This sonically ambitious song has some rather abstract lyrics that might be hard to decipher. Pink Floyd leader David Gilmour told Only Music (December 1987): “It’s a more surrealistic effort than anything I’ve attempted before. I don’t even know what all of it means myself.”
This song uses some bi...
[Verse 1]
One sound, one single sound
One kiss, one single kiss
A face outside the window pane
However did it come to this?
A man who ran: a child who cried
A girl who heard, a voice that lied
The sun that burned a fiery red
The vision of an empty bed
[Verse 2]
The use of force, he was so tough
She’ll soon submit, she’s had enough
The march of fate, the broken will
Someone is lying very still
He has laughed and he has cried
He has fought and he has died
He’s just the same as all the rest
He’s not the worst, and he’s not the best
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
And still, this ceaseless murmuring
The babbling that I brook
The seas of faces, eyes upraised
The empty screen, the vacant look
A man in black on a snow white horse
A pointless life has run its course
The red rimmed eyes, the tears still run
As he fades into the setting sun
Yet Another Movie was written by Patrick Leonard & David Gilmour.
Yet Another Movie was produced by David Gilmour & Bob Ezrin.
Pink Floyd released Yet Another Movie on Mon Sep 07 1987.