SHINE ON YOU CRAZY
DIAMOND
PINK FLOYD
SONGWRITERS: DAVID
GILMOUR; ROGER WATERS & RICK WRIGHT
WHERE: LIVE PULSE 1944
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: WISH YOU WERE
HERE
LABEL: SONY MUSIC
GENRE: PROGRESSIVE ROCK
YEAR: 1975
"Shine On You Crazy
Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition written by David Gilmour, Roger
Waters, and Rick Wright. It appeared on Pink Floyd's 1975 concept album Wish
You Were Here.
Pink Floyd were an English
rock band formed in London in 1965. They achieved international acclaim with
their progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their use of
philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions, and
elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and influential
groups in popular music history.
Remember when you
were young?
You shone like
the sun.
Shine on, you
crazy diamond
Now there's a
look in your eyes
Like black holes
in the sky
Shine on, you
crazy diamond
You were caught
in the crossfire
Of childhood and
stardom,
Blown on the
steel breeze
Come on you
target
For faraway
laughter;
Come on you
stranger, you legend,
You martyr, and
shine
You reached for
the secret
Too soon
You cried for the
moon
Shine on, you
crazy diamond
Threatened by
shadows at night
And exposed in
the light
Shine on, you
crazy diamond
Well, you wore
out your welcome
With random
precision
Rode on the steel
breeze
Come on you
raver, you seer of visions;
Come on you
painter, you piper,
You prisoner, and
shine
Nobody knows
where you are,
How near or how
far
Shine on, you
crazy diamond
Pile on many
More layers
And i'll be
joining you there
Shine on, you crazy
diamond
And we'll bask in
the shadow
Of yesterday's
triumph
And sail on the
steel breeze
Come on you boy
child, you winner and loser,
Come on you miner
for truth and delusion,
And shine.