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“Us and Them” is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, from their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. The music was written by Richard Wright with lyrics by Roger Waters. It is sung by David Gilmour, with harmonies by Wright. The song is 7 minutes, 51 seconds in length, making it the longest on the album.
“Us and Them” is rather quiet in tone and dynamics, with prominent jazz influence, although the choruses are louder than the verses. It has two saxophone solos in it, one at the beginning and another towards the end of the song. Richard Wright introduces the song with harmonies on his Hammond organ and put a piano chordal backing and short piano solo afterward on the arrangement. The tune was originally written on the piano by Wright for the film Zabriskie Point in 1969 and was titled “The Violent Sequence”. In its original demo form it was instrumental, featuring only piano and bass. Director Michelangelo Antonioni rejected it saying, “It’s beautiful, but is it too sad, you know? It makes me think of church.” The song was shelved until The Dark Side of the Moon, where Waters put some lyrics to it.
“Occasionally, people would come in with a complete song,” says Wright. “For example, ‘Us and Them’ was a little piano piece I had worked out. I played it for them; they liked it. Roger went into another room and started working on the lyrics. Whereas things like ‘Echoes’ [on Meddle] would be all of us in a rehearsal room, just sitting there thinking, playing, working out ideas to see if they went anywhere. It’s a nice way to work, and I think, in a way, the most Floydian material we ever did came about that way.”
The verses have a unique, jazz-influenced chord progression: Dsus2, D6add9 (or Esus2/D), D minor major 7, and G/D. The tonic of D, alternating with the dominant, A, is sustained on bass guitar as a pedal point throughout the verses. The D6 with an added 9th is not unlike an Esus2 with a D in the bass, but because the bass line also provides the fifth, it is more accurately described as a kind of D chord. The D minor chord with a major seventh is a rarity in 1970s rock music. There is also a secondary sequence, louder, with thick vocal harmonies, with a progression of B minor, A major, G major seventh suspended second, commonly written as "Gmaj7sus2” (enharmonic to the slash chord D/G), and C major. This progression is played twice between each verse, and is not unlike a chorus, except that the lyrics are different with each repeat.
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No se que paso conmigo, pero he dejado de hacer tantas cosas, me he olvidado de mis amigos, me distancié de mi familia y siempre estoy de mal humor, nada me hace sentir bien, nada me hace feliz.
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Y si el fin del mundo fuera mañana, ¿vendrías conmigo?
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La fuerza de la vida
No hay medida para el ser,
ni medida para el dar,
sólo importa que te abras,
que respetes otro pensar.
De la vida aprenderás
que se puede aún amar,
la conciencia, el compromiso
va marcando el actuar.
No prejuzgues tus respuestas,
solo busca en tu interior,
agradece a la vida ,
cada nuevo despertar
Amanda Ackermann
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