Out of the Blue
David Gilmour Lyrics
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A messenger comes, with the beating of drums
It's not a message of love
Our children are born, and we keep them warm
They must have the right, to live in the light
To be safe from the storm
A messenger comes, bearing regrets
For the time that he steals
But steal it he will, my children's and mine
Against our desires, against all our needs
Our blood spilled like wine
Over and over we call, no one hears
And further and further and further we fall
And though we pray that we soon will awake
It is clear, that it's no dream at all
Our lives are at stake
I cannot believe, nor even pretend
That the thunder I hear, will just disappear
And the nightmare will end
So hold back the fire, because this much is true
When all's said and done, the ending will come
From out of the blue
The song "Out of the Blue" by David Gilmour is a poignant and thought-provoking piece that delves into the theme of hopelessness and despair in the face of an uncertain future. The song starts with the imagery of a messenger coming on the wings of a dove, beating drums in the background, but the message he carries is not one of love. The lyrics suggest that the messenger brings the message of impending disaster, and that no matter how much one tries to protect their children, they cannot be saved from the storm that is coming.
The chorus of the song highlights the helplessness of the situation where the singer keeps calling out for help, but nobody hears their cries. They feel like they are falling further and further into a dark abyss, and they pray that they will soon wake up from this nightmare. However, deep down, they know that it's not a dream, and their lives are at stake.
In the final verse, the singer pleads to hold back the fire because "this music is true." The music is a metaphor for hope, and the singer seeks to find solace in the belief that things will get better, even though it may seem impossible right now. The song ends with the assertion that the ending will come, but it will be out of the blue, leaving the listener with a sense of impending doom.
Line by Line Meaning
Out of the blue on the wings of a dove
Unexpectedly and suddenly, a messenger arrives who brings news that is not good.
A messenger comes, with the beating of drums
The messenger announces their arrival with fanfare, creating a sense of urgency.
It's not a message of love
The news being brought is not positive and has no relation to love.
Our children are born, and we keep them warm
As parents, we bring our children into the world and take care of them.
They must have the right, to live in the light
Our children have a right to a life that is free from darkness and oppression.
To be safe from the storm
Our children must be protected from harm, danger, and violence.
Out of the blue, with wings on his heels
Suddenly, another messenger arrives, who is swift and hurried.
A messenger comes, bearing regrets
This messenger brings sadness and remorse with them.
For the time that he steals
This messenger takes away the time we have to spend with our loved ones and enjoy life's pleasures.
But steal it he will, my children's and mine
Regardless of our objections or wishes, this messenger takes away our time and experiences.
Against our desires, against all our needs
This loss of time goes against our true wants and needs, leaving us feeling frustrated and powerless.
Our blood spilled like wine
There is violence and suffering resulting from this loss of time, creating a bleak and dangerous situation.
Over and over we call, no one hears
Despite our pleading and cries for help, our situation goes unnoticed and unresolved.
And further and further and further we fall
Our situation only gets worse and more dangerous as time goes on.
And though we pray that we soon will awake
We hope and dream for a way out of our current danger and suffering.
It is clear, that it's no dream at all
Unfortunately, the reality of our situation is clear and inescapable.
Our lives are at stake
The danger we face puts our very existence and wellbeing in danger.
I cannot believe, nor even pretend
The situation is so dire and hopeless that even thinking positively or pretending is impossible.
That the thunder I hear, will just disappear
The problems and danger we face cannot simply disappear on their own.
And the nightmare will end
We long for the situation to come to a positive and peaceful conclusion.
So hold back the fire, because this music is true
Let's delay any rash or violent action, because the message of the song is genuine and worthwhile.
When all's said and done, the ending will come
Whatever happens, there will one day be a resolution and conclusion to our current situation.
From out of the blue
The resolution will likely come from an unexpected source or in a surprising way.
Lyrics © IMAGEM U.S. LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: David Gilmour
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@iDONTdoFacebook
In response to those blaming Roger and David both for the recent negative statements put out by Roger... It takes two sides participating in the negativism, whining, complaining, and accusing to be an âargumentâ. This isnât an argument. Roger is the ONLY ONE participating in the negativism, whining, complaining, and accusing. David just soldiers on being his honest, humble, family-and-fan appreciative self, refusing to let Roger draw him into âROGERâS WORLDâ which is a LIFETIME full of negativism, pessimism, complaining, whining, accusing, bullying and belittling (misery loves company eh, Roger?).
My hatâs off to David. Much respect to you Mr. Gilmour. You handle things with much dignity and a generally genial nature! And you make MUCH better music than Roger does. Roger is a great poet who is a wannabe musician. David on the other hand is a worldclass gifted composer/musician who humbly and honestly admits that he canât hold a candle to Roger in the prose/poet/lyrics writing department (Polly has done a wonderful job filling Rogerâs shoes as the bandâs primary lyricist though). If I want to immerse myself in prose and poetry, Iâd go looking for a book of such by Roger Waters, or Polly Samson Gilmour. If I want to be moved by music washing over and through me, Iâm going to buy record albums by David Gilmour and buy concert tickets to any group of folks heâs performing with.
Witness the contrast in personalities here...
Roger has in the past disparaged David and Davidâs OBVIOUS musical gift. Roger has actually insinuated that David lacks talent and isnât really all that great in the music department. While David on the other hand, after all the BULLSCHIFF Roger has in vileness hurled at Dave and put him through, David has NEVER disparaged Rogerâs OBVIOUS talent for words and has ALWAYS recognized and verbally acknowledged Rogerâs great poetic gift. Iâve watched MANY interviews David has participated in and WITHOUT VARIATION he has CONSISTENTLY talked honestly and positively of Roger.
DAVID is Humble and Honest, and a WONDERFULLY GIFTED musician.
ROGER, on the other hand, is Arrogant and not so honest sometimes -and a truly gifted poet/writer of prose who is also a wannabe musician but isnât.
With all due respect to Roger as one of the 4 (then 3 by his choice) who together created some of the most special timeless classic pieces of music the world has ever âexperiencedâ, it was Roger who dragged the others to court for years to try and shut them down as Pink Floyd when Roger decided he was done with it. The others didnât want that but were FORCED to SUFFER it under ROGERâS decision to drag them through it. It was traumatic for them (especially to David) and as is obvious even to this day after all the years, that long ago decision of ROGERâS to put the others through that had created wounds that have unfortunately never fully healed. Dave is no unfeeling cold robot that isnât impacted by emotional pain and trauma. He is a deeply feeling human being who was once wounded by Rogerâs past cold arrogance. He hasnât wanted to have to deal with the negative emotions that stem from that experience and he has tried to turn his back on them in forgiveness, and to a great degree he has been successful at that and has good feelings for Roger and has always admitted a respect for Rogerâs talent, but, as David is human, there is to some degree vestiges of the old wound that remain as a scar. I honestly believe he would like the scar gone and to be fully free of it, but to some degree he is still haunted by the pain that he experienced through all of that.
Again, with due respect to Roger and myself wishing none of this would have ever come between the two of them, I feel to point out that the decision that ultimately put this thing between Roger and David and caused a wound in David that is felt to THIS DAY, was a decision made by ROGER and ROGER ALONE. I believe the only thing that could possibly finally erase the scar (and Iâm not truly sure it could) would be for Roger to FULLY accept and OWN IT, not blaming Dave in the least. Regarding the subject we are addressing here, ROGER IS IN THE BED HE HIMSELF HAS MADE. From the outside looking in I think Dave has done remarkably well with it. But alas, he is still human and not an unfeeling robot who can simply have a switch flipped to turn off the final residue of emotional scarring that remains. And Rogerâs vestiges of defensiveness for a past action that he cannot defend probably has something to do with that.
Love and respect to Roger. We are all human beings, with flaws and some unpolished edges. None of us are perfect, but we are all valuable and worthwhile. Roger has some gifts David isnât as strong in. David has gifts Roger doesnât. David admits all this and always has. The same unfortunately canât be said of Roger. And as we see in Rogerâs recent whining vids, some things - and some people - never change.
@marloncastillo7450
Out of the blue on the wings of a dove
A messenger comes, with the beating of drums
It's not a message of love
Our children are born, and we keep them warm
They must have the right, to live in the light
To be safe from the storm
Out of the blue, with wings on his heels
A messenger comes, bearing regrets
For the time that he steals
But steal it he will, my children's and mine
Against our desires, against all our needs
Our blood spilled like wine
Over and over we call, no one hears
And further and further and further we fall
And though we pray that we soon will awake
It is clear, that it's no dream at all
Our lives are at stake
I cannot believe, nor even pretend
That the thunder I hear, will just disappear
And the nightmare will end
So hold back the fire, because this music is true
When all's said and done, the ending will come
From out of the blue
@iDONTdoFacebook
Roger Frederic Zimmermann
It takes TWO participating in an egotistical shoving match to qualify for TWO to be accused of it as you just did here. In the case of Roger vs David, ONLY ONE was playing the egotistical card, shoving and accusing and disparaging the other. And it wasnât David. David takes Rogerâs compulsive abuse quietly like a man and just soldiers on being his honest, humble, family-and-fan appreciative self refusing to let Roger draw him into âROGERâS WORLDâ which is a LIFETIME full of negativism, pessimism, complaining, whining, accusing, bullying and belittling (misery loves company eh, Roger?).
My hatâs off to David. Much respect to you Mr. Gilmour. You handle things with much dignity and a generally genial nature! And you make MUCH better music than Roger does. Roger is a great poet who is a wannabe musician. David on the other hand is a worldclass gifted composer/musician who humbly and honestly admits that he canât hold a candle to Roger in the prose/poet/lyrics writing department (Polly has done a wonderful job filling Rogerâs shoes as the bandâs lyricist though). If I want to immerse myself in prose and poetry, Iâd go looking for a book of such by Roger Waters, or Polly Samson Gilmour. If I want to be moved by music washing over and through me, Iâm going to buy record albums by David Gilmour and buy concert tickets to any group of folks heâs performing with.
Witness the contrast in personalities here...
Roger has in the past disparaged David and Davidâs OBVIOUS musical gift. Roger has actually insinuated that David lacks talent and isnât really all that great in the music department. While David on the other hand, after all the BULLSCHIFF Roger has in vileness hurled at Dave and put him through, David has NEVER disparaged Rogerâs OBVIOUS talent for words and has ALWAYS recognized and verbally acknowledged Rogerâs great poetic gift. Iâve watched MANY interviews David has participated in and WITHOUT VARIATION he has CONSISTENTLY talked honestly and positively of Roger.
DAVID is Humble and Honest (and a WONDERFULLY GIFTED musician)
ROGER is Arrogant and not so honest (and a truly gifted poet/writer of prose who is also a wannabe musician but isnât).
With all due respect to you Roger as one of the 5 (then 4) (then 3 by your choice) who together created some of the most special timeless classic pieces of music the world has ever âexperiencedâ, it was YOU Roger who dragged the others to court for years to try and shut them down as Pink Floyd when you decided you were done with it. They didnât want that but were FORCED to SUFFER it under YOUR decision to drag them through it. It was traumatic for them (especially to David) and as is obvious even to this day after all the years, that long ago decision of YOURS to put them through that had created wounds that have unfortunately never fully healed. Dave is no unfeeling cold robot that isnât impacted by emotional pain and trauma. He is a deeply feeling human being who was once very deeply wounded by your past cold arrogance. He hasnât wanted to have to deal with the negative emotions that stem from that trauma, he has tried to turn his back on them in forgiveness, and to a great degree he has been successful at that and has good feelings for you and a respect for your talent, but, as he is human, there is to some degree vestiges of the old wound that remain as a scar. I honestly believe he would like the scar gone and to be fully free of it, but to some degree he is still haunted by the pain that he experienced through all of that.
Again, with respect to you Roger and myself wishing none of this would have ever come between you, I feel to point out that the decision that ultimately put this thing between you and David and caused a wound in him that is felt to THIS DAY, was a decision made by YOU and you alone. It is YOUR doing Roger. I believe the only thing that could possibly finally erase the scar (and Iâm not truly sure it could) would be for you to FULLY accept and OWN IT, not blaming Dave in the least. Regarding the subject we are addressing here, YOU ARE IN THE BED THAT YOU YOURSELF HAVE MADE. From the outside looking in I think Dave has done remarkably well with it. But alas, he is still human and not an unfeeling robot who can simply have a switch flipped to turn off the final residue of emotional scarring that remains. Your vestiges of defensiveness for a past action that you cannot defend probably has something to do with that Roger.
Love and respect to you Roger. We are all human beings, with flaws and some unpolished edges. None of us are perfect, but we are all valuable and worthwhile.
@markbailey8252
Probably Gilmour's greatest ever vocal performance. What a wonderful song.
@flops0317
I think it's a real shame David doesn't play anything off this record live these days. This song to me is monumental.
@samuelluria4744
I feel this way about both his first two solo albums, as well as a few cuts from AMLOR and DB.....I've spent a lot of time in the last 40 years of being a fan, fantasizing about cool playlists...đ€Ł
@kevingardner8
I agree đ
@jefferywhidby2407
It was 1983. And at that time I was 18 and in the Navy. He was my guitar hero then and still is now. Now I make a living singing and playing guitar. And I play his songs.
@geraldoxavier5581
In the navy, come on, protect the motherland/ In the navy....
@andrewkift6746
Never changing, ever fresh.
David Gilmour is a man of presence.
Simple sophistication.
Class act
@niltonjunior6534
It's incredible that with so many artists in the world and you are still very relevant...Great David Gilmour!!!!
@faith5940
My Alpha Englishman... lol!! Just still so in love with David and his music - even today he's talking to you and me through his sound and lyrics. I'm his American girlfriend who goes back to 73' when I was in 9th grade at one of the Top 10 Universities in the U.S, The very first song I ever heard from the Floyd was Money and it just went on and on from there. This is one of those bands that saved my life - mentally = growing up. While our gov'ts and parents were trying to indoctrinate us, David and Roger were undoing throughout the Floyd days. David understands all this. Thank God he's still part of the solution. Thank you David and we just love you so much - from the U.S.A.
@Vaniwta
Could not agree more... he and I are the same age.