High Hopes

"High Hopes" is a song from the 1994 Pink Floyd album, The Division Bell, composed by David Gilmour with lyrics by Gilmour and Polly Samson. Its lyrics speak of the things one may have gained and lost in life, written from an autobiographical angle by Gilmour, who has previously mentioned that the song is more about his early days and leaving his hometown behind than about the seeds of division supposedly planted in Pink Floyd's early days. Douglas Adams, a friend of Gilmour, chose the album title from one verse in this song. "High Hopes" was included on the 2001 compilation, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd with a shortened slide-guitar solo. After the song is finished on The Division Bell, the sound of Pink Floyd's manager Steve...