Pink Floyd on time

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day 

Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way 

Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown 

Waiting for someone or something to show you the way 

Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain 

You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today 

And then one day you find ten years have got behind you 

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

~ Pink Floyd, "Time," The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Roger Waters on first playing The Dark Side of the Moon for his wife

When the record was finished I took a reel-to-reel copy home with me and I remember playing it for my wife then, and I remember her bursting into tears when it was finished.  And I thought, "This has obviously struck a chord somewhere," and I was kinda pleased by that.  You know when you've done something, certainly if you create a piece of music, you then hear it with fresh ears when you play it for somebody else.  And at that point I thought to myself, "Wow, this is a pretty complete piece of work," and I had every confidence that people would respond to it.

~ Roger Waters, Pink Floyd bassist, 2006 interview

Pink Floyd's 1980 song "Mother" anticipates 2020 nanny state and Covid-19 panic

First chorus:

Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry.
Mama's gonna make all of your nightmares come true.
Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you.
Mama's gonna keep you right here under her wing.
She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing.
Mama's gonna keep baby cozy and warm.
Ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby,
Of course mama's gonna help build the wall.

Second chorus:

Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry.
Mama's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you.
Mama's won’t let anyone dirty get through.
Mama's gonna wait up until you come in.
Mama will always find out where you’ve been.
Mama's gonna keep baby healthy and clean.
Ooh babe, ooh babe, ooh babe,
You’ll always be baby to me.

~ Pink Floyd, "Mother," 1980