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The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You rearrange me ' till I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me
And if the cloud bursts thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You rearrange me ' till I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me
And if the cloud bursts thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by mellowcat
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This song is simply about the different faces of insanity. The lines The lunatic is in the hall the lunatics are in the hall the paper holds their folded faces to the floor and every day the paper boy brings more is referring to the crazy shit you read about in the paper. The lines below to be are about schizophrenia and lobotomies.
The lunatic is in my head = "I'm crazy" you raise the blade, you make the change "You lobotomize me" you rearrange me ' till I'm sane "I stop freaking out.. externally" you lock the door "I no longer can communicate." and throw away the key "forget about me, I am zombified by the lobotomy, not a problem for you anymore" there's someone in my head but it's not me "But I'm still crazy and in hell in my own head"
Lastly, the lines And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear you shout and no one seems to hear and if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon Are 100% about Syd Barret. Sometimes Syd would just freak out on stage and start playing songs that no one else in the band knew. In his own head, he'd get blasted with a ringing in his ears, and he'd try to call out, but it was as if no one could hear or understand him.
This is definitely one of my favorite Floyd tunes.