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In the song, Syd Barrett offers a girl his bike, a cloak, a homeless mouse that he calls Gerald, and a clan of gingerbread men - because "she fits in with my world." Towards the end of the song, he offers to take her into a "room of musical tunes", and is followed by a noisy collage of clocks, gongs, bells, weird maniacal laughing, and other strange sounds. This "other room" has been interpreted by some as being symbolic of insanity, and may have been a foreshadowing of the eventual mental breakdown that forced Barrett to leave the band. Another interpretation is that these noises symbolise sexual intercourse. The song was written for Barrett's then girlfriend, Jenny Spires. She is also mentioned in the song Lucifer Sam , which is also on ''Piper''. Recording Date(s)- May-June, 1967 EXTERNAL LINKS |
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