Writer(s): ROGER WATERSLyrics powered by www.musixmatch. All in all you were all just bricks in the wall. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat? You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddie!" I don't need no arms around me And I don't need no drugs to calm me I have seen the writing on the wall Don't think I need anything at all No! Don't think I'll need anything at all All in all it was all just bricks in the wall. "Wrong, Guess again! 2x If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. All in all you're just another brick in the wall. We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave us kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave us kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. We don't need no education We dont need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone! All in all it's just another brick in the wall. "You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still lady!" When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children in any way they could (oof!) By pouring their derision Upon anything we did And exposing every weakness However carefully hidden by the kids But in the town it was well known When they got home at night, their fat and Psychopathic wives would thrash them Within inches of their lives. All in all it was all just bricks in the wall. That’s all I have time for today, so take a listen to that (probably pirated) Youtube video above and I’ll see you all next week.Daddy's flown across the ocean Leaving just a memory Snapshot in the family album Daddy what else did you leave for me? Daddy, what'd'ja leave behind for me?!? All in all it was just a brick in the wall.
It truly is a bittersweet story, one that I highly recommend you all take the time out of your day to experience. Pink Floyd expresses this notion by telling us the story of a rock star’s fall from grace, losing everything he holds dear while trying to push away all the pain in his life with indifference. Like I said earlier the album does it’s best to convey the idea that stress in our lives can lead to us isolating ourselves away from the world, sort of like building a wall separating us from reality. 3 Lyrics by Pink Floyd from the Discovery album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more: I dont need. Now I could easily spend three more posts on either the opera or concept half, but I’ll try to give you the key points. That’s right: it’s a rock opera inside of concept album. You see, both of these factors support each other in the album’s climb to dizzying heights of success. It also doesn’t get it’s acclaim from clever lyrics detailing the sobering story of loss and heartbreak of everyone’s favorite fictional rock star (his name is literally Pink Floyd). You see, The Wall doesn’t gain it’s popularity from the fact that it is a concept album based around the idea of isolation and abandonment set to catchy tunes and sophisticated stylizing of music. The song eventually found its way into the film version of The Wall, served as the B-side to 'Bring the Boys Back Home' and was included on 2001s Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd. But what makes this album so prolific? Is it the blending of psychedelic and English progressive rock? Is it the haunting lyrics which actually cause you to think? Is there some inherit value on anything Roger Waters produces (the answer is yes)? You could probably come up with a million different reasons for why this album sold like crazy, but let me break it down for you my way. Whether you realize it or not you have at some point in your life heard a tune from this very record, whether it be “Another Brick in the Wall” or “Comfortably Numb”. Released in 1979 this firecracker of an album soon exploded into critical acclaim, reaching platinum certification 23 times by 1999 and holding a place as one of the most sold albums in the United States to this day. Hello readers of Basement Vinyl! Today I’m going to be digging into a quite well known (and also one of my favorite) Pink Floyd albums: The Wall.