childhood s end  

i'd sail across the ocean
i'd walk a hundred miles
if i could make it to the end
oh just to see a smile

you see it in their faces
the saddness in their tears
the despereation and the anger
madness and the fear

no hope, no life, just pain and fear
no food, no love, just greed is here

starvation and the hunger
the suffering and the pain
the agonies of all-out war
when will it come again ?

the struggle for the power
a tyrant tries again
just what the hell is going on ?
when will it ever end ?

no hope, no life, just pain and fear
no food, no love, just greed is here

you see the full moon float
you watch the red sun rise
we take these things for granted
but somewhere someone's dying

contaminated waters
pollution and decay
just waiting for disease to strike
oh will we learn someday ?

no hope, no life, just pain and fear
no food, no love, no seed, childhood's end...

şeklinde sözleri olan iron maiden şarkısı...

(bkz. fear of the dark)...

obscured by clouds'dan pegzel bir pink floyd şarkısı. gilmour yapımı.
sözler şöyle:

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.

tabureye oturduğunuzda ayağınızın yere bastığını farkettiğiniz andır.

iron maidena ait olan şarkı fear of the dark albümünde bulunur. 1. körfez savaşındaki masumiyetin sonuna yazılmıştır.
pink floyd'un vasat bulduğum albümünün iyi şarkılarından biridir.
tüm bunların yanında bir de marillion'a ait olan bir childhood's end şarkısı vardır, o da en az diğerleri kadar harikuladedir. misplaced childhood albümünde bulunur.
sevdiğimiz müzik grupları ısrarla çocukluğun sonu geldiğine ikna etmeye çalışmışlar bizi.