(written by Roger Waters)
Lyrics:
They flutter behind you, your possible pasts
Some bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost
A warning to anyone still in command
...Take cover!
Of their possible futures: to take care
In derelict siding the poppies entwine
With cattle trucks lying in wait for the next time
Do you remember me? How we used to be?
Do you think we should be closer?
She stood in the doorway, the ghost of a smile
Haunting her face like a cheap hotel sign
Her cold eyes imploring the men in their macs
For the gold in their bags or the knives in their backs
Stepping up boldly, one put out his hand
He said, 'I was just a child then, now I'm only a man'
Do you remember me? How we used to be?
Do you think we should be closer?
By the cold and religious we were taken in hand
Shown how to feel good, and told to feel bad *
Strung out behind us, the banners and flags
Of our possible pasts lie in tatters and rags
Do you remember me? How we used to be?
Do you think we should be closer?
The noise of creaky cattle trucks introduces this highly personal song, lyrics from which were featured in the version of Stop from Pink Floyd The Wall.
* The lyric sheets of the album include a lyric which was dropped from the final version of Your Possible Pasts. This lyric goes between lines 18 and 19 of the song (see asterisk) and are as follows:
Tongue tied and terrified we learned how to pray
Now our feelings run deep and cold as the clay
TRACK LISTING
Post War Dream, TheYour Possible Pasts
Hero's Return, The
Gunner's Dream, The
Paranoid Eyes
Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
Fletcher Memorial Home, The
Southampton Dock
Final Cut, The
Not Now John
Two Suns in the Sunset
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