Held Back

2nd Grade

The closing track to WISH YOU WERE HERE TOUR REVISITED has this amazing guitar solo 1:15 in. And then Gill spends the last two minutes deliberatly and cheerfully talking through the album credits. And these two things aren’t even the most amazing thing about this song. The most amazing thing is the fact this kid is being held back and has to repeat 2nd grade. You get the feeling he probably deserves better. Beautiful and bittersweet. ♥️

All the other kids are having a good time
All the other kids are on track
All the other kids got through on the first try
I'm being held back
All the other kids are off for the summer
All the other kids were cut slack
All the other kids are off, getting dumber
I'm being held back
Second grade was such a drag
Man, I thought I had it in the bag
Then I got my report card and
This is what it said

I'm being held back
I'm being held back (Being held back)
I'm being held back (Being held back)
I'm being held back
I'm being held back (Being held back)
I'm being held back (Being held back)
I'm being held back
I'm being held back
I'm being held, being held back
I'm being held back
I'm being held back