"Time" by Pink Floyd

Hear the ticking clock in Pink Floyd's "Time," a profound progressive rock epic from 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon. Opening with striking clock chimes, it warns against wasted youth and features a legendary David Gilmour guitar solo. A timeless rock meditation.

A key track on Pink Floyd’s seminal 1973 concept album The Dark Side of the Moon, "Time" masterfully blends progressive rock complexity with straightforward rock power. Beginning with a cacophony of clocks and alarms, the song explores the relentless passage of time through Roger Waters’ poignant lyrics and the band’s dynamic instrumentation, featuring shared lead vocals.

Driven by Nick Mason’s rototom fills and featuring Richard Wright's ethereal bridge vocals, "Time" (1973) culminates in one of David Gilmour's most celebrated and emotive guitar solos. This progressive rock track's stark warning about mortality and wasted opportunities forms a central theme of The Dark Side of the Moon, showcasing Pink Floyd's depth.

SONG MEANING: Penned by Roger Waters, "Time" serves as a stark warning about the relentless passage of time and the regret of realizing one has wasted life's opportunities. The lyrics describe frittering away youth ("Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day") only to find suddenly that life is slipping away ("The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older"), facing mortality with little accomplished.