Remember when you were young,
you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught in the cross fire
of childhood and stardom.
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter.
Come on you stranger, you
legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too
soon, you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome
with random precision.
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions.
Come on you painter, you piper,
you prisoner, and shine!
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
Summer evening birds are calling
Summer Sunday and a year,
The sound of music in my ears
Distant bells, new-mown grass smells so sweet
By the river holding hands
Roll me up and lay me down
And if you see don't make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a tongue so strange
Sing to me, sing to me
When that fat old sun in the sky is falling
Summer evening birds are calling
Children's laughter in my ears
The last sunlight disappears
And if you see don't make a sound
Pick your feet up off the ground
And if you hear as the warm night falls
The silver sound from a tongue so strange,
Sing to me, sing to me...
Where were you
When I was burned and broken
While the days slipped by
From my window watching
And where were you
When I was hurt and I was helpless
Because the things you say
And the things you do
Surround me
While you were hanging yourself
On someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight
Into the shining sun
Lost in thought And lost in time
While the seeds of life
And the seeds of change Were planted
Outside the rain Fell dark and slow
While I pondered on This dangerous
But irresistible pastime
I took a heavenly ride Through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past And coming back to life
I took a heavenly ride Through our silence
I knew the waiting had begun
Headed straight Into the shining sun
Remember that night...
White steps in the moonlight
They walked it too...
Through empty playground, this ghost's town
Children again on rusting swings getting higher
Sharing a dream
On an Island... it felt right
We lay side by side
Between the moon and the tide
Mapping the stars for a while
Let the night surround you
We're half way to the stars
Ebb and flow
Let it go... feel the warmth beside you
Remember that night
The warmth and the laughter
Candles burn...
Though the church was deserted
At dawn we went down through
empty streets to the harbour
Dreamers may leave ...but we're here everafter...
Da da da da da...
Let the night surround you
We're half way to the stars
Ebb and flow
Let it go... feel the warmth beside you...
(guitar solo)
If you should wake and find me gone
Keep safe this night and dwell upon
Such murmurations, sun sunk deep
Now close your eyes and go to sleep...
What a day it's been,
A day of shoot the breezes,
What a day it's been this time of year,
(Oh yes it is)
Just a day when the weight
of the world slides away.
Feel that sun on your back,
See the shadows falling,
Sea meets shore and soothes it with a song
(Oh yeah)
If this should be my last day
on earth I'll sing along.
(Today, always)
Lets forget all the skies cast over the rain,
(Today, always)
and the sqouring tempest of doubt,
(Today, always)
Holding on clinging tight in the wreckage of love,
(Today, always)
but today...
What a time to dream,
What a day of easy,
What a day it's been this time of year
(Oh yeah)
Just a day when the weight
of the world slides away.
(Today, always)
Evening Star, a guitar in the smoke of the fire,
(Today, always)
Light of gold in the garden of old,
(Today, always)
I will take it all again if it came my way,
(Today, always)
But today...
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
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run...
You better make your face up
in your favorite disguise,
With your button down lips
and your rolled blind eyes.
With your empty smile and your hungry heart,
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past.
With your nerves in tatters
as the conch shell shatters
And the hammers batter down your door.
You better run.
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run.
You better run all day and run all night,
And keep your dirty feelings deep inside.
And if you're taking your girlfriend out tonight,
You'd better park the car well out of sight.
Cause if they catch you in the back
seat trying to pick her locks,
They're gonna send you back to
mother in a cardboard box.
You better run.
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way.
Kicking around on a piece of
ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or
something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine
staying home to watch the rain.
And you are young and life is long
and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten
years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run,
you missed the starting gun.
And you run and you run to catch
up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a
relative way but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.
Every year is getting shorter;
never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or
half a page of scribbled lines.
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over
Thought I'd something more to say.
Home
Home again
I like to be here
When I can
When I come home
Cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones
Beside the fire
Far away
Across the field
Tolling on the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell
Hello
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again
Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb
O.K.
Just a little pin prick
There'll be no more... aaaaaaaah!
But you might feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going, for the show
Come on it's time to go.
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move, but I can't
hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
And I have become
Comfortably numb.
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