Pink Floyd - childhood’s end

한 사람의 심리적 갈등과 인생의 진실을 모색하는 과정을 그린 노래로, 과거의 기억과 현실을 마주하며 최후의 선택을 해야 하는 상황을 이야기한다
삶과 죽음, 전쟁과 평화의 상징적인 의미를 함께 담고, 시간의 흐름 속에 모든 것이 정리된다는 철학적인 결론을 제시한다

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