David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) sung this:
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 pagehttp://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/david_gilmour/murder.html
I think it is great and very healing song!
So, in first strophe, we have a crowd (enjoying the music, if i understood the lyrics correct).
And in the last line of that strophe we have...:
And in the background, the eyes that just stared...Eyes that stared - well, it could be another fan. But it's not - we discover that in the first line of the second strophe:
...What was it brought you out here in the dark?Do you notice of what the second strophe is consisted of?
It is a series of unanswered questions - Gilmour personally addresses the man:
1st:What was it brought you out here in the dark?
2nd:Was it your only way of making your mark?
3rd:Did you get rid of all the voices in your head?
4th:Do you now miss them and the things that they said?Unanswered, but so powerful and strong! And each and every one of them is the strong condemnation - with a gradation - from 'weakest' to the strongest.
It's like he's saying:
You came out of the crowd, as a 'fan' and couldn't think of nothing better to leave your mark behind you.
But, did it help? The voices in your head 'told' you to do this, but did it help after you did it? Did you get rid of them?Unanswered. We cannot know. Nobody knows.
The third strophe describes what happened. Notice that Gilmour uses powerful word 'knife' (and not gun or pistol).
Notice how strong it sounds the line where it is said that he killed a man (and we all know what that man meant to the music, to their fans, to the world):
And you brought it down ending another man's life
When it was done you just threw down the blade.It ends with strong comparison:
...While the red blood spread wider like the anger you made...(Again, Gilmour speaks directly to the man that did this.)
The forth is synthesis, conclusion. In first two lines he speaks about his feelings:
I don't want this anger that's burning in me
It's something from which it's so hard to be free.And, finally, he concludes, states a simple, sad fact:
But none of the tears that we cry in sorrow or rage
Can make any difference, or turn back the page.A lot different (more upbeat) is Freddie's Life Is Real:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Life-Is-Real-Song-For-Lennon-lyrics-Queen/F00C8303C9646CE9482568940005ED4CFreddie was Beatles' fan and this is very 'Freddish' song - uplifting, stating that
life is a roulette wheel, lif is cruel, life is a b****.
In the similar manner (upbeat) is George's
All Those Years Ago
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/g/george+harrison/all+those+years+ago_20059118.htmlPaul's
Here Today is a gentle ballad in a form of conversation with his bandmate (as in George's song).
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Here-Today-lyrics-Paul-McCartney/89D16C9242C6B73948256A4C001246B3The ballad has some great lines:
But we could always sing.
But you were always there with a smile. Notice the 'McCartnian' musical arrangement of this song: starts with acoustic guitar and later strings come in (reminiscing of
Eleanor Rigby, Strawberry Fields, Yesterday, Here Comes The Sun, Something......)
Yesterday, here today, all those years ago...