Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 - 15 September 2008)

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Rick Wright was keyboardist and a founding member of Pink Floyd, started his solo career in 1978, when he released "Wet Dream" with Snowy White on guitar, Mel Collins on saxophone, Larry Still on bass and Reg Isadore on drums. It was a very calm album, full of piano, acoustic guitar sounds and with a bit of synthesizers. More than half of the album were instrumental compositions.

Wright’s next album Broken China was released in 1996. It was a conceptual creation, devoted to Rick’s wife, who suffered from depression. It consisted of four parts with four songs in each part. The music was much more electronic than in "Wet Dream". One of the album's highlights was the song "Breakthrough" which featured Sinead O’Connor on vocals. Before his death, Rick was creating music for his new album, but it is not known if it will ever be released.

Blue Room in Venice
Rick Wright Lyrics

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I can see you through a pool of darkness
I stretch out my hand to reach you
I know you are there
So please look at me
How I've missed you
How I've missed love
My hand is here

If you still know me
Then touch my fingertips

I see the waters move above your face
I feel your naked hand
Please don't let it go again

Your sacrifice
That meant so much
Left us with no place to stand
Please let me touch

And let me near
Let me near

Overall Meaning

The opening lines of "Blue Room in Venice" by Rick Wright create an image of darkness surrounding the singer. Despite that, he can sense the presence of someone he loves and reaches out for them. He expresses his loneliness and yearning for love by saying he has missed them. The singer pleads with the person to look at him and take his hand because he needs to connect with them. He reminds them that they know him and asks them to touch his fingertips, hoping for some sort of recognition.

As the song continues, the imagery changes to the singer seeing the waters above the person's face, suggesting that they are submerged or at the bottom of the ocean. But he can still feel their naked hand and begs them not to let go again. The final lines of the song suggest that the person has made a sacrifice that has affected those around them, leaving them with no place to stand. The singer wants to touch and be close to them again, perhaps hoping to provide comfort and stability.

Overall, "Blue Room in Venice" is a melancholy and heartfelt song about longing for love and connection. The use of water imagery throughout the song adds a sense of drowning or submerging, which could represent the suffocating feeling of being without love.

Line by Line Meaning

I can see you through a pool of darkness
I sense your presence even though you're not physically visible

I stretch out my hand to reach you
I'm trying my best to make connection with you

I know you are there
I'm fully aware about your presence

So please look at me
I'm requesting you to see me once

How I've missed you
I've been longing for your presence

How I've missed love
I've been longing for love in my life

My hand is here
I'm extending my hand for you to hold

If you still know me
If you still remember me

Then touch my fingertips
Please make physical contact with me by touching my fingertips

I see the waters move above your face
I see you underwater, near drowning or dying

I feel your naked hand
I sense your hand, which is empty or without help