Waiting For The Worms
Pink Floyd Lyrics

Eins, zwei, drei, alle
Counting off in German, signaling a military march.

Ooh, you cannot reach me now
Addressing someone who is trying to make contact, but the singer is deliberately cutting off communication.

Ooh, no matter how you try
The singer is unreachable and unaffected by the other person's efforts.

Goodbye, cruel world, it's over
The artist is bidding farewell to the world, implying suicide.

Walk on by
The artist is telling someone to leave them alone.

Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall
The singer is taking shelter in a fortified position, emotionally isolated from others.

Waiting for the worms to come
The singer is waiting for some kind of reckoning, for the consequences of their actions to arrive.

In perfect isolation here behind my wall
The artist is completely cut off from the outside world.

We're waiting to succeed and going to convene outside Brixton Town Hall where we're going to be
The artist is part of a group that is planning some kind of action or demonstration.

Waiting to cut out the deadwood
The group wants to eliminate those who are seen as unnecessary or unproductive.

Waiting to clean up the city
They want to remove what they see as undesirable elements from the city.

Waiting to follow the worms
They are waiting for someone else to provide them with a plan or moral imperative.

Waiting to put on a black shirt
The group is planning to adopt a uniform or distinctive clothing.

Waiting to weed out the weaklings
They want to identify and eliminate those who are seen as physically or emotionally weak.

Waiting to smash in their windows
The group is planning to engage in destructive vandalism.

And kick in their doors
They are planning to use violence against those they perceive as enemies.

Waiting for the final solution
The group is waiting for a final resolution to some kind of problem or conflict.

To strengthen the strain
This resolution will somehow make their position stronger.

Waiting for the queens and the coons and the reds and the Jews
The group is waiting to target specific groups of people that they hate and blame for their problems.

Waiting to turn on the showers
The group is planning some kind of mass execution.

And fire the ovens
The method of execution will involve cremation.

Would you like to see Britannia Rule again, my friend?
The artist is addressing someone who shares their white nationalist views.

All you have to do is follow the worms
The singer is encouraging this person to join their cause and follow their plan.

Would you like to send our colored cousins Home again, my friend?
The artist is addressing someone who shares their xenophobic views.

All you need to do is follow the worms
The singer is encouraging this person to join their cause and follow their plan.

The worms will convene outside Brixton Bus Station
The singer is indicating a time and place for the plan to be executed.