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You say the hill's too steep to climb
Chiding
You say you'd like to see me try
Climbing
You pick the place and I'll choose the time
And I'll climb
The hill in my own way
Just wait a while, for the right day
And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds
I look down hearing the sound of the things you said today
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling
Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round, frowning
And who's the fool who wears the crown
Go down in your own way
And everyday is the right day
And as you rise above the fear lines in his BROW
You look down
Hear the sound of the faces in the crowd
Chiding
You say you'd like to see me try
Climbing
You pick the place and I'll choose the time
And I'll climb
The hill in my own way
Just wait a while, for the right day
And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds
I look down hearing the sound of the things you said today
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling
Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round, frowning
And who's the fool who wears the crown
Go down in your own way
And everyday is the right day
And as you rise above the fear lines in his BROW
You look down
Hear the sound of the faces in the crowd
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae, edited by frashpikass, rcedison, shinzon, Elin01, pendraggon
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I didn't read all the comments, but a good number of them and no one has yet to explain how the ending of the song fits into their understanding of the meaning. I am referring of course to the part where there is singing "You'll never walk alone." I am an old (near 50yo) fan of Floyd and that being said, I am also a big Elvis fan. Elvis did a religious song with the same words "You'll never walk alone" and this would fit perfectly with Jesus, and I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but the references are undeniably strong in favor of this meaning. And there is nothing wrong with that!! Think about it... the beginning is relative to the application of religious faith in one's life...to give strength and courage to face life's struggles. The second verse tells of how Christ faced enormous horrible circumstances completely fearless. While at first "idiot" doesn't seem to fit, if you continue and put yourself back in the era of Christ, the people who didn't believe must have thought him an idiot. All he had to do was say that he wasn't the Messiah. Pontius Pilate, the Magistrate, didn't want to crucify Christ and was actually saddened when the "faces in the crowd" chose to set Barrabus free instead of Jesus, hence the reason why Pilate washed his hands of the whole thing and was "frowning" in the song. Then the association with Jesus gets even more obvious..."and who's the fool who wears the crown" this is referring to the initial reference to Jesus as an idiot and he did wear a crown...of thorns. This is contrasted with the Magistrate's crown, or the King's crown. And go down in your own way and every day is the right day. Symbolizes the crucifixion, death and entombment of Christ, but also is a reference to the Christian who Kneels "down in [his] own way" to worship and the "right day" to worship is "everyday," and "as you rise above..." No doubt this refers to the resurrection and ascension to heaven. Hearing the faces in the crowd I believe just means that Jesus was saddened by the whole ordeal-- not because the crowd had upset him, but because he knew that His Father would deal with them-- at least all those who hadn't believed in him. Finally "you'll never walk alone" just means if you accept Jesus into your life, you'll never walk alone. Could it be that Cid had talked of such things: death, fear, salvation, etc. and this was the remaining members' way of coping with these issues. It's really not a bad way to ease fear and stress. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. By the way I like all music except most country. I like TOOL and Led Zep, RUSH, The Cars, Iron Maiden, Metallica. Now someone explain for me Grantchester Meadows on Ummagumma....
goodness me, as with every other religious nut I have ever met you always try to steer everything toward your religion because you have nothing else in your life. Pink Floyd were of the belief that religion was a bad thing and the cause of most conflict and evil doing. (which it is). This song is about rising above the bullshit that surrounds us all (in the songs context a stereotypical judge and the peasants just following blindly) and be yourself, do your own thing and fuck what everybody else thinks. Pink Floyd were far to intelligent to be refering to the bible which is terrible story book written by monks trying to control the masses a few thousand years ago. Pink Floys were above all that rubbish as the song says.