PINK FLOYD comfortably numb

1 December 2022

Comfortably numb

Try the live first

Feeling

https://youtu.be/rtzHgOuGKTc

https://youtu.be/nS7oZZLZQA8

Explanation

https://youtu.be/yj93v9j2A4A

Live

https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568

Reaction

I'd heard of and knew PF's top three songs (Comfortably Numb being number 3), but I was just a kid, a boy, not at all prepared for some of the feelings you get in this song.

Anyway...to put it another way...in the corner of your daily life is a little door that, like me as a boy, you probably hadn't noticed. Well, this video from The Charismatic Voice - and the previous from Polo - takes you to that tiny door and opens it for you. Wow, you look through, they show you this huge stunning technicolour universe of matching sounds and colours that blows you away.

Check it out:

https://youtu.be/nS7oZZLZQA8

Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1: Roger Waters]
Hello? (Hello, hello, hello)
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on (Come on, come on), now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again
Relax (Relax, relax, relax)
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?

[Pre-Chorus 1: David Gilmour]
There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child, I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am

[Chorus: David Gilmour]
I have become comfortably numb

[Guitar Solo 1]

[Chorus: David Gilmour]

[Intro]

[Verse 1: Roger Waters]

Hello? (Hello, hello, hello)

Is there anybody in there?

Just nod if you can hear me

Is there anyone home?

Come on (Come on, come on), now

I hear you're feeling down

Well, I can ease your pain

And get you on your feet again

Relax (Relax, relax, relax)

I'll need some information first

Just the basic facts

Can you show me where it hurts?

[Pre-Chorus 1: David Gilmour]

There is no pain, you are receding

A distant ship, smoke on the horizon

You are only coming through in waves

Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying

When I was a child, I had a fever

My hands felt just like two balloons

Now I've got that feeling once again

I can't explain, you would not understand

This is not how I am

[Chorus: David Gilmour]

I have become comfortably numb

[Guitar Solo 1]

[Chorus: David Gilmour]

I have become comfortably numb

[Verse 2: Roger Waters]

Okay (Okay, okay, okay)

Just a little pinprick

There'll be no more

But you may feel a little sick

Can you stand up? (Stand up, stand up)

I do believe it's working, good

That'll keep you going through the show

Come on, it's time to go

[Pre-Chorus 2: David Gilmour]

There is no pain, you are receding

A distant ship, smoke on the horizon

You are only coming through in waves

Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying

When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse

Out of the corner of my eye

I turned to look, but it was gone

I cannot put my finger on it now

The child is grown, the dream is gone

[Chorus: David Gilmour]

I have become comfortably numb

[Guitar Solo 2]