“Us and Them” is the seventh track on Roger Waters “Redux” of 1973’s progressive rock album Dark Side of the Moon. The redux version is lyrically unchanged from the original, even having a shorter runtime than the original piece. The track heavily reduces the keyboard and synth sections also removin...
[Verse 1]
Us and them
And after all
We're only ordinary men
[Verse 2]
Me and you
God only knows
It's not what we would choose to do
[Chorus]
"Forward!" he cried from the rear
And the front rank died
The general sat and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side
[Verse 3]
Black and blue
And who knows which is which
And who is who?
[Verse 4]
Up and down
And in the end
It's only round and round, and round
[Chorus]
"Haven't you heard it's a battle of words?"
The poster bearer cried
"Listen, son," said the man with the gun
"There's room for you inside"
[Verse 5]
Down and out
It can't be helpеd
But there's a lot of it about
[Verse 6]
With, without
And who'll deny
It's what thе fighting's all about?
[Chorus]
Out of the way! It's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died
Us and Them was written by Roger Waters & Richard Wright.
Us and Them was produced by Roger Waters & Gus Seyffert.
Roger Waters released Us and Them on Fri Oct 06 2023.