Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Roger Keith Barrett 1946 - 2006

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun
Shine on you crazy diamond
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky
Shine on you crazy diamond
You were caught in the cross-fire of childhood and stardom, blown on the steel breeze
Come on you target for far away laughter, come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon,
you cried for the moon
Shine on you crazy diamond
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed to the light
Shine on you crazy diamond
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision
Rode on the steel breeze
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you
painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far,
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph,
and sail on the steel breeze
Come on you boy-child, you winner and loser,
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!

- Waters, Wright, Gilmour

The founding frontman, vocalist and lead guitarist of Pink Floyd, affectionately known as Syd, passed away on the seventh of July, UK time, due to complications with his diabetes. The announcement was not made until today.

He will live on forever, remembered as the visionary that he was, and leaving a legacy of fantastic art that has altered the history of rock music.

Words cannot describe how deeply I feel about this. But all my worldly problems suddenly seemed insignificant upon hearing this news.

If you have the Pink Floyd albums Wish You Were Here and The Piper At The Gates of Dawn, please give them both a spin tonight, and play them loud. Let's give Syd a cosmic send-off.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond.