“A New Machine”, parts 1 and 2, 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 two songs were the first Pink Floyd songs to be credited solely to David Gilmour since “Childhood’s...
[Verse 1]
I have always been here
I have always looked out from behind these eyes
It feels like more than a lifetime
Feels like more than a lifetime
[Verse 2]
Sometimes I get tired of the waiting
Sometimes I get tired of being in here
Is this the way that it's always been?
Could it ever have been different?
[Verse 3]
Do you ever get tired of the waiting?
Do you ever get tired of being in there?
Don't worry, nobody lives forever
Nobody lives forever
A New Machine (Part 1) was written by David Gilmour.
A New Machine (Part 1) was produced by Bob Ezrin & David Gilmour.
Pink Floyd released A New Machine (Part 1) on Mon Sep 07 1987.