Dark Matter Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Sapromind 

Cover art for Dark Matter lyrics by Porcupine Tree

I guess noboby commented on the title yet. Here's my vision: as the entire album is about music industry and how you try to make your life significant by releasing music and you can't do it as an "alternative" musician, this song sums it up and gives the answer. The theory of dark matter assumes that it fills about 80% of the universe and affects it dramatically, while remaining unseen. That's what "alternative" musicians are to the music industry. There's many of them and they affect lives, but remain unseen. The music appears unappreciated by masses, unheard. It's only as loud as the silence it breaks.

I've always thought that connecting art with science is amazing.

@Sapromind Also 'dark matter' refers to the dark magnetic tape used in recording music.