Pink Floyd was an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an ea… Read Full Bio ↴Pink Floyd was an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate live shows. They became a leading band of the progressive rock genre, cited by some as the greatest progressive rock band of all time.

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)

A New Machine Part 1
Pink Floyd Lyrics

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I have always been here
I have always looked out from behind these eyes
It feels like more than a lifetime
Feels like more than a lifetime

Sometimes I get tired of the waiting
Sometimes I get tired of being in here
Is this the way it's always been?

Could it ever have been different?

Do you ever get tired of the waiting?
Do you ever get tired of being in there?

Don't worry, nobody lives forever
Nobody lives forever

Overall Meaning

The lyrics for Pink Floyd's song A New Machine Part 1 revolves around existential questioning and the longing for change. The opening lines "I have always been here / I have always looked out from behind these eyes," suggest a sense of being trapped and unable to escape oneself, as if the singer has been existing in the same monotony for their entire life. The repetition of "it feels like more than a lifetime" emphasizes the weight of this feeling, the sense of a life stagnated and unchanging.

The chorus, "Sometimes I get tired of the waiting / Sometimes I get tired of being in here / Is this the way it's always been? / Could it ever have been different?" speaks to the desire for something, anything, to happen, to break free from the tedium that has come to define their existence. The question posed in the lyrics is especially poignant as it begs the listener to consider whether the circumstances of their life, like the singer's, are predetermined or if they have the power to change their fate.

The final lines "Do you ever get tired of the waiting? / Do you ever get tired of being in there? / Don't worry, nobody lives forever / Nobody lives forever" suggest a resignation to the idea that even if one is trapped, it won't last forever, and perhaps the singer is attempting to embrace the momentary freedom found in this realization. The song speaks to the universal human desire for something different and the uncertainty of whether it is possible.

Line by Line Meaning

I have always been here
I exist in this world, and have been existing here for as long as I have been conscious.

I have always looked out from behind these eyes
I experience the world through my own consciousness, and this has been the case since the beginning of my existence.

It feels like more than a lifetime
The length of my existence seems greater than what would be expected from purely a measure of time.

Feels like more than a lifetime
The duration of my existence seems much longer than a typical lifetime.

Sometimes I get tired of the waiting
Occasionally, I become frustrated with the act of waiting for something to happen.

Sometimes I get tired of being in here
On occasion, I feel restricted or trapped by my current situation or environment(s).

Is this the way it's always been?
I question whether my current state has always been the case or if it has changed over time.

Could it ever have been different?
I contemplate whether the course of events leading to my current state could have played out in a different way.

Do you ever get tired of the waiting?
I wonder whether others also get fed up with waiting for events to occur.

Do you ever get tired of being in there?
I question if others also experience the feeling of restriction or confinement in their current situation or environment(s).

Don't worry, nobody lives forever
Life is finite and will eventually come to an end for everyone.

Nobody lives forever
Death is an inevitable end point for all living organisms, including humans.

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