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"The Bravery of Being Out of Range" is the fifth song and second single from the album, Amused to Death, released by former Pink Floyd bassist, Roger Waters. According to Waters, the song was written as a criticism of the neoliberal policies adopted by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

Overview
The song follows the point of view of a politician fighting the Gulf War from afar, as though it is a game, continuing the theme explored in the album's previous song, Perfect Sense, where live transmissions of wars are a form of entertainment.

The song includes a reference to a song written by Waters on Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals, "Sheep", and to the 1909 song, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". In "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", the lyrics say, "I looked over Jordan and what did I see? Coming for to carry he home". In "Sheep" Waters sings, "I've looked over Jordan and I have seen, things are not what they seem"; in "The Bravery of Being Out of Range," he sings "I looked over Jordan and what did I see? I saw a U.S. Marine in a pile of debris".

The song was part of the 2015 re-released and remastered edition of the album.

Personnel

 * Roger Waters – vocals, twelve-string guitar
 * Patrick Leonard – keyboards, Hammond organ, synthesisers
 * Jeff Beck – guitar (2015 reissue only)
 * Tim Pierce – guitar
 * Denny Fongheiser – drums
 * Natalie Jackson – vocals

Live performances
The song was performed as part of Waters' In the Flesh tour. In 2000, a recording of this was released as the sixth track of the second disk of the live album, In the Flesh – Live. This track has a length of 5:05, and features additional vocals by Katie Kissoon, P. P. Arnold, and Susannah Melvoin.

During a live performance in 2018, during the Us + Them Tour, Waters sang an additional new verse, created to express his feelings of despair at the lack of change, regarding politics and war, in subsequent years.