Us and them:
Une
bonne partie de la chanson a été conçue par Wright
bien
avant l’enregistrement de Dark side of the moon. Il
s’agissait
d’une improvisation pour le film Zabriskie Point
de
Michelangelo Antonioni (1970), dont Pink
Floyd a
composé
une partie de la bande originale. Antonioni était
très
exigeant avec le groupe, refusant presque tout ce
qu’il
lui proposait. Par dépit et par fatigue, Wright s’est
mis
à pianoter, alors que sur un écran était projeté un
des
rushes du film, montrant une scène détaillant la
répression
d’une manifestation. Le reste du groupe a
aussitôt
aimé ce qu’il a joué, mais pas Antonioni, qui a
répondu :
« C’est magnifique, mais trop triste. Cela me
rappelle
trop l’église ». Le résultat, nommé alors The
Violent
Sequence, ne fut pas retenu et est finalement
apparu
sur Dark Side of the Moon.
Us,
and them
And
after all we're only ordinary men.
Me,
and you.
God
only knows it's noz what we would choose to do.
Forward
he cried from the rear
and
the front rank died.
And
the general sat and the lines on the map
moved
from side to side.
Black
and blue
And
who knows which is which and who is who.
Up
and down.
But
in the end it's only round and round.
Haven't
you heard it's a battle of words
The
poster bearer cried.
Listen
son, said the man with the gun
There's
room for you inside.
"I
mean, they're not gunna kill ya, so if you give 'em a
quick
short,
sharp,
shock, they won't do it again. Dig it? I mean he
get
off
lightly,
'cos I would've given him a thrashing - I only hit
him
once!
It
was only a difference of opinion, but really...I mean
good
manners
don't
cost nothing do they, eh?"
Down and out
Down and out
It
can't be helped but there's a lot of it about.
With,
without.
And
who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
Out
of the way, it's a busy day
I've
got things on my mind.
For
the want of the price of tea and a slice
The
old man died.
