 The opening track , " The Post War Dream " , begins with a recorded announcement that the replacement for the Atlantic Conveyor , a ship lost during the Falklands campaign , will be built in Japan . Waters ' lyrics refer to his dead father , the loss of Britain 's shipbuilding industry to Japan , and Margaret Thatcher , before moving on to " Your Possible Pasts " , a rewritten version of one of the songs rejected for The Wall . In " One of the Few " , another rejected song , the schoolteacher from The Wall features as the main character , presented as a war hero returned to civilian life . He is unable to relate his experiences to his wife , and in " The Hero 's Return " is tormented by the loss of one of his air crew . " The Gunner 's Dream " discusses the post @-@ war dream of a world free from tyranny and the threat of terrorism ( a reference to the Hyde Park bombing ) and is followed in " Paranoid Eyes " by the teacher 's descent into alcoholism . 
