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Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut
There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before times took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
When friends surrounded
The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some sleeping tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut
There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before times took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
When friends surrounded
The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some sleeping tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
Track duration: 07:53
"High Hopes" as written by Richard James Witter, Paul Adrian Banks, Thomas Peter Gladwin, Alan Steven Leach
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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As we develop, we start to distinguish ourselves and long for anything other than what we have.
Life makes us think that we can’t have what we think we want.
We just keep on hoping, and the world just keeps on making hope seem futile.
The unfurled flag is a declaration amid a hostile and confusing environment.
Somehow, we still focus on hope after it has done nothing but draw us astray.
Memory of the past and desire of the future always look better than the present.
This song is distinctly meant to not only be the last song on "The Division Bell" but also the last song .. ever .. for Pink Floyd.
This outro of the song is the music before the death of a great, great band.
The lyrics go through the years of Pink Floyd and all the things it *felt* like. There are also allegories to aging and dying and looking back at one's life and the way it *felt*.
The final phrasing, the couplets, are supposed to be an ode to the final song (Eclipse) on Dark Side of the Moon as the work that Floyd will be most remembered for. They are both written in the same style.
I believe, personally, that this song turned out so good that any time that David might have been tempted to resurrect the band in the ensuing decade, I think he kept looking back at this song and thinking, "I don't think I can put it to bed any better than that. That just about perfect." So, he let Pink Floyd be and die gracefully and in silence.
This is a Top 5 song in the history of Floyd. A true masterpiece.
You did good with the eulogy, Dave.
You did good.
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I think it's about the path of life, and struggling through childhood to adulthood, but every now and then thinking about the past and the time when "The grass was greener, the light was brighter, when friends surrounded, the nights of wonder."
Also it could just be reminiscing youth in general, and how the desire to grow up made you forget how much fun you were having when you weren't.
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed-of world" signify my surrendering to this addiction and living a normal life which has been a dream of mine for years. Come to think of it, I suppose my interpretation really does have a lot to do with losing someone (myself) and growing up.