"Lost for Words" | ||||
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Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Division Bell | ||||
Released | March 30, 1994 (UK) April 5, 1994 (US) |
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Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | ~5:14 | |||
Label | EMI (UK) Columbia Records (US) |
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Writer | David Gilmour Polly Samson |
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Producer | Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour | |||
The Division Bell track listing | ||||
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"Lost for Words" is the tenth song on Pink Floyd's 1994 album The Division Bell.
In the U.S. release of the album, the lyrics to the song are printed overtop a portion of an image of the steel heads from the booklet cover. In the U.K., the image is a portion of the stone heads featured on the cassette insert. There is an unexplained capitalization of the phrase "right one" in the following line:
The booklet artwork opposite the lyrics was designed by Storm Thorgerson and features a photograph of two old-fashioned leather boxing gloves.[1]
In 1995, an enigmatist named Sean Heisler contacted Thorgerson and questioned him about the lyrics and artwork.
There is also some belief among fans that it is an oblique reference to late keyboardist Richard Wright's firing during the sessions for The Wall.
The opening steel guitar riff is reminiscent of the opening of "Wish You Were Here".
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