Pink Floyd – “Fearless” Lyrics & Song Facts

“Fearless” was released in 1971 on Pink Floyd’s Meddle album. The record was a creative turning point for the band between their experimental early years and the more conceptual (and structured) later music. While Meddle is widely remembered for the epic side-long track “Echoes,” “Fearless” stands out as one of its most melodic and introspective pieces.

The album was recorded Abbey Road, it was Written by Roger Waters and David Gilmour, around a beautifully climbing acoustic guitar line in an alternate tuning that gives it a warm, rolling feel.

“Fearless” is also famous for its unexpected ending… a real recording of Liverpool’s Anfield crowd singing “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” a nod to Waters’ fondness for the club and an early example of Pink Floyd’s creative use of “found sound”.

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

The song is played in an open G tuning, and 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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