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Most of the song is a slightly altered arrangement of the beat and bassline from the song “Breathe”. The beat and bassline were very much part of Pink Floyd’s playing style as far back as Atom Heart Mother. However, due to the altered beat and bassline, it is not directly related to “Breathe”, unlike the last part of “Time” (sometimes listed in songbooks as “Breathe (Reprise)”), and “Any Colour You Like” (sometimes nicknamed “Breathe (2nd Reprise)”).

When the Dark Side of the Moon suite was performed in 1972 (before the album was released), the song was completely different and went under the title “The Mortality Sequence”. Then, it was simply an organ and samples of people speaking about death being played during the performance.

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americandollar wrote:
3 hours ago

first pink floyd song i ever heard. instant love.

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spacefaceinfurs wrote:
Wednesday evening

one of those few perfect songs

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Melamies wrote:
last week

It's not easy to tell why and how excellent track this is.

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UnspokenHero wrote:
last week

@rramiel: me too, I also laughed at all the posts ''singing'' as the lady in the song xD

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X-Cite wrote:
last week

this song reminds me on something beautiful.. and not death at all ;)

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deBadWolff wrote:
last week

brilliant

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AdamFirst wrote:
last week

I sang this song for a karaoke night jam once. It was hard but I pulled it off. :O

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rramiel wrote:
last week

Also - if you can hear this little whisper, you're dying.

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rramiel wrote:
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"Wow, lots of people cumming to this song. " - I laughed.

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13 days ago

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LeoReis92 wrote:
15 days ago

I never said I was frightened of dying. ;)

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