Meddle
Tracks
"One of These Days" David Gilmour Roger Waters Richard Wright Nick Mason 5:57
"A Pillow of Winds" David Gilmour Roger Waters 5:13
"Fearless" (including "You'll Never Walk Alone") David Gilmour Roger Waters 6:08
"San Tropez" Roger Waters 3:44
"Seamus" David Gilmour Roger Waters Richard Wright Nick Mason 2:15
"Echoes" David Gilmour Roger Waters Richard Wright Nick Mason 23:30
Disk Facts
Released: November 5, 1971
Recorded: January 4 - September 11, 1971
Studio: AIR, EMI, and Morgan, London
Genre: Progressive rock ; Psychedelia
Length: 46:47
Label: Harvest
Producer: Pink Floyd
Lyrics
"One of These Days"
One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces
"A Pillow of Winds"
A cloud of eiderdown draws around me
Softening the sound
Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side
And she's breathing low
And the candle dies
When night comes down, you lock the door
The book falls to the floor
As darkness falls and waves roll by
The seasons change, the wind is warm
Now wakes the owl, now sleeps the swan
Behold a dream, the dream is gone
Green fields, a cold rain is falling in a golden dawn
And deep beneath the ground
The early morning sounds and I go down
Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side
And she's breathing low
And I rise like a bird in the haze
When the first rays touch the sky
And the night wings die
"Fearless"
You say the hill's too steep to climb, chiding
You say you'd like to see me try climbing
You pick the place and I'll choose the time
And I'll climb the hill in my own way
Just wait awhile for the right day
And as I rise above the tree line and the clouds
I look down, hear the sound of the things you said today
Fearlessly, the idiot faced the crowd, smiling
Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round, frowning
And who's the fool who wears the crown?
Go down in your own way
And every day is the right day
And as you rise above the fear lines in his brow
You look down, hear the sound of the faces in the crowd
Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
Liverpool! Liverpool! Liverpool!
"San Tropez"
As I reach for a peach, slide a rind down behind
The sofa in San Tropez
Breakin' a stick with a brick on the sand
Ridin' a wave in the wake of an old sedan
Sleepin' alone in the drone of the darkness
Scratched by the sand that fell from my love
Deep in my dreams and I still hear her callin'
"If you're alone, I'll come ho-ho-home"
Backward and home bound, the pigeon, the dove
Gone with the wind and the rain on an airplane
Born in a home with no silver spoon
I'm drinking champagne like a good tycoon
Sooner than wait for a break in the weather
I'll gather my far-flung thoughts together
Speeding away on the wind to a new day
If you're alone, I'll come ho-ho-home
And I pause for a while by a country stile
And listen to the things they say
Diggin' for gold in a hold in my hand
Open a book, take a look at the way things stand
And you're leading me down to the place by the sea
I hear your soft voice calling to me
Making a date for later by phone
And if you're alone, I'll come ho-ho-home
"Seamus"
I was in the kitchen
Seamus, that's the dog, was outside
Well, I was in the kitchen
Seamus, my old hound, was outside
Well, you know, the sun sinks slowly
But my old hound just sat right down, and cried
"Echoes"
Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the where's or why's
But something stirs and something tries
And starts to climb toward the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance, two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can?
And no one calls us to move on
And no one forces down our eyes
No one speaks and no one tries
No one flies around the sun
Cloudless everyday
You fall upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Come streaming in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky