And all our worlds subside With everything inside And always wonder why (we carry on) And always wonder why (we sing this song) And always wonder why (we carry on) And always wonder why (now you are gone)
I Pineapple Thief hanno un rapporto molto diretto con i loro fan (più che altro con quelli del Regno Unito, a dire il vero, dato che da queste parti, purtroppo, non si vedono praticamente mai), tanto da tenerli informati, oltre che tramite il sito ufficiale, anche mediante dei post su Facebook. E proprio attraverso il social network, hanno reso noto che il nuovo album, Someone Here Is Missing, è pronto. Il disco, che uscirà il 5 aprile per la Kscope, sarà composto da nove pezzi (un brano è stato depennato all'ultimo momento) per un totale di 46 minuti, e la copertina verrà disegnata nientemeno che dagli Storm Studios di Storm Thorgersonw, colui che ha ideato le cover dei dischi più famosi dei Pink Floyd, incluso The Dark Side Of The Moon, oltre ad aver lavorato con i Led Zeppelin, e più recentemente con Muse e Mars Volta. Inoltre, la band di Yeovil ha appena ripubblicato l'album Little Man del 2006, il primo di una serie che vedrà l'uscita, in versione remixata e rimasterizzata, dei lavori più importanti del gruppo.
Remember when you were young You shone like the sun Shine on you crazy diamond Now there's a look in your eyes Like black holes in the sky Shine on you crazy diamond You were caught on the cross fire of childhood and stardom Blown on the steel breeze Come on you target for faraway laughter Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine
You reached for the secret too soon You cried for the moon Shine on you crazy diamond Threatened by shadows at night And exposed in the light Shine on you crazy diamond Well you wore out your welcome with random precision Rode on the steel breeze Come on you raver, you seer of visions Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine
Anche per i Pineapple Thief è arrivato il momento dell'inevitabile greatest hits: il 29 Settembre uscirà infatti il doppio album intitolato 3000 Days. Nel caso del gruppo del Somerset, però, non tutto il male viene per nuocere: i brani della raccolta sono stati tutti remixati e rimasterizzati per l'occasione, e comunque la retrospettiva tornerà utile per far conoscere la produzione meno recente della band di Bruce Soord, nota ai più solo per l'ultimo album Tightly Unwound del 2008, il primo pubblicato attraverso la loro etichetta, la Kscope, ma che durante i loro 3000 giorni di carriera, appunto, hanno prodotto dischi davvero notevoli, come lo splendido Variations On A Dream del 2004.
The grey of evening fills the room There's no need to look outside To see or feel the rain Then I reach across to touch her But I know that she's not there Rain keeps running down the window pane Time is running out for me
Can't you see what you are doing to me? Can't you see what you have done? As I try to pass another long and sleepless night A hundred crazy voices call my name As I try to pass them by I almost can believe that she is here Here in the glow of the night
Do you know what you have done? Do you know what you've begun? Do you see we shall never be together again? All of my life
Lonely people, empty rooms Pointless violence, silent tombs Could it be that we shall be together again?
Sheets of double glazing help to keep outside the night Only foreign city sirens can cut through Nylon sheets and blankets help to minimize the cold But they can't keep out the chilling sounds Will the nightmare soon give way to dreaming That she is here with me? Here in the glow of the night
Do you know what you have done? Do you know what you've begun? Do you see we shall never be together again? All of my life
Lonely people, empty rooms Pointless violence, silent tombs Could it be that we shall be together again? Could it be that we shall be together again?
In silence and darkness We held each other near that night We prayed it would last forever
PART 2: THE LAST DOMINO
Blood on the windows Millions of ordinary people are there They gaze at the scenery They act as if it is perfectly clear Take a look at the mountains Take a look at the beautiful river of blood
The liquid surrounds me I fight to rise from this river of hell I stare round about me Children are swimming and playing with boats Their features are changing Their bodies dissolve and I am alone
Now see what you've gone and done Now see what you've gone and done
Well now you never did see such a terrible thing As was seen last night on TV Maybe if we're lucky, they will show it again Such a terrible thing to see But there's nothing you can do when you're next in line You've got to go domino
Now I'm one with the living and I'm feeling just fine I know just what I gotta do Play the game of happiness and never let on That it only lives on in a song Well there's nothing you can do when you're next in line You've got to go domino
Do you know what you have done? Do you know what you've begun?
In silence and darkness Hold each other near tonight For will it last forever? Will it last forever
There's nothing you can do when you're the next in line You've got to go domino
Do you know, do you know, do you know what you have done Do you see what you've begun? Cos there's nothing, nothing, nothing There's nothing you can do, there's nothing you can do Do you see, do you see what you have done?
We grow older, older A little closer, a little closer And you stay, fallen, fallen And its too late, its too late, now
Here's my debt to you I wanted to say I breath for you But you are a world away, a world away
Left in the same walls, the same walls Can you see them, can you see them Left on long wall, long wall They didn't need to, they didn't need to, for me
So here's my debt to you, I wanted to say I breath for you But you are a world away, a world away
So here's my debt to you, I wanted to say I live for you But you are a world away, a world away
And I grow older, older A little closer, a little closer To you
