not to be an ass here, but can we get the lyrics any more wrong? lol
This is straight outta the book that comes with the CD, so they are the right lyrics:
I'm in bed, aching head
gold is lead
choke on bread
underfed
gold is lead
jesus bled
pain is red
dark doom
gruel ghouls, greasy spoons
used spoons, June Bloom
music seems to help the pain
seems to contemplate the brain
Doctor kindly tell your wife that I'm alive
flowers thrive
realise
realise
realise!
Sounds to me like this guy is a soldier who has been hurt in battle. Gold is lead is a tricky line. I'm guessing what matters most is the lead that's in his body, so gold meaning the most valuable thing.
underfed, choke on bread (there's not enough water either lol)
Jesus bled, pain is red... dark doom... simple enough
gruel is nasty ass food that army people eat.
gruel ghouls are maybe the people who eat up all the gruel lol.
the spoons are dirty
My favorite part of the song is "June Bloom"
I think he has the flowers represent being alive.... that's why later he says so strongly that flowers thrive.
The one line I don't get is "doctor kindly tell your wife"
Did the doctor steal his wife from him? Is the doctor's wife a nurse? Who the hell knows lol. This song is amazing.... people need to stop dissin on songs they don't understand because not being accessible is almost synonymous with artistic. Thanks for reading through all this. Send me an IM people. I love talking Floyd! Syd Barrett may be the greatest poetic mind in history.
not to be an ass here, but can we get the lyrics any more wrong? lol This is straight outta the book that comes with the CD, so they are the right lyrics:
I'm in bed, aching head gold is lead choke on bread underfed gold is lead jesus bled pain is red dark doom
gruel ghouls, greasy spoons used spoons, June Bloom
music seems to help the pain seems to contemplate the brain Doctor kindly tell your wife that I'm alive flowers thrive realise realise realise!
Sounds to me like this guy is a soldier who has been hurt in battle. Gold is lead is a tricky line. I'm guessing what matters most is the lead that's in his body, so gold meaning the most valuable thing. underfed, choke on bread (there's not enough water either lol) Jesus bled, pain is red... dark doom... simple enough gruel is nasty ass food that army people eat. gruel ghouls are maybe the people who eat up all the gruel lol. the spoons are dirty My favorite part of the song is "June Bloom" I think he has the flowers represent being alive.... that's why later he says so strongly that flowers thrive. The one line I don't get is "doctor kindly tell your wife" Did the doctor steal his wife from him? Is the doctor's wife a nurse? Who the hell knows lol. This song is amazing.... people need to stop dissin on songs they don't understand because not being accessible is almost synonymous with artistic. Thanks for reading through all this. Send me an IM people. I love talking Floyd! Syd Barrett may be the greatest poetic mind in history.