Steven Wilson

As previously announced the forthcoming vinyl compilation LP “Transience" will feature a new recording of Lazarus, originally recorded by Porcupine Tree for the “Deadwing" album in 2004.  

To mark the release of this new version you can listen to my original demo of the song.  This was actually the first of two demos I made of Lazarus, and it features a very different middle 8, subsequently rewritten for the second demo and final album recording.  

Lazarus was one of several songs that were based on a film script that I was working on at the time with my friend Mike Bennion, and the David mentioned in the song is a central character in that script. 

Lazarus (first demo) performed by SW at No Man’s Land, December 2003.

Lazarus (Demo)

Rock Bottom

They talk and they swear every day anew
In their words there isn’t a trace of truth
Faces polished smooth, their hearts gone cold
A filthy game that unfolds forever untold

On stages they dance in the blinding glare
Words worn like masks, nothing real in there
In golden halls the truth drowns slow
And no one asks why all the hope lets go

They lie and deceive, we see it clear!
Yet the world looks away like it isn’t here!

Masks keep falling but no one stares
That’s how the chaos begins, strips everything bare
The lights burn bright but the shadows scream
Our freedom sold for stones in a dream!

They promise the sky while they chain our hands
Build empires of fear on collapsing lands
Children learn silence, the elders forget
The future’s on auction, the highest bid yet

In the mirror their eyes, so far from what’s true
But the flame inside us still burns like a star through
Voices in darkness are singing out loud
A song forged from strength, from hope unbowed

Yeah they lie and deceive but we’re still standing here!
With every word they speak we see their greed appear!

They lie and deceive, we see it clear!
Yet the world looks away like it isn’t here!
Masks keep falling but no one stares
That’s how the chaos begins, strips everything bare

You liars, you thieves, your names we now know!
Your thrones built on blood while the cold winds blow!
The masks are all shattered, the curtains torn down!
Your kingdom of lies is burning to the ground!

We rise from the ashes, our voices like blades!
No silence, no mercy, your debt will be paid!
The reckoning comes and the night turns to flame!
Remember our faces, remember our names!

Liar's Kingdom

“When We Break the Sky” is the final uprising of Digital Eden—the moment love, truth, and spiritual fire push past every fake ceiling. It’s a full-scale anthem of liberation, exploding out of the simulation and into something infinite.

Digital Eden

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In Exile

To The Bone

Refuge

An extended 6 minute version that was previously released as part of the "Blackfield" digital download single, but I think only in mp3 form (as usual this is full resolution WAV). Blackfield's third album is due for release in March, and there is now a facebook page dedicated to the band at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackfield/103704446366593

Refuge

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