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    Posted: September 20 2014 at 15:20
Any one out there with lyrics from prog that evoke sadness? Two that come to mind are

Jethro Tull-Thick As a Brick:
"So come on all you criminals! I've got to put you straight
just like I did with my old man twenty years too late."

Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon:
"And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun."


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Was it summer when the river went dry
Or was it just another dam
When the evil of a snowflake in June
Could still be a source of relief.......................Cry
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The stars in their constellations  
Each one sadly flickers and falls.
Without you, they mean nothing at all


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Gallifrey Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2014 at 22:59
The entirety of Clutching at Straws. I don't often consider lyrics when listening to albums, but that's an exception.
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And as I watch the days march by me from my prison in this timeless tower
I feel like I've been wasting every moment, every second, every hour
So here's to all the cats who hung around but never got the cream
But that was yesterday, that was last autumns dream

From Jade Warrior's most recent album from 2008 - Now - the song is called Journey. Last Autumn's Dream was the name of their third album back in the early 70s, which failed to get any traction. I think anyone going through a midlife crisis will identify with the lyric.


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The grass was greener....
Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
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Hammill has heaps.....
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Porcupine Tree's `Buying New Soul' still really bums me out!

"I still wave at the dots on the shore
And I still beat my head against the wall
I still rage and wage my little war,
I'm a shade and easy to ignore..."

Top notch tune though!

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'the last train crawls to the station...and no one gets on..and no one gets off'
'inside the ghost of a parting...no one is left..just the cigarette smoke'
Porcupine Tree-Don't Hate Me
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Porcupine Tree-
Heartattack In A Layby
Stop Swimming
A Smart Kid
Half-Light
In Formaldehyde
Russia On Ice
RADIOHEAD-
Street Spirit...Fade Out
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Early ANATHEMA
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Angelo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2014 at 03:15
Originally posted by Gallifrey Gallifrey wrote:

The entirety of Clutching at Straws. I don't often consider lyrics when listening to albums, but that's an exception.

That's the first I thought of as well.

"So if you want my address it's number one at the end of the bar
where I sit with the broken angels clutching at straws and nursing our scars"
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Originally posted by addictedtoprog addictedtoprog wrote:

Early ANATHEMA

I actually find their early lyrics quite romantic! Sad, gloomy and melancholic, but also very heartfelt and thoughtful.
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Slint's "Good Morning Captain"

Excerpt:

"The captain reached for something to hold on to
"Help me," he whispered, as he rose slowly to his feet
The boy's face went pale
He recognized the sound

Silently, he pulled down the shade against the shadow
Lost in the doorstep of the empty house

"I'm trying to find my way home.
I'm sorry . . .
And I miss you"

Edited by HolyMoly - September 21 2014 at 06:43
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Genesis - "For Absent Friends". And it's not just the lyrics, but the performance!

Quote Inside the archway,
the priest greets them with a courteous nod.
He's close to God.
Looking back at days of four instead of two.
Years seem so few (four instead of two).
Heads bent in prayer
for friends not there.
Pretty much the entire lyric sheet is plagued with gloom.
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just listen to KC's Epitaph and then that emotion will come to your head if that makes sense.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ole-the-first Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2014 at 08:45
Almost everything from Peter Hammill. Sad and somewhat theatrically Gothic-grim.
This night wounds time.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote addictedtoprog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2014 at 08:51
Originally posted by Michael678 Michael678 wrote:

<span style="line-height: 14.3999996185303px;">just listen to KC's Epitaph and then that emotion will come to your head if that makes sense.</span>


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2014 at 11:02
Originally posted by Michael678 Michael678 wrote:

just listen to KC's Epitaph and then that emotion will come to your head if that makes sense.
Absolutely.....one of the saddest prog epics out there.
 
"The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams.
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams.
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams.

Confusion will be my epitaph.
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh.
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying.
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying

Between the iron gates of fate
The seeds of time were sown
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known.
Knowledge is a deadly friend
If no one sets the rules.
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools.

The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams.
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams.
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams.

Confusion will be my epitaph.
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh.
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying.
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Crying..
Crying...
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Crying...
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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