He saw British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's response to Argentina's invasion of the islands as jingoistic and unnecessary, and dedicated the new album—provisionally titled Requiem for a Post-War Dream—to his father, Eric Fletcher Waters.
Smatrao je kako je odgovor britanske premijerke Margaret Thatcher na argentinsku invaziju otoka bio jingoističan i nepotreban te je novi album—privremeno nazvan Requiem for a Post-War Dream—posvetio svojemu ocu, Ericu Fletcheru Watersu.