When the Tigers Broke Free

When the Tigers Broke Free is a song of the group Pink Floyd written by Roger Waters, describing the death of his/her father Eric Fletcher Waters during the Second world war, with Anzio. The song was written at the same time as the other songs of the album The Wall , which explains its Copyright of 1979, but appeared only in film of the album and in the remasterized version of The Final Cut in 2004.

Version of film

The first verse appears on the opening of the film of 1982, where one sees the father Pink to clean and charge his Pistolet. It forwards then towards In the Flesh? , showing its death. The second verse (after " Another Brick in the Wall Leaves 1 ") show Pink seeking the uniform of his/her father, his balls, and its funerary certificate.

Anecdotes

During the second verse of film, Pink seeks the uniform of his/her father, his balls, and its funerary certificate in one limps with Dessin S. On the certificate, the name of the father of Pink is given as being J.A. Pinkerton .
Although the song was written at the same time as the album The Wall, and takes share with film, it neither is played in a Concert of Pink Floyd nor in that of Roger Waters.

Bonds

Sources
Official site of Pink Floyd
Official site of Roger Toilets
Official site of David Gilmour

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