Published On Mar 14, 2020
1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason
A New Machine pt 1 /2
They serve as bookends to the instrumental track "Terminal Frost", and feature David Gilmour's voice, electrically distorted, through a vocoder and a rising synth note. The narrator seems to express weariness with a lifetime spent in one body, waiting for the moment of death, but seeks consolation in the fact that this "waiting" will eventually end.
David Gilmour – guitar, vocals
Richard Wright – piano, synthesizer
Nick Mason – drums, tambourine
with:
Jon Carin - Prophet V synthesizer
Guy Pratt – bass guitar
Michael Kamen – orchestral arrangement
The Division Bell Tour, 1994
David Gilmour – electric guitar, lead vocals
Richard Wright – piano
Nick Mason – drums
with:
Guy Pratt – bass
Jon Carin – keyboards, vocals
Gary Wallis – percussion
Tim Renwick – acoustic guitar
Scott Page - SAX
Sam Brown – backing vocals
Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals
Durga McBroom – backing vocals