Were they there back then In The Flesh?
This group of musicians coming together
Seemingly skating on The Thin Ice
Of a new musical genre.
They started Part One
With Another Brick In The Wall,
And to me they created
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives.
To confirm it they went to Part Two,
And laid Another Brick In The Wall.
They saw a Mother with a Child
Looking up into the void
As if to say Goodbye Blue Sky,
All they saw were Empty Spaces.
They were of an age where Young Lust
Just seemed to be One Of My Turns,
They wanted to move away
But I begged them,
“Don't Leave Me Now”
But they just went on to Part Three,
And just put Another Brick In The Wall.
They went off to another place
Saying Goodbye Cruel World,
They called over the wall,
“Hey You, Is There Anybody Out There?”
But there was Nobody Home.
Has the sunny day gone
That Vera sang about so long ago,
Did she help us all,
Bring The Boys Back Home.
We sit her in our freedom
Feeling so Comfortably Numb,
The Show Must Go On,
And we must go on In The Flesh.
If we are wrong
We must Run Like Hell,
Or we may just be Waiting For The Worms
But then we may have to Stop,
And end up at The Trial,
Outside The Wall.
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Author:
Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: May 12th, 2017 01:39
- Comment from author about the poem: This poem contains all the titles from 'The Wall' a seminal album of Pink Floyd. They changed the face of rock music integrating images and sounds into their songs. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London are opening an exhibition on 13th May to commemorate the fifty, yes fifty, years since the release of their first single.
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Comments7
A fine write. Erm, did they do any hymns? I'm not familiar with this! Doh! One entrance of the V&A is being refurbished. Take a detour to get in!
Clever write to commemorate a great band - nice one Goldfinch.
This is my favorite song by Pink Floyd, which my mom actually sings very well! Great tribute to their music! 🙂
It is my favourite sing as well. Thank you.
Love love love.....love pink Floyd. ...favourite songs: comfortably numb and young lust. Haven't been on here for a while and thus just made my day. Well done
Thanks Jooles.
I discovered Pink Floyd about 6 years ago and later, in a concert, saw the Austrialian Pink Floyd. Such a talented group of genius. Nothing like their music. Great tribute Goldfinch!
Thank you WBL. Much appreciated, as are Pink Floyd.
Thanks Ephraim.
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