Published April 21, 2021 by

Comfortably Numb

Multiple Train Wrecks - Comfortably Numb
Multiple Train Wrecks

My tastes in music come in waves. I’ll get hooked on one artist, or even one album, for several weeks and replay it constantly. Then, suddenly, my mood changes and I’m hooked on something else

Hello? Over the past few weeks I’ve been hooked on Pink Floyd music. For you young folks out there, this band’s most famous album was “Dark Side of The Moon” one of the best-selling albums of all time. But it’s a song from another album that has been rattling around in my head these past weeks.

Hello? (Hello? Hello? Hello?)

Another spectacular Pink Floyd album was “The Wall,” their eleventh album release. The song rattling around inside my head is from this concept album, “Comfortably Numb.” In the album’s storyline, this song is about the lead character Pink being medicated by his doctor so he can perform for a show. I think this song captures my mood these past weeks. There’s been too much happening around me, like I’m watching multiple simultaneous slow-motion train wrecks while knowing there isn’t a God Damn Thing I can do about anything. The net effect is that I’m feeling numbed. As if I’ve been medicated, just watching the world go by. Comfortably numb.

Hello? (Hello? Hello? Hello?)

Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on now
I hear you’re feeling down
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again
Relax
I’ll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I’ve got that feeling once again
I can’t explain you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb

I have become comfortably numb

Okay (okay, okay, okay)
Just a little pinprick
There’ll be no more, ah
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it’s working, good
That’ll keep you going through the show
Come on it’s time to go

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I have become comfortably numb

Lyrics.com – Comfortably Numb

Coronavirus Pandemic

Presidential Incompetence

500,000 Dead Americans

One Year of Isolation

Vaccine Deniers

Will this ever end?

Police Murders

George Floyd Minneapolis Minnesota 

Adam Toledo Chicago Illinois

Breonna Taylor Louisville Kentucky

Atatiana Jefferson Fort Worth Texas

Daunte Wright Brooklyn Center Minnesota 

Will they ever stop?

Mass Shootings

Indianapolis Indiana Eight Dead

Atlanta Georgia Eight Dead

Boulder Colorado Ten Dead

Cleveland Ohio Seven Dead

Philadelphia Pennsylvania Seven Dead

Will we ever learn?

Move Along Nothing To See

Faux News

Faux Outrage

Faux Concern

Will anything ever change?

Pink Floyd – The Wall – Comfortably Numb
(Visited 99 times, 1 visits today)
Ron Charest

Ron Charest

Ron is a native New Yorker and 22-year Navy veteran. He retired from active duty in 1996 as a Senior Chief Electronics Technician (Submarine Qualified) and went on to build a successful post-Navy career in logistics and information technology, focused on the shipbuilding and ship-repair industry. He currently works for the US Coast Guard at the Washington D.C. headquarters. When he's not on a boat, traveling, or working home improvement projects, he spends his time writing and building websites.

Opinions & Commentary

Comfortably Numb Music Video