Just heard this track...

[Peder]

David Gilmour Album - About face - Track - Murder.

I love the last verse as it aplies to me with fibro....

Some of them standing, some were waiting in the line

As if there was something that they thought they might find

Taking some strength from the feelings that always were shared

And in the background, the eyes that just stared

What was it brought you out here in the dark?

Was it your only way of making your mark

Did you get rid of all the voices in your head?

Do you now miss them and the things that they said?

On your own admission you raised up the knife

And you brought it down ending another man's life

When it was done you just threw down the blade

While the red blood spread wider like the anger you made

I don't want this anger that's burning in me

It's something from which it's so hard to be free

But none of the tears that we cry in sorrow or rage

Can make any difference, or turn back the page

[Bemoresquirrel]

It’s great track (1984), written about the murder of John Lennon, but you’re right, the last verse could apply to fibro, or any life changing condition. 👍

I found acceptance has helped, because it’s given me a sense of hope. I’m able now to gently exercise, which helps a bit with the pain on moving, though I still need a wheelchair to go out and about.

I love David Gilmour’s 2015 album Rattle That Lock, with the lyrics by his wife, Polly Samson. The lyrics “Rattle that lock, lose those chains” could also apply to fibro, especially as it’s a track about hell.!

It’s based on Milton’s Paradise Lost Book 2, which I did at school in the ‘70’s. I thought at the time would make a great rock opera with The Who, what with the fallen angels and all the fire!!! 🔥 😂

I’m a big Pink Floyd and David Gilmour fan, though I’ve never seen him or them live. My son has seen David Gilmour several times, and is probably a bigger fan than me, having been raised listening to Pink Floyd! x 🙂