I have always been here
I have always looked out from behind these eyes
it feels like more than a lifetime
feels like more than a lifetime

Sometimes I get tired of the waiting
sometimes I get tired of being in here
is this the way it has always been?
could it ever have been different?

Do you ever get tired of the waiting?
do you ever get tired of being in there?
don't worry, nobody lives forever,
nobody lives forever



Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae

Track duration: 01:46


A New Machine (Part 1) song meanings
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    General Comment:The rebuttle to this great song is-"well"?
    Flag emuInAmuumuuon May 26, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Completely disagree with LouDog. One of their best. Shows how much Roger kept the other members great ability under tight wraps.
    Flag snakeJakeon January 11, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:I respect every opinion and interpretation of music. It's the majesty of it after all, that everyone can find something that's meaninful for their own. So I hope you enjoy mine.

    I believe, it's the human soul (whatever you understand by that) speaking to yourself and questioning it's existance. I've been there, sometimes while in deep meditation. Your mind/soul, speaking to yourself, and wondering about how your point of view is the only one you have really known for sure: "I have always been here, I have always looked out from behind this eyes". It "feels more than a lifetime" because you existance is your whole eternity, you haven't experienced what happend before your moment, so your whole life seems your relative forever.

    Also, wondering about existance, many times we wonder what will happen after life, and get anxious to find it out: "Sometimes I get tired of the waiting" And by "being in here", means -the body "we" are bound to-.

    Then it asks YOU, the listener, If the same happens to you, and then comforts you by reminding that "Nobody lives forever"

    But after a long instrumental part, that represents reasoning, IMO, the soul realizes "It's only a lifetime" we have to wait. If theres something granted in life it's that it will end someday, and so, I guess, I'll find out what all this living was about.

    You can say the singing is awful, or that the song has no rhythm, whatever... I think this is much more than a simple song. The singing seems like a desperate call to the universe, and a great "Momentary Lapse Of Reason" of Gilmour realizing his own existance.
    Flagged Cahklon November 17, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song is about Aliens, and how they're alway watching us and with us, and how they were here for 1000s of years before us.
    Flag Chrononaut666on July 16, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:yep still stuck here
    Flag Matt Holckon September 01, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:If you think this is bad, listen to Nick Mason's 'Entertainment' on Ummagumma and then tell me this is the worst. To be quite honest, this song isn't bad to me. Its not meant to be a song on its own - its a part of the album and i think both parts complement terminal frost exactly. Any thoughts?
    Flag Arialon November 21, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:@thatsreallymessedup: Interesting question actually. I figure they're probably talking about themselves. It's kind of like some small comfort after all the waiting, that at least you won't have to wait forever. This whole album has one song that like fits into the next. I mean just look at the next song, sorrow :)
    Flag phasetransitionon September 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Worst song ever recorded by Pink Floyd. Yet, its still good
    Flag LouDawg808on October 12, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Sometimes, I decide to sing this song (Along with Part 2) on my microphone. So, I plug it into my brother's amplifier and set it to 'Insane'. Then I get an extremely distorted voice which is nothing compared to the real vocals on this track. Sometimes, I like to add a long echo to it. It's fun, but my brother doesn't really like me using his amplifier... because I don't own one myself.
    Flag Grind838on August 21, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I always thought this was about a mind trapped in a head in cryogenc freeze. Was that topical when the song was written, or just when I first got into the album? (1990 at polytechnic.) Dunno where I got the idea from, but it fits for me. (Check out Dennis Potter's Cold Lazarus (TV drama) for a similar idea, but much later.)
    Flag TheKeeperon August 16, 2006   Link

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