Lyric discussion by kami_no_namida 

Cover art for Fadeaway lyrics by Porcupine Tree

This song is just amazing (one of their best without a doubt). Lyrics are not trippy enough to get compred to duffy's though, i think... Anyway, I would love to hear SW comment on this one, it really bugs me when I don't get what a song was realy about.

Anytway, I personnaly am torn between a guy's dream, or him discovering he has died. I can't understand some parts of it, but some lines tend to make me think of death:

  • i stumbled in the dark anaware (of what had happended to me)
  • tomorrow has gone (well, tomorrow is no more, obviously)
  • where do the voices come from (are these prayers he is hearing ?)
  • You did not know me at all (maybe regrets ? anyway, it is a last over)
  • I fell through a hole in the floor (could it be a grave ?)
  • The audience cried out for more (could it be people not wanting him to be gone, crying their loss out ?)
  • Fadeaway (could it be him getting to heaven [far too high ?])
  • It's just another day (maybe his death doesn't change a lot of things anyway ?)

Also, the "hit heaven far too high" thing may mean the guy died of an overdose ?

Some other lines make me think of a dream or some drug trip maybe ? The "fadeway, it's just another day" could also refer to the guy waking up from a dream. This is all very literal interpretations, but that's a start...

I wouldn't be suprised if there was some deeper meaning in there. Things like the room with a view, climbing the walls, the face in the hall, the voices tend to make me think there definitely is something more to get. Just like the girl in the protograph... why IS she laughing at him ? What can't we see ? What did she know ? This is a major part to get the meaning i think, so if anyone has any ideas about that...

Last thing, we can here a clock at the very begining of the song, and this must also give some clue...