Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Written by Roger Waters originally to appear on Pink Floyd’s previous album The Wall, this song, that was about Pink’s difficulty to connect with others through his wall, was reworked to apply more to Roger himself.
The song describes what it’s like to alienate yourself from the world. Roger tells...
[Verse 1]
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 shotguns in the hall
Dial the combination, open the priest hole
And if I'm in I'll tell you (what's behind the wall)
*Shot* (Yahoo!)
[Verse 2]
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?
[Verse 3]
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?
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 4]
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
[Outro]
“Hello? Listen, I think I'm going insane."
"Okay, listen, it's a- Hahahaha!”
The Final Cut was written by Roger Waters.
The Final Cut was produced by Michael Kamen & James Guthrie & Roger Waters.
Pink Floyd released The Final Cut on Mon Mar 21 1983.