Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). Under Barrett's leadership, they released two charting singles and the successful debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the primary lyricist and thematic leader, devising the concepts behind the band's peak success with the albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979). The musical film based on The Wall, Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982), won two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd also composed several film scores.
Following personal tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd, rejoined later by Wright. They produced two more albums—A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994)—and toured in support of both before entering a long hiatus. In 2005, all but Barrett reunited for a one-off performance at the global awareness event Live 8. Barrett died in 2006, and Wright in 2008. The last Pink Floyd studio album, The Endless River (2014), was based on unreleased material from the Division Bell recording sessions. In 2022, Gilmour and Mason reformed Pink Floyd to release the song "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" in protest of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
By 2013, Pink Floyd had sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and these albums and Wish You Were Here are among the best-selling albums of all time. Four Pink Floyd albums topped the US Billboard 200, and five topped the UK Album Chart. Pink Floyd's hit singles include "See Emily Play" (1967), "Money" (1973), "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" (1979), "Not Now John" (1983), "On the Turning Away" (1987) and "High Hopes" (1994). They were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2008, Pink Floyd were awarded the Polar Music Prize in Sweden for their contribution to modern music.
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Studio albums
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
More (1969)
Ummagumma (1969)
Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Meddle (1971)
Obscured by Clouds (1972)
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Wish You Were Here (1975)
Animals (1977)
The Wall (1979)
The Final Cut (1983)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
The Division Bell (1994)
The Endless River (2014)
Wating For The Worms
Pink Floyd Lyrics
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Ooooh, you cannot reach me now
Ooooh, no matter how you try
Goodbye, cruel world, it's over
Walk on by.
Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall
Waiting for the worms to come.
Waiting for the worms to come.
We're {waiting to succeed} and going to convene outside Brixton
Town Hall where we're going to be
Waiting to cut out the deadwood.
Waiting to clean up the city.
Waiting to follow the worms.
Waiting to put on a black shirt.
Waiting to weed out the weaklings.
Waiting to smash in their windows
And kick in their doors.
Waiting for the final solution
To strengthen the strain.
Waiting to follow the worms.
Waiting to turn on the showers
And fire the ovens.
Waiting for the queens and the coons
And the reds and the Jews.
Waiting to follow the worms.
Would you like to see Britannia
Rule again, my friend?
All you have to do is follow the worms.
Would you like to send our colored cousins
Home again, my friend?
All you need to do is follow the worms.
The worms will convene outside Brixton Bus Station.
The lyrics of Pink Floyd's "Waiting For The Worms" reflect on the rise of fascism and the idea of obedience to authority. The opening lyrics, "Eins, zwei, drei, alle!" are a reference to Nazi marches, which were used to show conformity and obedience. The singer, who sits in a bunker behind a wall in perfect isolation, is waiting for the worms to come, representing the masses who are blindly following authority without questioning its motives. The line "Goodbye, cruel world, it's over, walk on by" is a statement of resignation, where the singer accepts that he is powerless and that the world is cruel and unjust.
The singer is waiting to convene outside Brixton Town Hall, where they will "cut out the deadwood" and "clean up the city". These phrases are an allegory for the cleansing of society, where the weak and inferior are eliminated, and the strong are left standing. The singer is waiting to follow the worms, who represent the people who blindly follow authority and participate in fascist regimes. The line "Waiting for the final solution" echoes the phrase used by the Nazis to describe their plan to exterminate the Jews, and "waiting to turn on the showers and fire the ovens" alludes to the atrocities committed in the concentration camps.
The song's chilling lyrics were written by Roger Waters and were influenced by his experiences growing up in post-war Britain. The song was released on Pink Floyd's album "The Wall" in 1979, and it remains a powerful commentary on fascism and the dangers of blind obedience.
Line by Line Meaning
Eins, zwei, drei, alle!
Counting down to signal the start of something.
Ooooh, you cannot reach me now
I have isolated myself and you cannot get to me.
Ooooh, no matter how you try
Despite your efforts, you cannot reach me.
Goodbye, cruel world, it's over
I have given up on the world and am saying goodbye to it.
Walk on by.
Leave me alone.
Sitting in a bunker here behind my wall
I am holed up in my isolation, protected from the outside world.
Waiting for the worms to come.
I am waiting for some kind of reckoning or judgment day to come.
In perfect isolation here behind my wall
I am completely cut off from the outside world.
Waiting to succeed and going to convene outside Brixton
We are waiting to gain power and meet up in Brixton.
Town Hall where we're going to be
We will meet at the town hall.
Waiting to cut out the deadwood.
We are planning to get rid of those we consider useless or undesirable.
Waiting to clean up the city.
We plan on 'cleaning up' the city by getting rid of what we see as undesirable elements.
Waiting to follow the worms.
We are waiting for orders or guidance from those in power.
Waiting to put on a black shirt.
We are preparing to take on the attire of authority and become the uniform presence of power.
Waiting to weed out the weaklings.
We plan on getting rid of what we perceive as the weak or inferior elements in our society.
Waiting to smash in their windows
We plan to use violence to intimidate and cause destruction.
And kick in their doors.
We plan to use force to gain entry and assert our power over others.
Waiting for the final solution
We are waiting for a plan or conclusion that will solve all of our problems or issues.
To strengthen the strain.
We are waiting for a solution that will increase our power or domination over others.
Waiting to turn on the showers
We plan on using gas chambers to exterminate people we consider undesirable.
And fire the ovens.
We plan on using crematoriums to dispose of the bodies of those we killed.
Waiting for the queens and the coons
We are waiting for people we consider inferior or undesirable to come under our power.
And the reds and the Jews.
We are waiting to assert our dominance over those we see as enemies or inferior to us.
Would you like to see Britannia Rule again, my friend?
Do you want to restore the power and domination of the British empire?
All you have to do is follow the worms.
All you need to do is follow those in power and become part of the system that reinforces their authority.
Would you like to send our colored cousins Home again, my friend?
Do you want to deport people of color from our country?
All you need to do is follow the worms.
All you need to do is follow those in power and become part of the system that reinforces their authority.
The worms will convene outside Brixton Bus Station.
The people in power will be gathering outside of Brixton Bus Station, waiting for followers to join them.
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ROGER WATERS
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