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Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd

Hello
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone home?

Come on, now.
I hear you’re feeling down.
Well I can (1)________ your pain,
Get you on (2)________ (3)________ again.

Relax.
I need some information first.
Just the basic facts:
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding.
A (4)______________ (5)________ smoke on the horizon.
You are only (6)____________ through in waves.
Your lips (7)________ but I can’t (8)________ (9)________ you’re sayin’.
When I was a child I had a fever.
My hands felt (10)________ like two balloons.
Now I got that (11)______________ once again.
I can’t explain, you (12)__________ not understand.
This is not how I am.
I (13)________ become (14)______________________ numb.

Ok.
Just a (15)____________ pinprick.
There’ll be no more --aaaaaahhhhh!
But you may feel a little sick.

Can you (16)__________ up?
I do (17)______________ it’s working. good.
That’ll keep you going for the show.
Come on it’s (18)________ to go.

There is no pain, you are receding.
A (19)______________ ship’s smoke on the horizon.
You are (20)________ coming (21)______________ in waves.
Your lips move but I can’t (22)________ (23)________ you’re sayin’.
When I was a (24)__________ I (25)____________ a fleeting glimpse,
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone.
I cannot put my finger on it now.
The child is grown, the dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.
Answers:
(1) ease(2) your(3) feet(4) distant(5) ship(6) coming(7) move(8) hear(9) what(10) just(11) feeling(12) would(13) have(14) comfortably(15) little(16) stand(17) believe(18) time(19) distant(20) only(21) through(22) hear(23) what(24) child(25) caught