"The stone" is a reoccurring theme within much of Pink Floyd's music. It's a touching concept to me that I think we all can relate to and I would like to offer my understanding of the meaning behind it.
From Richard Wright's composition on Ummagumma, the name Sysyphus referred to a Greek king whos "punished for his deceitfulness by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this action forever." The spelling is different on the Wikipedia in comparison to the album (spelled sisyphus on Wiki) but I conclude it is the same meaning.
It is ever prevalent in their songs on multiple albums and in similar contexts.
The phrase, or reference to "the stone" is the heaviest on Animals (which is the heaviest album of theirs IMO) but appears as early as More (which is heavy in itself at times).
I like to think that throughout Floyd's history they have always expressed a struggle or burden, but they just keep rolling the boulder up the hill. "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way." Of course there are less positive and more positive outlooks depending on the context of the use. "Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone? Open your heart, I'm coming home" is a little more warm and hopeful than "Who was found dead on the phone. Who was dragged down by the stone."
From Richard Wright's composition on Ummagumma, the name Sysyphus referred to a Greek king whos "punished for his deceitfulness by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this action forever." The spelling is different on the Wikipedia in comparison to the album (spelled sisyphus on Wiki) but I conclude it is the same meaning.
It is ever prevalent in their songs on multiple albums and in similar contexts.
The phrase, or reference to "the stone" is the heaviest on Animals (which is the heaviest album of theirs IMO) but appears as early as More (which is heavy in itself at times).
I like to think that throughout Floyd's history they have always expressed a struggle or burden, but they just keep rolling the boulder up the hill. "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way." Of course there are less positive and more positive outlooks depending on the context of the use. "Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone? Open your heart, I'm coming home" is a little more warm and hopeful than "Who was found dead on the phone. Who was dragged down by the stone."
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by jayn_something January 25, 2021
Get the Stonemug. by long bong silvers October 30, 2018
Get the stonedmug. I was so stoned last night
by KermitZeeFrog June 27, 2018
Get the Stonedmug. When you've committed sinful crimes in 180 B.C and the people would pelt you with rocks until you died.
Judge: Guilty. You've been sentenced to be stoned.
Prisoner: oh damn sweet
The Chosen Few: *readys rocks*
Prisoner: oh shit i thought you meant the other kind of stoned like when you get h-
*gets pelted with rocks until his corpse is riddled with bruises*
Prisoner: oh damn sweet
The Chosen Few: *readys rocks*
Prisoner: oh shit i thought you meant the other kind of stoned like when you get h-
*gets pelted with rocks until his corpse is riddled with bruises*
by You sad human March 20, 2019
Get the Stonedmug. by UrbanJohn07 June 9, 2018
Get the Stonedmug. When you've committed sinful crimes in 180 B.C and the people would pelt you with rocks until you died.
Judge: Guilty. You've been sentenced to be stoned.
Prisoner: oh damn sweet
The Chosen Few: *readys rocks*
Prisoner: oh shit i thought you meant the other kind of stoned like when you get h-
*gets pelted with rocks until his corpse is riddled with bruises*
Prisoner: oh damn sweet
The Chosen Few: *readys rocks*
Prisoner: oh shit i thought you meant the other kind of stoned like when you get h-
*gets pelted with rocks until his corpse is riddled with bruises*
by You sad human March 20, 2019
Get the Stonedmug. Being "stoned" is a state of altered awareness caused by some drugs. It is a side-effect of the drug: The primary reason a person takes the drug is to become "high," to be in a pleasurable state of being; when the high wears off, the person is left feeling stoned. Eventually the feeling of being stoned wears off and the person’s regular state of awareness resumes.
For some people, being stoned is a pleasant state; others people find it unpleasant.
For some people, being stoned is a pleasant state; others people find it unpleasant.
"That morning Harry had waked and baked, then had hit the bong hard all day long, and now as twilight set in he was fully and righteously stoned off his ass."
by Rudgence Lindstrich March 4, 2015
Get the stonedmug.