"Obscured By Clouds" is the opening and title track to Pink Floyd's 1972 al… Read Full Bio ↴"Obscured By Clouds" is the opening and title track to Pink Floyd's 1972 album "Obscured by Clouds". It is entirely instrumental. The song starts with the persistent key of an EMS VCS 3, then becomes accompanied by drums and David Gilmour on guitar until the end. "Obscured By Clouds" then segues into the next song on the album, "When You're In".
These two songs were performed together live in late 1972 and usually opened shows on the 1973 Dark Side of the Moon tour. The live versions had a longer intro before the drums come in, with Gilmour's slide guitar and some bass playing by Roger Waters. At the appearance of "When You're In", an extended jam similar to "Echoes" occurs. This jam lasts until David Gilmour plays a solo, which is followed by return of the EMS VCS 3 drone that starts "Obscured by Clouds". The song ends with a reprise of the "When You're In" theme.
These two songs were performed together live in late 1972 and usually opened shows on the 1973 Dark Side of the Moon tour. The live versions had a longer intro before the drums come in, with Gilmour's slide guitar and some bass playing by Roger Waters. At the appearance of "When You're In", an extended jam similar to "Echoes" occurs. This jam lasts until David Gilmour plays a solo, which is followed by return of the EMS VCS 3 drone that starts "Obscured by Clouds". The song ends with a reprise of the "When You're In" theme.
Obscured by Clouds
Pink Floyd Lyrics
Instrumental
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
To comment on or correct specific content, highlight it
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found
@ddl508
Obscured by Clouds - 0:00
When You're In - 3:05
Burning Bridges - 5:32
The Gold It's In The... - 9:01
Wot's... Uh The Deal - 12:08
Mudmen - 17:17
Childhood's End - 21:38
Free Four - 26:12
Stay - 30:28
Absolutely Curtains - 34:35
@stevenmcnab
Childhood's End 21:45
You shout in your sleep
Perhaps the price is just too steep
Is your conscious 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 the 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 turn to rust
All the proud men turn to dust
So all things time will mend
And so this song will end
@rubintuesday
Lyrics:
Obscured by Clouds:
(Instrumental)
When You’re In:
(Instrumental)
Burning Bridges:
Bridges burning gladly,
Merging with the shadows,
Flickering between the lines.
Stolen moments floating softly on the air,
Born on wings of fire and climbing higher.
Ancient bonds are breaking,
Moving on and changing sides.
Dreaming of a new day,
Cast aside the other way.
Magic visions stirring,
Kindled by and burning flames rise in her eyes.
The door stands ajar,
The wall that once were high.
Beyond the gilded cage,
Beyond the reach of ties.
The moment is at hand.
She breaks the golden band.
The Gold It’s in the…:
Come on, my friends,
Let's make for the hills.
They say there's gold but I'm looking for thrills.
You can get your hands on whatever we find,
Because I'm only coming along for the ride.
Well, you go your way,
I'll go mine.
I don't care if we get there on time.
Everybody's searching for something, they say.
I'll get my kicks on the way.
Over the mountains, across seas,
Who knows what will be waiting for me?
I could sail forever to strange sounding names.
Faces of people and places don't change.
All I have to do is just close my eyes
To see the seagulls wheeling in those far distant skies.
All I want to tell you,
All I want to say is count me in on the journey.
Don't expect me to stay.
Wot’s… Uh the Deal:
Heaven sent the promised land
Looks alright from where I stand
'Cause I'm the man on the outside looking in
Waiting on the first step
Show me where the key is kept
Point me down the right line because it's time
To let me in from the cold
Turn my lead into gold
'Cause there's a chill wind blowing in my soul
And I think I'm growing old
Flash the readies wot's... uh the deal
Got to make it to the next meal
Try to keep up with the turning of the wheel.
Mile after mile
Stone after stone
You turn to speak but you're alone
A million miles from home you're on your own
So let me in from the cold
Turn my lead into gold
'Cause there's a chill wind blowing in my soul
And I think I'm growing old
Fire bright by candlelight
With her by my side
And if she prefers we will never stir again
Someone sent the promised land
And I grabbed it with both hands
Now I'm the man on the inside looking out
Hear me shout 'Come on in. What's the news and where you been?’
Cause there's no wind left in my soul
And I've grown old
Mudmen:
(Instrumental)
Childhood’s End:
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
Free Four:
One, two, free, four!
The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime.
You shuffle in the gloom of the sickroom
And talk to yourself as you die.
Life is a short warm moment
And death is a long cold rest.
You get your chance to try
In the twinkling of an eye
Eighty years, with luck, or even less.
So all aboard for the American tour,
And maybe you'll make it to the top.
But mind how you go.
I can tell you, 'cause I know.
You may find it hard to get off.
You are the angel of death
And I am the dead man's son.
He was buried like a mole in a fox hole.
And everyone is still on the run.
And who is the master of fox hounds?
And who says the hunt has begun?
And who calls the tune in the courtroom?
And who beats the funeral drum?
The memories of a man in his old age
Are the deeds of a man in his prime.
You shuffle in the gloom of the sickroom
And talk to yourself as you die.
Stay:
Stay
And help me to end the day.
And if you don't mind
We'll break a bottle of wine.
Stick around
And maybe we'll put one down,
'Cause I wanna find
What lies behind those eyes.
Midnight blue
Burning gold
A yellow moon
Is growing cold
I rise
Looking through my morning eyes,
Surprised
To find you by my side.
Rack my brain
To try to remember your name
To find
The words to tell you goodbye.
Morning dues
Newborn day
Midnight blue
Turn to gray
Midnight blue
Burning gold
A yellow moon
Is growing cold
Absolutely Curtains:
(Instrumental with wordless vocals)
@ddl508
Obscured by Clouds - 0:00
When You're In - 3:05
Burning Bridges - 5:32
The Gold It's In The... - 9:01
Wot's... Uh The Deal - 12:08
Mudmen - 17:17
Childhood's End - 21:38
Free Four - 26:12
Stay - 30:28
Absolutely Curtains - 34:35
@CC-nx8we
I've always thought "Wot's...Uh The Deal" a very good song and Richard Wright played some very pretty piano on it.
@MarmicMinipark1
Thank you 😊
@williamwalton583
DG still playing wots the deal live and y not. Hey dapto. I'm from dapto too. Got this album in 72. Have many Floyd's, but spin this one more than any of the others barr green is the colour from more. I'd suggest it's about my youth and memories other than that maybe I'm not such a good listener anymore. It holds a special place in my heart.
@martyconroy3786
@@williamwalton583 turned many people onto Pink Floyd with this amazing album BEFORE Meddle or Dark Side.
When they heard Echoes, they were prepared.. 😉
@Kwinquark1
@@martyconroy3786 Much confusion here - Meddle was out a clear 8 months prior to this album.
@candynolder
My Mom passed away 10/26/22. She was 91. Ever since I was a kid I loved this band. DSOTM was my first album. She heard me play all their albums throughout my life. She used to say "Of all the music you listen to, I really like that Pink Floyd guy. His music is beautiful". I miss her....♥
@toddthing
Sweet. In the last month of my dad's life we listened to a lot of music together. Sometimes his, a Beethoven piano concerto for example, sometimes mine. One night I put Dark Side of the Moon on. He smiled and said "I like this." But the really important thing was that he had a brain tumor and he had already been having trouble communicating. It was easy to guess that he was just totally out of it. As we listened to DSOTM we were holding hands... when the voice comes on saying "I ain't afraid to die; I can go anytime" (paraphrase) my dad squeezed my hand. Me and my mom/sisters knew he was going to die already, but me knowing that he understood this meant so much.
@candynolder
@@toddthing Music is the one thing that crosses all boundaries. it's what keeps me going. And oh the happy tears and happy memories it creates for a lifetime.
@gavincourtney5961
@@candynolder You're absolutely right. I'm 58 years of age now and have tremendously enjoyed Pink Floyd throughout my life ever since I was about eight years old. Have everything they ever did all on Harvest. Still listen to tonnes of music, classical and otherwise. I was very fortunate to live in the UK for 22 years and saw a multitude of bands live (perhaps over 1000) over a ten-year period largely thanks to the wonderful D-J John Peel on Radio one in the early eighties. Yes, saw PF at Earls Court in 1980. Also, the Berlin performance of the Wall. Just marvelous. All their famous works very good, but right now I'm tremendously enjoying More and Obscured by Clouds. Both are also very interesting films I haven't seen in donkey's years. Have to look them up at some point.