Nothing Final

as best he can through his mentally entombed and drug dulled state

Summary: as best he can through his mentally entombed and drug dulled state As if answering where it hurts and nod if you can hear me Pink sings in the vaporous chorus that there is no pain you are receding It appears his wall has fulfilled its purpose in blocking out the emotion the feeling and the connectivity with life outside of the mind All is dulled for Pink all is distant like a ship s smoke on the horizon an image that is as enigmatic as it is eloquent Some might argue that the line is nothing more than a metaphor an image conveying Pink s feelings of isolation and helplessness as if he is adrift on the sea with help visible but equally out of reach Others might argue that it is a childhood memory that Pink s mind is lapsing between the present and the past as a result of being interrupted from his regression by the manager and doctor It s even possible that the mental picture symbolically portrays the root of Pink s disorder Ship imagery was often used by Waters to convey the departure and sacrifice of English soldiers during World War II Many examples of this can be found in Pink Floyd s followup album The Final Cut in songs such as Southhampton Dock which lamentingly pictures the symbolic figure of England s innocence bravely wav ing the boys goodbye again as they disembark for the war from the harbor Applying these same ideas to Comfortably Numb and Pink s story it s easy to see how the ship on the horizon could symbolize Pink s father Image Search Content inclusion

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