On The Turning Away

(Gilmour, Moore)
  1. A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (1987)

    On the turning away
    From the pale and downtrodden
    And the words they say
    Which we won't understand
    "Don't accept that what's happening
    Is just a case of others' suffering
    Or you'll find that you're joining in
    The turning away"
    It's a sin that somehow
    Light is changing to shadow
    And casting it's shroud
    Over all we have known
    Unaware how the ranks have grown
    Driven on by a heart of stone
    We could find that we're all alone
    In the dream of the proud
    On the wings of the night
    As the daytime is stirring
    Where the speechless unite
    In a silent accord
    Using words you will find are strange
    And mesmerised as they light the flame
    Feel the new wind of change
    On the wings of the night
    No more turning away
    From the weak and the weary
    No more turning away
    From the coldness inside
    Just a world that we all must share
    It's not enough just to stand and stare
    Is it only a dream that there'll be
    No more turning away?
    Yet Another Movie
    One sound, one single sound
    One kiss, one single kiss
    A face outside the window pane
    However did it come to this?
    A man who ran, a child who cried
    A girl who heard, a voice that lied
    The sun that burned a fiery red
    The vision of an empty bed
    The use of force, he was so tough
    She'll soon submit, she's had enough
    The march of fate, the broken will
    Someone is lying very still
    He has laughed and he has cried
    He has fought and he has died
    He's just the same as all the rest
    He's not the worst, he's not the best
    And still this ceaseless murmuring
    The babbling that I brook
    The seas of faces, eyes upraised
    The empty screen, the vacant look
    A man in black on a snow white horse,
    A pointless life has run its course,
    The red rimmed eyes, the tears still run
    As he fades into the setting sun


  2. Hand of Fate (1987)

  3. Made In Japan (1988)

  4. Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)

    On the turning away
    From the pale and downtrodden
    And the words they say
    Which we won't understand
    "Don't accept that what's happening
    Is just a case of others' suffering
    Or you'll find that you're joining in
    The turning away"

    It's a sin that somehow
    Light is changing to shadow
    And casting it's shroud
    Over all we have known
    Unaware how the ranks have grown
    Driven on by a heart of stone
    We could find that we're all alone
    In the dream of the proud

    On the wings of the night
    As the daytime is stirring
    Where the speechless unite
    In a silent accord
    Using words you will find are strange
    And mesmerised as they light the flame
    Feel the new wind of change
    On the wings of the night

    No more turning away
    From the weak and the weary
    No more turning away
    From the coldness inside
    Just a world that we all must share
    It's not enough just to stand and stare
    Is it only a dream that there'll be
    No more turning away?


  5. Nothing Is Changed (1988-07-08)

  6. Venetia Night (1989)

  7. Orchestral Maneuvers (1991)

  8. Signs of Live - A tribute to Pink Floyd (2000)