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Degradation takes a soul potential
The woman ain't to blame Infiltrate the morning's passing hours But love remains the same I know I wish you were black But ain't no use you pretending She ain't ever coming back To put you on the right track All American humour With all American smile Love is on the horizon baby But no one can reply, well, well I know I wish you were black But ain't no use singing gospel She ain't ever coming back To put you on the right track Breezin, breezin, she's no lover Nobody's lover, babe She says: Breezin, breezin Satisfaction unrequired baby A ghetto in your heart Hoards of mass production baby Is keeping us apart I know I wish you were black But ain't no use singing gospel She ain't ever coming back To put you on the right track She puts you on the right track |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 6집 - Lightblub Sun (2000)
Tied - tied to a time When we knew that the sun would shine And you were all smiles And we could just talk for a while... Of where we would be when the future comes And how you would paint while I wrote my songs If I could find you And tell you about my life Or maybe just write And remind you of when we would dream... Of where we would be when the future comes And how you would paint while I wrote my songs Strange how you never become The person you see when you're young |
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from Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring [ep] (2007)
> So I got all these things, but so what?
In the end you can't take them with you You think you can save my soul? Well OK... Tell me, with all your conviction What happens now? Well I could be boarding an aircraft With a bomb concealed in somebody's briefcase And my body will spread through the heavens, across the sky And my ashes will fall through the cloudburst What happens now? What happens now? |
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from Porcupine Tree 9집 - Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
Out at the train tracks
I dream of escape But a song comes onto my iPod And I realize it's getting late And I can't take the staring And the sympathy And I don't like the questions "How do you feel?" "How's it going in school?" and "Do you wanna talk about it?" Way out Way out of here Fade out Fade out, vanish And I'm trying to forget you And I know that I will In a thousand years, or maybe a week Burn all your pictures, and cut out your face The shutters are down and the curtains are closed And I've covered my tracks Disposed of the car Trying to forget even your name and the way that you look When you're sleeping Dreaming of this Way out Way out of here Fade out Fade out, vanish |
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from Japan - In Vogue (1999)
Your confiscating transmission
For liberty, no sympathy Don't interfere with direct invitations She's talking of communial love Woo-wo, woo-wo If you had what it takes Well, you wouldn't be afraid But you got no ID, No identity You got no ID, No identity Don't break your heart over me, baby Your body falls, too unpredictable But I'm dancing The game is up - Your contraceptives low Woo-wo, woo-wo If you had what it takes Well, you wouldn't be afraid But you got no ID, No identity You got no ID, No identity Woo-wo, woo-wo If you had what it takes Well, you wouldn't be afraid But you got no ID, No identity You programme, love, insatiable crime Imprisons me - in liberty Your chauvinism's a sensuous smile Transmission of commercial love Woo-wo, woo-wo If you had what it takes Well, you wouldn't be afraid But you got no ID, No identity You got no ID, No identity But you got no ID, No identity! But you got no ID, No identity. |
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from Japan - Adolescent Sex (2004)
Your confiscating transmission
For liberty, no sympathy Don't interfere with direct invitations She's talking of communial love Woo-wo, woo-wo If you had what it takes Well, you wouldn't be afraid But you got no ID, No identity You got no ID, No identity Don't break your heart over me, baby Your body falls, too unpredictable But I'm dancing The game is up - Your contraceptives low Woo-wo, woo-wo If you had what it takes Well, you wouldn't be afraid But you got no ID, No identity You got no ID, No identity Woo-wo, woo-wo If you had what it takes Well, you wouldn't be afraid But you got no ID, No identity You programme, love, insatiable crime Imprisons me - in liberty Your chauvinism's a sensuous smile Transmission of commercial love Woo-wo, woo-wo If you had what it takes Well, you wouldn't be afraid But you got no ID, No identity You got no ID, No identity But you got no ID, No identity! But you got no ID, No identity. |
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from Porcupine Tree 7집 - In Absentia (2002)
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 away A 60 ton angel falls to the earth A pile of old metal a radiant blur Scars in the country the summer and her Always the summers are slipping away Find me a way for making it stay When I hear the engine pass I'm kissing you wide The hissing subsides I'm in luck When the evening reaches here You're tying me up I'm dying of love It's ok |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 5집 - Stupid Dream (1999)
How many children did I bring into this world? How many did I lose in the shopping arcade? This is no rehearsal - play it back and throw things at the screen This is no rehearsal - somebody interpret this for me And still I remember how I dressed him this morning And then he was gone - stolen, my only one |
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from Japan - In Vogue (1999)
Take position and love will take a stand
That is the way it goes No inquisition, no cynical demands No-one should ever know Because I'm dancing Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart, now baby Oh, what a way to start Because I'm dancing Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart, now baby What a way to start Well, I'm trying to find All the love we discovered That is the way it goes No perversion in this unconventional love No way I'd rather see No diversion in this unintentional love No way I'd rather be Because I'm dancing Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart, now baby Oh, what a way to start Because I'm dancing Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart, now baby What a way to start |
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from Japan - Adolescent Sex (2004)
Take position and love will take a stand
That is the way it goes No inquisition, no cynical demands No-one should ever know Because I'm dancing Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart, now baby Oh, what a way to start Because I'm dancing Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart, now baby What a way to start Well, I'm trying to find All the love we discovered That is the way it goes No perversion in this unconventional love No way I'd rather see No diversion in this unintentional love No way I'd rather be Because I'm dancing Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart, now baby Oh, what a way to start Because I'm dancing Dancing to your heart Dancing to your heart, now baby What a way to start |
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from Porcupine Tree 7집 - In Absentia (2002)
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 out Edges get blunt Demographic Gives what you want Now the sound of music Comes in silver pills Engineered to suit you Building cheaper thrills The music of rebellion Makes you wanna rage But it's made by millionaires Who are nearly twice your age One of the wonders of the world is going down It's going down I know It's one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares No-one cares enough |
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from Porcupine Tree - The Sound of Muzak [single] (2003)
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 out Edges get blunt Demographic Gives what you want Now the sound of music Comes in silver pills Engineered to suit you Building cheaper thrills The music of rebellion Makes you wanna rage But it's made by millionaires Who are nearly twice your age One of the wonders of the world is going down It's going down I know It's one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares No-one cares enough |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 6집 - Lightblub Sun (2000)
I was pretending to be floating strong But I was sinking In to still water Eyes closed All of the rest will flow Then out of darkness I found I could still feel Something good Out of the woods Eyes closed All of the rest will flow One simple thing that I never could see But now I know All of the rest will flow Stay with me my angel I found you Now I don't feel low All of the rest will flow Eyes closed All of the rest will flow |
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from Japan - Quiet Life (1979)
Well it's been a long time
How should I feel? What can I say? With fantastic stories You present yourself In different ways Some particular places Remembered so well Are hard to forget We've travelled so far now Then we were so young Hard to impress But she comes and goes The other side of life Sheltering only The other side of life These singular occasions We seem to share Stumble and fall If you could remember To wave a sign of life my way |
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from Japan - Exorcising Ghosts (1994)
Well it's been a long time
How should I feel? What can I say? With fantastic stories You present yourself In different ways Some particular places Remembered so well Are hard to forget We've travelled so far now Then we were so young Hard to impress But she comes and goes The other side of life Sheltering only The other side of life These singular occasions We seem to share Stumble and fall If you could remember To wave a sign of life my way |
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from Porcupine Tree 7집 - In Absentia (2002)
He captured and collected things
And he put them in a shed He raised a proper family So he could tie them to a bed The creator had a mastertape But he left it in a cab I stared into the void tonight The best dream I ever had He worked himself into the ground And drove a spike into his head A voice said "Are you happy now ? Your sordid home is running red" Pills and chloroform All the pages torn |
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from Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
Once I was young
Once I was smart Now I'm living on the edge of my nerves The things we said weren't quite so tough When we were young Well I'm burning I'm burning buildings I'm building...this time For the art of parties Under heavy weather The art of parties I'm burning...burning I'm living I'm living my life I'm living This time The wind blew through my hair Once I was young I'd shelter from the sun Once I was smart We lived on the strength of our nerves When we were young Well I'm burning I'm burning buildings I'm building...this time |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
Once I was young
Once I was smart Now I'm living on the edge of my nerves The things we said weren't quite so tough When we were young Well I'm burning I'm burning buildings I'm building...this time For the art of parties Under heavy weather The art of parties I'm burning...burning I'm living I'm living my life I'm living This time The wind blew through my hair Once I was young I'd shelter from the sun Once I was smart We lived on the strength of our nerves When we were young Well I'm burning I'm burning buildings I'm building...this time |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
Once I was young
Once I was smart Now I'm living on the edge of my nerves The things we said weren't quite so tough When we were young Well I'm burning I'm burning buildings I'm building...this time For the art of parties Under heavy weather The art of parties I'm burning...burning I'm living I'm living my life I'm living This time The wind blew through my hair Once I was young I'd shelter from the sun Once I was smart We lived on the strength of our nerves When we were young Well I'm burning I'm burning buildings I'm building...this time |
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from Japan - Exorcising Ghosts (1994)
Once I was young
Once I was smart Now I'm living on the edge of my nerves The things we said weren't quite so tough When we were young Well I'm burning I'm burning buildings I'm building...this time For the art of parties Under heavy weather The art of parties I'm burning...burning I'm living I'm living my life I'm living This time The wind blew through my hair Once I was young I'd shelter from the sun Once I was smart We lived on the strength of our nerves When we were young Well I'm burning I'm burning buildings I'm building...this time |
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from Japan - Adolescent Sex (2004)
I apologize again
Time after time after time The conversation drifts In no general direction And your oral love Is keeping me from bed And it's talking and talking It's all you ever said You know it's all you want All you want You don't fool me You don't fool me No surprises No surprises Love in the hallway Sex on the carpet Antagonism rising You know you try to categorise me 'Cos it's all you ever wanted Just it's all you want All you want But you're changing my love 'Cos all you want is television No heart is infected No damage is done No cavity open No body no fun They throw shit in your face And you smile They throw shit in your face And you still come up smiling You've got nothing to believe in The diverse, the young and the breathing But it's all you want All you want, all you want, all you want They said it's all you want All you want (Television) You've got blasphemy with a smile Insomnia sleeps with you nights You've got commercial sex appeal In sterile black and white You got glorious colourless motion From reel to reel you run Nocturnal television Internal sanctum But it's all you want It's all you want But you're changing my love 'Cos all you want is television (Television) All night and day It's all you ever wanted You got glorious colourless motion From reel to reel you run Nocturnal television Nocturnal television It's on all night and day All night and day All night and day Your fucking television It's all you ever wanted |
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from Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
I hear a voice I hear a sound
But nothing plays on my mind I take the car I travel round But nothing stays on my mind What do you do when things go wrong ? I'm winning In the heart of the bushland What do you do when things go wrong ? I'm winning In the heart of the bushland But now I'm scared Now I'm lost in love All these things were never done Your burning bridge my talking drum Now we're too late for heaven |
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from Japan - Exorcising Ghosts (1994)
I hear a voice I hear a sound
But nothing plays on my mind I take the car I travel round But nothing stays on my mind What do you do when things go wrong ? I'm winning In the heart of the bushland What do you do when things go wrong ? I'm winning In the heart of the bushland But now I'm scared Now I'm lost in love All these things were never done Your burning bridge my talking drum Now we're too late for heaven |
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from Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)
Taking islands in Africa
Watch the slow boat hit and run Outside there's a world waiting I'll take it all by storm And when the sunset finds me I'm coming home Taking islands in Africa Watch the slow boat hit and run Everyday the sun beats down I pull away from shore The wind blows hard into my sails Now I know I'm out of touch And times they could get tough But I move on so I cannot fail Taking islands in Africa Watch the slow boat hit and run When the evening fires burn The daylight dead and gone With you beside me we can run Outside there's a world waiting I'll take it all by storm And when the sunset finds me I'm coming home Taking islands in Africa Watch the slow boat hit and run Taking islands in Africa Just watch the slow boat hit and run Everyday the sun beats down I'll pull away from shore The wind blows hard into my sails |
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from Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)
Tell me when the work is done
Tell me when the day is through And I'll drive safely inside my car Taking islands in Africa Shout if someone gets too near I'll know just what I ought to do I'll arrive safely in my car Taking islands in Africa Now you're feet are back on the ground again She'll say the weather's dim but relax my love Relax and swing Things you say are not too clear I'm someone you'll neither know again But I sit here and watch from afar Taking islands in Africa Whisper in the wind |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
Tell me when the work is done
Tell me when the day is through And I'll drive safely inside my car Taking islands in Africa Shout if someone gets too near I'll know just what I ought to do I'll arrive safely in my car Taking islands in Africa Now you're feet are back on the ground again She'll say the weather's dim but relax my love Relax and swing Things you say are not too clear I'm someone you'll neither know again But I sit here and watch from afar Taking islands in Africa Whisper in the wind |
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from Japan - Adolescent Sex (2004)
Below the cities hustle begins
Expression lost in suburban winds Don't waste my time the way you do it My heart on main street My love for you So take your turn on the love carrousel Your time will come and I wish you well 'Cos, you've got love Got a whole lot more Now you got what I've been searching for, my baby Earth wind, earth wind and fire Cannot take me, take me much higher Earth wind, earth wind and fire Cannot push me, push me much higher No slow down, a love can't wait When time comes for you You can't be late We're burning love the whole night through What I do baby, I do for you It's coming though so Let the wind come rushing in I feel that soul sensation begin 'Cos you've got love Got a whole lot more Now you've got what I've been searching for Come on baby Earth wind, earth wind and fire Cannot take me, take me much higher Earth wind, earth wind and fire Cannot push me, push me much higher |
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from Japan - Assemblage (1992)
Flirting new ambition
Pressure for the ceiling No vacation on immaculate times Domestic training A woman's intuition A love is churning out on factory lines Health demanding Unfit behaviour Commuters converse in satirical signs Know no news and no personnel crisis With new indifferent industrial crimes Welcome to suburban Berlin Welcome to suburban Berlin Love affairs And endless strategies I don't believe in a word they said City limits No more information Go follow navigation in your head Welcome to suburban Berlin Welcome to suburban Berlin |
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from Japan - In Vogue (1999)
Flirting new ambition
Pressure for the ceiling No vacation on immaculate times Domestic training A woman's intuition A love is churning out on factory lines Health demanding Unfit behaviour Commuters converse in satirical signs Know no news and no personnel crisis With new indifferent industrial crimes Welcome to suburban Berlin Welcome to suburban Berlin Love affairs And endless strategies I don't believe in a word they said City limits No more information Go follow navigation in your head Welcome to suburban Berlin Welcome to suburban Berlin |
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from Porcupine Tree 7집 - In Absentia (2002)
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, I made them all This machine Is there to please Strip the soul Fill the hole A fire to feed A belt to bleed Strip the soul Kill them all They are not gone, they are not gone, they are only sleeping In graves, in ways, in clay, underneath the floor Building walls, overalls, getting bored, I got faulty wiring Brick it up now, brick it up now, but keep the bones (Do you want a western home in the rubble?) |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 5집 - Stupid Dream (1999)
Ghosts in the park Appear just after dark Killers, children ... But no-one has a harp They look like tourists It makes me want to laugh Under floorboards It's hard to fly a kite Underwater My cigarette won't light Standing in the shade I'm getting frostbite Strange as I seem I'm getting stranger by the minute Look in my dreams They're getting stranger by the minute When I'm drowning You drag me up to you Rings in the water My only residue But you're just fiction And I'm a twisted boy |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 5집 - Stupid Dream (1999)
This song leaks out onto the pavement It could be a joke, it could be a statement The more that I fake it and pretend I don't care The more you can read in to what isn't there Maybe it's time to stop swimming Maybe it's time to find out where I'm at What I should do and where I should be But no-one will give me a map I'll leave now this can't continue But I forget which door I came through And I know what the lift can be painfully slow So I'm happy to leave by the window |
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from Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
Sometimes the comfort of a room
Sometimes I'm quite alone I pack to leave a foreign town It seems I'll never know But I'll rent new accommodation We'll make plans for mobile homes Slow boats moving with the tide Drifting far from shore It's the nature of this country life I've never known before Still we'll make plans for buildings and houses From mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes The sound of wildlife fills the air So warm and dry The bushland burns in this southern heat Like an open fire Still we'll make plans for buildings and houses From mobile homes...mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes Blood life My life Still life in mobile homes A voice screams from heaven As we start to sail It's the calling of the fatherland I used to know so well 'Til I'll find new accommodation We'll make plans for mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
Sometimes the comfort of a room
Sometimes I'm quite alone I pack to leave a foreign town It seems I'll never know But I'll rent new accommodation We'll make plans for mobile homes Slow boats moving with the tide Drifting far from shore It's the nature of this country life I've never known before Still we'll make plans for buildings and houses From mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes The sound of wildlife fills the air So warm and dry The bushland burns in this southern heat Like an open fire Still we'll make plans for buildings and houses From mobile homes...mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes Blood life My life Still life in mobile homes A voice screams from heaven As we start to sail It's the calling of the fatherland I used to know so well 'Til I'll find new accommodation We'll make plans for mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
Sometimes the comfort of a room
Sometimes I'm quite alone I pack to leave a foreign town It seems I'll never know But I'll rent new accommodation We'll make plans for mobile homes Slow boats moving with the tide Drifting far from shore It's the nature of this country life I've never known before Still we'll make plans for buildings and houses From mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes The sound of wildlife fills the air So warm and dry The bushland burns in this southern heat Like an open fire Still we'll make plans for buildings and houses From mobile homes...mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes Blood life My life Still life in mobile homes A voice screams from heaven As we start to sail It's the calling of the fatherland I used to know so well 'Til I'll find new accommodation We'll make plans for mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes Plant life My life Still life in mobile homes |
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from Japan - Assemblage (1992)
Just you and me and a Marxist gun
Heaven knows you've got a lot to learn Fall in love or take your time Don't you know You've gotta take your turn Son, your ambition's way too high Once you're gone misquoted apathy Your pacifier broken heart's So much better than your reverie (you'll ever be) Well on every state line I'm workin' on love I'm workin' on you Well on every state line I'm workin' on love I'm workin' on you Forget the love Forget the fun Can depend on every word I say Don't take no shit from anyone Can't accept you right away Well, don't offend my heart with love As imitation lovers do Just motivate your callous heart Don't you know this time the joke's on you On every state line I'm workin' on love I'm workin' on you On every state line I'm workin' on love I'm workin' on you Persecution on your hands Observations of a refugee, oh yeah Oh making love with one so dear Emulation of a strategy Your proposition's way too high Your criminal connections start, oh yeah The pressure of your body down Consummation of a naked heart, yeah Well on every state line I'm workin' on love I'm workin' on you Well on every state line I'm workin' on love I'm workin' on you Pushin' on, baby Well on every state line I'm workin' on love, my love |
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from Japan - Tin Drum (1981)
Sometimes I feel I've been here forever
Sometime ago Sometimes we sense the doubt together Sometimes alone I'm tired but we won't sleep at all even though the air is calm Something here and something warm something cuts the scars inside tonight Sons of pioneers are hungry men Every voice I hear sounds so familiar Every song I know Still there's been no change in the weather But sometime we'll have to go I'm tired but we won't sleep at all even though the air is calm Something here and something warm something cuts the scars inside tonight Sons of pioneers are hungry men |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
Sometimes I feel I've been here forever
Sometime ago Sometimes we sense the doubt together Sometimes alone I'm tired but we won't sleep at all even though the air is calm Something here and something warm something cuts the scars inside tonight Sons of pioneers are hungry men Every voice I hear sounds so familiar Every song I know Still there's been no change in the weather But sometime we'll have to go I'm tired but we won't sleep at all even though the air is calm Something here and something warm something cuts the scars inside tonight Sons of pioneers are hungry men |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
Sometimes I feel I've been here forever
Sometime ago Sometimes we sense the doubt together Sometimes alone I'm tired but we won't sleep at all even though the air is calm Something here and something warm something cuts the scars inside tonight Sons of pioneers are hungry men Every voice I hear sounds so familiar Every song I know Still there's been no change in the weather But sometime we'll have to go I'm tired but we won't sleep at all even though the air is calm Something here and something warm something cuts the scars inside tonight Sons of pioneers are hungry men |
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from Porcupine Tree 9집 - Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
This means out
This is your way out Do or drown Do or drown in torpor Leave no trace All my files erased Burn my clothes Burn my Prada trainers Let's sleep together right now Relieve the pressure somehow Switch off the future right now Let's leave forever This is fate This is your escape Leave here now Leave here now it's over Let's sleep together right now Relieve the pressure somehow Switch off the future right now Let's leave forever |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 5집 - Stupid Dream (1999)
I need you more than you can know And if I hurt myself it's just for show I found a better way to curb the pain You put a trigger here inside my brain Mother I need her I'm falling apart Mother I need her And it's only the start I may be nothing now but I will rise I'll have more followers than jesus christ Through all the smashing and crashing cars I love the ground you walk with all my heart |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 6집 - Lightblub Sun (2000)
You move in waves You never retrace Your newest craze Straight out of the Face by the bed unread I'm left behind Like all the others Some fall for you It doesn't make much difference if they do She changes every time you look By summer it was all gone - now she's moved on She called you every other day So savour it it's all gone - now she's moved on So for a while Everything seemed new Did we connect ? Or was it all just biding time for you ? |
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from Porcupine Tree 8집 - Deadwing (2005)
You move in waves You never retrace Your newest craze Straight out of the Face by the bed unread I'm left behind Like all the others Some fall for you It doesn't make much difference if they do She changes every time you look By summer it was all gone - now she's moved on She called you every other day So savour it it's all gone - now she's moved on So for a while Everything seemed new Did we connect ? Or was it all just biding time for you ? |
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from Porcupine Tree 8집 - Deadwing (2005)
I don't remember
Did something in my past, create a hole. Don't use your gender. To drive a stake right through my soul. I live to function, On my own is all I know. No friends to mention, No destruction, nowhere to go Shallow, shallow, Give it to me, give into me Scissors cutting out your anger Shallow, shallow, No good to me, not if you bleed Bite your tongue ignore the splinter This city drains me, Maybe it's the smell of gasoline. The millions pain me, It's easier to talk to my PC. I live to function, On my own is all I know. No friends to mention, No destruction, nowhere to go Shallow, shallow, Give into me, give into me Seasons caught in a triangle, Shallow, shallow, No good to me, not if you bleed, Bite your tongue end on a splinter Shallow, shallow, Give into me, give into me Seasons caught in a triangle Shallow, shallow, No good to me, not if you bleed Bite your tongue end on a splinter |
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from Porcupine Tree 9집 - Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
Never want to be old
And I don't want dependence 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 Don't want to be Never want to be old 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 wish away each day… I don't really know If I care what is normal And I' m not really sure If the pills I've been taking are helping I'm wasting my life Hurting inside I don't really know And I'm not really sure 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 wish away each day… 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 wish away each day… |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 6집 - Lightblub Sun (2000)
You think I deserve this You said I was stupid All my thoughts are like coal But Russia on ice is burning a hole Can't stop myself drinking Can't stop being me If I call will you come and will you save me ? I see the whole thing come down I blow it to the ground Well what the hell did you say ? You said you hate me this way It's just a matter of time A drop in the ocean A significant motion Nothing melts in this cold But Russia on ice is burning a hole |
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from Japan - Assemblage (1992)
Standing outside on a kitchen floor
Love utensils in the palm of her hand Saluting supermarket majorettes We understand Oh, muzak for digital clocks Departmental stores, vacate no sound Exchanging surgical appliances On hired ground And love blows through Rhodesia And love blows through Rhodesia Soldierettes marching in the parking lot Bleach your body, be proof to the fact Moving out in all directions And turning back Oh, heartaches from Amsterdam Masturbated over jilted bouquets Approximation's counting on a freight line We pull away And love blows through Rhodesia And love blows through Rhodesia Oh, Nazis in full attack Burning niggers in a cotton field Service stations offer promises And promises offer me And love blows through Rhodesia And love blows through Rhodesia |
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from Japan - Quiet Life (1979)
Boys, now the times are changing
The going could get rough Boys, would that ever cross your mind Boys, are you contemplating Moving out somewhere Boys, will you ever find the time? Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? Boys, now the country's only miles away from here Boys, do you recognise the signs? Boys, when those driving hands push against the tracks Boys, it's too late to wonder why Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? As you turn to leave Never looking back Will you think of me? Will you ever, could it ever stop? |
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from Japan - Quiet Life (1979)
Boys, now the times are changing
The going could get rough Boys, would that ever cross your mind Boys, are you contemplating Moving out somewhere Boys, will you ever find the time? Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? Boys, now the country's only miles away from here Boys, do you recognise the signs? Boys, when those driving hands push against the tracks Boys, it's too late to wonder why Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? As you turn to leave Never looking back Will you think of me? Will you ever, could it ever stop? |
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from Japan - Quiet Life (1979)
Boys, now the times are changing
The going could get rough Boys, would that ever cross your mind Boys, are you contemplating Moving out somewhere Boys, will you ever find the time? Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? Boys, now the country's only miles away from here Boys, do you recognise the signs? Boys, when those driving hands push against the tracks Boys, it's too late to wonder why Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? As you turn to leave Never looking back Will you think of me? Will you ever, could it ever stop? |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
Boys, now the times are changing
The going could get rough Boys, would that ever cross your mind Boys, are you contemplating Moving out somewhere Boys, will you ever find the time? Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? Boys, now the country's only miles away from here Boys, do you recognise the signs? Boys, when those driving hands push against the tracks Boys, it's too late to wonder why Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? As you turn to leave Never looking back Will you think of me? Will you ever, could it ever stop? |
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from Japan - Assemblage (1992)
Boys, now the times are changing
The going could get rough Boys, would that ever cross your mind Boys, are you contemplating Moving out somewhere Boys, will you ever find the time? Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? Boys, now the country's only miles away from here Boys, do you recognise the signs? Boys, when those driving hands push against the tracks Boys, it's too late to wonder why Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? As you turn to leave Never looking back Will you think of me? Will you ever, could it ever stop? |
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from Japan - Exorcising Ghosts (1994)
Boys, now the times are changing
The going could get rough Boys, would that ever cross your mind Boys, are you contemplating Moving out somewhere Boys, will you ever find the time? Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? Boys, now the country's only miles away from here Boys, do you recognise the signs? Boys, when those driving hands push against the tracks Boys, it's too late to wonder why Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? As you turn to leave Never looking back Will you think of me? Will you ever, could it ever stop? |
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from Japan - In Vogue (1999)
Boys, now the times are changing
The going could get rough Boys, would that ever cross your mind Boys, are you contemplating Moving out somewhere Boys, will you ever find the time? Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? Boys, now the country's only miles away from here Boys, do you recognise the signs? Boys, when those driving hands push against the tracks Boys, it's too late to wonder why Here we are stranded Somehow it seems the same, beware. Here comes the quiet life again? As you turn to leave Never looking back Will you think of me? Will you ever, could it ever stop? |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 5집 - Stupid Dream (1999)
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 make this go away You have me on my knees You have me listless and deranged You have me in your pocket You have me distant and estranged No narcotics in my brain Can make this go away I'm sorry that, I'm sorry that I'm not like you I worry that I don't act the way you'd like me to You find me wanting You find me bloodless but inspired You find me out You find me hallucinating fire No narcotics in my brain Can make this go away Have we ever been here before? Running headlong at the floor Leave me dreaming on a railway track Wrap me up and send me back |
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from Porcupine Tree 7집 - In Absentia (2002)
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? I tried to find myself a better way I got religion but I went astray They took my money and I lost my faith Rain keeps crawling down the glass The good times never seem to last Close your eyes and let the thought pass I tried the capsule and I tried the smoke I tried to aid escape like normal folk But I never seemed to get the joke These are my old clothes This is a new low This is my blood flow This is my headstone I spend my days with all my friends They're the ones on whom my life depends I'm gonna miss them when the series ends Rain keeps crawling down the glass (Pull yourself together) The good times never seem to last (You know it's not so bad) Close your eyes and let the thought pass (Close your eyes and let it pass) |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 5집 - Stupid Dream (1999)
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 already said You'd better give up hoping You're better off in bed You don't need much to speak of No class, no wit, no soul Forget you own agenda Get ready to be sold I feel now like Christine Keeler Sleepwaking in the rain I didn't mean to lose direction I didn't want that kind of fame (Take your hands off my land) Credit me with some intelligence (if not just credit me) I come in value packs of ten (in five varieties) And even though I got it all now My only stupid dream I see you and me together And how it should have been I remember piano lessons Now everything seems clear You waiting under streetlights For dreams to disappear |
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from Japan - Adolescent Sex (2004)
Take it easy, check me out
Take it easy, check me out I move from the car wash Your hands are not clean From your fascist graffiti I'm getting kind of tired Descending escalators To the heart of the subway But you are not the only one baby, oh no Check me out Oh well it's getting kind of silly Inadequate bodies are waging a war But you better check the situation Your mouth is open wide But your body's too sore Say, but you are not the only one baby Check me out But my performance is good My performance is good My performance is good For your love For your love As I perform for you Another nervous breakdown Well nobody has to suffer The camera ejects From another location Take refuge in the city And move on down the line Between the cradle of stations But you are not the only one baby Check me out But my performance is good My performance is good My performance is good For your love For your love As I perform for you Another nervous breakdown |
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from Porcupine Tree 8집 - Deadwing (2005)
Nothing like this
Felt in her kiss Cannot resist her Fell for her charm ? 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 work Feeling like dirt Feeling like you don't care We get a room And in her gloom She lights a cigarette Clothes on the bed "Love me," she said I loose myself to her I'm getting feelings I'm hiding too well Bury the heart-shaped shell Something broke inside my stomach I let the pieces lie just where they fell Being with you is hell Hair blown in an open car Summer dress slips down her arm Hair blown in an open car Okay what's next? After the sex What do we do now? Finding the time Drawing the line And never crossing it Gave her the hours Gave her the power Cannont erase her Gave her the truth Gave her the proof I gave her everything I'm getting feelings I'm hiding too well Bury the heart-shaped shell (I had the feelings [inaudible]) Something broke inside my stomach I let the pieces lie just where they fell (I left the pieces where they fell) Being with you is hell Hair blown in an open car Summer dress slips down her arm Hair blown in an open car On a drive out to the mall Hair blown in an open car Hair blown in an open car Summer dress slips down your arm Hair blown in an open car |
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from Porcupine Tree - Nil Recurring [ep] (2007)
Here is my car, my phone and my TV
I've got it all but you can see through me But am I here? It's kind of hard to tell I do a good impression of myself But what's normal now anyhow? 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 restraining order keeps me well at bay But what's normal now anyway? 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 Wish I was old and a little sentimental You gotta see the waves, not the wine bottle. |
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from Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)
Could I ever explain
This feeling of love it just lingers on The fear in my heart that keeps telling me which way to turn We'll wander again Our clothes they are wet We shy from the rain Longing to touch all the places we know we can hide The width of a room that can hold so much pleasure inside Here am I alone again A quiet town where life begins Here am I just wondering Nightporters go Nightporters slip away I'll watch for a sign And if I should ever again cross your mind I'll sit in my room and wait until nightlife begins I'm catching my breath We'll both brave the weather again Here am I alone again A quiet town where life gives in Here am I just wondering Nightporters go Nightporters slip away |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
Could I ever explain
This feeling of love it just lingers on The fear in my heart that keeps telling me which way to turn We'll wander again Our clothes they are wet We shy from the rain Longing to touch all the places we know we can hide The width of a room that can hold so much pleasure inside Here am I alone again A quiet town where life begins Here am I just wondering Nightporters go Nightporters slip away I'll watch for a sign And if I should ever again cross your mind I'll sit in my room and wait until nightlife begins I'm catching my breath We'll both brave the weather again Here am I alone again A quiet town where life gives in Here am I just wondering Nightporters go Nightporters slip away |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
Could I ever explain
This feeling of love it just lingers on The fear in my heart that keeps telling me which way to turn We'll wander again Our clothes they are wet We shy from the rain Longing to touch all the places we know we can hide The width of a room that can hold so much pleasure inside Here am I alone again A quiet town where life begins Here am I just wondering Nightporters go Nightporters slip away I'll watch for a sign And if I should ever again cross your mind I'll sit in my room and wait until nightlife begins I'm catching my breath We'll both brave the weather again Here am I alone again A quiet town where life gives in Here am I just wondering Nightporters go Nightporters slip away |
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from Japan - Exorcising Ghosts (1994)
Could I ever explain
This feeling of love it just lingers on The fear in my heart that keeps telling me which way to turn We'll wander again Our clothes they are wet We shy from the rain Longing to touch all the places we know we can hide The width of a room that can hold so much pleasure inside Here am I alone again A quiet town where life begins Here am I just wondering Nightporters go Nightporters slip away I'll watch for a sign And if I should ever again cross your mind I'll sit in my room and wait until nightlife begins I'm catching my breath We'll both brave the weather again Here am I alone again A quiet town where life gives in Here am I just wondering Nightporters go Nightporters slip away |
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from Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)
I never wanted to be on my own
I could be wrong but I just slipped away from home Now I'm gone Well way down south having minor ups and downs And then moving on ahead in leaps and bounds Why, boy, they're playing our song outside where no-one can hear Why, boy, they're playing our song at the start of my new career Well it's a different walk of life That I've come to know because at every port of call comes a time to go Well they say down south the sun won't set on my hometown It's just driving in this heat that gets me down I could never hurt anyone Least of all you |
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from Japan - Exorcising Ghosts (1994)
I never wanted to be on my own
I could be wrong but I just slipped away from home Now I'm gone Well way down south having minor ups and downs And then moving on ahead in leaps and bounds Why, boy, they're playing our song outside where no-one can hear Why, boy, they're playing our song at the start of my new career Well it's a different walk of life That I've come to know because at every port of call comes a time to go Well they say down south the sun won't set on my hometown It's just driving in this heat that gets me down I could never hurt anyone Least of all you |
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from Porcupine Tree 9집 - Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
All the things that I needed
I wasted my chances I have found myself wanting When a mother and father Gave me their problems I accepted them all Nothing ever expected I was rejected But I came back for more And my ashes drift beneath the silver sky Where a boy rides on a bike and never smiles And my ashes fall over all the things we've said On a box of photographs under the bed I will stay in my own world Under the covers I will feel safe inside The kiss that will burn me Cure me of dreaming I was always returning And my ashes find a way beyond the fog And return to save the child that I forgot And my ashes fade among the things unseen And a dream plays in reverse on piano keys And my ashes drop upon a park in Wales Never-ending clouds of rain, and distant sails... distant sails |
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from Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1980)
It's a new design
The cut and style you know so well Spins across the floor It's the same routine Just one last word before you go Why should I ask for more? Then out of the blue you're here by me Moving Taking my chance Learning Methods of dance It's such as price to pay You sense the doubt inside my mind But never ask me why No second chances now I could be sure if I were to live at your speed of life Then out of the blue you're here by me Moving Taking my chance Learning Methods of dance Oh, oh, oh Methods of dance |
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from Japan - Oil On Canvas (1983)
It's a new design
The cut and style you know so well Spins across the floor It's the same routine Just one last word before you go Why should I ask for more? Then out of the blue you're here by me Moving Taking my chance Learning Methods of dance It's such as price to pay You sense the doubt inside my mind But never ask me why No second chances now I could be sure if I were to live at your speed of life Then out of the blue you're here by me Moving Taking my chance Learning Methods of dance Oh, oh, oh Methods of dance |
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from Japan - Exorcising Ghosts (1994)
It's a new design
The cut and style you know so well Spins across the floor It's the same routine Just one last word before you go Why should I ask for more? Then out of the blue you're here by me Moving Taking my chance Learning Methods of dance It's such as price to pay You sense the doubt inside my mind But never ask me why No second chances now I could be sure if I were to live at your speed of life Then out of the blue you're here by me Moving Taking my chance Learning Methods of dance Oh, oh, oh Methods of dance |
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from Porcupine Tree 8집 - Deadwing (2005)
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 bear my soul but she don't hear The scratching of a mellotron It always seemed to make her cry Well maybe she remembers us collecting space up in the sky The scratching of a mellotron It always seemed to make her cry (Nothing rises from ? fingertips, heart it slips) I lay her gently on my clove She will leave me, yes I know And I'm looking at a blank page now Should have filled it up with words somehow The scratching of a mellotron It always seemed to make her cry Well maybe she remembers us collecting space up in the sky The scratching of a mellotron It always seemed to make her cry (Nothing rises from ? fingertips, heart it slips) Well maybe she remembers us collecting space up in the sky (Nothing rises from ? fingertips, heart it slips) Don't look back into Don't let the memory or the sound drag you down Don't look back into Don't let the memory or the sound drag you down Don't look back into Don't let the memory or the sound drag you down Don't look back into Don't let the memory or the sound drag you down Don't look back into Don't let the memory or the sound drag you down Don't look back into Don't let the memory or the sound drag you down Don't look back into Don't let the memory or the sound drag you down |
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from Japan - In Vogue (1999)
Begging, pleading lose your love to me
It's all that I need No fool can ease my heart, my love The way that you do I will follow you Lovers on main street Well, don't forget me when you're laughing Disbelieving in all that I said When you're lying back to back With your problems Satisfaction comes slow You will never know Lovers on main street But if you need somebody to love Think of me But if your time has come Lovers on main street Argumentative, self-conceited You console all the love I possess But you'll conceal your own misfortune Leave heartaches behind You can always find Lovers on main street |
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from Japan - Adolescent Sex (2004)
Begging, pleading lose your love to me
It's all that I need No fool can ease my heart, my love The way that you do I will follow you Lovers on main street Well, don't forget me when you're laughing Disbelieving in all that I said When you're lying back to back With your problems Satisfaction comes slow You will never know Lovers on main street But if you need somebody to love Think of me But if your time has come Lovers on main street Argumentative, self-conceited You console all the love I possess But you'll conceal your own misfortune Leave heartaches behind You can always find Lovers on main street |
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from Japan - In Vogue (1999)
She keeps her patience for the bedroom
Should satisfy her for a week Her domination is executed cheaply With her studio technique What's new? She carries love in a carrier bag What's new? She don't keep her body clean Oh, Oh, Oh Illegitimate contributions And neurotic fantasies conceived Love is infectious I don't know about that Love is infectious I don't know about it She keeps appointments by the hour glass Guerilla warfare in her bed And constant love is oh oh so negative We're simulating sex instead She carries love in a carrier bag She don't keep her body clean Oh, Oh, Oh Illegitimate contributions And neurotic fantasies conceived Love is infectious I don't know about that Love is infectious I don't know about it No personality's essential Nobody strictly in command She's not direct, elusive Or inadequate Love's incompatible commands What's new? She carries love in a carrier bag What's new? She don't keep her body clean Oh, Oh, Oh Illegitimate contributions And neurotic heartaches are conceived Love is infectious I don't know about that Love is infectious I don't know about it |
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from Porcupine Tree 7집 - In Absentia (2002)
Paralysed
Lips of ashes Synchronised Blue vein crashes Touching you inside Idolised Black eyes fading You and I Connection failing I drill down inside |
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from Porcupine Tree, Porcupine Tree 6집 - Lightblub Sun (2000)
The quickest album we ever made (in 3 months flat and within only a few months of the release of the previous one) and we all feel our best work to date. Although superficially it seems to be a continuation of "Stupid Dream" it is a much more intense work - possibly less immediate, but ultimately more rewarding. Lyrically I arrived at a point where I was no longer interested in writing about abstract concepts like war, religion, space...etc... These are very personal and emotionally raw songs. It took me a long time to have the confidence and experience to be able to write them and some of them are dripping with negative emotions (Hatesong and Feel So Low particularly). Feel So Low pleased me a lot as I resisted the temptation to refine the original stream of consciousness words and left the nerve ends dangling. Musically we wanted to bring back some of the experimental aspects that had been to some degree lost on "Stupid Dream". Richard and I worked on creating some unique keyboard sounds for the album - e.g. the "fairground" on "How is Your Life Today ?" and the "insects" at the end of "Russia On Ice". There was also an influence from industrial and metal music coming through (we'd all been listening to Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile") - for example part of the beauty of the guitar solo on Where We Would Be (my favourite solo of mine to date) comes from the fact that it was played relatively straight but then fed through so many distortion and lo-fi processes that it began to fizz and disintegrate. 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 can be bent several tones. On the other hand there is a whole set of songs where the pastoral sound of long-gone English summers exerts it's influence on me (not for the first time). In a song like "Winding Shot" there are shades of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Nick Drake, although the end result is hopefully pure Porcupine Tree. This effect is accentuated by the fact that many of the instruments and vocals on the album are much more up front and given less of a sheen than on "Stupid Dream" (where the "stadium" production is I think the weakest aspect). Organic is the word I like to use. As we had on "Stupid Dream" we expanded our musical colours to include things like banjo, hammered dulcimer, the string arrangements of Dave Gregory and several African and Morrocan instruments that Colin brought back from his travels. To date it's the only album we've made that I still rated highly by the time we'd finished it - even the B-sides and leftovers seemed too good not to be on an album, but we were determined to keep the album below the one hour mark. The only point of contention was the inclusion of the song "The Rest Will Flow". Some of the band didn't really want it on the record, but it sounded so much like possible single that it seemed perverse not to include it. Favourite tracks - "How is Your Life Today ?", "Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth..." and "Feel So Low" (plus most of the others to be honest). Steven Wilson Although it appears to be a continuation of sorts from "Stupid Dream" there are quite obvious differences as well. Certainly on the production side there is a more intense and upfront sound apparent. Also parts of the arrangements are stripped down to the bare essentials. Steven's lyrics became more personal and less ambiguous and so the arrangements by definition became more stripped down and more direct. Much of my keyboard experimenting took place on tracks like "Russia On Ice", "Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth...", "Feel so Low" and "4 Chords That Made a Million"", while other tracks didn't seem to need a great deal of keyboards. I'm not one for playing all over a track if I can't see a genuine need for it. For me this album has an honesty and emotion that places it above all the other Porcupine Tree albums, although I would also say that not every track is as strong as some individual tracks on past albums. My favourites are "Russia On Ice" and "Feel So Low". Richard Barbieri |
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from Japan - Quiet Life (1979)
There's always something left inside him
I've really nothing much to lose It seems so sentimental Why should I care? Somewhere there's a sound of distant living Locked up in high society It seems so artificial Why should I care? Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo Another vehicle heads for sunset No other providence will do They're only buildings and houses Why should I care Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo |
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from Japan - Assemblage (1992)
There's always something left inside him
I've really nothing much to lose It seems so sentimental Why should I care? Somewhere there's a sound of distant living Locked up in high society It seems so artificial Why should I care? Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo Another vehicle heads for sunset No other providence will do They're only buildings and houses Why should I care Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo |
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from Japan - In Vogue (1999)
There's always something left inside him
I've really nothing much to lose It seems so sentimental Why should I care? Somewhere there's a sound of distant living Locked up in high society It seems so artificial Why should I care? Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo Another vehicle heads for sunset No other providence will do They're only buildings and houses Why should I care Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo Oh ho ho Life can be cruel Life in Tokyo |
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