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Pink Floyd - Time (1973)
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One of several tracks on Dark Side Of The Moon definitely worth listening to as an individual track (track 4) as well as a part of the larger continuous whole. Composed by all four members of Pink Floyd, it would be the last vocal by keyboardist Richard Wright until The Division Bell twenty years later (David Gilmour also sings an accompanying vocal in places). Alan Parsons contributed the clock sounds from a separate project he had been working on. A reprise of "Breathe" concludes the song with a notable ethereal effect, again thanks to Richard Wright on Farfisa organ (the last time it would be used in the recording studio by the band). Lyrics were written by Roger Waters and according to Wikipedia: "Waters got the idea when he realised he was no longer preparing for anything in life, but was right in the middle of it. He has described this realisation taking place at ages 28 and 29 in various interviews."

I would concur with that, noting a similar realization in my own life occurring around the age of 27 or 28. I would add that once you become aware of 'Time's passing,' it becomes almost impossible to shake this awareness ever again. Yet it is not the mundane nature of human existence that is the enemy as the song suggests. Indeed, that is what made it so wonderful in the first place, what we call "living for (or in) the moment." When we are young, those "moments" can stretch out seemingly forever. Rather, it is the eventual subjection of life to ROUTINE that is our real enemy. It is why many teens often rebel against going to school, often to the point of skipping classes or faking illness to do something else with the day. It is the routine nature of the institution that they feel threatens their existence. They may not know that in so many words, but instinctively that is what is at the heart of the problem. Then it is still possible to escape the slavery of routine. Yet, to function in society, the day will ultimately arrive when their lives will be made routine by necessity. And that is the sad point in life when the passing of Time seems to accelerate and those infinitely lengthy years and eternal moments cease to exist.
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Rock
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70's, Surrealism, Retro, Collage, Classic rock, Montage, Progressive rock
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