![]() The Division Bell (1994) [ larger cover art ] |
Her love rains down on me easy as the breeze
I listen to her breathing, it sounds like the waves on the sea
I was thinking all about her, burning with rage and desire
We were spinning into darkness; the earth was on fire
She could take it back, she might take it back someday
So I spied on her, I lied to her, I made promises I cannot keep
Then I hear her laughter rising, rising from the deep
And I make her prove her love for me, I take all that I can take
And I push her to the limit to see if she will break
She might take it back, she could take it back some day
''Ring a ring o' roses,''
''A pocket full of posies,''
''Atishoo, atishoo,''
''We all fall down...''[[#Notes|1]]
Now I have seen the warnings, screaming from all sides
It's easy to ignore them and God[[#Notes|2]] knows I've tried
All of this temptation, it turned my faith to lies
Until I couldn't see the danger or hear the rising tide
She can take it back, she will take it back some day
She can take it back, she will take it back some day
She will take it back, she will take it back some day
| drewd | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:09 ick wrote: Pink Floyd phoning it in... I never really considered this to be Pink Floyd. Maybe Floyd Lite. Just because you can put a flower pot on your head...doesn't make it a hat. |
| Biscobret (Vashon, WA) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:07 ick wrote: Pink Floyd phoning it in... Yup... I thought that it was boring Gilmore solo crap 'till I looked up... marginal AT BEST... no, I take it back... this sucks! |
| Relayer (Gainesville, FL) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:06 Gave the song an 8. Everyone would be going on and on about how awesome this song is...except that it gets disregarded because it doesn't have Waters ranting and raving on it. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:05 ...epic... |
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:03 Pink Floyd phoning it in... |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 12:08 Sounds to me like an early U2 influence. |
| mrtuba9 (most likely near Normal) | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 12:07 Why oh why is this NOT in my iTunes...every other album of theirs that I have is!!! |
| RoelantSiekman (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 01:24 Finally! A Floyd song i dislike! (grew tired of giving all those 8+'s..) |
| ofanansky | Posted: May 31, 2012 - 03:35 as a die-hard Pink Floyd fan...meh |
| vaiodon (Halfway to Paradise) | Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 10:07 I've covered a lot of ground listening to the Division Bell, this is one of the stand out songs for me. I really enjoy it. For me, the theme running through seems to be loss & subsequent, positive, regeneration and rejuvenation. |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Deep in the heart of South California) | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 21:12 redrum69 wrote: you hear this and think "nice little formula based pop song", then realize it's pink floyd and go "oh..." KurtfromLaQuinta likes this comment. |
| redrum69 | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 16:41 you hear this and think "nice little formula based pop song", then realize it's pink floyd and go "oh..." |
| Blastcat900 | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 16:36 I agree with seanosoccer |
| mrtuba9 (most likely near Normal) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 07:21 smackiepipe wrote: What a delight to hear this on RP! One of my favorites off of Division Bell, which I sadly haven't played in years. Agreed! |
| The_Bio_Teacher (On the Mighty Rappahannock) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 07:21 Thanks for taking me back to college |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 07:20 What a delight to hear this on RP! One of my favorites off of Division Bell, which I sadly haven't played in years. |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 05:29 Don't care who it sounds like. I like this song very much. |
| vit | Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 13:30 mread wrote: Actually, this is refreshingly unpretentious, given some of the so-called "men" in the catalog, the younger men being much more pretentious than the old. Actually if there is one word for whatever drum set-up this song uses it's "pretentious." |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 13:29 On_The_Beach wrote: Never noticed the Edge-like guitar riff at the opening before. This is something I've recently noticed too, even though I've owned this CD since it was released. I know that Gilmore has his own history of tasty delay effects (see: Run Like Hell), but this seems to be a nod to the Edge. Great song. The song after this on the disc, Coming Back to Life, is an awesome bookend with more great guitar work. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 13:28 Imkirok wrote: First, second, who gives a rip. What, are you in junior high? Damn kids, running on my lawn again! |
| Dave_Mack (Ball of Confusion) | Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 13:27 On_The_Beach wrote: Never noticed the Edge-like guitar riff at the opening before. It's Edge-y all the way through. The whole song reminds me of some other song...which one is it??? "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". That's it. |
| tutakea | Posted: Aug 20, 2011 - 05:06 please, put it back... to where it belongs: music trash bin 4ever.. |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 20:21 I had this on cassette, and I SO need to get it on CD, or maybe get my music-guru to send it to me on MP3. I love this song... David Gilmour has done some clunkers in his day, but to me, this is NOT one of them. It's good to hear it on RP, since my cassette seems to have vanished... |
| linzie | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 20:21 My 1st PF '6' rating....still a terrific CD... |
| Shimmer (Bethesda, MD) | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 20:18 No. |
| Mugro (My body is in Dubai, my heart is in Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Jun 18, 2011 - 04:21 Lame. |
| mread (Sun Diego) | Posted: May 22, 2011 - 22:45 nosaj72 wrote: Not a *bad* song, but a child among men in the PF catalog. Actually, this is refreshingly unpretentious, given some of the so-called "men" in the catalog, the younger men being much more pretentious than the old. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 13:36 Never noticed the Edge-like guitar riff at the opening before. |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 13:34 I wonder who has my copy of this one,,oh well,off to iTunes. |
| chyk5 (Florida) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 13:32 I thought this was the Alarm before pulling it up. The vocals are eerily similar. |
| Imkirok (The Arctic Hinter Land) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 13:31 First, second, who gives a rip. What, are you in junior high? As far as the music goes, a highly underrated album IMO. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 13:31 ...just gorgeous - i've always heard this song as a sequel of sorts to one slip... |
| nosaj72 (Nashville, TN) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 13:31 Not a *bad* song, but a child among men in the PF catalog. |
| Decoy (Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 13:30 marmelock wrote: Second! Fail, I am second. |
| marmelock (Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 13:28 Second! |
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