what is the meaning of the song 'coming back to life ' by -Pink Floyd?

Answer 1

In a subtle way, it's about the lead singer in that time, David Gilmour, saying "good riddance" to Roger Waters, who left the band and insisted that they would never come back without him.

Answer 2

I think the song is talking about being betrayed by someone and not having a chance with them and realizing they have to move on. I found this about it, I don't know if it's true or not.


It is a song about the end of the Cold War and the collapse of Soviet sattelite states in Eastern Europe. "Staring straight into the shining sun" is a definite elude to the east. It suggests that we, the west could have done more for the east at the conclusion of the Second World War. In the interim period after the war and the collapse of communism, they heard our words, while we watched and did nothing as the Soviets invaded thieir "Fraternal Socialists brothers" not once, but twice (Hungary 1956 and Czechloslavakia 1968), in the end freedom triumphed, but the song is critical about paying lip service to ideals and not action. It was the inherently corrupt nature of communism and the strength of the human spirit that triumphed in the east, not the idealism of democracy.

Answer 3

It is a very sensitive song and I have found this for you (in words far better than I could ever pen).

~~It is about a spiritual renewal on the part of the narrator.
The narrator is addressing a specific person, although their actual identity is never made explicit, and criticizes this person for "hanging yourself on someone else's words"--in other words, believing what other people say about the narrator, rather than the narrator himself.
The speaker then realizes that this person is a part of the past, and that the time had finally come to let him/her go and move on with their life.
David Gilmour has been seen to cry during concerts when performing this song as it is an extremely emotional piece.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_Back_To_Life