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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

  • David Gilmour – acoustic & electric guitars, lap steel, bass, lead vocals, keyboards, programming
  • Nick Mason – drums and percussion
  • Richard Wright – Hammond organ, synths

    • with:

  • Jon Carin – programming

    • References

    Poles Apart Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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