I believe this song is a timeline of some sort. The "ping"s in the beginning represent the universe coming into existence, and the first verse refers to the first organisms on Earth.... everything was "green and submarine", peaceful, it was enough, but something drove some of those organisms to seek a new life on land, something drove them to journey into the unknown. Fast-forward millions of years later to the Cro-Magnon.... Perhaps by complete coincidence, two of these early humans see each other and recognize themselves. They are the same, or the same species rather - "I am you and what I see is me". These two specific cavemen go on to try and cooperate for protection, hunting, shelter, etc. They work together. The following guitar solo documents the evolution of man, and all his accomplishments AND follies. The groovy part right after that reflects modern society, and how its kinda fast-paced, stressful, and there's a lot of sleaze that comes with civilization. In the haunting, graveyard-esque portion that follows, I THINK it singles out one man in this society, a very depressed man for whatever reason. He feels he's trudging through life, and its a living hell for him. However, he soon somehow feels he's breaking out of that hell...... maybe its a dream, or his life is turning around, something of that sort.... he feels he's ascending towards heaven and escaping from everything that has ruined his life. But just when he's on the brink, he "wakes up" (the last verse) and reality dawns on him. He quickly falls back to where he once was. He is alone. But something inside him, just like what drove the first organisms to leave the ocean and what drove the Cro-Magnons to work together, drives him to continue trudging through life, in hope that he will find someone or something to live for soon (and so I throw the windows wide and call to you across the sky.
This is just my interpretation, and I think any song or work of art can be interpreted a thousand ways. Whatever its about, this song remains my favorite song of all time.... the entire song as a whole is surreal. Every time that guitar cannon we all know bursts in moments before the last verse, I feel like I'm ascending to a new level of consciousness. Pink Floyd (who is also my favorite band) was, and will always be, awe-inspiring.
Great post! I like how this illuminates the concept of "from the beginning" quite well. However, I have been known to be credulous so this now makes perfect sense! Thanks for the insight.
Great post! I like how this illuminates the concept of "from the beginning" quite well. However, I have been known to be credulous so this now makes perfect sense! Thanks for the insight.
@HammerFloyd Also, they discovered 'Echoes' from the big bang. A sound still resounding after so many years. With your explanation, this could explain the title!
@HammerFloyd Also, they discovered 'Echoes' from the big bang. A sound still resounding after so many years. With your explanation, this could explain the title!
@HammerFloyd - I just loved your interpretation....it was perfect..the song was not only surreal but it has this mystery of the universe...It is my favorite song of pink floyd and you are right it is timeless but all their music has a timeless quality to it...I always wondered the meaning of why pink floyd recorded one of their Echoes sessions at Pompeii if there was a special connection or just that it too is a very mysterious place of time and space with haunting calls or echoes of the ancient people that ere always immortalized there.
Mary...
@HammerFloyd - I just loved your interpretation....it was perfect..the song was not only surreal but it has this mystery of the universe...It is my favorite song of pink floyd and you are right it is timeless but all their music has a timeless quality to it...I always wondered the meaning of why pink floyd recorded one of their Echoes sessions at Pompeii if there was a special connection or just that it too is a very mysterious place of time and space with haunting calls or echoes of the ancient people that ere always immortalized there.
Mary
Okay I have listened to the song with your interpretation and I have a few lines to back your theory up:
Okay I have listened to the song with your interpretation and I have a few lines to back your theory up:
"And no one called us to the land and no one knows the where's or why's"
"And no one called us to the land and no one knows the where's or why's"
These should be the primitive forms of life where they had no awareness or conscious.
These should be the primitive forms of life where they had no awareness or conscious.
"No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun."
"No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun."
These could be the neanderthalers AKA the primitive humans, The fact that they don't fly around the sun means that they have no knowledge about flying around the sun (because in fact you always fly around the sun) so they have no science or anything of that sort. The only thing that bothers me is the sentence "No one crosses there alive"
@HammerFloyd Excellent interpretation, the lyrics and sounds perfectly support that - and @DnTook, you probably have a problem with that lyric because it isn't the correct one. Every other lyric on this site is correct, but "no one crosses there alive" should be "no one forces down our eyes". Granted I don't know what that means either... maybe they're talking about how everything is new to the humans so they looked at the world without focus or societal "force", similar to how babies today admire every little light and shadow before adults indicate what's important....
@HammerFloyd Excellent interpretation, the lyrics and sounds perfectly support that - and @DnTook, you probably have a problem with that lyric because it isn't the correct one. Every other lyric on this site is correct, but "no one crosses there alive" should be "no one forces down our eyes". Granted I don't know what that means either... maybe they're talking about how everything is new to the humans so they looked at the world without focus or societal "force", similar to how babies today admire every little light and shadow before adults indicate what's important.
@HammerFloyd I agree mostly but the middle part we call the whale noises I believe is one lost soul calling out to another are you out there beyond the wall that's why you hear it when "pink"is banging on the "wall" in the movie. It's about the disconnect and lack of empathy with our fellow man. But those who hear the call band together and overcome. I'll throw the window wide and call to you across the sky. I hope you hear my "Ping".
@HammerFloyd I agree mostly but the middle part we call the whale noises I believe is one lost soul calling out to another are you out there beyond the wall that's why you hear it when "pink"is banging on the "wall" in the movie. It's about the disconnect and lack of empathy with our fellow man. But those who hear the call band together and overcome. I'll throw the window wide and call to you across the sky. I hope you hear my "Ping".
I believe this song is a timeline of some sort. The "ping"s in the beginning represent the universe coming into existence, and the first verse refers to the first organisms on Earth.... everything was "green and submarine", peaceful, it was enough, but something drove some of those organisms to seek a new life on land, something drove them to journey into the unknown. Fast-forward millions of years later to the Cro-Magnon.... Perhaps by complete coincidence, two of these early humans see each other and recognize themselves. They are the same, or the same species rather - "I am you and what I see is me". These two specific cavemen go on to try and cooperate for protection, hunting, shelter, etc. They work together. The following guitar solo documents the evolution of man, and all his accomplishments AND follies. The groovy part right after that reflects modern society, and how its kinda fast-paced, stressful, and there's a lot of sleaze that comes with civilization. In the haunting, graveyard-esque portion that follows, I THINK it singles out one man in this society, a very depressed man for whatever reason. He feels he's trudging through life, and its a living hell for him. However, he soon somehow feels he's breaking out of that hell...... maybe its a dream, or his life is turning around, something of that sort.... he feels he's ascending towards heaven and escaping from everything that has ruined his life. But just when he's on the brink, he "wakes up" (the last verse) and reality dawns on him. He quickly falls back to where he once was. He is alone. But something inside him, just like what drove the first organisms to leave the ocean and what drove the Cro-Magnons to work together, drives him to continue trudging through life, in hope that he will find someone or something to live for soon (and so I throw the windows wide and call to you across the sky.
This is just my interpretation, and I think any song or work of art can be interpreted a thousand ways. Whatever its about, this song remains my favorite song of all time.... the entire song as a whole is surreal. Every time that guitar cannon we all know bursts in moments before the last verse, I feel like I'm ascending to a new level of consciousness. Pink Floyd (who is also my favorite band) was, and will always be, awe-inspiring.
Great post! I like how this illuminates the concept of "from the beginning" quite well. However, I have been known to be credulous so this now makes perfect sense! Thanks for the insight.
Great post! I like how this illuminates the concept of "from the beginning" quite well. However, I have been known to be credulous so this now makes perfect sense! Thanks for the insight.
@HammerFloyd Also, they discovered 'Echoes' from the big bang. A sound still resounding after so many years. With your explanation, this could explain the title!
@HammerFloyd Also, they discovered 'Echoes' from the big bang. A sound still resounding after so many years. With your explanation, this could explain the title!
@HammerFloyd - I just loved your interpretation....it was perfect..the song was not only surreal but it has this mystery of the universe...It is my favorite song of pink floyd and you are right it is timeless but all their music has a timeless quality to it...I always wondered the meaning of why pink floyd recorded one of their Echoes sessions at Pompeii if there was a special connection or just that it too is a very mysterious place of time and space with haunting calls or echoes of the ancient people that ere always immortalized there. Mary...
@HammerFloyd - I just loved your interpretation....it was perfect..the song was not only surreal but it has this mystery of the universe...It is my favorite song of pink floyd and you are right it is timeless but all their music has a timeless quality to it...I always wondered the meaning of why pink floyd recorded one of their Echoes sessions at Pompeii if there was a special connection or just that it too is a very mysterious place of time and space with haunting calls or echoes of the ancient people that ere always immortalized there. Mary
@HammerFloyd
@HammerFloyd
Okay I have listened to the song with your interpretation and I have a few lines to back your theory up:
Okay I have listened to the song with your interpretation and I have a few lines to back your theory up:
"And no one called us to the land and no one knows the where's or why's"
"And no one called us to the land and no one knows the where's or why's"
These should be the primitive forms of life where they had no awareness or conscious.
These should be the primitive forms of life where they had no awareness or conscious.
"No one speaks and no one tries No one flies around the sun."
"No one speaks and no one tries No one flies around the sun."
These could be the neanderthalers AKA the primitive humans, The fact that they don't fly around the sun means that they have no knowledge about flying around the sun (because in fact you always fly around the sun) so they have no science or anything of that sort. The only thing that bothers me is the sentence "No one crosses there alive"
@HammerFloyd I have a very different interpretation of the song, but yours is deep and excellent. Fantastic thoughts!
@HammerFloyd I have a very different interpretation of the song, but yours is deep and excellent. Fantastic thoughts!
@HammerFloyd Excellent interpretation, the lyrics and sounds perfectly support that - and @DnTook, you probably have a problem with that lyric because it isn't the correct one. Every other lyric on this site is correct, but "no one crosses there alive" should be "no one forces down our eyes". Granted I don't know what that means either... maybe they're talking about how everything is new to the humans so they looked at the world without focus or societal "force", similar to how babies today admire every little light and shadow before adults indicate what's important....
@HammerFloyd Excellent interpretation, the lyrics and sounds perfectly support that - and @DnTook, you probably have a problem with that lyric because it isn't the correct one. Every other lyric on this site is correct, but "no one crosses there alive" should be "no one forces down our eyes". Granted I don't know what that means either... maybe they're talking about how everything is new to the humans so they looked at the world without focus or societal "force", similar to how babies today admire every little light and shadow before adults indicate what's important.
@HammerFloyd How much acid were you on when you conceived that interpretation?
@HammerFloyd How much acid were you on when you conceived that interpretation?
@HammerFloyd ... JUST enough to stay conscious enough to think of it.
@HammerFloyd ... JUST enough to stay conscious enough to think of it.
@HammerFloyd I agree mostly but the middle part we call the whale noises I believe is one lost soul calling out to another are you out there beyond the wall that's why you hear it when "pink"is banging on the "wall" in the movie. It's about the disconnect and lack of empathy with our fellow man. But those who hear the call band together and overcome. I'll throw the window wide and call to you across the sky. I hope you hear my "Ping".
@HammerFloyd I agree mostly but the middle part we call the whale noises I believe is one lost soul calling out to another are you out there beyond the wall that's why you hear it when "pink"is banging on the "wall" in the movie. It's about the disconnect and lack of empathy with our fellow man. But those who hear the call band together and overcome. I'll throw the window wide and call to you across the sky. I hope you hear my "Ping".