Symbolism

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Comfortably Numb-

1)    The title Comfortably Numb, first that must mean something along the lines of something happened to make this character, Pink, go into this stage to where he is so to speak Comfortably Numb

2)    The lyric- Is there anyone in there?  Ok so this means a lot of things, it would literally mean that is there any one in there, or it could mean he’s talking about since he is in his own head, Comfortably numb, he could be talking about if there was anyone in his own head.

3)    The lyric- I can ease your pain. This is about the temptation of drugs, saying: If you take me, your problems will go away. That isn’t even true, if Pink had taken drugs, it wouldn’t have helped him. It would have masked his pain.

4)    The lyric- I need some information first. Ok, so this lyric is about what happened, why is Pink not talking? Why is he not responding? They are trying to get the story from him. Why is he sitting in his chair, staring ahead blankly? It is all about questioning, and he can’t respond, he has gone Comfortably Numb

5)    The lyric- A distant smoke on the horizon. That is about his problems. He’s pushing them back into the back of his mind, putting himself into this numb phase.

6)    The lyric- You’re only coming through in waves. When people are trying to talk to him, he is not responding because, he is in this phase that leaves him not hearing, seeing, feeling, or anything. That’s why he says “Your only coming through in waves “

7)    The lyric-  There’ll be no more aahhhh! This is referring to the fact that he is in this psychotic state, not really feeling. But when they poke him with the anesthesia to make him calm down, but it doesn’t work, and he screams (hence the ahh ) , then goes back to being Comfortably Numb

8)    The lyric- That’ll keep you going through the show. His supposed “friends “ didn’t care that he was going insane, and falling into this Comfortably Numb phase, they only care about getting him up onto the stage again. Not about his actual issues, only the fact about getting him to perform.