Steven Wilson - To The Bone lyrics
Tracks 01. To The Bone
02. Nowhere Now 03. Pariah 04. The Same Asylum As Before 05. Refuge 06. Permanating 07. Blank Tapes 08. People Who Eat Darkness 09. Song Of I 10. Detonation 11. Song Of Unborn 01. To The Bone Music by Steven Wilson Lyrics by Andy Partridge
Hold on, down and deeper down we're going
Way down through the floor Oh, don't you wanna see what's at the core? Truth is the icy clear stream we dream about drinking from But it will liquidate liars should they rewire its smiling bomb Hold on, down and down and down and down we're melting down their throne Oh, down through every superstition, virgin, whore, and crone Hold one, down through all the fear gods to the very truth alone Oh, down and down we're going to the bone Truth is the permanent path we laugh about, but then avoid Thinking we all know the way, we stray behind, self destroyed Hold on, down and down and down and down, we're drilling through their stone Oh, down through every fairy story built to keep us prone Hold on, down through every government with gun and guided drone Oh, down and down we're going to the bone Rain on me, rain on me, to me, to me, to me Rain all the truth down, down on me Raining down so much you make a sea, you make a sea A sea we can sail then sink like a stone Down to the truth, down to the bone, down to the bone 02. Nowhere Now Music & lyrics by Steven Wilson
Six feet underground, we move backwards now
At the speed of sound, we are nowhere now Too much time to kill, too much wasted ink Too much everything, there's no need to think Here above the clouds I am free of all the crowds And I float above the stars And I feel the rush of love Looking down at earth It is luminous observed We had every chance but we never learn We just make it worse, what we don't deserve The principle of love has no meaning here Cos if you don't adhere better get out while you can Here above the clouds I am free of all the crowds And I float above the stars And I feel the rush of love Looking down at earth It is luminous observed 03. Pariah Music & lyrics by Steven Wilson
I'm tired of weakness, tired of my feet of clay
Tired of days to come, tired of yesterday And all the worn out things that I ever said Now it's much too late, the words stay in my head So the day will begin again Take comfort from me It's up to you now You're still here and you'll dig in again That's comfort to you It's up to you now So pariah, you'll begin again Take comfort from me And I will take comfort from you I'm tired of Facebook, tired of my failing health I'm tired of everyone, and that includes myself Being alone now, it doesn't bother me But not knowing if you are, well that's been hell you see So the day will begin again Take comfort from me It's up to you now You're still here and you'll dig in again That's comfort to you It's up to you now So pariah you'll begin again Take comfort from me It will take time Don't you worry Don't worry about a thing Cos nothing really dies Nothing really ends 04. The Same Asylum As Before Music & lyrics by Steven Wilson
Are you proud of all your failures?
Are you dragging mother nature down? You believe you have dominion So you force your lame opinions One me and my eggshell mind Waking up to see through you We'll all disappear in the same asylum as before Make it up, you always do It's tough to live here in the same asylum as before You have your inspiration In control and domination, yeah You represent the people But you don't believe in freewill For me and my eggshell mind Waking up to see through you We'll all disappear in the same asylum as before Make it up, you always do It's tough to live here in the same asylum as before The same asylum as before 05. Refuge Music & lyrics by Steven Wilson
Here in the wreckage the winter is hard
I sleep in the same clothes that I drag through the mud And if you ask me, nothing's changed There's nowhere else I can go, so I stay We're writhing rats, we make beds in the straw And then we build houses, paint our names on the door And if you ask me again, is this life? I don't see I have a choice, but I still smile And bide my time I who have no roots and nowhere to go And as for the future, well I really don't know But if you ask me, I will nod But if you ask me... Here I am My dear wife and my children of god The borders were already drawn for us Hold on to life in this refuge of dirt And search for a place you can breathe again It's not a crime I'd love to see you again sometime soon But will you give back to me now what you stole? 06. Permanating Music & lyrics by Steven Wilson
Somewhere on the highway
With the luminous moon Swimming after dark and then Awaking to you Hold on, hold to the minute and sing it, and live it It's always there Hold on, hold on to the minute and feel it Believe it Time is moving on And listenening to this song we get older together And every time we breathe Another moment leaves us forever To the never Permanating, celebrating now Levitating high above the clouds Yesterday is a place where all your friends will always (be) Permanating, celebrating now Levitating high above the clouds Yesterday is a place where all your dreams are always 07. Blank Tapes Music & lyrics by Steven Wilson
All that I know is you'll be gone before I get home
I'll break a butterfly on a wheel before I let go Nothing left for us Nothing is left but the blank tapes Nothing left for us Nothing is left but the blank tapes in your car Once I could hold you and the world reflected back at me We lost perspective on the things that are and love that seems Nothing left for us Nothing is left but the blank tapes Nothing left for us Nothing is left but the blank tapes in your car 08. People Who Eat Darkness Music & lyrics by Steven Wilson
I live in the flat next door
And I can hear you fuck your girlfriend through the wall But the only thing we share Is the slightest nod as we're passing on the stairs But behind the closed doors The bees will buzz inciting me to war You're penitent maybe But it's really not your fault you fail to see We who eat the darkness I take out the trash at night And on Thursdays I go shopping for supplies I walk my son to school And I seem to have the same problems as you But what you will see Are the threads of what I want you to believe And all that you hold dear Is under threat from someone all too near We who eat the darkness Well you lost control and your kids became confused Among the powder kegs with nothing left to lose So now your chickens are coming home to roost Do you think the fight is real? Do you feel my teeth are snapping at your heels? You who tell me how to live And you feed me with your poison 'til I'm sick Pretend that we're not here If you look the other way we disappear We want you to ignore The people who eat darkness from next door We who eat the darkness Well you lost control and your kids became confused Among the powder kegs with nothing left to lose So now your chickens are coming home to roost 09. Song Of I Music & lyrics by Steven Wilson
I'm truly sorry but...
This is my addiction You're deep in my system In my system I gave it all up I gave it up to show you that I care To show you that I could But don't you ever ask me to give up you I gave up all the late nights I gave up haunting bars I gave up all the drinking And trashing all the cars Yeah I gave it all up I gave up all the gambling I gave up picking fights I gave up saying sorry I gave up being polite I give it up I give it all up I give it up - you're in my... I give it all up I give it - you're in my... I give it up T'es sous le sable, t'es dans l'eau, j'abandonne 10. Detonation Music & lyrics by Steven Wilson
Great God I don't believe in you
But still I will do what you want me to Stand up and fight in the city streets This much I know you expect of me And ones who are given it all The good looks, the wealth, and the charm and the innocence They are all gonna fall But I will take it back Pale God I had a dream of you And how you respond when your ego's bruised They laugh and sneer cos they know you're weak But I'll make them pay with an I.E.D. Whining God who the fuck are you? Detonation for the greater good Swim here, come and hear my heart Cos when the world breaks you will feel the blast 11. Song Of Unborn Music & lyrics by Steven Wilson
It's not what you'll possess
It's how you will express the essence of you It's not the wage you earn It's about the things you learn And the love that you feel It's not what you'll conceal It's all that you'll reveal that will make you be you The perfection of you Now the shadows are long and the cities are lost to rain When you wake up every day to find nothing's changed But before you can speak you will learn that it's all the same And the dreams that you will have are public domain And the country lanes are decked with the time to come It's not the years you pass It's about the moments that last Forever in you Now the shadows are long and the cities are lost to rain When you wake up every day to find nothing's changed But before you can speak you will learn that it's all the same And the dreams that you will have are public domain Now the time that has gone doesn't matter to anyone When the country lanes are decked with the time yet to come Well the world is exhausted, the wreckage is all around But the arc of your life could still be profound Don't be afraid to die Don't be afraid to be alive Don't be afraid |