"A New Machine", parts 1 and 2 are songs from Pink Floyd's 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Lyrics and music They serve as bookends to the instrumental track "Terminal Frost", and feature David Gilmour's voice, electrically distorted, through a vocoder and a rising synth note. The narrator seems to express weariness with a lifetime spent in one body, waiting for the moment of death, but seeks consolation in the fact that this "waiting" will eventually end. The two songs were the first Pink Floyd songs to be credited solely to David Gilmour since "Childhood's End", from their 1972 album Obscured by Clouds. Personnel Pink Floyd David Gilmour – vocals, vocoder, synthesiser, programming Additional musicians Patrick Leonard – synthesiser References Pink Floyd songs 1987 songs Rock ballads Songs about death Songs written by David Gilmour Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin Song recordings produced by David Gilmour