Recorded 1993 Label EMI (UK)
Columbia (US) | Length 7:04 | |
Published Pink Floyd Music (1987) Ltd Released 28 March 1994 (UK)
5 April 1994 (US) Genre Progressive rock, psychedelic rock | ||
"Poles Apart" is a song by Pink Floyd from the band's 1994 album, The Division Bell.
Contents
Lyrics
The lyrics speak to ex-bandmate Syd Barrett in the first verse, and Roger Waters in the second, according to co-writer Polly Samson. As such, the second verse begins with the words Hey you, the title of a Waters-penned song from Pink Floyd's earlier album, The Wall.
Poles Apart Lyrics
Did you know... it was all going to go so wrong for you And did you see it was all going to be so right for me Why did we tell you then You were always the golden boy then And that you'd never lose that light in your eyes
Hey you... did you ever realize what you'd become And did you see that it wasn't only me you were running from Did you know all the time but it never bothered you anyway Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes
The rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertainty I thought of you and the years and all the sadness fell away from me And did you know...
I never thought that you'd lose that light in your eyes
Tuning
The song was performed in DADGAD tuning.
Personnel
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