Just a thought about the song, In the Flesh from Pink Floyd’s 11th studio album, The Wall. I have listened to this song countless times, but this evening it occurred to me how Roger Waters plainly states the purpose of the album:
If you wanna find out what’s behind these cold eyes
You’ll just have to claw your way through this disguise
Until this evening, I had always understood “this disguise” to refer to some personal or figurative aspect of Roger’s character. Now I am thinking that he is referring to The Wall itself, as an elaborate musical production designed to speak to two different audiences simultaneously: the “mindless, out-of-control party-on rock freaks” and the people who are actually “tuned in” to Pink Floyd and their music.
