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)
Poles Apart
Pink Floyd Lyrics
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And did you see it was all going to be so right for me?
Why did we tell you then
You were always the golden boy then
And that you'd never lose that light in your eyes?
Hey you, did you ever realize what you'd become?
And did you see that it wasn't only me, you were running from?
Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes
The rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertainty
I thought of you and the years and all the sadness fell away from me
And did you know? (And did you know?)
I never thought that you'd lose that light in your eyes
The lyrics to Pink Floyd's "Poles Apart" are complex, dealing with a relationship that was once full of admiration and love, but has since fallen apart. This is reflected in the contrast between the first two stanzas: the first asks if the subject knew that things would turn out badly for them, while the second asks whether they realized they were running from more than just their own failures. The singer at first seems to be accusing the other person of failing in some fundamental way, but then he turns the lens on himself, acknowledging that he had some part in the breakdown of the relationship as well.
The third stanza is perhaps the most poetic, describing the rain falling down and washing away the sadness felt by the singer. This is followed by the phrase "and did you know" repeated twice, possibly a refrain meant to evoke some feeling of lost potential or nostalgia for what they once had. Overall, the lyrics are full of longing and sadness, but there is also a sense of acceptance and moving on.
Line by Line Meaning
Did you know it was all going to go so wrong for you?
Were you aware that your life was going to take a turn for the worse?
And did you see it was all going to be so right for me?
Did you foresee that my life would turn out so well?
Why did we tell you then
You were always the golden boy then
And that you'd never lose that light in your eyes?
Why did we deceive you by saying you were always special and would never lose your spark?
Hey you, did you ever realize what you'd become?
Hey you, did you comprehend the person you had turned into?
And did you see that it wasn't only me, you were running from?
Were you aware that you were also trying to escape from yourself, not just me?
Did you know all the time but it never bothered you anyway?
Were you aware of the truth but chose not to care?
Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes
You pretended to guide me, yet I could see through you and your cold stare.
The rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertainty
In times of doubt, uncertainty prevailed and weighed on everyone.
I thought of you and the years and all the sadness fell away from me
Remembering our past together made me release all my accumulated sorrow.
And did you know? (And did you know?)
I never thought that you'd lose that light in your eyes
Did you ever realize that I never expected you to ever lose that 'spark' you had?
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: Dave Gilmour, Nick Laird-Clowes, Polly Samson
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