



The song ends on the subdominant, C major, which may create an "unfinished" or "dissatisfying" feeling. Finally, the song concludes with an arrangement stripped back down to one acoustic guitar and Waters's voice, and a ritardando in which Waters sings, "Mother, did it need to be so high?", a reference to the metaphorical wall constructed by the character Pink. Waters sings another verse, which is once more followed by Gilmour's chorus (with different lyrics). A guitar solo follows over a chord progression in 4/4 time. The chorus, sung by David Gilmour, starts on two measures of 4/4 before going into 6/8 (or "compound duple meter") for most of the chorus, in a narrative response to the first set of lyrics. The song has a short introduction, consisting only of a sharp inhalation and rapid exhalation before the first verses are sung by Roger Waters. The song begins quietly with solo voice and a single acoustic guitar, and gradually expands its instrumentation to include, by song's end, reed organ, piano, drums, electric bass, and electric guitar. Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason found these time-signature changes difficult to learn, and, with the band recording on a very tight schedule, ceded the drumming duties to session drummer Jeff Porcaro. The song is notable for its varied use of time signatures, such as 5/8 and 9/8. The majority of the song is in G major, though the chorus is predominantly a plagal cadence in C major. It appears on The Wall album, released in 1979.

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