Lips Of Ashes - Porcupine Tree

[@TheBontekraai]

I love everyone who loves this music

[@JakeArtistIV]

I love you too :D

[@jasonbarbush4991]

the Christian way is to love everyone even one's enemies. Hard shoes to fill.

[@homersimpson6834]

my absolute top band 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍steven wilson is a genius !!!

[@progpuss]

Pure joy

[@abelgorillos1112]

I love only me self..

[@CarloDavid]

This song's immense audible beauty is overshadowed only by the horrifyingly macabre meaning behind its lyrics. I remember first listening to In Absentia, thinking this song was just a pleasing interlude; after studying its lyrics, I noticed its blatant allusion to necrophilia. Though, that stark contrast simply adds to its brilliance!

[@Vineyardedge]

We have always loved this song, but the funny thing is we have a cat who was a kitten when we first used to play Deadwing and he still comes running into the room 7 years later anytime that we play Steven Wilson, especially anything from Deadwing.

[@preciousfreedom1159]

Piyush Chitkara Let me give it a shot....

[@preciousfreedom1159]

Piyush Chitkara Did not work today, but dayum this song is so great.

[@Vexelpops1]

so I will address the elephant in the room. are you royalty or something? is that why you refer to yourself that way?

[@nicklauria]

I wish I could like this twelve times.

[@jasonbarbush4991]

my cat just passed away at almost 18 years. i'll miss her. she loved my music.

[@88omair]

Hauntingly beautiful. One of PT's most lush songs, and that's saying something That solo is perfect

[@3sniper]

Is the beautiful solo played by Steven?

[@blakebruner6173]

This is their David Crosby song. Crosby, Stills & Nash harmonies abound. It's a nice tune.

[@Shadesingrey]

I hear that too. CSN sound with a modern feel

[@georgetitsworth7991]

Exactly my thoughts when I heard it but so beautiful!

[@jasonbarbush4991]

first time hearing Porcupine Tree. I find it fascinating but it still needs to grow on me.

[@Turissss]

I know what you mean, this music... it just take preparation to enjoy all it has to give.

[@muncherofpizza]

Oh, it will. Beliiiiiiiieve me it will. Or will already have grown, considering the age of the comment

[@nilayduttagupta2190]

this song takes me to places I can't perceive.

[@chato1500]

Goosebumps included with no extra cost on guitar solo¡¡¡¡¡

[@Zhikaly]

Everytime I listen to this beautiful song, I feel like I'm in the interstellar space. Lost between the cosmos. Saludos desde Tijuana, Mexico ❤

[@artrockfye]

Exactly ... and the lyrics seem to have more than one meaning

[@frankiesaenz5870]

Saludos desde San Diego.

[@boxecomp1374]

"Oh It's a song about being tired?" 1 minute later "It's a song about sex?" rest of song passes by "It's a song about death?" Very complex song, and it's quite a bit under appreciated.

[@coletakkish4389]

Why not all of the above?

[@TheFoxito064]

It can also be about saying goodbye to a beloved one.

[@DarkQwerzar]

Actually sorry to say it but this lyrics songs are actually pretty dark and brutal, as an Absentia song the concept inside the album is to "feel" and explain the crazyness and madness of some people by their visions, in this case, this talks about necrophile... Lips of ashes, because she is dead, connection failed because there is no response by the body and the next line "I drill, inside, inside, inside, inside", that Is pretty self explenatory. Yeah, pretty horrible isn't? :P As the other songs in that album, Strip the souls about killers and abuser, drown with me a man that drowns people, blackest eyes is about a psychopathic rapist and so on...

[@DorienBraveheart]

@@DarkQwerzar Yes, In Absentia may be the most beautiful music about the darkest human things. Thanks to Steven Wilson's genius. Thank you for the explanation.

[@anavash]

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Long live Steve Wilson! :D

[@simoneward4217]

It's so nice to look at the moon and listen to this song. Great experience.

[@lesclaypool0727]

One of the most beautyful PT song!

[@manubassfreak6701]

This song is so incredibly touching..always cry because of its beauty. Just awesome

[@Spyro_Synaes_Symbio_SPYR017]

That bell beginning is so unique and mesmerizing.

[@cudovitja]

I swear everytime i hear this song I love it more. So sad, creepy and beautiful at the same time, it's incredible!

[@SwoleTown]

Interplay of guitars with the solo is incredible

[@Quiet_Steps]

Dark, laconic, expressive. Μore than just words

[@thetawind6908]

Words? There are words in this song? I'm just captivated by the sonic brilliance ;-)

[@d3mones692]

That acoustic guitar at the end of the song is fuckin dope.

[@ozzyzigg2924]

I was 20 when this song came out. I didn't know of it's existence. Fast forward to 2006. Man.. good stuff.

[@SoumitraVadnerkar]

That outro @ 2:57

[@mabisuatar]

Perfect colors for this tune. Listening this while watching the sunset is perfection

[@julianacuellar5699]

It makes me think of the unknown, and it freaks me out how we know that there is information out there we will never learn about.

[@julianacuellar5699]

that's even creepier. But before knowing what it was about, I was saying that it's scary how we know only about 1% of universal knowledge. The Unknown scares me.

[@julianacuellar5699]

what's it about??

[@julianacuellar5699]

oh I'm sorry. Well, I learned something new today! I'll read Lovecraft :)

[@ketanmandavgane1324]

Juliana Cuellar jk

[@CricetoRocker]

Lovely =) This song always makes me think of walking down a path lined with blossom trees, with wind chimes in their branches and the wind blowing the blossoms through the air.

[@dmgs9971]

Great choice of images for an incredible song

[@kebiwoni]

Amazing sounds. So pretty.

[@craigcolbert9403]

An absolute masterpiece of sounds.

[@EBSchorn]

Geniuses...all of them!!!!

[@homersimpson6834]

my absolute top band 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍steven wilson is a genius !!!

[@lkeslinke]

Very Crosby, Stills and Nash Vibe For Me...

[@Anaximander29A]

Steven Wilson == Genius!

[@awaken77]

Beautful song, great voice and guitar tone

[@-ShootTheGlass-]

beautiful images to go with the track, well done.

[@KetyBlack93]

Thank you :)

[@violetadeoutono80]

Inside, inside, inside...

[@Dr.Fonknight]

Whisper this song in my ear

[@woods1504]

People who dislike the song because of the lyrics. You narrow-minded creatures...

[@ReefahCheef]

how could someone not like these lyrics?! they are perfect to the vibe of the song.

[@Phiiiiiiiiiiiii]

nobody likes the idea of singing about a corpse...

[@Adennos]

Well, Steven's "The Pin Drop" is a corpse singing about her death so

[@jeffreyjohnston3827]

The fact that the lyrics are so perverse and disturbing while the song itself is so soothing is pretty much a metaphor in itself. The scariest things come in beautiful packages. It's why I love this album so much.

[@parikshitmalik9660]

could someone explain me the meaning a lil. more ???...thnx

[@jaredarbizu6373]

Makes me think of water, or clouds.

[@pepinillovaliente]

Long time no listen it, sooo great! Thanks!

[@gregpursley1]

Love this song.

[@BIGTONY2132001]

You have great taste in music!

[@gaetano591]

Adoro questa melodia FANTASTICA

[@nelsonfragoso5713]

Uma delícia para ouvir e apreciar.... Procupine Tree Forever!!!!

[@violetadeoutono80]

This is beautiful!

[@nbst1964]

Thank you 🌟 🌗

[@violetadeoutono80]

Amazing!!! Love it!

[@tomas_horn]

Paralysed Lips of Ashes Synchronised Blue vein crashes Touching you inside Idolised Black Eyes fading You and I Connection failing I drill down inside

[@stevecaudle4426]

I saw a movie preview today that started with the first couple of lines of a song that sounded so familiar. By the time I got home, I was convinced that it was PT. I was wrong. Turns out it's Leslie Duncan, Love Song from 1976. I find similarities between that song and this one, which I've loved since I heard it.

[@danielbosco7408]

Great Sunday morning tune

[@ReefahCheef]

This+LSD=perfection

[@Fcpuru95]

omg dude!!!....i listened to this song in my first acid trip and began liking it way more than i did b4

[@austinpierce6053]

Uh you should now through this entire album on an acid trip! You'll come out a new person! Hahah in a good way!

[@gabiocampos]

strong PF influence in this one, that explains why i love it

[@vincenzomancuso3077]

Meraviglioso video e song spettacolare

[@violetadeoutono80]

Amazing!!!

[@blackmirror706]

Amazing song

[@IronRevolution]

Still my favorite PT song. So beautiful, yet so fuckin creepy. The lyrics seem lovely, but get so disgusting when you get the meaning.

[@sevinanikolova7032]

finally someone who understands the song

[@IronRevolution]

+Sevina Nikolova Pretty messed up stuff indeed

[@Headbangology]

+Conrad Dean Yup, the album 'In Absentia' was written from a criminal's perspective'. This one is from a Necrophiliac's perspective. Blackest Eyes is about a rapist and so on...

[@FishJJFish]

well the whole album is about serial killers, rapists, etc. and a few songs about childhood innocence, tho

[@eloyseverino9033]

And 1 song is about social criticism, The sound of Muzak

[@elpero83]

I can hear some Genesis- Trick of the Tail vibes there ;)

[@alphamonkey1234]

where do i find women that like PT...i have never met these unicorns

[@KetyBlack93]

Erik Henze :)

[@alphamonkey1234]

;) ive never met a girl who knew who porcupine tree was let alone enjoyed their music...where do you hail from?

[@KetyBlack93]

ahahah i am from Italy :) Thank you !

[@alphamonkey1234]

i guess maybe it is just americans then, lol

[@KetyBlack93]

Erik Henze what do you mean?

[@moonfool4042]

This is so much more than what lyrics says!! :)

[@DarkGred]

its wonderful, and yet horrible... this give me the chills, but still like it.

[@stratizzz158]

Yo is that a m4d_genius profile pic?

[@MegaCirse]

These echoes of darkness which inhabit us and which we deny, reminiscences of time immemorial where Lilith - before Eve - consoled Adam, voice of the splendid Nature that the proud bipeds despise unjustly, lyrical lament of organs abandoned in ruined chapels.. The unfolding of these melodies delivers us a moment from our chains and delights the soul by propelling it into dionysiac dens resplendent with chaos where the little devils laugh at the sour Reason who goes grumbling .. :-)

[@artrockfye]

It is rather like an LSD trip...but not more than a tab or two ...

[@caelumborn]

fun song to play , even better to listen to

[@erfa2695]

The la-la's remind me of that Pokemon movie with Lugia Brilliant PT song as ever👌

[@ThePsychedelicCinema]

Very CSNY sounding 😍

[@KrzysztofWala]

Eclipse by the Moon ...

[@anuraglfc4lyf]

@2:58

[@giumorin-giulianocolzani4726]

I had never heard, (Y) Beauty

[@Mr.Potato1962]

Lovely Montage ! Thank's Kety...

[@KetyBlack93]

Yves Parmentier Thank you for appreciating :)

[@hugoteffer4856]

This song reminds me of the band Comus both lyrically and musically.

[@BossDrSample]

Comus is weird...They make me feel uncomfortable, in a good way though...

[@mattpodjeski4194]

2:58 Heaven

[@BIGTONY2132001]

soul moving

[@homersimpson6834]

JUHUUUUUUU!!!!😊😊

[@razahassan8374]

Cat has Magnificent Lips of ashes

[@johnnybigmac5756]

Sounds like it came straight out of minecraft, which is just an amazing thing honestly.

[@Jaytecx]

Can anyone else hear the super high pitched frequency that runs all over this beautiful tranquilizing song? It appears to be intentional.

[@karlaleongiron]

Lips 💋 Of Ashes!!!!!!! \\Porcupine Tree//

[@renzorevilla1210]

Bass Communion - 43553E99.01

[@RickyLandi]

Really Am i the only one who hear in the vocals a sort of Crosby, Stills and Nash influence?

[@kiwi9147]

I always thought that too But this is soooooooo much better .. simply stunning !!

[@AleksMaik]

Try "Transience" from his new solo record. It's like a Porcupine Tree quote.

[@BossDrSample]

I kinda depresses me that I'm most likely going to outlive Steven and Mikael.

[@3behemoth11]

haha

[@toprak3479]

I think about that a lot. Some years later I'm gonna learn about the death of some of my favourite musicians and talk about it with someone like "You remember Gavin Harrison from PT and KC? Apparently he died about two months ago ..." Not a fun thought.

[@violetadeoutono80]

wow!!! 33

[@fernandojimenezcano1658]

It seems to me as a resemblance of a Yes Song, mostly with the solo guitar in the beginning.

[@marktaratine7414]

This song sounds kind of Pink Floyd-ish, don't you think?

[@AirForceVet76]

Mark Taratine high hopes

[@marktaratine7414]

@Arya MorningStar I did actually. 1987, to be exact. Began as a solo project of Steven Wilson under the pseudonym Porcupine Tree.

[@alyssabrown6877]

Mark Taratine yup

[@SuperSayantan]

Well dude grew up listening to pf ❤

[@efilsgod7562]

There was an yesterday, and I think that's kind of appropriate *edit, technically that was 2 days ago now

[@francismcaleister]

The only bad thing about this song is that it's in between Blackest Eyes, Trains and The Sound of Muzak

[@PigJuicer]

I lol'd after thinking how all the people imagining flowers will react to that

[@sarthakkhanna9903]

How will he ever top this?

[@caldonegro]

A plethora of pulentismo

[@graftontanner6363]

Anyone know what the instrument is at the beginning?

[@Audioholics]

mellatron

[@Fcpuru95]

that is then famous mellatron scratch !!!

[@harsheldoshi7814]

Can someone explain the lyrics in a summary? I like them, not judging like some others in the comments but id really appreciate the true interpretation.

[@jacopolaposta7195]

They're not-so-metaphoric lyrics about a necrophiliac serial killer who presumably kidnapped and killed a woman, then raped her corpse. The sheer description of the physical abuse on the body and the "romantic" worship of the victim's beauty seem to be intertwined in the lines.

[@abelgorillos1112]

Musik wie aus dem Heaven oder doch Paradies ?

[@nobodyelse6472]

Bass communion

[@dodoland8319]

and there is that solo...

[@dodoland8319]

I liked my own comment 5 years later...!

[@Sauron_the_god-king]

Whenever I hear this song, I imagine 3 big drills drilling down into the earth

[@xSijnx]

Look up the 800% slower version, nomnomnomnom

[@prateekpradhan2545]

Today is lunar eclipse.........

[@SLABONECHD]

S

[@yubbauk]

its too fucked up for me the words, but the music is amazing as ever.

[@bieseck77]

Kinda sounds like something from Minecraft

[@CANIBALISMOO]

Alguien vino por castiel :'v? No nadie ?

[@cabezascromadas]

colorfit yo, JAJAJAJA

[@alexjocelyn.4254]

¿Por quién?

[@ketzakov3291]

Lovely song... Until You get the lyrics. This shit creeps the fuck off me.

[@Fcpuru95]

what are they about?

[@Patriot_wrx]

They're about the act of raping a drugged woman who is currently dying while its all going down. "connection failing", "touching you inside", "paralyzed", "black eyes fading"

[@Christestament]

Wow, nice trip we are having here!

[@FerLMT]

Am I the only one who finds this song creepy?

[@effervesce0]

Well, it comes from a concept album about serial killers and the like, so yeah, it's creepy. :P

[@MusicalB0y]

Zachary Freier and apparently the lyris are about necrophilia... talk about a musical wolf in sheep's clothing