Voici les paroles de Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Continue à briller diamant fou) de l'album Wish You Were Here (J'aimerais que tu sois là) que les Pink Floyd ont dédié à Syd...

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!

Nobody knows where you are
How near or how far
Shine on you crazy diamond

Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there
Shine on you crazy diamond

And we'll bask in the shadow
Of yesterday's triumph
Sail on the steel breeze
Come on you boy child, you winner and loser
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine