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Pink Floyd – Brain Damage lyrics
The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill

And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me.
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

"I can't think of anything to say except...
I think it's marvellous! Hahaha! "
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Songwriters: George Roger Waters

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  • TexVetJeff
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    TexVetJeff
    I don't think that Mr. Waters was referring to a specific event or happening, I think he was trying to describe the chaotic, tangled interaction a genius/madman has with a world that insists that its interpretation is the correct one, yet he knows better, or at least holds to that belief as a bedrock to "his" sanity. IMHO (Anyone that asserts to themselves &/or others that they've never felt a little bit "crazy" or had crazy thoughts is either moronic, or a deceived deceiver... no offense meant.)
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    Chrisstieann
    This song is partly about one of Pink Floyd's former band members Syd Barrett. When the band was first created, before David Gilmore joined, Syd was the lead singer and guitarist. He took way too many doses of LSD over a long period do time and grew into schizophrenic-like characteristics eventually unable to preform.
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    This song represents the supposed crazy persons thoughts about what the doctor is doing to him, and that he thinks the doctor is in-fact the lunatic, read the following lines.
    " the lunatic is in my head, the lunatic is in my head.
    You raise the blade, you make the change, you re-arrange me 'till I'm sane "
    And also "you lock the door.
    And throw away the key" referring to the doctor/warden.
    There's someone in my head but it's not me!
    Think about it.
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    • TexVetJeff
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      TexVetJeff
      I don't think that Mr. Waters was referring to a specific event or happening, I think he was trying... Read more →
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      Chrisstieann
      This song is partly about one of Pink Floyd's former band members Syd Barrett. When the band was... Read more →

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