| Porcupine Tree – Cheating the Polygraph Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Well the song is clearly about lying. A polygraph is a lie detector, so to 'cheat the polygraph' would be to lie convincingly I assume... Which makes sense looking at the verses. Overall, I guess the song is about lying so much and so convincingly, you lose yourself in your own lies - what is in fact true and what isn't ('Losing my integrity, Well it's lost to me, I don't mind')... The chorus could be seen as how lying so much can lead to desensitisation towards the matter... You don't know when you should lie or you shouldn't lie - you don't see how it hurts others... You become alienated - or cold - towards the matter ('Feel my soul going, Feel my soul colder'). |
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| Porcupine Tree – What Happens Now? Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I love this song... The music reminds of me early-day PT, and the lyrics are masterful - the second verse in particular conjurs up some amazing imagery. I think it's fairly obviously fitting in with the Fear of a Blank Planet theme - the kid is bored of everything he has and asks what is left to do now he has all these material posessions. Storyline wise, it should probably come before Way Out of Here - the question 'What Happens Now?' sounds to me like the first inklings of a potential suicide... |
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