Childhood's End - Pink Floyd Original video

Childhood's End appeared on the Pink Floyd rock album, Obscured by Clouds, which was based on the band's soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, by Barbet Schroeder. Some copies of the album refer to the film by its alternate English title, The Valley. The LP was released in the UK on June 3, 1972 on Harvest/EMI and then in the U.S. on June 15, 1972 on Harvest/Capitol. The album reached #6 on the UK album charts and #46 on the U.S. album charts (where it was certified Gold by the RIAA in March, 1994). In 1986, the album was released on CD. A digitally remastered CD was released in March 1996 in the UK and August 1996 in the U.S.

The Song Childhood's End was inspired by a science fiction novel of the same name, by Sir Arthur C. Clarke, orignally published in 1953.

This song reminds me of the Sinai, Egypt, where many of the images from this video are shot.

The lyrics go as follows:
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
And 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

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[IsisTiamat]

@muzikkraz

It's even more beautiful in its "raw" version.

Rock on.

[sdfksfladfasdf]

Song is incredible, but if by 'Original' you mean that YOU made it, fine, but Floyd had nothing to do with this video, it's just a bunch of crap cut together including some Floyd pictures and a few vid caps from Pompeii...

[96emamos]

People,People, read the bloody book..and then talk

[madahad9]

Ths is transitional Pink Floyd that I really got into. After shedding their psychedelica origins and before donning the shroud of doom woven by Roger Waters they made music that might have been a little hapharzard in spots but I prefer this period to the latter. Dark Side of the Moon (great as it is) was a harbinger of darker things to come.

[thelunalily]

two words. fucking amazing.

[djallen16]

one of their best songs that few people know of......

[dacheeze1701]

Uh... this is not what I thought it would be. This is just some random footage strung together to the accompaniment of PF... with one or two cameos by the editor... this is not "Original".

[briangemmell1]

just so fooking cool......i love floyd....every day of my life....floyd is there

[zagyex]

last verse: thats all you need to know about life, universe, and everything.

[johnnahodil]

beautiful song....let me guess though....the guy at certain intervals in the video is a fan who made the video?.....nice job, it was put together really coolly....keep rockin..