"Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught in the cross fire of childhood and stardom.
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter.
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision.
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions.
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!"
"So basically, after Syd Barrett was done with making one of the absolute masterpieces in all Psychedelic Rock, he left the legendary band he had formed and went on to compose two of the greatest works in the new sub genre he practically had invented, Psychedelic Folk. After his work was completed and his status as the spiritual and artistic leader of the two main strains in the whole psychedelic movement had been stated, he retired and lived a peaceful life, away from the pressure of being a pop idol. It sounds like a brilliant career to me, not a tragic one."
And, (You may well like this) I've just recently started to listen to this talented lady. https://youtu.be/fCuKTDfouMI