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Added "The Ballard Of Bill Hubbard" and "The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range"
#The Ballard Of Bill Hubbard (4:20)
#The Ballard Of Bill Hubbard (4:20)
#[[What God Wants]], Part I (6:00)
#What God Wants, Part I (6:00)
#[[Perfect Sense]], Part I (4:16)
#Perfect Sense, Part I (4:16)
#Perfect Sense, Part II (2:50)
#Perfect Sense, Part II (2:50)
#The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range (4:43)
#The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range (4:43)
The [[BBC]] would not air the first single of the album, "What God Wants, Part I", because of its "touchy" lyrics. Waters was outraged.
The [[BBC]] would not air the first single of the album, "What God Wants, Part I", because of its "touchy" lyrics. Waters was outraged.
==What God Wants==
==Track Breakdown==
===The Ballard Of Bill Hubbard===
This is a slower paced song on the album. This is the first song on the album, coming before "What God Wants, Part I". This song is about a man who, during war, had to leave a man who he liked very much in no man's land. It was one of the most horrifying experiences in this man's life. This is trying to show that war is not just in the past, but it leaves scars that stay forever.
===What God Wants===
What God Wants criticizes the church for being a hypocrisy. It is split up into three parts, making the total time of the song to be 13 minutes and 48 seconds.
What God Wants criticizes the church for being a hypocrisy. It is split up into three parts, making the total time of the song to be 13 minutes and 48 seconds.
==="What God Wants, Part I"===
===="What God Wants, Part I"====
This part of the song appears second on the album, after "The Ballard Of Bill Hubbard" and before "[[Perfect Sense]], Part I". This part tells us that the media has an effect on the person to the extent that the media choses what happens, even if that person does not agree. Roger Waters said about the first Gulf conflict, "I'm very upset by religious dogma, I get angry, gobsmacked in fact when I hear George Bush saying that God was on their side during the Gulf war. It's amazing that in 1992, one of the most powerful men in the world can reduce political rhetoric to that level. But that's what he has to do, to get votes and maintain power and then use that power to help the American automobile industry." This song says that we as human beings do not care about that and just live with it.
This part of the song appears second on the album, after "The Ballard Of Bill Hubbard" and before "[[Perfect Sense]], Part I". This part tells us that the media has an effect on the person to the extent that the media choses what happens, even if that person does not agree. Roger Waters said about the first Gulf conflict, "I'm very upset by religious dogma, I get angry, gobsmacked in fact when I hear George Bush saying that God was on their side during the Gulf war. It's amazing that in 1992, one of the most powerful men in the world can reduce political rhetoric to that level. But that's what he has to do, to get votes and maintain power and then use that power to help the American automobile industry." This song says that we as human beings do not care about that and just live with it.
==="What God Wants, Part II"===
===="What God Wants, Part II"====
This part of the song is the ninth song on the album, after "Too Much Rope" and before "What God Wants, Part III". This part, much like the first part, tells us that although God wants good, God also wants bad in the world. The song begins by hearing an evangelical priest preaching on television. The priest says the following:
This part of the song is the ninth song on the album, after "Too Much Rope" and before "What God Wants, Part III". This part, much like the first part, tells us that although God wants good, God also wants bad in the world. The song begins by hearing an evangelical priest preaching on television. The priest says the following:
==="What God Wants, Part III"===
===="What God Wants, Part III"====
This is the final part of "What God Wants". It is the tenth song on the album, after "What God Wants, Part II" and before "Watching TV". This song has hope that someday, we (the human race) will be able to escape the influence of the media. It says towards the being of the song, <br />
This is the final part of "What God Wants". It is the tenth song on the album, after "What God Wants, Part II" and before "Watching TV". This song has hope that someday, we (the human race) will be able to escape the influence of the media. It says towards the being of the song, <br />
===The Big Picture===
====The Big Picture====
In all three tracks, the Alien profit tells the monkey "Don't be surprised", like it was obvious. In a few instances, the animal does what he is told to do. However, the last time, the monkey simply writes down what is being said, not absorbing it.<br />
In all three tracks, the Alien profit tells the monkey "Don't be surprised", like it was obvious. In a few instances, the animal does what he is told to do. However, the last time, the monkey simply writes down what is being said, not absorbing it.<br />
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==Perfect Sense==
===Perfect Sense===
Perfect Sense is split up into two parts. When put together, the total length of the track is 7 minutes and 6 seconds.
Perfect Sense is split up into two parts. When put together, the total length of the track is 7 minutes and 6 seconds.
===Perfect Sense, Part One===
====Perfect Sense, Part One====
"Perfect Sense, Part One" is the third track on the album. It is preceded by "[[What God Wants|What God Wants, Part One]]" and is followed by "Perfect Sense, Part Two". It is 4 minutes and 16 seconds. It is about holy wars. In the first part, it says "Memory's a stranger/History's for fools", which probably is talking about the [[Crusades]] and relating it to George Bush Sr. going into the Persian Gulf. In the Crusades, the [[Pope]] told people that God was on their side to take over the Holy Land. However, they lost the Crusades. This is a comment that Roger Waters made regarding something Bush Sr. said:
"Perfect Sense, Part One" is the third track on the album. It is preceded by "[[What God Wants|What God Wants, Part One]]" and is followed by "Perfect Sense, Part Two". It is 4 minutes and 16 seconds. It is about holy wars. In the first part, it says "Memory's a stranger/History's for fools", which probably is talking about the [[Crusades]] and relating it to George Bush Sr. going into the Persian Gulf. In the Crusades, the [[Pope]] told people that God was on their side to take over the Holy Land. However, they lost the Crusades. This is a comment that Roger Waters made regarding something Bush Sr. said:
===Perfect Sense, Part Two===
====Perfect Sense, Part Two====
"Perfect Sense, Part Two" is the fourth track on the album. It comes after "Perfect Sense, Part One" and before "The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range". It is 2 minutes and 51 seconds. It is about how it would make perfect sense to attack because there would be money in the picture, as stated by the chorus of the song:
"Perfect Sense, Part Two" is the fourth track on the album. It comes after "Perfect Sense, Part One" and before "The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range". It is 2 minutes and 51 seconds. It is about how it would make perfect sense to attack because there would be money in the picture, as stated by the chorus of the song:
Also, you can hear the audio of what sounds to be a soccer game, but what is in fact talking about blowing up an oil rig. The fact that it is announced like a game suggests that people in power do not care that people die in war, and therefore, they think of war as simply a game.
Also, you can hear the audio of what sounds to be a soccer game, but what is in fact talking about blowing up an oil rig. The fact that it is announced like a game suggests that people in power do not care that people die in war, and therefore, they think of war as simply a game.
==See Also==
===The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range===
This is the fifth song on the album, coming after "Perfect Sense, Part II" and before "Late Home Tonight, Part I". The first verse of the song talks about the leaders of the countries loving wars, although they seem like they do not ("You wear the right masks") and about how they love wars ("A comfort a friend/Only upstaged in the end/By the Uzi machine gun/Does the recoil remind you/Remind you of sex"). The song's chorus states, "Old man what the hell you gonna kill next/Old timer who you gonna kill next", showing that they just kill for no reason.<br />
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The next verse talks about how the troops are sick of what they are seeing and find it sickening (Sick of the mess they find/On their desert stage"). It also talks about how we are out of range and how for being the leader, you seem like you do something, but you simply are loving life while they are dying for us ("Saw a U.S. Marine in a pile of debris/I swam in your pools/And lay under your palm trees").<br />
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The third, and final verse talks about how we simply talk about it like it is entertainment ("Just love those laser guided bombs/They're really great/For righting wrongs/You hit the target/And win the game/From bars 3,000 miles away").
* [http://www.rogerwaters.org/atdanalysis.html Song-by-song analysis of the album]
* [http://www.rogerwaters.org/atdanalysis.html Song-by-song analysis of the album]
* [http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/roger_waters/the_ballad_of_bill_hubbard.html The Ballard Of Bill Hubbard Lyrics]
* [http://www.lyricscafe.com/w/waters_roger/what_god_wants_part_i.html What God Wants, Part I Lyrics]
* [http://www.lyricscafe.com/w/waters_roger/what_god_wants_part_ii.html What God Wants, Part II Lyrics]
* [http://www.hotlyrics.net/lyrics/R/Roger_Waters/What_God_Wants__Part_III.html What God Wants, Part III Lyrics]
* [http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Perfect-Sense-Part-I-II-lyrics-Roger-Waters/A2D843CF7198E09B48256C05000AE9AB Perfect Sense Lyrics]
* [http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Perfect-Sense-Part-I-II-lyrics-Roger-Waters/A2D843CF7198E09B48256C05000AE9AB Perfect Sense Lyrics]
* [http://www.lyricsdepot.com/roger-waters/the-bravery-of-being-out-of-range.html The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range Lyrics]
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