[shouting]
DO'S AND DON'TS!
DO'S AND DON'TS!
DO'S AND DON'TS!
DO'S AND DON'TS!
[Gilmour guitar solo]
Each note is pain, each chord—a promise forgotten
So let me cry, I need to cry
In this spectacle, our dreams are sold
Mimicking love, we do as we're told
The curtains close on the heart's revoke
In the spotlight’s heat, we either burn or we choke
Stand on the stage, life is a play, and we're just a page
In scripted rage, the world's a cage where we engage
But my silent plea, let the real me come of age
Not just a key in the machine's cold wage
But I wanna cry, yeah
Just let me cry
Through the screens that stare us down
The eyes are pryin'
No secrets left in this, our silent town
Each whisper, they're buyin'
Warm as a sigh, yeah
Warm as a sigh
Caught in their game, taught to compete
Success the measure by where you're sittin'
Chains made of gold, still feel complete
In a world where the heart's forbidden
So cold it's a lie, yeah
Cold as a lie
[Guitar Solo]
Voices are loud, drownin' our truth
In the crowd, losing my youth
Tangled in feeds, scrolling through life
Digits deceive, cutting like knives
Truth fades away, yeah
Lost in the gray
(Chorus)
Do's and dont's, they're all we know,
In this domain where we're told to tow.
But in the end, who's to say,
If we're truly living our own way?
[Gilmour guitar solo]
[Gilmour guitar solo]
[Bridge]
In the whispers of time, we walk a fine line
Between what's given and what we truly find
We march to the beat of a distant drum
Forgettin' the sound of the dreams we come from
[Chorus]
Do's and don'ts—chained to our plot
But within us burns a fire that can't be bought
(Chorus)
Do's and dont's, they're all we know,
In this domain where we're told to tow.
But in the end, who's to say,
If we're truly living our own way?
[Gilmour guitar solo]
[Gilmour guitar solo]
[Gilmour guitar solo]
[Gilmour guitar solo]
[spoken male British slow]
The moment, eh, you doubt whether you can fly,
you cease for ever to be able to do it.