The Final Cut

By Pink Floyd

On The Final Cut

Released on March 21, 1983

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[Verse 1]

Through the fish-eyed lens of tear-stained eyes

I can barely define the shape of this moment in time

And far from flying high in clear blue skies

I'm spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide

If you negotiate the minefield in the drive

And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes

And if you make it past the shotguns in the hall

Dial the combination, open the priest hole

And if I'm in I'll tell you (what's behind the wall)

*Shot* (Yahoo!)


[Verse 2]

There's a kid who had a big hallucination

Making love to girls in magazines

He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith

Could anybody love him

Or is it just a crazy dream?


[Verse 3]

And if I show you my dark side

Will you still hold me tonight?

And if I open my heart to you

And show you my weak side, what would you do?

Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?

Would you take the children away and leave me alone?

And smile in reassurance as you whisper down the phone?

Would you send me packing?

Or would you take me home?


[Guitar Solo]


[Verse 4]

Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings

Thought I oughta tear the curtain down

I held the blade in trembling hands

Prepared to make it but...

Just then the phone rang

I never had the nerve to make the final cut


[Outro]

“Hello? Listen, I think I'm going insane."

"Okay, listen, it's a- Hahahaha!”