Your lips move, but I can’t hear what you’re saying The parentheticals emphasize Pink’s drug state as he is not hearing the doctor properly as though everything is moving in slow-motion and vibrating.įinally, Pink is able to respond to the doctor, which David Gilmour sings: The doctor speaks to Pink asking for any response whatsoever. The first verse reflects the doctor coming to Pink in his drug-induced state. The song begins with Roger Water’s singing: The drug counteracts his already drug-induced state to ensure that Pink can perform at a concert later in the evening. Along with Pink’s management is a doctor, who suddenly, injects Pink with a drug. But, his journey is interrupted when his management breaks into his hotel room. Within the wall, he embarks on an emotional journey into the past.
Pink builds a metaphorical wall around himself when his father died in World War II. The storyline follows the protagonist, Pink, based on Syd Barrett and Roger Waters. Pink Floyd’s The Wall is a concept album, or as they considered it, a rock opera.
Along with its legendary solo, the song provides airy and eerie lyrics by Roger Waters.īut what is the meaning behind Pink Floyd’s most well-known songs? What does it mean to be “Comfortably Numb?” Let’s discuss. Pink Floyd released “Comfortably Numb,” featured on their eleventh studio album The Wall, in 1979 and again in 1980 as a B-side single to “Hey You.” The six-minute song is one of Pink Floyd’s most well-known, boasting one of the most legendary guitar solos of all time.