Your Possible Pasts

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“Your Possible Pasts”
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	4:26
Label	Harvest Records (UK) Capitol Records (US)
Writer	Roger Waters
Producer	Roger Waters, James Guthrie and Michael Kamen
The Final Cut track listing
The Post War Dream (1) “Your Possible Pasts” (2) One of the Few (3)

"Your Possible Pasts" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1983 album, The Final Cut. It has never been performed live, but lyrics from the chorus are featured in The Wall film, along with lyrics from "5:11 A.M.- The Moment of Clarity" from The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. The lyrics are read by the character, Pink, in the bathroom stall scene between "Waiting for the Worms" and "Stop."

The track got significant airplay on US FM rock radio when released and reached #8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the spring of 1983.

[edit] Personnel

• Roger Waters - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, tape effects, sound effects, synthesizer and vocals
• David Gilmour - electric guitars
• Nick Mason - drums

with

• Michael Kamen - piano and orchestrations
• Andy Bown - Hammond Organ