Shine on (More lyrics)

A friend closes her mails with the salutation "shine on" which is a refreshing change from the usual injunctions to take care. Since we're walking down memory lane, thought I'd elaboate on this 1 too. I don't know if the person who sparked off this train of thought listens to Floyd, but the lyrics of "Shine on, u crazy diamond" (in fact, the entire album "Wish u were here") were written by Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour as tribute to the original band member Syd Barrett, an LSD casualty apparently.


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 on the crossfire
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!

Nobody knows where you are,
How near or how far.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
And we'll bask in the shadow Of yesterday's triumph,
And sail on the steel breeze.
Come on you boy child,
You winner and loser,
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!


13 yrs. after I 1st heard it, it still gives me the goosies.

Btw, wld any of u happen to know what's with Floyd and "the steel breeze"? What's the significance, what's it mean? Why is it a recurring theme in their numbers? Quizzers? Music connossieurs? I'm waiting for answers.

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