Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
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In this song, Syd describes a journey through an amusement park, starting on the Octopus ride, which was a ride engineered by Lusse, initially at Blackpool, but which travelled throughout the country.
From the Octopus ride, which moves up and down, to and fro, we move on to other attraction, such a...
[Verse 1]
Trip to heave and ho
Up down, to and fro'
You have no word
Trip, trip to a dream dragon
Hide your wings in a ghost tower
Sails cackling at every plate we break
Cracked by scattered needles
The little minute gong coughs and clears his throat
Madam you see before you stand
Hey ho, never be still
The old original favorite grand
Grasshoppers green Herbarian band
And the tune they play is "In Us Confide"
So trip to heave and ho
Up down, to and fro'
You have no word
[Chorus]
Please leave us here
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!
[Verse 2]
Isn't it good to be lost in the wood
Isn't it bad so quiet there, in the wood
Meant even less to me than I thought
With a honey plough of yellow prickly seeds
Clover honey pots and mystic shining feed ...
Well, the madcat laughed
At the man on the border
Hey ho, huff the Talbot
"Cheat" he cried shouting kangaroo
It's true in their tree they cried
[Chorus]
Please leave us here
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!
Please leave us here
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!
[Verse 3]
The madcat laughed
At the man on the border
Hey ho, huff the Talbot
The winds they blew and the leaves did wag
They'll never put me in their bag
The seas will reach and always seep
So high you go, so low you creep
The wind it blows in tropical heat
The drones they throng on mossy seats
The squeaking door will always creak
Two up, two down we'll never meet
So merrily trip forgo my side
[Chorus]
Please leave us here
Close our eyes to the octopus ride!
Octopus was written by Syd Barrett.
Octopus was produced by Syd Barrett & David Gilmour.