“On the Turning Away” is a song from Pink Floyd’s 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason. The song, a power ballad, references issues of poverty and oppression, lamenting on the tendency of people to turn away from those afflicted with such conditions. It ends on a hopeful note, with the last stanza beginning, “no more turning away …”. It is also a song that recovers the mysticism of songs like “Wish You Were Here” or “Us and Them”, but this time treating topics like the suffering of people; the phrase “weak and the weary” portrays the suffering of people as a big problem in today’s world.