Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet
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KILL
July 24th 2014


81582 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

gay

NordicMindset
July 24th 2014


25137 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah it's definitely about suicide

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
July 24th 2014


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

"There is a great deal of wordplay here. To me, sleep means at least 3 things.

One of these is sex; based on the line in the album's title track "sex is kinda fun..." this song is referring to giving into the societal norms that make sex a much more casual thing.

Another meaning (though this is double dipping a bit with the previous meaning) is that by allowing himself to fall into casual sex, the album's protagonist has given up the principles that define his identity relative to the drones around him. This can either be interpreted as a death of identity or literal death/suicide. (something similar to John savage from brave new world).

Finally, it could represent sleep -- either a result of the haze of "the pills I'm taking" or just a quiet shutdown of the protagonist's inner drive to struggle against norms."

NordicMindset
July 24th 2014


25137 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Where do you get this from

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
July 24th 2014


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

songmeanings.net comment section

OmairSh
July 24th 2014


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

let's sleep together

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
July 24th 2014


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Right now

OmairSh
July 24th 2014


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

somehow

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
July 24th 2014


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

relieve the pressure

Onirium
July 24th 2014


3126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Somehow



Switch off the future

OmairSh
July 24th 2014


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Somewhere anesthetise my ashes to a place way out of here sentimantal

Onirium
July 24th 2014


3126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

what happens now?

OmairSh
July 24th 2014


17931 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

we cheat the polygraph

Onirium
July 24th 2014


3126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

pretty normal

NeroCorleone80
July 24th 2014


34618 Comments


Fear of a Black Planet> [666]

ChoccyPhilly
July 24th 2014


13693 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

You don't try to be liked

You don't mind.

You feeeeel no sun

You steal the gun...

to kill time



You're somewhere

You're nowhere

You don't car.

You caaatch the breeze,

You still the leaves...

So now where?

Onirium
July 24th 2014


3126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I know most people complain about the lyrics in the t/t (and pretty much the whole album), but the

"You steal a gun, to kill time" line is brilliant

NordicMindset
July 24th 2014


25137 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

MTV and COD philosphy says that that is not good

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
July 24th 2014


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I really don't see what's so bad about the lyrics, especially on here

NordicMindset
July 24th 2014


25137 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

They seem too preachy



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