An Epic on Childhood - 11 - Pink Floyd
child of the universe
hundreds of paper-planes
in a green field of nuts and crosses
graves, headstones and angels
paper bullets and rubbers shot up with a rubberband, or the four forefingers
fly
c i r c l i n g a l l o v e r
then they
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dead, ir-radi-o-active-ate
the blue sky.
paper boats, guess the colour
guess the number
guess, guess
chalk battleships
endless paper rockets
goodbye -
child of the universe
hundreds of paper-planes
in a green field of nuts and crosses
graves, headstones and angels
paper bullets and rubbers shot up with a rubberband, or the four forefingers
fly
c i r c l i n g a l l o v e r
then they
f
a
l
l
o
u
t
d
o
w
n
d
r
o
p
dead, ir-radi-o-active-ate
the blue sky.
paper boats, guess the colour
guess the number
guess, guess
chalk battleships
endless paper rockets
goodbye -
"Goodbye Blue Sky" was written by Roger Waters for Pink Floyd's 1979 double album, "The Wall." On the original vinyl version of the album, it was the last cut on the first side of album one, intended as a recap of the album thus far. According to Waters, "It's remembering one's childhood and then getting ready to set off into the rest of one's life." He went on to write the screenplay for the 1982 live-action/animated surreal musical movie, "Pink Floyd – The Wall,: directed by Alan Parker. For this version, the song was placed between "When the Tigers Broke Free" and "The Happiest Days of Our Lives." The animated segments were done by Gerald Scarfe, who had drawn the illustrations for the album and had provided animation for the 1980-1981 concert tour in its support; for Waters' solo "The Wall Live" tour (2010-2013), Scarfe's animations were projected on a vast scale. In that iteration, the song was used as the backdrop for a "cultural bombing:" The bombers drop dollar and euro signs, religious symbols, and corporate logos instead of bombs.
ReplyDeleteLook mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky
Ooh
Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the
Promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue
Sky?
Ooh
Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
The flames are all long gone, but the pain lingers on
Goodbye, blue sky
Goodbye, blue sky
Goodbye
Goodbye