Written by bassist
Roger Waters, "Julia Dream" is characterised by the slow tempo, the airy, ambient
Mellotron sounds from keyboardist
Richard Wright and lush chorus vocals. The song's lyrics include reference to an
eiderdown, an item also mentioned in two other known Pink Floyd songs –
Syd Barrett's "
Flaming" and Gilmour/Waters's "
A Pillow of Winds". The phrase "Am I really dying" would reappear in the version of the song "
Mother" re-recorded for the film "
Pink Floyd – The Wall". ==Later release==