And then one day you find ten years have got behind you

[Ptah]

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again

[dchill]

1. And you run and you run...

...to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Yeah. Pink Floyd, Time. A not insignificant thing regardless.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. When it's that sudden, my dear Ptah, I hope it means you were having fun...

[UTUSN]

3. Rise, Apollo, drive me on before your chariot (my poem)

Also: Spent my life waiting to be born

Also: This place or any other - the domain of my species is measured in eyelenghs to the sun






*** NOTE: I have no idea what we're talking about.

[Ptah]

4. Are you being intentionally obscure?

What are you on about?

[Mousetoescamper]

5. Time is experienced subjectively...

It drags, it flies by, and sometimes it seems to stand still. The lyrics to Time have become more personally relevant in recent years. When I first heard the song some 50 years ago, my inevitable ending was abstract, something far off and out of mind. Indeed, one day you do find that many years have got behind you without your noticing. How did Roger Waters have such a profound insight while in his late 20s?

[Mr.Bill]

6. I had plenty of profound insight in my late 20s.

As long as I had some LSD in me.

[Mousetoescamper]

8. Waters says that he only tried acid twice. I guess that was enough for him to get the gist.

[Mr.Bill]

9. That is enough for some people.

I took it about 100 times. 95% of that was confined to the year 1974. It was the easiest drug to quit. You just sort of lose interest in it. Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane said it opens doors for you, but once you've seen what's on the other side of the door, you don't need to keep opening it. That describes exactly how I eventually felt.

Brian Wilson's wife said he took it once, then didn't leave his bedroom for five years. He had other mental issues and I wouldn't recommend LSD for anyone with mental problems.

I last took it in 1980 and I wouldn't consider it today.

[Ptah]

7. Oh my.

It's only been five decades since I heard this from Pink Floyd.
I'll wait for the starting gun right here.