Pink Floyd
«Lyrics»

They disembarked in 45

And no one spoke and no one smiled

There were too many spaces in the line

Gathered at the cenotaph

All agreed with hand on heart

To sheath the sacrificial knifes

But now

She stands upon southampton dock

With her handkerchief

And her summer frock clings

To her wet body in the rain

In quiet desperation knuckles

White upon the slippery reins

She bravely waves the boys goodbye again

And still the dark stain spreads between

Their shoulder blades

A mute reminder of the poppy fields and graves

And when the fight was over

We spent what they had made

But in the bottom of our hearts

We felt the final cut

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 spiralling 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 priesthole

And if i'm in i'll tell you what's behind the wall

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

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

Thought i had to bare my naked feelings

Thought i had to tear the curtain down

I held the blade in trembling hands

Prepared to make it but