A way to illustrate the insane madness of competion of the modern life. The meaning of this song is a really deep travel inside the human being. For any request, contact us by mail. A very nice analasys mr. Snowwolf, yet i don't agree with at leats one thing: "the where's and why's". The opening line of an albatross throws me though - why would a fully-evolved bird precede the description of primal life forms crawling from the depths of the sea (unless that was what Waters was looking at when he heard the echoes and started to trip out on the concepts behind this song?) An echo of a distant time Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. Humans are insignificants in the grand scheme of things. View all posts by Dario Giardi. Writer/s: WATERS, ROGER/GILMOUR, DAVID JON And help me understand Listening to it, the band considered those sounds interesting and worked on it. We are not gods. A complex song that was born by coincidence: while Richard Wright was playing the amplified piano filtered by a Leslie rotating speaker, a note went into resonance, a feedback. Is a 23 minute song that take completely the second side of the LP. The truth will and shall be hidden for always, even music is distorted by the black holes of time or something else. And no one sings me lullabys The "Strangers Passing in the Street by chance...." line probably sums up what most of this song is about, just like the "fact" in this … adding support to the origin of life theory: watch Pompeii and the scenes of the band members wandering around the lava fields with geothermal bubbling pools. Or you can stay with your eyes open. Thanks for the insight. if any tool song relates to you theory it would be schism, if you like the lyrics to this song i would definantly check tools lyrics for schism. And lead you through the land Yes, we have friends and  parents, and husband, and wife and childrens. Vesuvius volcano erupted and destroyed the city of Pompeii. But as humans we think that we are separated. But the choice is left to everyone of us. This is a description of the strange drawing that light of the morning make against the wall of the bedroom every day. I love think of photons like million bright ambassadors of morning. Things will always be interpretable in different ways and there are always two sides of the same coin. Much like life, lineage, and history altogether: we are but a long string of biochemical reactions made into sentient beings that leave their individal mark on the great cognitive consciousness known as history and knowledge, be it big or small. Echoes: the best Pink Floyd’s song, according to many. I totally agree with this interpretation. The unauthorized use and the copy of contents without express authorization is forbidden. But what is its meaning? A reference to someone that is the reason that lead the man to wake up every morning. And through the window in the wall These verses are emblematic: two foreigners looking at each other, realizing that they are a single subject that lives the reality “subjectively”, a reality that should be actually abandoned, putting aside our selfishness. A poetic lyrics, intensely wrapped in deep and intimate harmonies. Comes willowing across the sand Incredible that Waters was tuned into this biology and physics which must have been just emerging 40+ years ago; the spiritual message is as ancient as traditions like buddhism, Oh wow. Reading your interpretation while listening to the song makes my eyes well up. And starts to climb towards the light. All the life on earth start from there. Great way to see it and the way I see it agrees in most of what you've just said. But it’s credited to other people of course. You are not behind the curtains. The reason that people would disagree is that we as do not se the whole universal picture. The track marks an important breakthrough in the topics usually touched by Pink Floyd: the attention of the band, which slowly abandoned Syd Barrett’s psychedelic imaginary, moved towards the human dimension and the interaction among us. The lyrics of this song is written by Roger Waters,  while the original music idea was of Rick Wright that in an interview to Mojo magazine explained: “The whole piano thing at the beginning and the chord structure is mine, so I had a large part in writing that. Instead, éverything is a mix up. And what can be the real way to see and feel the relations between us and the other people? All rights are reserved. The differences are so small. A million bright ambassadors of morning. Echoes, as Roger Waters declared in an interview, was the attempt to describe “The potential that human beings have for recognizing each other’s humanity and responding to it, with empathy rather than antipathy.“. To rise Song MeaningI think this song is about dealing with death of perent, maybe the death of roger´s father. And everything is green and submarine, And no one called us to the land Pink Floyd don’t believe in God like the creator of the world. Great post! Starts to climb toward the light, Strangers passing in the street Part of Meddle’s tracklist, Echoes was originally called Return to The Sun Of Nothing and was first performed, with this title, on May 15th, 1971, at the Garden Party in London’s Crystal Palace. And do I take you by the hand Learn how your comment data is processed. Approximately 1,900 years later, Pink Floyd played “Echoes” parts I and II in the city’s ancient amphitheater. And all start in the water, in the oceans nd the seas. Without fears. The song start with a ping sound, that show the creation of the universe, the Big Bang. <3 Thank you for that. After saturating in this song for a bit, I agree most with this interpretation. The weak is not in his eyes, but in the need that someone fall, like incentive to start to rise the hard hill of life. A person that can Take you by the hand, that can make understand, and guide your steps in this world. And deep beneath the rolling waves Come streaming in on sunlight wings When i see you, what i see is me. A sound poem, with sci-fi lyrics and surreal atmospheres. The Secrets of Musical Theory and Harmony” and Initiation to Friendlymusic: Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress. It also … All the evolution is made in a natural way, trying. If a motivation can exist. You can accept the dark side of humans. All people are strangers. Echoes is a song by Pink Floyd that is included in the album Meddle. He's also the creator of the educational project '1 Minuto di Musica'. No crowd was present, but the concert was recorded on film. A dim and foggy fusion of what is right and wrong, stellar and interstellar. Upon my waking eyes And there won’t be no eternal life, or hell or heaven. We are talking about searching for universal empathy. In this lines, we can see that nobody help new forms of life when they come to the earth. Sparing the details, the current leading scientific hypothesis for the origins of life is that it began near hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the ocean. Truth is, like space, dialating and changing constantly and no will never ever know anything for sure. We only see brittle fragments of it be it space, time or the cover of "Meddle" (we do not se the whole ear, the whole picture).We feel the echoe or the richocet, but no matter how much information a footprint contains, it'll never tell you an eye-colour or the thoughts within. Sailors used to fetch albatrosses and force them down to the boat. But this is not true. At this moment, you are the elements! The lyrics are written in one big run-on sentence, strung along just like us. It’s super easy, we promise! And everyone can see you. Echoes is a song by Pink Floyd that is included in the album Meddle.