Photographer’s Note
You got to be crazy, you gotta have a real need.
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
You got to be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight,
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking.
And after a while you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in.
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know, it's going to get harder harder and harder
as you get older
And in the end you'll pack up and fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer
And when you loose control,
you'll reap the harvest you have sown
And as the fear grows,
the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to lose the weight
you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down, all alone,
Dragged down by the stone
Gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off
this creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground,
how can I find my way out of this maze?
Deaf, dumb, and blind you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable
and no one has a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do
would be to isolate the winner
And everything's done under the sun,
And you believe at heart everyone's a killer
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone
*Pink Floyd – Dogs*
The Battersea Power Station was used as cover for the Pink Floyd LP Animals.
Critiques | Translate
khmelins
(960) 2005-04-23 17:53
A moody shot, b&w suits the subject. I think you could work a bit on the contrast of the sky.
anton
bboss
(3548) 2005-05-02 14:32
This is good, but what you really need is a giant pig floating up in the sky
- pigs on the wing
pablominto
(41398) 2006-01-04 2:16
Hi Paolo...
Yes I agree... moody, kind of threatning too! Your post processing emphasise the mood... Pleasant composition
Regards,
Pablo -
pastadog
(12821) 2006-05-29 16:39
Ciao Paolo - it's a double contribution to my themes, great; with a mood and nice POV, well done, Daniel
peter1892
(3201) 2006-05-29 16:43
Very moody, and the B&W really adds to it. the POV is excellent here, and the choice of lyric for the note is definitely appropriate.
Isab
(865) 2007-01-19 12:35
Hi
I also have in my gallery a picture of a power station and when I took my picture I thought of the album Dog by Pink Floyd.
Good shot and good note.
Bye
Isabelle
Photo Information
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Copyright: Paolo Motta (Paolo)
(40755) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Black & White
- Date Taken: 1994-03-00
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): Photos reminiscent of album covers, Pink Floyd, Power Stations, My pictures with a song as title [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2005-04-23 17:44








