It Will Rain For A Million Years Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Newfie 

Cover art for It Will Rain For A Million Years lyrics by Porcupine Tree

the drowning planet and the space wanderer could be a metaphor for someone's life. the planet being slowly drowned could symbolize the destruction of everything they held dear. the capsule could be the only thing protecting them (drugs, alcohol are my thoughts). then the wandering is them trying to always find what it is they had before, but never finding it