Your Possible Pasts lyrics

Artist  : Pink Floyd 
Song : Your Possible Pasts
 
They flutter behind you your possible pasts,Some
bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost.A
warning to anyone still in command[Cattle truck
noises]"Ranks! Fire!"Of their possible future, to
take care.In derelict sidings the poppies
entwineWith cattle trucks lying in wait for the
next time.
Do you remember me? How we used to be?Do you
think we should be closer?
She stood in the doorway, the ghost of a
smileHaunting her face like a cheap hotel
sign.Her cold eyes imploring the men in their
macsFor the gold in their bags or the knives in
their backs.Stepping up boldly one put out his
hand.He said, "I was just a child then, now I'm
only a man."
Do you remember me? How we used to be?Do you
think we should be closer?
By the cold and religious we were taken in
handShown how to feel good and told to feel
bad.Tongue tied and terrified we learned how to
prayNow our feelings run deep and cold as the
clay.And strung out behind us the banners and
flagsOf our possible pasts lie in tatters and
rags.
Do you remember me? How we used to be?Do you
think we should be closer?