[TEXT:] [Hmi] (1) Hello. [Hmi] [A] Is there anybody in there? [G] [Emi] Just nod if you can hear me [Hmi] Is there anyone home? (2) Come on, now I hear you’re feeling down Well I can ease your pain Get you on your feet again (3) Relax I need some information first Just the basic facts: Can you show me where it hurts? [D] [A] (R) There is no pain, you are receding [D] [A] A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon [C] [G] You are only coming through in waves [C] [G] Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re sayin’ [D] [A] When I was a child I had a fever [D] [A] My hands felt just like two balloons [C] [G] Now I got that feeling once again [C] I can’t explain, you would not understand [G] This is not how I am [A][G] [D] [A] I have become comfortably numb (4) OK, just a little pinprick There’ll be no more -- aaaaaahhhhh! But you may feel a little sick (5) Can you stand up? I do believe it’s working, good That’ll keep you going for the show Come on, it’s time to go (R) There is no pain, you are receding A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon You are only coming through in waves Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re sayin’ 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

Comfortably numb

Roger Waters

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09. 09. 2016