Friday, June 24, 2005

Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb

Hello.
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone home?

Come on, now.
I hear you’re feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain,
Get you on your feet again.

Relax.
I need some information first.
Just the basic facts:
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re sayin’.
When I was a child I had a fever.
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I got that feeling once again.
I can’t explain, you would not understand.
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.

Ok.
Just a little pinprick. [ping]
There’ll be no more --aaaaaahhhhh!
But you may feel a little sick.

Can you stand up?
I do believe it’s working. good.
That’ll keep you going for the show.
Come on it’s time to go.

There is no pain, you are receding.
A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re sayin’.
When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse,
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone.
I cannot put my finger on it now.
The child is grown, the dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.

( ref: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pink-floyd/108779.html )
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I was in Mahabaleshwar on a management training program, when a colleague of mine (a good guitarist and a bigtime Pink floyd fan) played this song on guitar. I learned a lot from him about guitar playing.

This one is totally a lyrics-favorite, yeah it's a great tune and good guitar ... but it just had to be for such a good lyrics, you know what I mean? The second verse where the drug is talking back to the person -- now that's Pink Floyd! Wow! Now I haven't taken cocaine or any those kind of drugs, but this is how it would feel I'm sure. ( Don't worry, not trying it :D )

1 Comments:

Blogger Prashant said...

one of the great charsi songs ;)... Trust me clatix, it sounds doubly good when u're high... I've had a lot of first hand experience of that :)

7:39 PM  

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