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Piano Lessons - Porcupine Tree
Intro: C#m7 E B F#
Verse (C#m7 E B F#)
C#m7 E
I remember piano lessons
B F#
The hours in freezing rooms
C#m7 E
Cruel ears and tiny hands
B F#
Destroying timeless tunes
C#m7 E
She said there's too much out there
B F#
Too much already said
C#m7 E
You'd better give up hoping
B F#
You're better off in bed
Chorus (A F Em D)
C#m7 E
(Take your hands off my land)
A F Em
Credit me with some intelligence
D
(if not just credit me)
A F Em
I come in value packs of ten
D
(in five varieties)
Verse (C#m7 E B F#)
You don't need much to speak of No class, no wit, no soul
Forget you own agenda Get ready to be sold
I feel now like Christine Keeler Sleepwaking in the rain
I didn't mean to lose direction I didn't want that kind of fame
Chorus
Verse (C#m7 E B F#)
And even though I got it all now My only stupid dream
I see you and me together And how it should have been
I remember piano lessons Now everything seems clear
You waiting under streetlights For dreams to disappear
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Sawyer Rhythm Player |
#1 by Sawyer Hildebrandt at May 6, 1984 at 1:23 AM EST |
| from FAQ on porcupinetree.com : >>Who is Christine Keeler as mentioned in "Piano Lessons"? Christine Keeler was a prostitute who was involved in a notorious scandal in Britain in the sixties that resulted in the downfall of a leading politician John Profumo. As the song "Piano Lessons" is partly about the nature of celebrity, SW used Keeler as a symbol of someone who acheived their fame without having any conventional talent. | |
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health risk Rhythm Player |
#2 by health risk at Sep 27, 1986 at 2:58 PM EST |
| Hollow_Soul, i think you may have a point. I think the 'value packs of ten' refer to himself being sold as a product, a celebrity being marketed. | |
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brock Average |
#3 by brock someone at Mar 5, 1993 at 11:08 AM EST |
| by darkness_reaper on 10-23-2006 @ 10:16:26 PM With the value packs thing....I think that it could be a cynical statement, like there are many others like him. That's exactly what I was thinking. | |
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Anthony Average |
#4 by Anthony at Jan 1, 1994 at 12:13 AM EST |
| I agree with mat35. Plus, I always thought the references to piano lessons and the "she said there's too much out there" bit was about SW being told that music is dead, and there's no point trying- but he did, and although he's not famous he's fine. | |