Outside the Wall (song)

"Outside the Wall" (working titles "Bleeding Hearts", "The Buskers")[1][2] is a song written by Roger Waters.

At the end, the song cuts off abruptly, as the man says "Isn't this where...", leading into the voice clip at the beginning of "In the Flesh?"

A longer and more elaborate version was recorded for the film which runs for a little more than four minutes and includes the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pontarddulais Male Choir and Waters singing the lyrics melodically, rather than reciting them as on the album version.

Helping extend the song through the entire end credits is an instrumental bridge, composed of the chords and melody from "Southampton Dock", from The Wall's eventual successor, The Final Cut.

The song was performed again as the closing number for Waters' This Is Not a Drill, with Waters starting on piano while the rest of his band gathers on acoustic instruments and parades around the stage before walking off, with the cameras projecting the final closing moments of the song from backstage onto the LED monitors above the stage.