Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Porcupine Tree
Canonical path: /porcupine-tree/this-long-silence
Related lyric paths: 6
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This Long Silence
Read This Long Silence lyrics by Porcupine Tree on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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This Long Silence
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A systematic killer
Returning from Madrid
Murdered Mozart in his garden
Mussolini ran and hid
He was chosen by his elders
Sitting on the shelf
They passed his heart to Satan
Who showered them with wealth
A Purple Haze crawled on the lawn Where lonely angels played
And Shakespeare wrote of Vietnam While a president decayed
Hollow laughter from below Cracked the sky in two
As Manson dance inside the flames And the yellow changed to blue
Swinging from a length of rope
Ruth Ellis blew a kiss
Merlin spoke to Norma Jean
And granted her a wish
Mark Chapman stared at fantasy
Bare wires burned his brain
As Sergeant Pepper led the band
Playing through the rain
The third eye on the surface
Opens up my mind
Twin visions in production
This long silence you will find
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Porcupine Tree performs "This Long Silence", and this lyric page sits inside the Porcupine Tree catalog on LyroVerse.
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