Steven Wilson - Now Departing (Official Audio)

New album 'Requiem For A Village', OUT NOW: https://stevenwilson.lnk.to/Requiem-f... SW - lead vocals, piano, guitar, bass guitar, strings, fender rhodes, mellotron, arp 2600, solina strings, acoustic guitars, percussion Randy McStine - electric guitar (including solo), backing vocals, toy piano, accordion, arp odyssey, poly d, roland sh-2000, mellotron, percussion Russell Holzman - drums Adam Holzman - modular synthesiser Lyrics: Iris beligerant streamer Dining alone every night Now under witness protection She’ll never be anyone’s bride   Ezra the sonic explorer Records every sound that he makes Replaying the let downs and failures Just like old songs on a tape   The twins who live in the attic No one has seen them in weeks But detectives are highly suspicious Cos the butcher is selling more meat   The shop on the corner is sinking The curtains are covered in mould But no one remembers it closing And no one recalls what it sold   (Dressed up like monkeys)   Now departing…   You might get on a train But you’ll never escape Cos all destinations end here It’s absurd to believe That when you mean to leave The train will just bring you back here   Now departing…   Rowan has chronic Tourettes Obscenities flow when he’s pissed Demanding directions to places That he really believes must exist    You might get on a train But you’ll never escape Cos all destinations end here It’s absurd to believe That when you mean to leave The train will just bring you back here   Now departing…   (Train right out of here)   Station Master Stamp collector Cartographer Postal Worker