All my designs...
Simplified
And all of my plans...
Compromised
And all of my dreams...
Sarificed
This song is probably my favorite Porcupine Tree song. (Lots of competition, though.)
I played this for someone once, a teenaged relative of mine at the time, who said "yep, that is definitely your type of song!"
Interesting. I like it. I tried 3 times before I could get past 5 minutes without getting interrupted. Kept waiting for something to happen and now I see how they built the song. I’m going to revisit it when I can play it louder.
Your experience reminds me of a review of the album when it first came out. It said something along the lines of "when Steven Wilson starts singing the first verse at roughly two minutes in, many pop songs have already sung two verses and two choruses, and are looking to begin their final verse/chorus combo."
(And a quick review of the "hits" of 2005 show them to be generally under 4 minutes long...)
And for those that didn't know, Porcupine Tree have reformed, if perhaps for only one album and tour.
I just posted this on FB so if this seems repetitive, sorry...
Their latest video is them in the studio recording their latest single "Of the New Day".
Steven Wilson plays his tele a fair bit, but also plays his goldtop Singlecut trem, and then this is what surprised me: a Core or PS Angelus acoustic. (He used to play Babicz, even had a "signature" model.) Looks very similar to my Steve Fischer from 2010, but I'm sure PRS would gladly give him a PS. The acoustic appears at roughly 3:20.