pink floyd and virginia woolf

I was listening to Dark Side of the Moon, a Pink Floyd album, while trying to figure out what to write about.  Then the song "The Great Gig In The Sky" came on.

In Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf, as Peter Walch ponders life, a voice "interrupted him" (80).  This voice "bubble[s]" up through the earth, spewing a message that is not human-- the sounds "ee um fah um so foo swee too eem oo" have no meaning.  But they have all the meaning.

In "The Great Gig In The Sky", the beginning of the song features a quiet voice. Random words and thoughts can be heard over the piano intro.  Then the song really begins.  A voice soars over the man talking and begins a melody-- but with no words.  Only moans and cries can be heard over the piano, drums, guitar, and bass.  The sounds have no English meaning.  But they have all the meaning.

The words of both examples mean something greater than language can give to them: they speak of a universal truth. Woolf's voice "stood singing of love-- love which lasted millions of years,"; this "ancient sound" exists because the universal meaning of love is not affected by time (81).  Similar to Pink Floyd's rendition, no real words are needed.  The emotions and meanings can be taken from the wailing sounds.  Even the title of the song, with the inclusion of the words "in the sky" can help to determine the message.  Something omnipresent, and greater-than-human is suggested.  

But most of all, the sounds of the woman singing seem exactly how Virgina Woolf would have intended the voice in Mrs. Dalloway to be heard.