http://www.englishforums.com/English/SongWritingLyrics/Forum18.htmR&B, Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock and some roll.enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatIsTheMeaningOfAllThis/vhdvh/post.htm#369950Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:42:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:369950Isidora0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatIsTheMeaningOfAllThis/vhdvh/post.htm#369950http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-369950.xmlFirst of all, I wouldn't say that what he did was to simply tack any thought that just popps in his head onto the other ones. And this concerns especially the last example. This is the song that is deeply autobiographical, and I don't think he would tack just any random thought so that he can have a complete verse. So I couldn't disagree with you more in that particular matter. But it's only fair to say that you were right up there. To some extent... His songs were concidered a bit odd and he did have some unusual topics in them, althought I wouldn't say that his songs are 'completely devoid of rational thought'. But that is not the point here. It seems to me that I wasn't quite clear in my question earlier. What I want is an...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatIsTheMeaningOfAllThis/vhdvh/post.htm#369601Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:42:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:369601Mike in Japan1http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatIsTheMeaningOfAllThis/vhdvh/post.htm#369601http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-369601.xmlI'm not so sure it would be a productive use of time trying to find any significant meaning in the line. He seems to have frequently been completely devoid of rational thought. Please don't misunderstand me, the line may have, or have had, some significance at least to Barrett, but in my opinion it may well have been simply an arbitrary thought tacked onto the other lines. Who knows what Barrett was thinking - it could also be that he added it simply to add mystery, or even confusion. Trying to decypher modern lyrics can be a virtual goose chase. Sometimes the 'goose' is no more than the maddening wake of Mandy and the Microdots. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTtXVrANEhUhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatIsTheMeaningOfAllThis/vhdvh/post.htmFri, 23 Jan 2009 19:42:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:369417Isidora2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatIsTheMeaningOfAllThis/vhdvh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-369417.xmlOk, Syd Barrett was known as someone who loved to play with words in his songs... a lot... So, now I have a very hard time figuring out the meaning of some of them. I know what each word means, but problem begins when they are combined. I tried to look it up in all dictionaries I could find, I've been througt all idioms with containing words - but I still don't have a clue what does it all mean. He is full of that, so let me begin with some examples: "I'm only a person whose arm bands beats on his hands, hang tall" - The both lines are just so not - undersandable, at least not for me! "Please leave us here close our eyes to the octopus ride!" - Ok, I know what octopus and ride mean, but the whole package is just.... what? "I...