Nosound Afterthought album cover

Afterthoughts

NOSOUND

CD, DVD-A/V, double vinyl, cd reissue with extra tracks

Kscope/Snapper
Released
KSCOPE619, KSCOPE839

Nosound Afterthoughts features a new line-up for the band and includes former Porcupine Tree member Chris Maitland on drums throughout.

The 2 disc edition featuring the stereo mix of the album on CD plus a DVD-A/DVD-V (NTSC 16:9, Region Free) with stereo and 5.1 surround high resolution 24bit / 96kHz mixes, plus DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround versions.

The double vinyl edition of the album is pressed on heavyweight (180gm) vinyl and packaged in a gatefold sleeve.

Available also on CD 2013 reissue with three extra tracks, two of which originally featured on At The Pier EP.

TRACKS
1. In My Fears
2. I Miss The Ground
3. Two Monkeys
4. The Anger Song
5. Encounter
6. She
7. Wherever You Are
8. Paralysed
9. Afterthought
10. Letter To A Possible Past (bonus track)
11. Two Monkeys (alternative acoustic version) (bonus track)
12. A New Start (bonus track)

LYRICS

In My Fears

I still feel the glow of this morning light
I wish I could stay, days are so bright
Maybe it’s what light is all about
devouring more life, after every knockout

It got so cold in this room
like the white outside even tears became snow
I looked at the sleeping trees and cars
everything covered, peaceful and quiet
I’ll go outside for a walk to nowhere
to find a place for some joy to spare
Or maybe I should escape into space
so those tears will remain in your eyes

In my fears, in my fears I meet you
You’re near, you’re near and I hold you
On that pier, on that pier falling into the sea
In my fears, on that pier burnt with our dreams..

The fear everyday of what the next one could be
You reminded me of her
I thought I forgot how it feels
Scared every moment to glimpse on your face
that poisoned cast, prelude to rage

It got so cold in this room
like the white outside even tears became snow
I looked at the sleeping trees and cars
everything covered, peaceful and quiet
I’ll go outside for a walk to nowhere
to find a place for some joy to spare
Or maybe I should escape into space
so those tears will remain in your eyes

In my fears, in my fears I meet you
You’re near, you’re near and I hold you
On that pier, on that pier falling into the sea
In my fears, on that pier burnt with our dreams..

In my fears, in my fears I meet you
You’re near, you’re near and I hold you
On that pier, on that pier falling into the sea
On that pier..yielding I fall on my knees

I Miss The Ground

I started all over again
and I did it well without a reclaim
and so I enjoyed life calling that name
I thought you meant it was there to stay
but now you’re forcing me to let it go away

I miss the ground
I flew till here with nowhere to land
I need a home
I walked from sand to grass through your world
I don’t know where to go or where I come from
without a base, the roots
the ground I rebuilt myself on..after the storm

I feel I walked too long
all my strength is gone
I feel my feet burnt
bleeding under the sun

I don’t know if I will escape again
or if I still have a place to remain
without looking down at you with disdain

Two Monkeys

When I was young I believed
there were two monkeys here
Living in the trees between my house and the sea
Someone told me once that was their home
But that their life was sad, because they were alone

No matter how high they were climbing up the trees
I observed them several times from my house here
They were never at the same place
for their eyes to meet
As if they’d lost the will to speak and hear
Their eyes always looking far toward the sea
Their mouths closed in fear of what they could see
Their wishes to meet disappearing with years
Someone says they just lived in fear

Someone told me my house is not there anymore
And the trees are now season tourist shops
I still think about the monkeys and their trees
I tried since then not to look far toward the sea
And so I missed my last change to look around
And all I’m left with is the memory of the sound
Of the sea and their voice in the mute summer sights
Dreaming of going up high enough,
maybe on a kite

No matter how high they were climbing up the trees
I observed them several times from my house here
They were never at the same place
for their eyes to meet
And then they lost the will to speak and hear
Their eyes always looking far toward the sea
Their mouths closed in fear
of what they couldn’t see
The memory of them disappearing with years
Someone says they still meet every night at the pier

The Anger Song

The rain wakes me up
with its noise through the wall
no warmth inside and outside the bleached fog
I still hear the tails of your words from last night
I fear that something is lying down behind..

I miss so much the sunsets at home
the long walks on the seashore

the lights the shadows the tears and pain
misunderstanding what became insane
the voices the fears the eyes and strain
give in to anger and make ourselves unchained

a distant shout woke up a smile on your face
you bit your lips and your eyes changed
scared by another ride on your merry go round
another tide to discover what is the next bound…

I miss so much the sunsets at home
the long walks on the seashore

the lights the shadows the tears and pain
misunderstanding what became insane
the voices the fears the eyes and strain
give in to anger and make ourselves unchained

Encounter

I’ve waited for you
at the airport today
to hear what you wanted to say
I felt you were there
in every voice I heard
I imagined it painless
pleasant out there

But now I know I was wrong
You still lie now that all is gone
It didn’t burn what you recalled
I’m glad I didn’t feel it at all
Maybe it’s time to let things go
Maybe it’s time to surrender
To take this plane
and fly away forever

All that hate in your eyes
is like a wave I can’t defy
You give your finger
a sign of a never quiet anger
After which all is left is cold
a wing failing to fold

But now I know I was wrong
You still lie now that all is gone
It didn’t burn what you recalled
I’m glad I didn’t feel it at all
Maybe it’s time to let things go
Maybe it’s time to surrender
To take this plane
and fly away forever

She

I grew used
to her sweet breath
and her delicate laugh
I trusted her words
like a child with his mum
And when the dawn came
and she walked away
I lay down on the floor
I felt my back brake

She said I just got mad
She said she’ll be alright
She shouted at me
closing the door..
She took back her book
and waited outside
fighting her wish to come back

She said she’s got mad
She said it’ll be alright
She tried reminding me
how it began..
She gave back my book
and waited outside
crying in the sun

As I woke up your body was moving on me
Your eyes smiling, that glow I still miss..
Your hair and their smell caressing my face
The room fading away
your hands following a trace..

Whispers were raging
our bodies were burning
Every night in my sleep
you become her and she becomes you
That morning your eyes were so bright..
I feel since then I’ve just become blind

Wherever You Are

Despite the anger I felt inside
the strangest thoughts
when I looked behind
I know I was wrong walking away
but I needed the burn
and the sound of my heart again

But the price was too high
and that fury too wild
just missing a place
where days were not passing by
And these tears you’re now showing me
all the wounds that you didn’t see
the only reason I walked away
was for you to not hear what I said

I wish it wouldn’t hurt again
so much strain I can barely stand
If we only could wipe the phrases we said
forgiving ourselves and laughing again

We’ll fly over the sea
and we’ll dive into our dreams
and we’ll fall asleep
watching the rain feeding trees
And we’ll run side by side
leaving traces behind
laughing out loud at our previous attempts
We’ll be walking outside
when the first snow starts falling down
and we’ll be here and now
together at last..wherever you are

Paralysed

The flow of consciousness
goes away with a compromise
for each endless hope destroyed
there never was another one to raise
I always looked only into me
or at the horizons away from here
A foolish illusion feeding itself
of something better and nothing to dwell
I was always the solution of my faint belief
the cause, the flame, the wind feeding it

This is the last letter I’ll write
tomorrow I’ll be in a new life
otherwise I could think it’s not real
just the same film on the same reel
This empty cold fear
the same thoughts disappear
I’ll stay but I can’t realize
are you still there?
am I paralysed?

C’e’ una strada vicino casa d’infanzia
che non percorrero’ piu’
un libro nella mia stanza
che non apriro’ piu’
C’e’ una voce
che non potro’ piu’ ascoltare
una frase mai detta
che non potro’ piu’ dedicare
Ci sono persone
che non potro’ far tornare
luoghi in cui
non potro’ piu’ camminare
Ci sono amici
che non potro’ piu’ abbracciare
sensazioni che
vorro’ sempre ricercare
Ci sono occhi
che potro’ solo ricordare
cose che
potro’ solo immaginare

C’e’ una porta
che ho chiuso per sempre
senza neanche pensare
c’erano cose dietro
che non potro’ mai ricordare

Afterthought

A break in the pain
a cold blurred sight
the way back home
in the quiet night

I tried to forget
to sleep keeping warm
taking my steps
into the unknown

I went with the flow
forgetting your voice
in the blindness and folly
of a faint fickle joy

Letter To A Possible Past

Here’s the man I’ve never known
picking me up every time I fell down
Whose voice I remember fading away
during summer falling asleep with the singing cicade

I feel worn out
I feel the breakout
One day will be clear
What was all about

With your tobacco smell on your big hands
promise me you’ll be here when I’ll need your help
Start the new life that you never dared
for deep inside I know that you care

I feel worn out
I feel the breakout
These days it’s clear
What was all about