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marble falls

(57,878 posts) Mon Apr 8, 2024, 09:50 AM Apr 8

Pink Floyd - Set The Controls for the Center of the Sun

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Pink Floyd - Set The Controls for the Center of the Sun (Original Post) marble falls Apr 8 OP

CENTER of the sun? Dr. Strange Apr 8 #1

HEART of the Sun; it's allegorical. patphil Apr 8 #2

Dr. Strange

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1. CENTER of the sun?

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2024, 10:03 AM

Apr 8

Little by little the night turns around
Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
Lotuses lean on each other in yearning
Under the eaves the swallow is resting

Set the controls for the heart of the sun

Over the mountain watching the watcher
Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine
One inch of love is one inch of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine

Set the controls for the heart of the sun

The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun

Witness the man who raves at the wall
Making the shape of his question to heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of giving?

Set the controls for the heart of the sun

The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun/The heart of the sun

patphil

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2. HEART of the Sun; it's allegorical.

Reply to Dr. Strange (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 8, 2024, 12:08 PM

Apr 8

This is a pretty good interpretation of the song:

https://mrmcsoftware.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/my-interpretation-of-pink-floyds-song-set-the-controls-for-the-heart-of-the-sun/

The heart is always the central point of the matter. It's where the greatest focus of energy/emotion/interaction lies.
Look there and truly see is what this song is all about.

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