Up The Downstair Porcupine Tree

Up The Downstair Written by Steven Wilson Sleep Until the colours dissolve Leave the dream to rain-soak forever In blessed moments Viewed from trains of half-truths Monuments burn into moments

Your Unpleasant Family Porcupine Tree

Your unpleasant family, smashed up my car (perfectly uncalled for) Your unpleasant family, how vile they are (I crawled out of the wreckage on my knees) Tore up my flowers so what did we learn?

The Moon Touches Your Shoulder Porcupine Tree

The Moon Touches Your Shoulder Written by Steven Wilson Springtime is over Don't head for home Creep up the ladder And steal over stone No time to forget this World's in your eyes Sway

Strip The Soul Porcupine Tree

"This is my home, this is my own, we don't like no strangers Raise the kids good, beat the kids good and tie them up Spread it wide, my wife, my life, push the camera deeper I can use, I abuse, my muse

Mellotron Scratch Porcupine Tree

A tiny flame inside my head A compromise I never planned Unravel out the finest trends And I'm looking at a blank page now Should have filled it up with words somehow I whispered something in her ear I'd

Stars Die Porcupine Tree

Stars Die Written by Steven Wilson The moon shook and curled up like gentle fire The ocean glazed and melted wire Voices buzzed in spiral eyes Stars dived in blinding skies Stars die.

Fear Of A Blank Planet Porcupine Tree

Sunlight coming through the haze No gaps in the blinds to let it inside The bed is unmade, some music still plays TV, yeah it\'s always on The flicker of the screen, a movie actress screams I\'m

Heartattack In A Layby Porcupine Tree

I pull off the road East of Baldock and Ashford Feeling for my cell In the light from the dashboard Hissing from the road The smell of rain in the air con Maybe check the news Or just put a tape on Lighting

Feather Pluckn Porcupine Tree

Feather Pluckn" But that's totally But that's totally Billions of birdies squawkin' outloud Talkin' in code to clams in the clouds They send a secret message, and send it by worm So vibratin'

Cheating The Polygraph Porcupine Tree

> Lying through my teeth again I've been bad again, black lies Skirting round the truth again To escape the look in your eyes Cover up the facts again With the money men, disguise Losing my integrity

How is Your Life Today? Porcupine Tree

Written by Steven Wilson The letters pile up in the hallway Junk mail and bills from the catalogues And the neighbours have guessed 'cos I've cancelled the milk And they don't hear your voice through

Trains Porcupine Tree

Train set and match spied under the blind Shiny and contoured the railway winds And I've heard the sound from my cousin's bed The hiss of the train at the railway head Always the summers are slipping

How Is Your Life Today? Porcupine Tree

The letters pile up in the hallway Junk mail and bills from the catalogues And the neighbours have guessed 'Cos I've cancelled the milk And they don't hear your voice Through the walls anymore

The Sky Moves Sideways Porcupine Tree

The Sky Moves Sideways Written by Steven Wilson We lost the skyline We stepped right off the map Drifted in to blank space And let the clocks relapse We laughed the rain down Slow burn on

Stranger By The Minute Porcupine Tree

Stranger By The Minute Written by Steven Wilson Ghosts in the park Appear just after dark Killers, children ...

Dislocated Day Porcupine Tree

Dislocated Day Written by Steven Wilson A dislocated day Peers in to the ether Counts the stars inside the sky And flies in to the never Looped around my eyelids A thousand shining flecks

Dark Matter Porcupine Tree

Dark Matter Written by Steven Wilson Inside the vehicle the cold is extreme Smoke in my throat kicks me out of my dream I try to relax but its warmer outside I fail to connect, it's a tragic

Bonnie The Cat Porcupine Tree

Can't feel the pain that I expected I still place keys in the ignition I know what will be One thought is stopping me from sleeping I saw the future and it's breeding I know what will be Could be

Hatesong Porcupine Tree

I thought that I'd write it down while I still could I hope when you hear this you'll want to sue Oh it's a lonely life in my empty bed And it's a quiet life that leaks from my head These are the

Gravity Eyelids Porcupine Tree

Open your eyes now Hear me out before I lose my mind I've been waiting for hours Let the salt flow, feel my coil unwind Give me a smile please Count the calm and watch my breathing slow Winding

Blackest Eyes Porcupine Tree

"A mother sings a lullaby to a child Sometime in the future the boy goes wild And all his nerves are feeling some kind of energy A walk in the woods and I will try Something under the trees that made you

Even Less Porcupine Tree

Even Less Written by Steven Wilson A body is washed up on a Norfolk beach He was a friend that I could not reach He thought I was cold but I understand But for the grace of god goes another

Drawing the Line Porcupine Tree

Camphor crossed with lace, it is the witching hour Cinematic but crude Teasing all my feelings out, you move away It seems so natural to you Still siren, climbing up the victory tower Like there's

The Incident Porcupine Tree

day in garlands I feel secure A useless faith That I will get you Somehow I reach out I wonder where you are now Hey there\'s you With placid eyes Oblivious to what\'s to come They locked you up

Pure Narcotic Porcupine Tree

Pure Narcotic Written by Steven Wilson You keep me waiting You keep me alone in a room full of friends You keep me hating You keep me listening to the Bends No amount of pointless days Can

Piano Lessons Porcupine Tree

Piano Lessons Written by Steven Wilson I remember piano lessons The hours in freezing rooms Cruel ears and tiny hands Destroying timeless tunes She said there's too much out there Too much

Remember Me Lover Porcupine Tree

And all this shit could have happen to anyone, all that matters now is how you're going to pick it up, to throw it back. It's so hard to get along, I always know what you're going to say.

LIGHTBULB SUN Porcupine Tree

The riffing guitars on Russia On Ice are pure metal and one of the solos of Hatesong I call my "Korn solo" on account of the fact that the bottom strings on the guitar are tuned down so low that the notes

Great Expectations Porcupine Tree

In garlands I feel secure A useless faith That I will get you, somehow Reach out, I wonder where you are now Hey, there's you With placid eyes Oblivious to what's to come They locked you up

Sever Porcupine Tree

Sever Written by Steven Wilson Telepath Carbon trapped under stone Brother mother pale body is thrown Only way I know to have fun Fill up my blood, my veins, my lungs ESP city - rainy and

The Seance Porcupine Tree

Under gas light, the joining of hands Chanting a name over and over The table tilts, the circle is broken Doubting no more They pay what they owe her Disembodied, a luminous hand Holding the air, passing

And the Swallows Dance Above the Sun Porcupine Tree

And the Swallows Dance Above the Sun Lyrics - Alan Duffy / Music - Steven Wilson I'm sitting in the concrete I'm listening for a heartbeat I'm sitting in the painting I promised I'd be waiting

Fadeaway Porcupine Tree

Fadeaway Lyrics - Alan Duffy / Music - Steven Wilson I sat in the room with a view The girl in the photograph knew Can't you see? Why is she laughing at me?

Deadwing Porcupine Tree

And something warm and soft just passed through here It took the precious things that I hold dearer It rifled through the grey and disappeared The creeping darkness makes the small hours clearer Like

Small Fish Porcupine Tree

Small Fish Lyrics - Alan Duffy / Music - Steven Wilson The first thing that I saw as, the fisherman smiled at me Were empty people dressed in grey, floating out to sea The rain lashed down

Flicker Porcupine Tree

Nothing is new here underneath the sun All of the big new charlatans will sneer at us Barely a flicker of the light to come Only the people who always think they know best Nothing is new here underneath

Arriving Somewhere But Not Here Porcupine Tree

Never stop the car on a drive in the dark Never look for the truth in your mother's eyes Never trust the sound of rain upon a river rushing Through your ears Arriving somewhere but not here Could you

The Sound Of Muzak Porcupine Tree

Hear the sound of music Drifting in the aisles Elevator prozac Stretching on for miles The music of the future Will not entertain It's only meant to repress And neutralise your brain Soul gets squeezed

Anesthetize Porcupine Tree

the pills in me Its all in me, all in you Only eMpTV, cult philosophy We're lost in the mall Shuffling through the stores like zombies What is the point What can money buy My hand's on a gun And I find

The Nostalgia Factory Porcupine Tree

The Nostalgia Factory Lyrics - Alan Duffy / Music - Steven Wilson A Caterpillar crawled to me one day and said "Oh what the hell goes on inside your swollen head?

The Blind House Porcupine Tree

> If you wanna stay Always here All these years The last frontier It's no concern of theirs The world outside Corrupts my child So trust these eyes Faith is in your soul But in these walls Hormones

Prodigal Porcupine Tree

"I don't know whose side I'm on I don't think that I belong round here If I left the stage would that be wrong ?

Sentimental Porcupine Tree

And I don\'t want dependents It\'s no fun to be told That you can\'t blame your parents anymore I\'m finding it hard to hang from a star I don\'t wanna be Never wanna be old Sullen and bored the

Open Car Porcupine Tree

her arms I keep a photograph Give me a glimpse Let me come in Be there inside her Here it begins Here is the sin Something to lie about You think you're smart I think you art We agree on this It doesn't

Every Home Is Wired Porcupine Tree

Every Home Is Wired Written by Steven Wilson Modem load and failsafe Electric teenage dust Hit the solvent keypad Start the neural rust Power on the highway Data in my head Surfing on the

Lazarus Porcupine Tree

As the cheerless towns pass my window I can see a washed out moon through the fog And then a voice inside my head breaks the analogue And says \"Follow me down to the valley below You know Moonlight

It Will Rain For A Million Years Porcupine Tree

It Will Rain For A Million Years Lyrics - Alan Duffy / Music - Steven Wilson I locked myself inside the capsule And watched the planet slowly turning blue The lights before me flashed and sparkled

Don't Hate Me Porcupine Tree

A light snow is falling on London All sign of the living has gone The train pulls into the stations And no-one gets off and no-one gets on Don't hate me I'm not special like you I'm tired and I'm

Sleep Of No Dreaming Porcupine Tree

Sleep Of No Dreaming Written by Steven Wilson At the age of sixteen I grew out of hope I regarded the cosmos Through a circle of rope So I threw out my plans Ran on to the wheel And emptied

Normal Porcupine Tree

Sullen and bored the kids stay And in this way they wish away each day Stoned in the mall the kids play And in this way they wish away each day Prescription drugs they help me through the day And that