Pink Floyd “Fearless” Lyrics, Meaning & Song Facts

What Is Pink Floyd’s “Fearless” About?

Pink Floyd’s “Fearless,” from the 1971 album Meddle is one of the band’s most understated classics. It’s a warm acoustic song built around open G tuning, written by Roger Waters and David Gilmour, and ending with the sound of Liverpool fans singing “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” The song was recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios. Here are the lyrics, meaning, recording facts, and story behind one of Pink Floyd’s most quietly beloved songs.

“Meddle is amongst my favorites. That, to me, is the start of the path forward for Pink Floyd, really.”
– Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour

Roger Waters, who typically plays bass, performed the acoustic guitar parts with Gilmour on electric. Reportedly the band’s wayward founder Syd Barrett had taught Waters the tuning.

Pink Floyd never played it live, and nobody from the band played the song live for decades, until the twenty teens when Roger Waters played it on his 2016 solo tour, and Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets played it on his 2018 tour.

You say the hill’s too steep to climb, chiding
You say you’d like to see me try climbing

You pick the place and I’ll choose the time

And I’ll climb the hill in my own way
Just wait awhile for the right day
And as I rise above the tree line and the clouds
I look down, hear the sound of the things you said today

Fearlessly, the idiot faced the crowd, smiling
Merciless, the magistrate turns ’round, frowning

And who’s the fool who wears the crown?

Go down in your own way
And every day is the right day
And as you rise above the fear lines in his brow
You look down, hear the sound of the faces in the crowd

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone
You’ll never walk alone
Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone
You’ll never walk alone
Liverpool! Liverpool! Liverpool!

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