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The Thin Ice And Another Brick In The Wall, Part I

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“The Thin Ice” returns the listener to a chronological telling of Pink’s story. In “The Thin Ice” the listener learns about Pink as a toddler. The song describes the affection Pink’s parents have for their young son. A close listening identifies what we later recognize as his mother’s overprotective characteristic. The mother who we can identify from the phrase “Oooo Babe” tells Pink “Don’t be surprised when a crack in the ice, / Appears under your feet. / You slip out of your depth and out of your mind” (Floyd, The Thin Ice). Not only is this an example of the mother’s fears expressed more fully later in the album, but they foreshadow of the unraveling of his life. “Another Brick In The Wall, Part I” identifies the first traumatic event in

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