Story Behind The Song

This song was inspired by a story about Pink Floyd's early front man, Syd Barrett's disintegration into mental illness.

Song Description

This song was inspired by a story about Pink Floyd's early front man, Syd Barrett's disintegration into mental illness. The story describes a particular performance where Mr Barrett was under the influence of large amounts of hallucinogens. Before the show he poured wax on his head. During the performance the hot lights made the wax melt. Causing the appearance that Syd's face was melting.

Lyrics

The Melting Man
(Allison, Ramsay2 )

Here I stand within a brilliant light
a strange sound swims here in my brain tonight
and all I feel I don't quite understand
my twisted fate has made a melting man
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Now all I touch slips through my hands
a skeleton fist full of sand
A man of wax at your command
and it's made me the melting...
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Man, I've always seen through liquid sky
and kept my obscene music deep inside
but now my frame of wax is wearing thin
as all hope fades from me the melting man
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Now all I touch slips through my hands
if it were you I'd understand
there's no way out, not once your in
and so begin the melting man
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Ooooooh, Help me
there's someone in my head but it ain't me
I'm melting
Between the cracks of sanity
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Now all I touch slips through my hands
If it were you I'd understand
I've learned to break but not to bend
come watch me bleed, the melting man
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Now all I touch slips through my hands
a skeleton fist full of sand
A man of wax at your command
I leave you as the melting man...