Pink Floyd
High Hopes
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along the long road and on down the causeway
Do they still meet there by the cut
There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before time took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
With friends surrounded
The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some inner tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There’s a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we’ve been so many times
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever
Pink Floyd
Poles Apart
Did you know...it was all going to go so wrong for you
And did you see it was all going to be so right for me
Why did we tell you then
You were always the golden boy then
And that you’d never lose that light in your eyes
Hey you...did you ever realize what you’d become
And did you see that it wasn’t only me you were running from
Did you know all the time but it never bothered you anyway
Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes
The rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertainty
I thought of you and the years and all the sadness fell away from me
And did you know...
I never thought that you’d lose that light in your eyes
Hello…Is that Charlie?
Hello Charlie…Great!
Pink Floyd
Wish you were here
So, so you think you can tell,
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skies from pain,
Can you tell a green field?
From a cold steal rail,
A smile from a veil,
Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade?
Your heroes for ghosts
Hot ashes for trees,
Hot air for cool breeze
Cold comfort for change
Did you exchange?
A walk on part in a war,
for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here,
We're just two lost souls,
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year,
Running over the same old grounds
What have we found?
The same old fears,
Wish you were here….