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These are doctorinfierno's notes on What Shall We Do Now/Empty Spaces by Pink Floyd.

What shall we use to fill the empty spaces
Where waves of hunger roar?
Shall we set out across this sea of faces
In search of more and more applause?
[1]
What Shall we do Now?

Shall we buy a new guitar? [2]
Shall we drive a more powerful car?
Shall we work straight through the night?
Shall we get into fights?

Leave the lights on?
Drop bombs?
Do tours of the east?
Contract disease?
Bury bones?
Break up homes?
Send flowers by phone?
Take to drink?
Go to shrinks? [3]
Give up meat?
Rarely sleep?
Keep people as pets?
Train dogs?
Raise rats?
Fill the attic with cash?
Bury treasure?
Store up leisure?


But never relax at all
With our backs to the wall

Backs to the Wall

[1] These lyrics are from the movie version of this song. The album version is cut short after this verse is over and segues into Young Lust

[2] Personally I feel that this version is far superior than the original on 'The Wall'. The lyrics go much deeper and, in a very heavy metal way, expresses Roger's discomfort with modern society and consumerism

[3] Please do, it's my livelihood