PINK FLOYD - SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND

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.