A GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM - PINK FLOYD

ON THE DAY THE WALL CAME DOWN
THEY THREW THE LOCKS ONTO THE GROUND
AND WITH GLASSES HIGH WE RAISED A CRY FOR FREEDOM HAD ARRIVED
ON THE DAY THE WALL CANE DOWN
THE SHIP OF FOOLS HAD FINALLY RUN AGROUND
PROMISES LIT UP THE NIGHT LIKE PAPER DOVES IN FLIGHT

I DREAMED YOU HAD LEFT MY SIDE
NO WARMTH, NOT EVEN PRIDE REMAINED
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU NEEDED ME
IT WAS CLEAR THAT I COULD NOT DO A THING FOR YOU

NOW LIFE DEVALUES DAY BY DAY
AS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS TURN AWAY
AND THERES A CHANGE THAT, EVEN WITH REGRET, CANNOT BE UNDONE

NOW FRONTIERS SHIFT
LIKE DESERT SANDS
WHILE NATIONS
WASH THEIR BLOODIED HANDS
OF LOYALTY, OF HISTORY, IN SHADES OF GRAY

I WOKE TO THE SOUND OF DRUMS
THE MUSIC PLAYED, THE MORNING SUN STREAMED IN
I TURNED AND I LOOKED AT YOU
AND ALL BUT THE BITTED RESIDUE SLIPPED AWAY...SLIPPED AWAY