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.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd
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)
Final Cut
Pink Floyd Lyrics
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I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
I'm spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide
If you negotiate the minefield in the drive
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall
And if I'm in I'll tell you (what's behind the wall)
There's a kid who had a big hallucination
Making love to girls in magazines
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith
Could anybody love him
Or is it just a crazy dream?
And if I show you my dark side
Will you still hold me tonight?
And if I open my heart to you
And show you my weak side
What would you do?
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Would you take the children away
And leave me alone?
And smile in reassurance
As you whisper down the phone?
Would you send me packing?
Or would you take me home?
Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down
I held the blade in trembling hands
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang
I never had the nerve to make the final cut
The song "The Final Cut" by Pink Floyd is a melancholic reflection on the aftermath of war and the emotional scars that it leaves. It depicts a protagonist who is in a state of despair, struggling to keep himself from falling into a pit of hopelessness. The first verse highlights the singer's bleak perspective, as he looks upon "this moment in time" through "tear-stained eyes." He is "spiralling down" to the "hole in the ground" where he hides, unable to escape the trauma of war.
The second verse describes the lengths that the singer must go through to protect himself from further harm. He must navigate a minefield and trick electronic security in order to gain access to his hiding place. Once inside, he offers to reveal the secrets that he keeps behind the wall. The third verse is a described as a hallucination that the singer is having, imagining a person who is making love to magazine models and wondering whether his newfound religious faith has any bearing on his ability to find love. The chorus itself consists of a plea from the singer to his loved ones, asking whether they would still hold him and love him if they saw his "dark side" and his "weak side." He is desperate to know if they are willing to stand by his side, even through his most vulnerable moments. The final verse describes the singer's reflection and his decision not to complete an act of self-harm, symbolized by his decision not to "make the final cut."
Line by Line Meaning
Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I am looking at this moment in time through tearful eyes, and everything appears distorted.
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
I struggle to understand what is happening right now.
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
I am not experiencing the freedom and happiness that life can bring.
I'm spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide
Instead, I feel lost and confined, retreating to my hidden place of safety.
If you negotiate the minefield in the drive
If you can successfully navigate the obstacles in your way,
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes
Overcome the security system,
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall
And evade the threat in the hallway,
Dial the combination, open the priest hole
Enter the correct code and reveal the hidden passageway,
And if I'm in I'll tell you (what's behind the wall)
I will share with you the secret that lies beyond the wall if I am present.
There's a kid who had a big hallucination
There is a child who had a vivid and unrealistic experience.
Making love to girls in magazines
The child imagined sex with fictional characters in magazines.
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith
The child questions whether your newfound faith involves a sexual component.
Could anybody love him
He is unsure if anyone could love him.
Or is it just a crazy dream?
He wonders if his vision is insane and unrealistic.
And if I show you my dark side
If I reveal to you my negative qualities and intentions,
Will you still hold me tonight?
Will you still comfort me and offer solace?
And if I open my heart to you
If I share with you my deepest feelings,
And show you my weak side
And reveal my areas of vulnerability,
What would you do?
How would you react or respond?
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Would you go public with my secrets for fame and fortune?
Would you take the children away
Would you take my offspring to a safer place away from me?
And leave me alone?
And abandon me to face my problems alone?
And smile in reassurance
Would you pretend everything is okay and smile to put me at ease?
As you whisper down the phone?
As you comfort me with words whispered through the phone?
Would you send me packing?
Would you force me to leave and start anew?
Or would you take me home?
Or would you provide me with a safe haven to call home?
Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings
I felt it was necessary to expose my raw and vulnerable feelings.
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down
I felt it was necessary to unveil the truth, to reveal what lies behind the facade.
I held the blade in trembling hands
I held a weapon, consumed by fear and anxiety.
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang
I was ready to take drastic action, but was interrupted by an unexpected phone call.
I never had the nerve to make the final cut
I was too scared to go through with my intended course of action, too scared to end everything.
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Written by: Roger Waters
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@romantaylor9018
Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
I'm spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide
If you negotiate the minefield in the drive
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall
Dial the combination, open the priest hole
And if I'm in I'll tell you (what's behind the wall)
There's a kid who had a big hallucination
Making love to girls in magazines
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith
Could anybody love him
Or is it just a crazy dream?
And if I show you my dark side
Will you still hold me tonight?
And if I open my heart to you
And show you my weak side
What would you do?
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Would you take the children away
And leave me alone?
And smile in reassurance
As you whisper down the phone?
Would you send me packing?
Or would you take me home?
Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down
I held the blade in trembling hands
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang
I never had the nerve to make the final cut
@thiscorrosion900
That's awful, however I'd be wary of blaming all of that on the music, and not to discount your earlier suffering at all.
I listened to all this music for years in my teens and even pre-teens,
and I never had it affect me to that point, although in ones teens this type of music can imprint and mark you, no doubt, and I have also had a history of suffering from depression, anxiety, panic, etc. on and off for decades. For me, much of this music is cathartic, The Final Cut should be like therapy once you get through it a few times. It's supposed to be exorcising all this bad, negative shit, and focusing the "protagonist's" anger about war and his father (as in The Wall) and the current (1982) Falklands state of affairs, which sucked, power mad world leaders who have forgotten the lessons of WWI and II, Not Now John is about being on the lowest rung of the business end of a declining British Empire
and industry and competing with superior forces that are now bound and out to destroy you, and then the ending, Two Suns
in the Sunset is about an apparent nuclear apocalypse, but it's clear by the song's end (which is upbeat!) that it's in fact, a false apocalypse. It's just
the protagonist dwelling on what could happen, versus what does in fact happen in reality. I hope that helps. The Final Cut is a dark album, but it's supposed
to be making sense of, and focusing its anger upon, very legitimate targets that Waters as the author was focusing on at the time, that humanity saw the world
nearly decimated in WWII and the Cold War and still didn't seemingly learn any lessons from this, and some of it is
leftovers or continuation from The Wall. The Wall isn't a load of laughs, either, really, which Waters admits to nowadays, but it is cathartic. I wouldn't take either
too seriously, though they are serious albums in intent. They are both draining albums emotionally, at times, I readily admit.
I hope this helps you somehow. I recommend balancing it out with some upbeat pop music afterwards! Listen to some China Crisis...hehe.
@ianthemoon
"And if I show you my dark side, will you still hold me tonight? And if I open my heart to you and show you my weak side, what would you do? " This makes me cry in such a beautiful way
@frommetoyou1981
Amen brother! X
@BitStClair
Such an interesting way to talk about intimacy and vulnerability. Adding into all the back ground noise many of us might have. The added layer of rock star adding to the shadows. "... would you sell your story to rolling stone?" Such a sad song on many levels, yet it gives me hope? Love how music can do that.
@phillylarkin.s1930
Would you take the children away and leave me alone ..yep she did that 🥴🙈..
@stylinsonboobear28
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@user-jz1zd3ez6w
❤ on joue tous dans une grande tragédie derrière l amour que l'on porte à nos enfants il y toujours de grande déceptions
@dylandwyer7939
Roger has such a raw and emotional voice, such a very underrated singer
@baggrat
Run Like Hell 1980
@ilmabernardo4389
I really love Roger's voice, too....when I listen to Pink Floyd always look more for Roger's voice and interpretation....awesome!!
@steffenrocks1
Not by me.