The Overview

Lyrics

[Part 1: Perspective] [Verse 1] Size beyond one megametre Ten to the power of six Ganymede, Callisto Wolf 359 Size beyond one gigametre Ten to the power of nine Sirius, Altair Vega, Polaris Size beyond one terametre Ten to the power of twelve Antares, Pistol Star Betelgeuse [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] Size beyond one petametre Ten to the power of fifteen Stingray Nebula, Ring Nebula Helix Nebula, The Spire Hourglass Nebula [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Size beyond one exametre Ten to the power of eighteen Omega Centurai, Messier 54 Tarantula Nebula Size beyond one zettametre Ten to the power of twenty-one Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy Fornax Cluster Size beyond one yottametre Ten to the power of twenty-four Virgo Super Cluster, Eridanus Supervoid Super Cluster Complex [Part 2: A Beautiful Infinity I] [Verse] Snow is falling but it can't be seen from here And back on Earth, my loving wife's been dead for years I see myself in relation to it all What seemed important now like dust inside the squall Each moment for me is a lifetime for you [Part 3: Borrowed Atoms] [Instrumental Intro] [Verse] The clouds have no history And the sea feels no sorrow The oxygen recycled And the atoms are just borrowed The paleness and fragility Of this I call a home [Chorus] I'm already gone Is there self? Is this real? Is this a dream? [Part 4: A Beautiful Infinity II] [Chorus] There's no reason for any of this Just a beautiful infinity (Ooh) No design and no one at the wheel Just an existential mystery La-la-la-la-la, la-la, la-la [Outro] The light that radiates from here can shame the sun But in a billion years, its journey's just begun (Begun, do-do-do-do) [Part 5: Infinity Measured in Moments] [Verse: Rotem Wilson] Size beyond one megametre Ten to the power of six Ganymede, Callisto Wolf 359 Size beyond one gigametre Ten to the power of nine Sirius, Altair Vega, Polaris Size beyond one terametre Ten to the power of twelve Antares, Pistol Star Betelgeuse [Chorus: Steven Wilson] From the air, from the dust From the sea, and from the blood In a capsule for the billions of years Preserved All we were, all destroyed Drifting on through the void As all permanence of matter disappears Taken From the air, from the dust From the sea, and from the blood In a capsule for the billions of years Preserved All we were, all destroyed Drifting on through the void As all permanence of matter disappears [Instrumental Break] [Outro: Rotem Wilson] Size beyond one zettametre Ten to the power of twenty-one Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy Fornax Cluster Size beyond one yottametre Ten to the power of twenty-four Virgo Super Cluster, Eridanus Supervoid Super Cluster Complex [Part 6: Permanence] [Instrumental]