What does the dog represent in Pink Floyd? The “Dogs” are businessmen who use their power to make themselves richer and more powerful at the expense of others. At the end of the song, they get old and fat before dying of cancer. >>
What does dragged down by the stone mean? It means coping with a condition in which advice is simultaneously penance: What we know we should do is also what we must already atone for for having been.
What is the meaning of pigs on the wing? The term Pigs on the Wing is an old war saying for enemy pilots that are in your blind spot. To be a shelter from that is to protect someone from their enemies.
What do sheep represent in Pink Floyd Animals? The sheep represents the mindless people who follow the herd. Pink Floyd started performing this in 1974. It was known as “Raving And Drooling,” but was changed to fit the animal theme of the album. This was the only song from Animals included on Pink Floyd’s 2001 retrospective album Echoes.