Start of Something Beautiful Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Lousick 

Cover art for Start of Something Beautiful lyrics by Porcupine Tree

I think its a basically a story, and yes of love

"Always in my thoughts you are Always in my dreams you are I got your voice on tape I got your spirit in a photograph Always out of reach you are"

I think here he is basically talking about his relationship with his girl who is in complete love over. And i also think in some ways they can't be together out of distance or a schedule, but they are in love,.

"Cold inside my arms you are Simple like a child you are I remember when you took my hand and led me through the rain Down inside my soul you are"

Basically here is an experience with them alone, when he holds her she's cold and he's warming her, shes cute like a child, and she has helped him through some major hard times, and for that a part of her will always be with him

"The more I show the way I feel the less I find you give a damn The more I get to know the less find that I understand Innocent, the time we spent, forgot to mention we're good friends You thought it was the start of something beautiful? Well think again."

Here he transitions, he's realizing that she doesn't really care about him, and the more he finds out about her, the more different she seems to him and he doesn't know her anymore. The time they spent together was pure love, they almost forgot they started out friends. And then he starts to reassure himself, he thought it was the start of something great, but he's realized otherwise.

"Mother lost her looks for you Father never wanted you I trust to love and then I find you never really felt the same There's something in your heart so cruel "

The mother and the father are his, his mother doesn't care about him anymore, his father never did. The one person he trusted was his girl who he loved, he thought love would prevail but she doesn't care about him. And he say's she's cruel in that she led him to believe something different.

Song Meaning

@Lousick Good interpretation but I disagree on the last part. I think the mother and father are still hers. It is because she haven't received love needed from her mother and father, she doesn't trust to love, unlike he.