"Vera" is a song by Pink Floyd on the album The Wall. Vera Lynn is an English singer whose career flourished during World War II. She was nicknamed "The Forces' Sweetheart" and the song she is most known for is "We'll Meet Again" - one of the most famous songs of the Second World War era. The assertion that "we'll meet again" is optimistic, as many soldiers did not survive to see their loved ones again. The meeting place, at some unspecified time in the future, would have been seen by many who lost loved ones to be heaven.
The lyric "Vera, what has become of you?" suggests that Vera Lynn herself, like her promise, vanished. It suggests a loss of innocence and hope.
Vera Lynn also had a hit with "The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot", a song about a boy — like Roger Waters — without a father. The reference is ironic, as Roger Waters, or his fictional character Pink, would not meet his father who was lost in the war. Her recording of "The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot" is the opening music that we hear at the beginning of the movie version of The Wall and aptly sets the theme of the film.
I can only hope that wars can be ended, families reunited and every little boy can have a Christmas with a Santa Claus.
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