Childhood's End - Pink Floyd Cover

"Childhood's End" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1972 seventh studio album Obscured by Clouds based on their soundtrack for the French film La Vallée or The Valley (English title, by Barbet Schroeder
It was the last Pink Floyd song to feature lyrics by David Gilmour or be composed entirely solo by him,

This cover was performed with the collaboration of:

Kris Gietkowski (England): Hammond Organ and Keyboards

Henrique Luiz (Brazil): Lead and backing vocals

Paulo Bueno Siqueira (Brazil): Drums

Carlos (Brazil): Lead guitar, Bass guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Note: You will hear two different rhythm guitars in stereo mode but you will see the image of only one of them just because there was no space left in the video screen to render the other guitar movie track... sorry for that

Personnel

David Gilmour - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
Roger Waters - bass guitar
Richard Wright - organ
Nick Mason - drums

Lyrics

You shout in your sleep.
Perhaps the price is just too steep.
Is your conscience at rest
If once put to the test?
You awake with a start
To just the beating of your heart.
Just one man beneath the sky,
Just two ears, just two eyes.

You set sail across the sea
Of long past thoughts and memories.
Childhood's end, your fantasies
Merge with harsh realities.
And then as the sail is hoist,
You find your eyes are growing moist.
All the fears never voiced
Say you have to make your final choice.

Who are you and who am I
To say we know the reason why?
Some are born; some men die
Beneath one infinite sky.
There'll be war, there'll be peace.
But everything one day will cease.
All the iron turned to rust;
All the proud men turned to dust.
And so all things, time will mend.
So this song will end.

I do not own this song. This cover is tribute to Pink Floyd band
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[doscwolny]

That has got to be the closest to gilmour's voice i have ever heard. Excellent job.

[TheRubberMatch]

Such an underrated song! This song had potential to be up there with "Time" or "Wish you Were Here" if it was longer! 4 minutes is too short for a Pink Floyd song!

[brunoeschenazi]

Not even the guys of PF can play this so preciselly

[BioFactory]

All the songs on Obscured By Clouds fit nicely with Dark Side Of The Moon. They were recorded between the time period Dark Side's demoes and final album were recorded and have a lot of the same sounds and all. Listen to songs like Stay and Burning Bridges. Great album.

[edlucarseneau]

my personal favorite album!! and probably song too

[anassmouradi]

Man this is perfect and the guy s voice is simply awesome

[ashdosen]

Great work! Love the accent makes the song slightly different but it's so spot on it's crazy

[kornysinclair]

La vallie. Sorry for spelling. Had the Film. Prob fav song of that Era. THANKS. GOOD JOB. .

[rhainellis]

If this guy was English he would sound exactly like gilmour :o

[Swimkid]

I love this album! I simply do not understand why nobody talks about it? Thanks for uploading this. X

[tonyanderton]

I love this cover. You've really captured the essence of the song. For me, Obscured by Clouds is probably PF's most underrated album. Indeed, I'd say one of rock's most underrated albums. In a way, that is not such a bad thing. The album still sounds fresh because it has never suffered from the over-familiarity of the more well-known material by PF, such as Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals. 2 June 2022 will be the 50th anniversary of the release of Obscured by Clouds. I'll be marking the day by giving it a special place in my own day, in memory of my dear sister who gave me the record as a gift in '72 but who has now passed.

[Frankenstein-]

That's pretty good. Thanks for sharing.

[mckayuk]

Am I right that Guitars are in Dropped D Tuning ? Love this song and played it over and over and over as a 70s teenager

[Fran_PF]

man I've never seen a cover like this, so perfect that is difficult to difference the original song to this one, you have to go on tour!

[ehlerhog]

17 no likes at this point = 17 TONE DEAF people with ZERO music appreciation I say... This is simply the best 😃!!!!

[williamwallace]

Fantastic. THIS is the way ALL music video's should be presented.

[keithfawcett]

A really underrated song and preformed to perfection. Taking me back to my Uni days, doing not much in blazing sunshine! Brilliant.

[gardnerberry]

THIS...is amazing!
Y'all really did a MIGHTY FINE job covering this HIGHLY under-rated song!
Thank you!!

[spideredu]

one of the underrated songs of Pink Floyd, great cover

[Rods]

Marmalade, I like marmalade!!! That was just amazing! At that time, Floyd was pure energy. Rick's keyboards on this song are beyond words. And you have done so good.