Song Lyric Sunday – My Ashes

The theme of SLS this week is a song that includes either hot, burning, fire or blazing, prompted by Jim and suggested by Nancy. 

My Ashes is from my favourite Porcupine Tree album; Fear of a Blank Planet. It took me a while to really get into the band but this was the album that did it. Lead vocalist/guitarist (etc), Steven Wilson, has recorded several solo albums and his latest; The Harmony Codex is well worth a listen.

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, the bed

I will stay in my own world
Under the covers
I will feel safe inside

A kiss that will burn me
And 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
Sails

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Richard Barbieri / Steven John Wilson

My Ashes lyrics © Squatter Madras Music, Orange Asylum Music, Hands Off It’s Mine Publishing, Monokotunes, Songs Of Universal Inc., Hands Off Its Mine Publishing