Steven Wilson - Perfect Life Lyrics






When I was 13 I had a sister for 6 months.
She arrived one February morning, pale and shellshocked,
from past lives I could not imagine.
She was 3 years older than me,
but in no time we became friends.
We’d listen to her mix tapes;
Dead Can Dance, Felt, This Mortal Coil…
She introduced me to her favourite books,
gave me clothes, and my first cigarette.
Sometimes we would head down to Blackbirds moor
to watch the barges on Grand Union in the twilight.
She said “The water has no memory.”
For a few months everything about our lives was perfect.
It was only us, we were inseparable.
But gradually, she passed into another distant part of my memory,
until I could no longer remember her face, her voice, even her name.

We have got
We have got the perfect life...





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  1. j.... ....

    The piano is simply superb! A freaking masterpiece!

  2. C.... M....

    This man is a genius. The entire song is made of a single sentence (six words only) and it still keeps you engaged.

  3. A.... �....

    Three days in the row I'm listening this song and... I'm crying like a child. Thanks.

  4. W.... P....

    ❤❤❤❤❤👍🎶

  5. p.... ....

    Lady in Red

    Czekałem
    w Japońskim Ogrodzie
    miasta paru kultur.
    Czekalem
    na Dziewczynę
    w Czerwonej Sukience.
    Czekalem
    z sercem otulonym
    w zieleń.
    Czekalem
    w rytmie fontanny
    i dźwięków radości
    z 11. 00.
    Czekalem i patrzyłem,
    jak wiara pieści obłoki
    i odgania deszczowe chmury.
    A Ty spłynęłaś na moje oczy,
    gdy czas się zatrzymał
    na 11.15.
    A Ty podałaś mi swą rękę,
    gdy kładki oddzielaly
    żywioły.
    A Ty schroniłaś się
    pod nasz parasol,
    gdy bęben deszczu
    łączył serca.
    I gdy tęcza
    pokolorowala nasze oczy
    barwami nadziei.

  6. p.... ....

    Perfect life

    Zobacz oddech wody,
    dotknij zapachu ziemi,
    poczuj podmuch nieba,
    wejdź
    w siódmą barwę tęczy.
    Czuj.
    Uśmiechnij się do traw
    pieszczących Twe stopy,
    pocaluj
    rosę srebrzącą
    Twe paznokcie,
    gdy pragniesz komunii
    z kosmosem.
    Kochaj.
    Bądź ze mną,
    nawet gdy Twoje
    tu i teraz
    dzielisz już z innym.
    Dotknij
    mojej duszy,
    gdy Twoje serce i zmysły
    oddajesz już tylko jemu.
    Bądź.
    Bądź, czuj i kochaj.
    Jestem z Tobą.
    Jestem w Tobie.
    Jestem Twój.
    Kocham.
    Na zawsze.

  7. J.... L....

    In places reminds me of OMD.

  8. J.... L....

    Such a beautiful place, such broken voice, such a crazed dream to never realise that I still miss you.

  9. D.... S....

    2019 , Brasil .

  10. D.... W....

    I believe said below. The followers and commentators on this are beautiful people. We belong in a world not to share with others. SW brings positive energy to our souls.

  11. K.... M....

    You Tube has kicked me off all my favorite channels, including this one. I believe that this problem can only be corrected from your end. I apologize for complaining about a You Tube malfunction. Thank you for the beautiful music.

  12. J.... D....

    sounds like a porn intro music to me

  13. V.... C....

    this song feauturing a sweet coldness

  14. P.... ....

    Super. Danke

  15. S.... C....

    WHO DOES MESS WITH KNOWN TO GOD.

  16. J.... P....

    God, i have lost in my mind while i was listening this song. Steven is from another dimension.

  17. P.... E....

    This is not about woman, stories are for soul, not gender.

  18. B.... R....

    This song is so simple but beautiful on a spiritual super deep and truly human level.Nothing sordid or twisted in this video just true friendship,.... I really hate to say it ,don't all women leave everything that is good and cause so much sadness? If it's good please don't leave.....

  19. R.... D....

    Świetna muza,- i Mega-Piękne Dziewczyny-Damy w teledysku,-gratuluję i Pozdrawiam ,Hej

  20. M.... M....

    For no reason I just started crying, all of a sudden. It just took me back to the time when Life was perfect.
    #Masterpiece

  21. E.... S....

    Im a big beardead man and Im literally crying. Pure art

  22. I.... S....

    It's beautiful beyond description. But still, it's too hard for me to comprehend that she could have forgotten her sister's name...

  23. L.... B....

    une belle émotion me tire les états d a^me sur celle ci,belle nostalgie ,mais aussi un état de veille d un ange qui veille sur l autre âme sur terre ,wow,thanks very nice song and music too

  24. p.... ....

    That chorus could go on for so much longer and I wouldn't complain.

  25. A.... c....

    Thanks for giving us music like that. Its so beautiful soulful.😍 Respect

  26. j.... a....

    Steven Wilson FELICIDADES! que gusto y deleite poder disfrutar de esta música de altura en tiempos que difícilmente encuentras algo diferente.

  27. J.... S....

    Nice song, horrible video.

  28. d.... o....

    Acá está estampado mi sello... fans de steven wilson. Todos sus discos...( hermosa canción.)

  29. R.... O....

    What a PERFECT SONG !!! WOW Thanks for sharing it. Love it

  30. V.... P....

    https://youtu.be/8QGJIucf7RE

  31. L.... /....

    Hi Steven, i like your music very much!
    like life, always reborning...

    listen to my fist single 2019, music from Concepción Chile¡¡

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CWn_y0ajyA&lc=z22jf5y5ewvue5w05acdp43a0itwstgjv4rm2l13urxw03c010c.1565158042025715

  32. P.... ....

    This song is perfect.
    PERFECT.

  33. I.... G....

    can somebody please tell me where they shot the music video?
    edit: typo

  34. M.... S....

    At 2:20 be prepared for a bliss. Marajuna users should be made hear Steven Wilson instead of rehab . His songs are more dope than other substance.

  35. w.... ....

    Beautiful song. Sad video. Reminds me a lot of Recoil, I'm sure many of you know who they are. So, I see Steve Wilson's name nowhere on the list of musicians, however, I see that he wrote the song. Is he the producer, director, orchestrator, if you will. Can someone tell me? Thanks in advance. :)

  36. P.... S....

    Anyone In July 2019

    P.... S....

    So tender and beautiful. Thank you

  37. W.... P....

    💕💕💕💕💕💕🎧👍

  38. M.... F....

    I see my Daughter...

  39. M.... I....

    Steven Wilson+Julia Maalouf=Perfection!

  40. c.... m....

    Dopest shit!!!!

  41. r.... ....

    Has me feeling the Read or Die original video animation production.

  42. S.... O....

    Imagine the government or some nefarious organization had the ability to whisk people away and erase them from the memories of everyone who knew them, leaving only an occasional, vague feeling of nostalgia.

    How many people have been deleted from your life?

  43. P.... A....

    Perfect song.

  44. Z.... H....

    Piece of Art. Immersive. Some lost memories. Alter-Life.

  45. S.... M....

    just realized that the older girl low key looks like Steven

  46. A.... c....

    Dead Can Dance, Felt, This Mortal Coil.....wow!

  47. H.... A....

    I really like this song and i should thank the guy who send me this song so i can feel the classic art (i miss you btw)

  48. K.... L....

    So, a perfect song , really i love that, perfect indeed !!

  49. P.... C....

    Perfect musician... perfect song.... perfect Life

  50. R.... G....

    This story can be kind of relatable to that of "Call me by your name"

  51. A.... P....

    We're trapped inside these ideas, convincing we have got a Perfect Life.

    A.... P....

    We have a perfect world which we have/are fucking up. Not quite the same thing, but close. And most in the developed world need to realize its It's not having what you want, but wanting what you've got.

  52. W.... C....

    Four years later and the goosebumps continue to come on like the first listen.

  53. Q.... ....

    This guy sucks.

  54. C.... ....

    100% NOSTALGIA

  55. r.... ....

    except when it rains hard

  56. E.... G....

    STUPENDA.....la PERFEZIONE!!!

  57. M.... M....

    I still come back to this song. Every. Single. Time.

  58. T.... ....

    I love songs like this, where it can be felt and touched by so many people with emotions and hardships. So I come to the comment section and read and feel the same as you and her and him. One of worlds greatest treasures is this... Music bringing you and I here. Expressing our feelings like we're on a acid trip. But no, we're just listening to Steven Wilson. The power of music is crazy just like how the universe is.

  59. p.... ....

    este video me produce una sensación de nostalgia única, rara. tanta sensualidad y sensibilidad , una conexión con el otro que los varones no tendremos nunca, es tan placentero verlas fundirse sin tocase, que solo espero la escena donde se besan, un cuadro que no llega solo para dejar a mi imaginación hacer el trabajo. excelente trabajo estético y musical

  60. B.... ....

    When your child self becomes your adult self

  61. t.... ....

    pretentious

  62. D.... D....

    I have fallen for this song!!

  63. H.... S....

    Tis sng make my life almost perfect

    H.... S....

    *This Song*

  64. E.... A....

    Great work

  65. W.... C....

    Same voice of Opeth's Persephone ? :D

  66. l.... m....

    Plagio de arrullo de estrellas cancion de banda de rock mexicana llamada Zoe

  67. P.... A....

    He has got the Perfect Song.

  68. P.... S....

    I cant understand why does it says perfect life.Anyone?.?

  69. l.... ....

    Smashing story. We're very much into it :)

  70. P.... A....

    Could be Steven's best song.

  71. F.... S....

    Any other songs like this?

  72. r.... m....

    wilson is a genius, this is beatifull

  73. r.... 7....

    Once a month I watch this and crank it loud and sit there and bawl my eyes out. Beautiful music and video.

  74. S.... G....

    The girl in Drive Home is called Lucy. Lucy = *_Lucifer._*
    The girl (sister) in The Raven that Refused to Sing is *_Lily:_*
    _a figure in Jewish mythology, developed earliest in the Babylonian Talmud, (3rd to 5th centuries)._
    _Lilith is often envisioned as a dangerous demon of the night, who is sexually wanton, and who steals_
    _babies in the darkness._

    If you think the girls in this video are pure as driven snow, think again ;)

  75. R.... R....

    Absolutely Beautiful.

  76. U.... L....

    When I was 13 I had a sister for 6 months
    She arrived one February morning, pale and shell shocked 
    From past lives I could not imagine. She was 3 years older than me but in no time we became friends
    We'd listen to her mix tapes; Dead Can Dance, Felt, This Mortal Coil
    She introduced me to her favorite books, gave me clothes and my first cigarette
    Sometimes we would head down to Blackbirds Moor to watch the barges on Grand Union in the twilight
    She said, "The water has no memory"
    For a few months everything about our lives was perfect
    It was only us. We were inseparable
    But gradually she passed into another distant part of my memory
    Until I could no longer remember her face, her voice, even her name
    We have got
    We have got a perfect life

  77. P.... W....

    That felt like a tornado of emotions going through my heart.... Perfect song!

  78. E.... O....

    My favourite song <3

  79. M.... G....

    (My english is not very good) The music of Steven Wilson is something that I can´t define, and that's why maybe he has many eclectic fans. It´s a melange of courants and styles, but something that I never found in his music is prog rock. I never understood why he is categorized like a prog rock musician. Cheers from Uruguay to all people.

  80. S.... K....

    23rd october 2018.
    On repeat I love this song ❤
    The future me is going to come back here one day and thanks himself for having such a good taste of music.

    S.... K....

    I am listening to this song again.

    S.... K....

    20 march 2019 listening again. I am with fawad in his room.

  81. J.... D....

    I listen to this sometimes in the morning watching the sunrise sipping Coffee..........

  82. A.... C....

    It's a awesome song but i'm only one who hear the "no more heroes" theme, bass in 1:47

  83. R.... B....

    Can someone explain to me the story behind the video? did she just kill her sister?

  84. j.... l....

    Good sir. Hello, it's an honor to greet you in this personal and intimate way. I've been following you like a shadow and feel as close like one. It's possible to move forward going backwards. Allowing yourself the privilege to embrace your brothers and sisters to offer their pallet in the greater picture. You're so amazing. Beyond words if i may be so honest.. your roots are beautiful. The shade you give is what keeps us all cool when it gets hot.

  85. U.... G....

    All I got is this life..

  86. V.... B....

    supaaaaaaaaaaar

  87. N.... ....

    This song and video reminds me ''Black - wonderful life''.

  88. D.... D....

    Soo beautiful..

  89. A.... R....

    PERFECT VIDEO, PERFECT SONG, PERFECT LIFE.

  90. -.... T....

    Man. So many of his songs hit me so damn hard shen I saw hin live in Calgary. Even though this is so simple it hit me a bit more live than it does just listening to it not live. The Raven Thar Refused to Sing hit me hardest emotionaly though. Damn what an experience to see a guy who is good at doing multiple styles of music.

  91. G.... W....

    Album of the century ?

  92. s.... w....

    one of the best mr wilson

  93. F.... v....

    I Love you song

  94. M.... D....

    Awesome

  95. V.... D....

    anyone want take a crack at the symbolism? I can't figure this SW song out.

    V.... D....

    The dialogue at the beginning describes a situation in which a perfect friendship bond and trust was formed, but is then disrupted, and vanishes forever. "The water has no memory" is a metaphor about life, and the essence of time. Time continues to flow endlessly, even while we lament the loss of something important that we regard as being precious or perfect in that particular juncture of our lives. The abandoned bicycle leaned against the tree implies a situation of past tense, the memory of our youth, or an earlier time period in which hope and love prevailed.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HduGKFJDBQ

    V.... D....

    Also, when she takes off the blindfold, she no longer see's remembers her foster sister. Symbolic of the the intervening years and memory.

  96. M.... R....

    So poetic and beautiful... Thanks for this masterpiece, again.

  97. c.... ....

    I feel sorry for the majority of people who don't know of SW's existence. Mainstream radio has a lot to answer for.

    c.... ....

    Then it's up to us that listen, to turn others on to the musical genius that is Steven Wilson.