1987
Momentary Lapse of Reason
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Signs of life
Learning to fly
The dogs of war
One slip
On the turning away
Yet another movie
Round and around
A new machine pt 1
Terminal frost
A new machine pt
2
Sorrow
Lyrics:
Signs of life
(Gilmour, Ezrin)
(Instrumental)
Learning to fly
(Gilmour, Moore, Ezrin, Carin)
Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning
back
A flight of fancy on a wind swept
field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction is holding me
fast
How can I escape this irresistible
grasp?
Can't keep my eyes from the circling
sky
Tongue-tied and twisted just an
earthbound misfit, I
Ice is forming on the tips of my
wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I
thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to
stone
A soul in tension that's learning
to fly
Condition grounded but determined
to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling
skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an
earthbound misfit, I
Above the planet on a wing and a
prayer
My grubby halo, a vapor trail in
the empty air
Out of the corner of my watering
eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning
light
Could blow this soul right through
the roof of the night
There's no sensation to compare
with this
Suspended animation, a state of
bliss
Can't keep my eyes from the circling
skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earthbound misfit, I
The dogs of war
(Gilmour, Moore)
Dogs of war and men of hate
With no cause, we don't discriminate
Discovery is to be disowned
Our currency is flesh and bone
Hell opened up and put on sale
Gather 'round and haggle
For hard cash, we will lie
and deceive
Even our masters don't know the
webs we weave
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it
down
One world... One world...
Invisible transfers, long distance
calls
Hollow laughter in marble halls
Steps have been taken, a silent
uproar
Has unleashed the dogs of war
You can't stop what has begun
Signed, sealed, they deliver
oblivion
We all have our dark side,
to say the least And dealing in death is the nature of the beast
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and they will smash
it down
One world... One world...
The dogs of war don't negotiate
The dogs of war won't capitulate
They will take and you will give
And you must die so that they may
live
You can knock at any door
But wherever you go, you know they've
been there before
Well winners can lose and things
can get strained
But whatever you change, you know
the dogs remain
One world, it's a battleground
One world, are we going to smash
it down?
One world... One world...
A restless eye across a weary room
A glazed look and I was on the
road to ruin
The music played and played as
we whirled without end
No hint, no word her honor
to defend
I will, I will she sighed
to my request
And then she tossed her mane while
my resolve was put to the test
Then drowned in desire, our souls
on fire
I lead the way to the funeral pyre
And without a thought of the consequence
I gave in to my decadence
One slip, and down the hole
we fall
It seems to take no time
at all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life
A small regret, you won't
forget
There'll be no sleep in here tonight
Was it love, or was it the idea
of being in love?
Or was it the hand of fate, that
seemed to fit just like a glove?
The moment slipped by, soon the
seeds were sown
The year grew late and neither
one wanted to remain alone
One slip, and down the hole we fall
It seems to take no time at all
A momentary lapse of reason
That binds a life for life
The one regret, you will
never forget
There'll be no sleep in here
tonight
On the turning away
(Gilmour, Moore)
On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say
Which we won't understand
"Don't accept that what's happening
Is just a case of others'
suffering
Or you'll find that you're
joining in
The turning away"
It's a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting it's shroud
Over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we're all alone
In the dream of the proud
On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord
Using words you will find are strange
Mesmerized as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and
stare
Is it only a dream that there'll
be
No more turning away?
Yet another movie
(Gilmour, Leonard)
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
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
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
(Instrumental)
A new machine, part
1
(Gilmour)
I have always been here
I have always looked out from behind
these eyes
It feels like more than a
lifetime
Feels like more than a lifetime
Sometimes I get tired of the
waiting
Sometimes I get tired of
being in here
Is this the way that it
has always been?
Could it ever have been
different?
Do you ever get tired of
the waiting?
Do you ever get tired of
being in there?
Don't worry, nobody lives
forever
Nobody lives forever
(Instrumental)
I will always be here
I will always look out from behind
these eyes
It's only a lifetime
It's only a lifetime
It's only a lifetime
The sweet smell of a great sorrow
lies over the land
Plumes of smoke rise and merge
into the leaden sky
A man lies and dreams of green
fields and rivers
But awakes to a morning with no
reason for waking
He's haunted by the memory of a
lost paradise
In his youth or a dream, he can't
be precise
He's chained forever to a world
that's departed
It's not enough, it's not
enough
His blood has frozen and curdled
with fright
His knees have trembled and given
way in the night
His hand has weakened at the moment
of truth
His step has faltered
One world, one soul
Time pass, the river roll
And he talks to the river of lost
love and dedication
And silent replies that swirl invitation
Flow dark and troubled to an oily
sea
A grim intimation of what
is to be
There's an unceasing wind that blows
through this night
And there's dust in my eyes, that
blinds my sight
And silence that speaks so much
louder than words Of promises broken
All lyrics © 1987 Pink Floyd Music Publ. Ltd. Used without permission
