[Song Highlight]
No-Man: Pigeon Drummer
Believe it or not, I'm enjoying listening through Schoolyard Ghosts again after so many years and already I have to make a small song highlight post for one of the tracks -
Pigeon Drummer. Not only does this really show the strengths of everybody involved, but it still holds its own on the album by being not only a strong track, but one to get people really in the mood for what the rest of the album has to offer. This is the first track in the album where you get some of the heavy hitting progressive rock that you've come to know and love about Porcupine Tree while again still maintaining it's individuality in No-Man. The lyrics are quite good as well, though I don't really recall when Steven Wilson was ever a terrible songwriter:
Quote:
the background buzz, the lo-fi hum,
the fallen saviours beat their ritual drums.
their eyes alive with destiny -
sweet delusions, which serve to set us free.
the bar room bids for tarts with hearts,
the dumbed down kids in souped up cars.
the clapped out lovers on their guard -
smaller details written large.
her sun-kissed skin caught in your frame,
you know you'll never pass this way again.
you wash the dirt out of your hair.
you find the words you need when no-one's there.
the moments lost.
the distant stars.
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It's incredibly poetic and done so above all the music making it an incredible track from start to finish.