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 divide

This has become a full time career
To die young would take only 21 years
Gun down a school or blow up a car
The media circus will make you a star

Dark matter flowing out on to a tape
Is only as loud as the silence it breaks
Most things decay in a matter of days
The product is sold the memory fades

Crushed like a rose
In the river flow
I am I know


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Dark Matter Lyrics as written by Steven John Wilson

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    Daaaamn.. I listen mostly to Heavy Metal music but Porcupine Tree is one of the few non-Metal bands that i listen to and this song has a great athmosphere. This is absloutely my all time fav. Porcupine Tree song.

    MMM88on December 10, 2006   Link

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