Pink Floyd concert video taken from the 20 October 1994 concert at Earls Court, London, England in The Division Bell Tour. It was originally released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1995.
David Gilmour – guitar, vocals
Nick Mason – drums, percussion, vocal phrase (recording)
Rick Wright – Hammond organ, synthesiser
Guy Pratt – bass guitar
Gary Wallis – percussion, extra drums on Pulse
Tim Renwick – rhythm guitar
Jon Carin – synthesiser,
must not forget the ladies backing up Floyd !
Sam Brown – backing vocals
Durga McBroom – backing vocals,
Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals
"Sorrow" Written by singer and guitarist David Gilmour, it is the closing track on their thirteenth studio album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, released in 1987
Drummer Nick Mason has since stated that the song was almost entirely written by David Gilmour alone over the space of one weekend on his houseboat Astoria. When he returned from the weekend, only "some spit and polish", according to Mason, was needed. Gilmour has also mentioned that the solo at the end of "Sorrow" was done on the boat, his guitar going through a small Gallien-Krueger amplifier.
Sorrow was a poem I'd written as a lyric before I wrote music to it, which is rare for me.
— David Gilmour
Lyrics
The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the land
Plumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden sky
A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers
But awakes to a morning with no reason for waking
He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradise
In his youth or a dream, he can't be precise
He's chained forever to a world that's departed
It's not enough, it's not enough
His blood has frozen and curdled with fright
His knees have trembled and given way in the night
His hand has weakened at the moment of truth
His step has faltered
One world, one soul
Time pass, the river roll
And he talks to the river of lost love and dedication
And silent replies that swirl invitation
Flow dark and troubled to an oily sea
A grim intimation of what is to be
There's an unceasing wind that blows through this night
And there's dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight
And silence that speaks so much louder than words
Of promises broken
Songwriters: Dave Gilmour
Sorrow lyrics © Concord Music Publishing LLC
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