I'm 7 days clean off heroin... This song explains so much.. my feet wandered into waters I never thought they would tread. I missed my self. I ruined my life in a matter of months. But caught myself before it was too late. I'm 22 with 3 beautiful babies. I had to do it for them. I'm fighting for my life, for my babies lives. Don't become comfortably numb. Our comfort zone is not a good benchmark. Push yourself for better. God bless you all.
Well youre right about that and i dont have an answer for you... But I can tell you that i am now 10 MONTHS CLEAN! 💜💜 SO REGARDLESS ITS MY LIFE AND MY PATH AND IVE BEEN ON THE RIGHT PATH ALL ALONG. WE ALL HAVE. TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS ARE PART OF LIFE TOO!!
@@I_think_sigma_is_cringe You go Madii! You don't have to justify yourself to anyone. Just keep doing what you know is right for yourself and your babies. Surround yourself with positive, clean people ❤️
@@belaorhideja4020 when something is so beautiful you just stand there with no words to explain how you feel. like your jaw drops and you make an "o" with your mouth.
As my mother lay dying, I stepped outside and sat in my car listening to this song. My brother came out to tell me that she was fading fast. Twelve years later my father was in a LifeLine helicopter being rushed to a cardiac unit. As I was driving to the hospital, this song came on again. I cried my way to the hospital, and arrived in time to tell him, "Goodbye."
In memory of my son Christopher Brice..this song was playing on over head speaker as I looked out the window at MUSC ..my son had a rare heart disease called Shone's Syndrome..my son died at one yr old ...June 3,1987- June 30, 1988...this song is so special to me ! Thank u Pink Floyd love u
My Momma is about to pass away from cancer and my Dad (committed suicide 23yrs ago, and My Mom can't wait to be with him again) her fave song, and this song came in today as she went off in the ambulance on her way to the hospital! He's waiting to greet her and take her home to heaven!
You just made me cry right now 😭 I lost my father when I was 12 & I lost my soulmate when I was 34 & I am hearing this song NOW; thinkin' about 'EM 🎼😔🙏 God bless you, Sara
I lost my twin brother at 14 yrs 2 mo. I got lost in the wall and of course this....I almost didn't make it. And someone said in comments this is a part of the unbearable pain they spoke of...that person knows...I hope that not many do... This song and that level of spiritual pain is like floating through death by yourself while your alive looking for what is lost in a huge endless world of lost and dark and no-one in your earthly life could ever know you go it alone.day and night day after day. I'm now 48..the loss of my identical twin brother in 1986 April took my very soul with him when he left me. Living in a dark World alone waiting to become. Comfortably numb. I'm dead waiting among the living to see him and ask him why and tell him how dare you leave me here alone...he was always there...always...then without a clue he left...never to be seen again.darkness is what I got now
@@kriegrogers2649 hey man... I can't say that i feel your level of pain,that will be a lie..but I'm really sorry you had to go through that. I can't imagine how would i feel if i lost my brother or.
Of course. I feel like this song pertains to me. Nobody can understand what comfortably numb truly means until you finally get through all the B.S just to come through it and end up being alone and just comfortably numb. Its somethin 😒
Yes. I'm listening too. I think this song applies to many personal experiences and means different things to each listener. When Mr Gilmore goes into his solo it leads the listener into their personal realm to be alone with their psyche. It touches on ones reasons why, pros and cons of situations, waywardness, pain and redemption. This song is an upfront conversation with ones self and eventual accountability.
This song was made for the movie The Wall. The story of Pink, a rocker who lost his father when he was a child at war. It shows all his trauma growing without a father and becoming addicted to drugs. His managers wanted him to perform anyway even if he was almost dying overdosing. The Wall is one of the best movies ever with a powerful message about the consequences of wars on people.
I am so privileged to have seen Pink Floyd, once in the 70's and again in the 90's. Comfortably Numb is my all time favorite song. It is a musical experience each time I hear it.
My brother died of in '90. He had a brain tumor and to keep the pain down was given morphine. We'd listen to this over and over again and called it his theme song. At his funeral, his wife snuck this in at the very end because she knew we both loved the song. To say I was caught off guard was an understatement! The normally stoic me fell apart listening to this song...
My dad passed away a few days ago. He introduced me to Pink Floyd. This was his favorite song. You lived out your remaining days the best you could. You showed me ethic and kept me in line. You showed me resilience and grit. Rest easy, dad. You can finally see grandma and grandpa now.
Grandma and grandpa were terms used for warriors in their respective tribes so unless you have elders with tattoo symbols of their grandness, they will not be grand like the Grandmaster. So just call them what they are. Your martir and partir.
Being a big Zeppelin fan and an admirer of Floyd , this piece of genius can’t be worked out. It takes musicians of impeccable mind and matter to conceive such a piece. God bless.
Some of my best memories as a child are riding around in my dads car with Pink Floyd blasting away. He loved to drive and explore. He would often avoid highways in favor of back-roads when he took us places, to throw us off and make an adventure out of it. Probably also to just spend more time together in the car and listening to music. I grew up and developed the same love for driving back-roads and listening to music. And now I see why he did it; It's therapeutic. My dad passed away four weeks ago to the day. I love him more than words can express. I knew the pain of losing him would be the worst thing ever imaginable, but I never knew it would be this bad. I miss him every second of every day. I hope this pain gets better over time, because there is a hole in my heart that only a hug from my dad can fix. The last thing I said to my dad was, "I love you forever dad". Forever never ends. I miss you dad.
Wonderfully said young man. Your right about a father's hug. Take care of yourself in your journey. Take your kids and grandkids on drives with your Dad's music. 🙂🎶
We called those rides with my Dad "back road following." I was present beside my Dad as he took his last breath and I, too, said "goodbye, I love you." Now 10 years have got behind and, like you, I hope to fill that hole. I do it by being "the Nonno" to my grandkids - all 6. My Dad's father was my Nonno. My Dad was Nonno to my daughter. Now I'm the Nonno and I cherish being just that. I have taken the 6 with me on some fine backroads and found great joy. Bless you and your dear memories.
@Sean Finn this is almost as if I wrote it in 2015. My dad and I used to listen to Pink Floyd and drive around mountain back roads in Colorado. Once we got hit by a cow. Didn't hit a cow. The cow blammed up against the Jeep Wrangler after we'd stopped. It does get easier. Over time, and it takes some years, the pain of absence dwindles to an ache, but the memory of love never goes away unless you push it away to avoid pain. It's best to honor our fathers by listening to the music that brought us together with the next generation, and repeat those beautiful things we did together to connect. I need to take my nieces on a drive in the mountains and show them Pink Floyd.
This reminds me when I was a teenager, sitting in the woods in front of a camp fire, with my brothers and friends, smoking weed and looking at the stars... Today, I'm 56 and have long gave up drugs!... I guess I was amoung the lucky ones who didn't develop dependancy!...
Hope your finally comfortably numb Dad. I love and miss you. This song will never be the same with out you. My baby girl was born on your birthday. She looks just like us. The boys miss you and talk about you all the time. See you when it's my time. Till then watch over my kids
@@thegodfatherfriendofrocky9804 thanks. He is with my other loved ones. Hopefully he found some of our old riding buddies and is doing 200 mph + with his hair in the wind and no pain.
@@thegodfatherfriendofrocky9804 loss sucks bad man. I understand and feel your pain. Just look around. There is more life to live. Enjoy the people left in your life. I have redirected my focus on my little ones. Although it's hard to move on after caring for my dad for 3 years while he battled cancer my kids need me to be strong and to love them. So that's what I do.
i was born on 2001, but i mostly love to listen the song from 60s to 90s 😁.... The lyrics, solo ,vocal everything is outstanding, they are far much better than today music... They are well deserved to be called Legends ❤️
This comment describes me quite well! Add in music from 1920-50 and you got it spot on! Those tunes are the cats meow! And how! But yeah for real there is this charm that encompasses the music of old that isn't quite there in modern music...
I must have heard this masterpiece at least 5000 times over the years, and David Gilmour's soul wrenching guitar solo on it just keeps speaking straight to my heart. Genuine genius at work here.
Celebrate the reunion when floyd comes on, listen and remember the times you listened with him. I introduced my daughters just after birth with pink floyd lullaby. Now years later we listen to both together. I hope one day they might come across this post.. perhaps remembering listening and thinking about me.
This song is seriously breathtaking. On the surface, the overall sound is beautiful, especially the subtle repeated four notes throughout the hook and parts of the instrumentals. Deeper than that, it’s structured in such an intricate manner you're amazed every time you listen by the complexity. Not only are there several layers to the sound, but it fits perfectly. The voice during the verses really sounds like a shady stoner in an alley trying to sell you some crazy sh*t, and the entire piece has that hazy feeling to it that makes you feel like you’re getting high yourself. How do you know when you’re on the good stuff? When it still hurts like hell but you couldn’t care less. The child is grown, the dream is gone. You feel sick. Your hands feel like two balloons. You know you're losing everything, but that doesn’t matter now. You are comfortably numb. There’s just so much meaning conveyed in the lyrics and music, and then the end instrumental hits. I can’t even describe that solo, and holy heck does that guitar sing. My favorite Pink Floyd song is about getting high as a freaking kite. I know everyone here already knows this song is the absolute bomb, but I really felt like it needed a good paragraph of praise because they deserve a paragraph and more, damnit
This will always remind me of my beloved friend Chris Clark. He told me about this song and we used to talk about the meaning behind the lyrics, and because of that I chose it to be played at the end of his funeral service, it was heart wrenchingly fitting and beautiful in a melancholic way. Never had a friendship of the same intensity and closeness ever before,he used to really commit time to being with you and listening to whatever you had to say. ❤
I understand you. After a 36-yr marriage that ended in divorce, I'm 66 and fighting depression all day, every day. I've become comfortably numb. I hide my feelings from my family, they wouldn't understand. They don't know the brokenness inside of me.😪 I pray tomorrow is a happy day for all who are fighting depression and feeling broken.
I suffer from quite bad depression. When I feel like it's kicking my ass, I slap this on. Take you somewhere else man. I remember when I first heard it I was a stoned teenager 🤣 this song has saved my life on a few occasions.
As a recovering addict, I can't listen to this without getting into the angry, crying frenzy of needing money for my stuff, it's slowly getting better and as am I.
This is probably the most powerful song when it comes to going into trance. This song triggers deep, hidden emotional feelings. It is a timeless song that sounds good at every listen.
I'm 65 years young now and just trying to get back to my R@R roots. See Floyd twice loved them then more now. Like to make friends with the same music I like witch isn't easy anymore. Thanks for your reply man.
I remember when I used to smoke weed I was sent to a different dimension with Floyd. Even not smoking these days (bar very infrequent occasions) I still get to that place. Just immense music
I consider myself as a throw away kid. I made my own way, have a decent life, good wife and so on. But when i hear this song it takes me to another place and time. I think anybody can dust themselves off, pull on their boot straps and make their lives better. You don't have to have a lot of money to be rich! By the way, i don't have a lot of money. Lol. Yall have a great evening!
初闻不知曲中意，再听已是曲中人。chinese proverb: when i was young and heard this song for the first time, i do not understand its lyric; i listened it again as i have grown up, i realized i have already became the story of this song.
Should go down in history as the greatest band to ever. I'm an all-around music fan all genres all years as long as it's good I'll listen to it. But I've never heard another band that put as much emotion and told a story like Pink Floyd could.
@@ninaj6051 just how we have to train our body we have to train our mind I think it's the hardest. Writing daily seem to help me and going for walks. Depression sucks but I have refuse to take meds.i don't know maybe one day I'll give in
Following this song since my childhood. Never thought i would have to listen to this song during the most toughest phase of my life because the most important person of my life just left me.
My father introduced me to Pink Floyd back in 2012 when I was only 9 years old. I never listened to them consistently back then, but in recent years I've dived into all of their albums and shared many great memories with friends while listening to their music. Wish You Were Here and Animals are especially important to me, but this song is one of my favorites. Reminds me of those easy going, laid-back summers spent hanging out with friends as a young and dumb but hopeful teenager
This is my favorite all time song. It took it with me in the delivery room in 1989 to deliver my son, who after 22 hours of labor was a C-Section. I can't say I felt "Comfortably Numb".
This brings back the Best of the Bestest Memories of My Home Dawg Kevin Wolford. He passed away in November of 2010, after a long battle of mental illness. God Blessed His Hands With A Guitar, That Could Play This Song Forever. Keep On Rockin Kev. I Love And Miss Ya Homie.
Is and always be my favorite song! Gilmour's technique is flawless! What grabs me every time is when he makes the guitar scream (5:22) during the second solo! Love this song!!
Lost my precious Father 3 1/2 years ago and this song describes about how I feel - existing, but not living the same. The pain never leaves. It will be with me the rest of my life.
This song, so raw, so honest. My beautiful daughter and my beautiful grandson, both who I lost within 7 months of each other. "I feel every, little pinprick". "You are only coming through in waves". "The child is grown, the dream is gone". At the moment 'I have become 'Comfortably Numb'.
@@adriennechristy3935 Rock n Roll... Arrangement, solos and lyric that drive us crazy with this colossal work produced decades ago and still very current today..
I've been clean since January. I know it's not very long but I definitely feel like my old self again after nearly 20 years of abusing any substance I could get my hands on, mostly roxies, Dilaudid, and speed.
@@joshuareid7383 wow well done! I was an IV heroin/crack addict for 13 years...am now on methadone but struggling so hard with reduction....I guess I'll get there eventually....
@@joshuareid7383 Thanx, it's always good to hear of people who actually managed to kick it, it gives me hope! It's just I started using at 20 and I'm 33 now, so my whole adult life I've been an addict and it's hard to imagine life without some kinda opiate..having said that I kicked the gear and crack(early days still though!) But I'd love to be totally clean,not be constantly dependant on a substance...I'm glad you managed it! Love from England!
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG. People need to wake up from their slumber! Look directly into someones eyes, you can see most are already GONE! Empty inside, souless, materilistic, this song hit it on the head! thanks P.F.
Spencer Whitworth Its a story about a mental hospital tha had a disturbed doctor who did horrindish things to patients and one member of Floyd who somehow ended up his patience and got the Hell ou of there
I became a huge pink floyd fan because when i was on a road trip with my mom she had some pink floyd songs on her playlist, and this song is one of my favorites by them
First time I listened to this song, I reflected on the bong I just smoked and thought about the importance of truth over comfort. Years later now I'm just thinking this song encapsulates capitalist indoctrination, making people think they don't deserve to live their dreams and instead become comfortably numb. My point being, the feeling this song captures is so universal, it has so many layers of interpretation and relatability, and I may be staying the obvious since this song has been around for decades but even now in 2021 I'm still getting an emotional reaction listening to this as a young man
Whenever I listen to this song, i enjoy ir more and more... Everybody grows...and dreams dissapear so on... From they nothing yo somewhere... Thanks a Lot Pink Floyd Love Ü allá Laura From Argentina 💝
The lyrics is just aweeeee wow .. the music too is ahhhhh awww wow .. That guitar solo ❤️❤️❤️...... One of the nicest bestest wonderful guitar 🎸 solo of all time....
Forty years of hindsight tells us quite clearly that this brilliant recording and the album whence it came (The Wall) have to rank among the greatest records of all time. Truly timeless music.
