Did David Gilmour’s About Face Lyrics Signal His Frustration with Roger Waters?

Not directly, but the album’s very existence was a statement. After years of Waters turning The Final Cut into a solo project in all but name, Gilmour responded by making About Face — his most personal solo work to that point — and then taking it on a tour where he only played two Floyd songs per night. The message was clear: he wanted out of that creative straitjacket.

The most telling lyric comes in “Cruise,” where Gilmour sings, “You were so dismayed, I was never afraid / We only did what we were told.” While he never named Waters as the target, the song’s air of resigned frustration toward an authority figure lines up with the band’s dynamic at