The Final Cut (song)

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“The Final Cut”
Song by Pink Floyd
Album	The Final Cut
Released	March 21, 1983 (UK) April 2, 1983 (US)
Recorded	July-December 1982
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	~4:45
Label	Harvest Records (UK) Capitol Records (US)
Writer	Roger Waters
Producer	Roger Waters, James Guthrie and Michael Kamen
The Final Cut track listing
Southampton Dock (10) “The Final Cut” (11) Not Now John (12)

"The Final Cut" is the title track from Pink Floyd's 1983's album The Final Cut. It has never been performed live. The video depicts Roger Waters (with eyes blacked out) singing to a psychologist and utilizes old film footage of 1930s and 40s life intertwined.

The orchestral riff is similar to that found on "Comfortably Numb", which was also scored by Michael Kamen.

If listened to closely, this song can be seen as a kind of epilogue to Pink Floyd's album The Wall. Lyrics in the song refer to selling the narrator's story to Rolling Stone and revealing his dark side, which can allude to the time he spent in self imposed exile behind his wall.

Another lyric in this song tells of a point where the narrator will tell a seeker what is behind the wall, where the words "the wall" are covered by a shotgun blast.

At the very beginning of the song, Waters can be heard saying the word "cut".

[edit] Personnel

• Roger Waters – Vocals, bass, and tape effects
• David Gilmour – Guitar
• Nick Mason – Drums, percussion, and tape effects

with:

• Michael Kamen – Piano and orchestrations
• Andy Brown – Synthesiser