elengil wrote:Official Prompt #5: High Hopes
I am a great lover of Pink Floyd (though much to some people's dismay, I prefer the later works). One of my all-time favorite songs of theirs is High Hopes. Such strange lyrics...
So my prompt this time is to take one line from the song and use it as your inspiration. You don't have to use the line itself in your work but it should inspire it.
Lyrics
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut
There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before times took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
When friends surrounded
The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some in a tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever
It's a great song, but it is not Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd without Roger Waters is like a PB&J sandwich without peanut butter. It's tasty, particularly since it is made from home baked break and fine organic strawberry jam, but it is still missing an essential ingredient. (For the record, I'm at least as much a fan of David Gilmour's as I am of Roger Waters.)