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By this reading, the song’s question (Pink) and answer (Mother) technique fits perfectly with this stage of budding awareness.
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Adolescence is generally thought of as an age of self-discovery, a time when one must adapt and reinvent himself or herself in light of new knowledge. Questions of governmental trustworthiness (a theme first addressed in “When the Tigers Broke Free” by the movie’s chronology), self doubt, public ridicule and post-war paranoia riddle the teenager’s mind, and rightly so. Psychoanalysts might argue that a roughly 13-year-old boy asking questions of his mother much like a 3-year-old implies an emotionally stunted Pink, though we’ll find later that the young boy’s inquiries are more barbed than they appear at face value. The difference is that while the questioning phase of childhood development occurs around 3 or 4 years of age, Pink is most likely the same adolescent age he was in the previous two flashback songs. The simple acoustic guitar chord progression and uncomplicated lyrical delivery of the first verses reflect Pink’s childhood innocence, an inquisitiveness some might say emulates those youthful stages when the world is one big mystery. Coupled with these seemingly disjointed yet oddly congruent styles are a continually shifting time signature, the blistering guitar solo in the bridge, and unsettling lyrics overall, all of which culminate in a perfect example of Floydian schizophrenia. The music itself is interestingly split – though with few, if any, seams to show for it – between the gloomy and simple verse chords and the lilting nursery rhyme-like chorus. Contrary to the eye-gouging antics of Oedipus or even the grandiose melodrama later in Floyd’s album, “Mother” is relatively low key. Song In A Sentence: As Pink grows more curious about the world and his own individuality, his mother inadvertently adds bricks to his wall through her over-protection and dogged need to keep him safe.Īd Sigmund Freud lived 40 more years to the ripe old age of 123, he would have been delighted to hear such a wonderful example of his life’s psychoanlytic work embodied in the haunting lyrics of the greatest mother-centered protagonists in the history of rock music. Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean. Mama will always find out where you've been. Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you. Mother, will she tear your little boy apart? Mother, do you think she's dangerous - to me? Mother, do you think she's good enough - for me? Of course mama's gonna help build a wall. She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing. Mamma's gonna keep you right here under her wing. Mamma's gonna put all of her fears into you. Mamma's gonna make all your nightmares come true. Mother, will they put me in the firing line? Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls? Mother, do you think they'll like this song? Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?