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Apr 5, 2015
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Revolver's been turned over
And now it's ready once again
And now it's ready once again
Double meaning in this section. Revolver could refer to The Beatles album, "Revolver" being listened and then turned over to the other side of the album. Also refers to a gun being used in a game of Russian roulette ("now it's ready once again").
Apr 5, 2015
Syd borrowed several lines from various poems in this song.
From "Mr Nobody" by Walter de la Mare, there's the lines: "squeaking door will always squeak" and "every plate we break". There is also a line about "scattered pins" which was changed to "scattered needles" in "Octopus".
This section "Madam you see before you stand, Hey ho, never be still, The old original favorite grand. / Grasshoppers green Herbarian band And the tune they play is." is from "Rilloby-Rill" by Henry Newbolt.
"Man on the border" comes from Edward Lear.