I really think that it's about him contemplating what he's done with his life. Waiting for the worms... to come. It's about the fictional character Pink Floyd, whose story the album is about, after he goes completely insane and mentally descends into his fascist dictator personality. To clean up the city. All you need to do is follow the worms The worms will convene outside Brixton Bus Station.
In his hallucination, he is a fascist dictator who spreads hatred, with the promise that his followers would see "Britannia rule again" and "send our coloured cousins home again, " and announces he is "waiting to turn on the showers and fire the ovens. " As for you all worried of the Nazism, relax, it's metaphorical, even if it does coincide with real events. Publisher: BMG Rights Management. For the rest of the song it switches back and forth from heavy to calm, the different voices coming in at different times, until the very end where the muffled voice begins very desperate calls and the music grows louder, making the voice incomprehensible. Discuss the Waiting for the Worms Lyrics with the community: Citation. Would you like to see Britannia.. you like to see us. Artist: Roger Waters.
While not the best track on the wall It's a pretty good song that I don't think is talked about enough. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing, and Literature Religion and Spirituality Science Tabletop Games Technology Travel. Which I guess is true; he's his own dictator, in a way. Show Must Go On, The. Is it just about the Nazis? Also, I realized the metaphor works because when people descend into madness, they can easily be manipulated by authoritarian forces, whether they come from outside (e. g., Hitler) or within (as in the case of Pink. ) It seems to be about meeting at the town hall at 1:16 (1:16 seems fairly discernable in these rantings). A slippery song that is still moist and relevant today as it was before the Berlin Wall came down. Our systems have detected unusual activity from your IP address (computer network). I think Pink was brain washed of some sort and the torture of his youth was a 'Run like hell', the enemies take control and end it all in 'Worms'. Eliot from Huntington, InHow could this not be about Nazism? Find more lyrics at ※. Waiting for the Worms is definatly open to interpretation, but I think the worms represent desperation, oppression, corruption and devestation.
En attendant les bons à rien. Town Hall where we're going to be... Dennis from Hicksville, Nyi think this song has multiple finatly has something to do with nazis, in the movie when this song comes on a bunch of nazis start marching down the street. Song Name: Waiting For The Worms. Hence weaklings, coons, reds, homosexuals, intellectuals.
Fangzhou from Puyang, henan, chinaIn China Pink Floyd still have many fans like me - a college student! The lyrics make obvious reference to Nazism (even to 'the final solution) which complete the metaphor. The song, although it has many references to the nazi ideas, is not about nazism. "For either he will HATE the one and LOVE the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. Each brick carefully laid for maximum effect. Roger Waters: "After Run Like Hell you can hear an audience shouting 'Pink Floyd' on the left-hand side of the stereo, if you're listening in cans, and on the right-hand side or in the middle, you can hear voices going 'hammer' they're saying 'ham-mer, ham-mer'... this is the Pink Floyd audience, if you like, turning into a rally. It's quite possible we may encounter some [..... ]. I hate it when everything bad has to be refered to nazism.
Another Brick in the Wall part 3. Chris from One Step Closer To Death, AlI always thought this was about Pink has the Wall comepletely done, and he's just waiting for death to come. At the end, Pink finally comes to his senses adn decides enough is enough. Want it straight from the horse's mouth? Sitting in a bunker. This whole song represents the Nazi's methods and ideals. To strengthen the strain. Album: The Wall: Live in Berlin, 1990. Stop trying to blame it all on them. Karen from Radford, VaOn the surface I would agree that this song is about Nazis.
The National Front is a white supremacist group that makes occasional bids for power in the UK. This gives him a sense of power, since "no matter how they try" they can't get him. No, it has nothing to do with racism, but the idea behind the nazi camps are impressive.
Jim from Long Beach, Ca"Would you like to see Britianna rule again?, my friend.. ". When you're going insane, you don't realize it, and sometimes others don't notice it at first, either: You implode psychically as a result of what "worms" its way into you. Here's a little food for thought... back when I was in my early teens someone told me that the shouting of the crowd was actually something other than "Hammer" (mind you -- this guy was not an insider, although he was one of the few lucky SOBs who got to see The Wall performed LIVE at one of the scant original tour dates) Anyway, he told me that the crowd was chanting "MAMMON, MAMMON, MAMMON" which made me wonder for years and years what the Hell MAMMON meant! Patrick from Tallapoosa, GaAt the end of the song, as the animated hammers are marching, the chorus is chanting "Hammer! At eighteen after midday, we'll all be at Hyde Park! Well -- here it is... for what it's worth: From Middle English, from Late Latin mammona, from Greek mammonas, from Aramaic mamona (riches). And most people believe Germany started that war by arming up.