead( all his hopes are broken and thrown
into the ri$er!) The ri$er( in my own opinion( is a major symbol of the unonsious( so aording to Maro(his shattered hopes and illusions are thrust into his unonsious! They are oppressed until they ome bak
with full fore later in Pink's life! Allen Myers suggests that the rat is a sort of symbol of Pink! "hen Pink
finds the rat( it is sik and he ares for the reature! %owe$er( when Pink himself beomes sik( his motheralls in the dotor( but ultimately lea$es him alone in the dark!
In the seond $erse( the dotor begins to speak to the da&ed Pink! %e gi$es Pink a shot whih will take away
the pain! Aording to 6ob 2a Floyd fan who e=mailed me3( this shot is not supposed to take away the pain( but add to it! )In Comfortably 4umb( when the dotor gi$es Pink an injetion( it may not be to take away
the pain! If you remember( he sreams after the injetion! It might be 4aran( whih is an opiate antagonist
often gi$en to heroin abusers when they enter emergeny rooms! It kills their high immediately! %owe$er( if
they're suffering from paranoid delusions 2the wall( the ditator3 it would not help those!) %e Ethe dotorthen gets Pink to stand up and noties that the shot is working! )That'll keep you going through the show!)
4ormally( )the show) is a metaphor for life( but in this $erse( I think it simply means the onert Pink is
about to perform!Pink takes o$er the song again( still immersed in hildhood memories! )"hen I was a hild I aught a
fleeting glimpse0 Out of the orner of my eye!) A fleeting glimpse of what1 That's hard to determine! I think
he briefly saw the knowledge of the wall and it's effets in proportion to his whole life! It's almost like asemi=epiphany/ he sees the osmi piture( how the world is inter=related! It's the lassi )pebble in the
pond) metaphor! If you drop a tiny pebble into a pond it reates ripples whih affet the entire pond! It mightalso imply that this is the first time Pink sees that the world is not all bright and heery! As a hild( he saw
that life is harsh and unrelenting 2muh like the $oie instruted in )The Thin Ie)3! Another interpretation(gi$en by Casey( states/ )I think this Ethe fleeting glimpse is a flashbak to his hildhood and he thinks he
has spotter his father! %e is still hoping Ehis father is still ali$e! Then( as he grows older( he has finally
aepts the fat that his father is dead!) As a hild he momentarily saw the reality of life and stark death!)The hild is grown(0 the dream is gone!) -ittle Pink in all his innoene has grown up and his dreams( his
hopes ha$e all disappeared! *ill 6omanelli writes/ )My theory is that it's a fleeting glimpse of a life( and a
world( without walls! 9$eryone on the planet at one time or another wishes they ould go bak to theinnoene of their hildhood( that they ould see the world through the eyes of a hild! All of us( when we're
hildren( ha$e this fleeting glimpse! I think it's 'fleeting' beause this 'innoene' of hildhood probably only
lasts until we're three of four years old( and few of us are e$en fully self aware before we're two years old!That means for two years of our life 2pratially an instant in a L year life we eist in a state where we
feel safe( ared for( and untroubled! "e're ompletely undistrated by material onerns( egos( and so on!
And we trust e$erybody( impliitly! And then it's gone! The hild has grown( the dream 2of a world without
walls3 is gone!) 2Thank you $ery muh *ill for your outstanding interpretation!3In the mo$ie( there are +uik shots between present day Pink as he is being dressed and arried to his
onert and a long row of people( suh as his father( teaher( dotor( soldiers( all who helped ontribute a
brik to his wall!
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)The .how Must #o On) is another song that was ut from the mo$ie! It is a short tune in whih Pink
+uestions his new state! 2the lyris in italis are printed on the lyri sheet but aren't sung!3 Pink states thethings he didn't reali&e when he was building his wall! )I didn't mean to let them take away my soul!!!) 4et
he wonders if )%e is too old is it too late1) Pink is wondering if he is too old or too late to start anew( to tear
down his wall and try to mo$e on with what is left of his life( or if he should e$en try beause death is
always lurking around the orner! It ould also be a ontemplation of suiide! Pink has reali&ed the enormityof his burden and wonders whether he would be better off killing himself( thus ending )the show)! Pink
deides that( like his onert( the )show) a metaphor for his life( must go on!
In the Flesh
.o ya( thought ya
Might like to go to the show!
To feel that warm thrill of onfusion(That spae adet glow!
I'$e got some bad news for you sunshine(Pink isn't well( he stayed bak at the hotel
And they sent us along as a surrogate band"e're gonna find out where you folks really stand!
Are there any +ueers in the theater tonight1
#et them up against the wall8There's one in the spotlight( he don't look right to me(
#et him up against the wall8
That one looks >ewish8And that one's a oon8
"ho let all of this riff=raff into the room1
There's one smoking a joint(And another with spots8
If I had my way(
I'd ha$e all of you shot8
)In The Flesh) 2notie there is no +uestion mark3 takes us to Pink's onert! nlike the first )In The Flesh1)(the seond is not about birth but rather about life? it shows how people an foolishly and blindly follow the
$iews of a role model and how role models an maliiously eerise their power! In the song( Pink
regretfully informs the audiene that )Pink isn't well( he stayed bak at the hotel!) In other words( the old
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Pink has been left behind and new Pink( the produt of the wall( has gained ditatorial power! To test thefans' de$otion( Pink orders that all the minorities be plaed up against the wall( then laiming that if he had
his way( all the )+ueers!!!>ewish!!!oons!!!) would be shot! T%I. .O4# .%O-7 4OT *9 TAB94 A. A
6ACIA- *A--A7888 This song is used to show( as was said earlier( the tyrannial role models hold o$erthe people and it shows how the role models get lost in their power( muh like Pink( who beomes a %itler
type harater( ruling o$er his followers and wishing to diminish the minorities!
%ere is another interpretation of this song as stated by 6a$en/ )!!!Pink performs this song beause( well( let'shear Pink eplain 2in my words? I think Pink would say this3/ '#ee( my father died( my wife left( and I
finally find a nie little spot bak here where I an wither in peae( and instead of either lea$ing me alone or
helping me( you shoot me up and 4O" you want me to gi$e a onert to a bunh of faeless people I don't
know1 FI498 I'll gi$e you a onert!!!M5 "A58' *eing $ery bitter and angry( Pink 'gets e$en' with e$eryone by spewing hate all o$er the fans!) 2Thanks for the interpretation( 6a$en!3
A signifiant symbol whih appears again is the hammer! Instead of a swastika( the symbol of the na&is(
Pink uses the hammer! As I stated earlier( the hammers( in this song and throughout the rest of the album(represent oppression by fore! *asially( if you don't submit( you will be beaten into submission! In this
ase( the hammer is used to tear down the moral fabri of soiety 2muh like the 4a&is3 and used to build up
hatred!Martin Plamondon e=mailed me this information/ )In @JKK( in the tour for the album Animals( a tour named
the In The Flesh Tour( at the last or one of the last onerts of the tour( 6oger was getting really alienated by
the large stadium rowds! In that speifi onert in Montreal( uebe( Canada( 6oger got angry at one ofthe fans in one of the first rows! This person( like he said in an inter$iew later( wasn't really aring about the
onert and was kind of influening other fans around him( whih bugged 6oger! At one point in the
onert( 6oger just got that person to the front row( gripped him( an spat on his fae! After that onert(
6oger felt guilty about what he had done! %e reali&ed at what point he was alienated by the large rowdswhere there's no feeling of intimate relation with the fans like they used to ha$e before they beame famous!
Feeling guilty about that( 6oger started to think of something to keep him from repeating that at again and
slowly in his mind( the onept of the "all grew!)
0un $ike ell
5ou better make your fae up in
5our fa$orite disguise!"ith your button down lips and your
6oller blind eyes!"ith your empty smile and your hungry heart!
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past!"ith your ner$es in tatters
As the okleshell shatters
And the hammers batter down the door!5ou better run!
5ou better run all day and run all night!
And keep your dirty feelings deep inside!And if you're taking your girlfriend out tonight
5ou better park the ar well out of sight!
Cause if they ath you in the bak seatTrying to pik her loks(
They're gonna send you bak to mother
In a ardboard bo!
5ou better run!)6un -ike %ell) is a ontinuation of )In The Flesh)! It ser$es as Pink's warning to all those who will not
follow him or who are )different)! )5ou better make your fae up in your fa$orite disguise() Pink warns(
threatening that one should either play by his rules( pretend to play by his rules( or run like hell( beause
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those who don't onform will be sent home )!!!in a ardboard bo!)*ill 6omanelli wrote/ )7uring "orld "ar II( all the >ews in 4a&i #ermany were rounded up and fored in
ghettos within some major ities! The sene in )The "all) in )6un -ike %ell) is 2in my opinion3 a re=
reation of an e$ent alled )Brystalnaht)( or )rystal night)( when 4a&i stormtroopers raided the ghettos(shooting( looting( and so on! The term )rystal night) ame about from all the broken glass on the streets
and sidewalks whih glittered in the moonlight! The analysis says the message in )6un -ike %ell) is Pink
saying 'you'd better play by my rules or you better run!' 6e=enating Brystalnat is appropriate here( as the 4a&i's are saying to the >ews( you are not like us( you will ne$er be like us( and you must be eliminated! If
you think you an esape( you better run!) 2One again( thank you *ill!3
Waiting "or the Wor*s
Ooooh( you annot reah me nowOoooh( no matter how you try
#oodbye( ruel world( it's o$er
"alk on by!.itting in a bunker here behind my wall
"aiting for the worms to ome!
In perfet isolation here behind my wall"aiting for the worms to ome!
"aiting to ut out the deadwood!
"aiting to lean up the ity!"aiting to follow the worms!
"aiting to put on a blak shirt!
"aiting to weed out the weaklings!
"aiting to smash in their windowsAnd kik in their doors!
"aiting for the final solution
To strengthen the strain!"aiting to follow the worms!
"aiting to turn on the showers
And fire the o$ens!"aiting for the +ueers and the oons
and the reds and the >ews!"aiting to follow the worms!
"ould you like to see *ritannia6ule again( my friend1
All you ha$e to do is follow the worms!
"ould you like to send our olored ousins%ome again( my friend1
All you need to do is follow the worms!
)"aiting For The "orms) is the third and final song to disuss the tyranny theme! It begins with Pink sayingthat no one an reah him now behind his wall( so just walk on by! It shows that Pink has just about gi$en
up his searh for a way out of his self=made prison! Pink now sits patiently )!!!in a bunker) 2"ar theme3
behind his wall waiting for the worms to ome( waiting for knowledge and enlightenment or waiting fordeath and deay of the rest of Old Pink! )In perfet isolation here behind my wall!) Pink got what he
wanted( perfet isolation( whih is what he was seeking when building the wall( yet one his isolation is
gained( he omprehends the full meaning of the word!
At this point( Pink's autorati side kiks in! "alking down the street with his loyal de$otees( Pink shoutsoff numerous threats slurs to frighten the people! After all( he is allowed to do this beause he is FAMO.!
)"aiting to turn on the showers and fire the o$ens!) This lyri( abo$e all( is a referene to %itler and "orld
"ar II in whih N million >ews were killed in the gas showers and burned in the o$ens! .ymbolially( Pink
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has beome the $ery thing whih played a part in his father's death( the fore that one was held by %itler(the fore of tyranny and oppression! It's most likely that these things don't atually happen in the real world(
only within Pink's $ery disturbed mind in whih he fanies himself no less than a god!
6yan Meekins wrote/ )The line 'waiting for the final solution' is harateristi of the %oloaust! The finalsolution was %itler's third and final stage of his warfare in whih he saw he was not winning the war the
way he wanted! The final solution was basially his deision to go full fore with the killing of the >ews! It
was during this time that most were killed!) 2Thanks 6yan3!.agi wrote/ )The fasist harater might be based on a *ritish politiian who's name is .ir Oswald Mosely
2spelling13 who established the *ritish=fasist party! Their sign was a megaphone! .ome of his slogans an
be reogni&ed in '"aiting For The "orms'!) 2Thanks .agi!3
Stop
.top8
I wanna go home
Take off this uniformAnd lea$e the show!
*ut I'm waiting in this ell
*eause I ha$e to know!%a$e I been guilty all this time1
Pink sheds off his domineering demeanor and reali&es what he has beome! %e states that he wants to go
home and lea$e the show? he wants to kill himself and lea$e life! *ut the only reason Pink has stayed aroundin his ell( his body and life( is beause he has to know if he's been guilty of e$erything he has done/ for
building his wall( beoming numb to his world( beoming an oppressor! %e wants to know if he is the only
one to blame for these things or not! It appears that Pink has gained feelings )of an almost human nature()
whih are disussed in )The Trial)!In the mo$ie( Pink sits by a toilet( reading poems from his little blak book! If you listen losely( you an
hear Pink read0sing )7o you remember me1 %ow we used to be1 7o you think we should be loser1) whih
is a lyri from )Possible Pasts) off the Floyd album )The Final Cut)! Many say )The Final Cut) is the se+uelto )The "all)! Indeed( many of the same themes are present and e$en a few of the songs seem to be about
Pink( suh as the song )The Final Cut) in whih the harater( who I presume to be Pink( is about to slit his
wrists with a knife when the phone rings! )I held the blade in trembling hands( prepared to make it but!!!justthen the phone rang! I ne$er had the ner$e to make the final ut!) Pink also mumbles other lyris from
6oger "aters' solo album )The Pros and Cons of %ithhiking) 2whih was onei$ed and written at thesame time as )The "all)3! The lyris are/ )And I put out my hand just to touh your soft hair0 To make sure
in the darkness that you were still there0 And I ha$e to admit0 I was just a little afraid( oh yeah0 *ut then!!!)*rad Baye points out/ )6ight before the transition between '.top' and 'The Trial' the lyris say '.o I'm
waiting in this ell beause I ha$e to know0 %a$e I been guilty all this time1' 7uring the atual transition
'Time!!!to know! Time!!!to know! Time!!!to know!' is ehoed o$er and o$er until the trial se+uene begins!7oes this possibly foreshadow the impending judgment1 If so( it is a stroke of genius by "aters and
ompany!) 2Thanks *rad! I'd ha$e to agree!3
The Trial
#ood morning( "orm your honor!
The rown will plainly show
The prisoner who now stands before you"as aught red=handed showing feelings
.howing feelings of an almost human nature!
This will not do!
Call the shoolmaster8I always said he'd ome to no good
In the end your honor!
If they'd let me ha$e my way I ould ha$e
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-et him get away with murder!-et me hammer him today!
Cra&y!!! toys in the atti I am ra&y(
Truly gone fishing!They must ha$e taken my marbles away!
Cra&y( toys in the atti! %e is ra&y!
5ou little shit you're in it now(
I hope they throw away the key!5ou should ha$e talked to me more often
Than you did( but no!
5ou had to go your own way( ha$e you*roken any homes up lately1
>ust fi$e minutes( "orm your honor(
%im and Me( alone!*aaaabe8
Come to mother baby( let me hold you in my arms!
M'-ord I ne$er wanted him to get in any trouble!"hy'd he e$er ha$e to lea$e me1
"orm( your honor( let me take him home!
Cra&y( o$er the rainbow( I am ra&y(
*ars in the window!There must ha$e been a door there in the wall
"hen I ame in!
Cra&y( o$er the rainbow( he is ra&y!The e$idene before the ourt is inontro$ertible
There's no need for the jury to retire!
In all my years of judging I ha$e ne$er heard beforeOf someone more deser$ing of the full penalty of law!
The way you made them suffer(5our e+uisite wife and mother(
Fills me with the urge to defeate8.ine( my friend( you ha$e re$ealed your deepest fear
I sentene you to be eposed before your peers!
Tear down the wall8 4ot enough an be said about this song! I barely an srath the surfae of it( let alone the whole album( but
I will try! *eause of his impending guilt( Pink is taken to ourt in his mind where he is tried for showing
)feelings of an almost human nature!) The first witness alled by the proseutor is Pink's shoolmaster wholaims that he ould ha$e beaten Pink into shape if the )bleeding hearts and artists) didn't get in the way!
The shoolmaster blames Pink's outome on Pink alone! %e ends on the note that he an still )hammer him
today!)Pink then sings briefly of his insanity! )Cra&y!!!toys in the atti! I am ra&y!) The net witness alled is
Pink's wife( who blames their broken marriage on Pink! )5ou should ha$e talked to me more often than you
did( but no8 5ou had to go your own way ha$e you broken any homes up lately1) %is wife( like his
shoolmaster( ends on the note of re$enge! )>ust fi$e minutes "orm your honor( him and me alone!)The net and final witness is Pink's mother who still shows signs of her o$erproteti$e nature! )*ut I ne$er
wanted him to get in any trouble! "hy'd he e$er ha$e to lea$e me1) Pink's mother ends her testimony
begging the judge to let her take Pink home!
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Pink again sings of his insanity!The >udge is ready to gi$e Pink's sentene( laiming that ne$er before had he seen one more deser$ing of
punishment than Pink! It angers the judge to see one who has wrongfully treated his )e+uisite wife and
mother) 2notie the shoolmaster isn't mentioned3 though I think Pink's mother is more to blame than Pink!The sentene/ Pink must not hide behind his wall anymore! %e must now destroy his wall so that he will no
longer be )omfortably numb) to the world around him!
This judgment has positi$e and negati$e aspets to it! In the positi$e( Pink will no longer be self=absorbedand will be able to get on with his life! In the negati$e( Pink will be totally $ulnerable to the harshness of
life! 4o remnants of his wall will remain( thus gi$ing him not the least bit of protetion from the hostility of
life!
Throughout the trial( Pink is shown as being a rag doll! %e no longer ares that he is being proseuted! %e's just a doll being tossed around from auser to auser( oasionally whimpering 2)ra&y( o$er the
rainbow)3 but ne$er defending himself! Thanks to >eremy 6ie for that interpretation! Perhaps he is not
defending himself beause he knows with absolute ertainty that he is to blame for all his own misfortunes!
#utside the Wall
All alone( or in twos(
The ones who really lo$e you"alk up and down outside the wall!
.ome hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands!The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand!
And when they'$e gi$en you their all
.ome stagger and fall( after all it's not easy*anging your heart against some mad bugger's wall!
)Outside The "all) is less about Pink than it is about the lo$ed ones of those who are imprisoned behind a
wall! )The ones who really lo$e you) walk outside the wall( trying to make ontat with those within! Thosewho try with all their hearts to ontat those within the wall sometimes )stagger and fall)( muh like Pink's
wife who turns to another man when her husband does not respond to her many attempts to bring him out
from behind the massi$e stone struture! )it's not easy banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall!)The most memorable part of this song for me is the sene whih aompanies it in the mo$ie! 5oung
hildren gather the $arious roks and debris from a fallen wall and plae these items in a toy dump truk!"hen wathing this sene I am always pu&&led! Are the hildren gathering the items to disard or are they
symbolially olleting the briks for their own wall1.omething 6a$en pointed out to me whih got me thinking was the little kid at the end who has the Molito$
oktail! )%e tastes it and then pours it out! I think this is a person( starting to hate( tasting it( then( unlike
Pink( throws it away instead of drinking it!) 2One again( many thanks to 6a$en!3
