Back to the end and after WW2 Germany. Even the first lyric is the Nazi marching drill, similar to "Left, Left, Left Right Left". The worms represent the government, judges, and …
This whole song represents the Nazi's methods and ideals. At this point in the 'Wall' album the screwed up rocker character (Pink) is joining the 'worms'. Don’t have an account? Interpretation of the whole album: WONDERFUL WORK OF ART! The showers-oven lyric refers to the death camp, and the "final solution" referred to Hitler's Final Solution, which was to kill of the non-aryans and others deemed "unworthy of life" Another lyric "the queens and the coons and the reds and the jews" referred to Hitler's hated ones, the homosexuals, the blacks, the communists and of course, the Jews. But fueled by the drugs (see Comfortably Numb, he gets injected with medication and stuff), he's getting filled with the idea that he's a dictator. The "Midnight At The Oasis" singer is an Old Time gal. I don't think the worms represent the government necessarily. artist: "Pink Floyd", A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs, The lyrics deal with the Nazis and The Holocaust. The worms follow death and destruction. div_id: "cf_async_" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999)) Where the Eastern Berliners[german people] were ''waiting for The Worms'' there, where half of them reworked their land and ideology for years with ungodly intellectuals that unfortunately became empowered.
That is why the announcements at the end is about rounding people up. adunit_id: 100001411, Then 'Waiting For the Worms' comes as the wall is nearing completion.
A slippery song that is still moist and relevant today as it was before the Berlin Wall came down. The Worms talk about "weed out the weaklings" which refers to Hitler's genetic cleansing when he killed those with genetic issues or had brain problems, such as schizophrenia and mental retardation. The drugs are useful in that a person can escape, be entertained, or can rise up and usurp the weak And strong. Long live Floyd! The image of the Nazi is just a symbol of the evil thoughts that we all entertain from time to time. The "wall" was built from all these and more. Depression, waiting to die. Brixton is, and was at the time, a largely black area. The worms represent bad thoughts and bad ideas that keep creeping into his head. Here are the songs where they first showed up. [German] And phosphorus was also used against Britain.) Physical, body,brain, even soul. /* TFP - lyricinterpretations */ it makes sense "Waiting to turn on the showers" gas chambers.
First off, it's Sydd*, and Sydd had left the band in 68. })(); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I must keep referring back to "the wall", with the little rag doll hiding behind the wall he's built. The 'black shirts' were Moseley's British Union of Fascists in the 30's and the inspiration for the NF. The lyric "clean up the city" refers to removing the non-aryans, and "to smash in their windows and kick in their doors" refers to the Night of Broken Glass when the Nazis forcefully protested against Jewish businesses by vandalizing them. The way the worms bore their way into society leaving black holes where there once was peace and contentment. Where the German people were left at the mercy of God to help them survive from starvation and the cold where most of them were ''waiting for The Worms'' that wanted to endulge themselves on them like a bunch of Godless parasites that have lost their God a long time ago and became The worms that are still eating their way through our brains for their One World Order. Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real? Waiting for the Worms is definatly open to interpretation, but I think the worms represent desperation, oppression, corruption and devestation.