alone again in the lap of luxury

• brave albümünde yer alan harika marillion parçası...
  
  lyrics: hogarth
  music: hogarth/kelly/mosley/rothery/trewavas
  
  see those people there? they look after me
  this is a photograph of who i might be
  man in a uniform, bride on his arm
  mum always was a fool for money and charm
  he's been talkin' in his sleep again
  sayin' he's sorry, callin' my name
  sayin' how he's so ashamed
  
  alone again in the lap of luxury
  
  since it happened i had nothin' to say
  it used to bother them but now it's okay
  mother cleans his dreadful house every day
  scrubbing at the stains that won't go away
  
  they sent me away to the school in the park
  they said it would be good for me
  i still hear the other kids cry in the dark
  
  alone again in the lap of luxury
  is there no escape from the lap of luxury
  
  i don't remember the last time i cried
  i don't remember much except lies
  see the little girl spirallin' down
  this is a photograph of who she is now
  
  "one day this will all be yours" he said
  tidy your room and straight to bed
  tidy up those thoughts in your head
  
  alone again in the lap of luxury
  
  i could be anywhere right now
  if i only had the nerve to leave this house
  maybe somewhere by the sea
  take me somewhere, anywhere please!
  
  we could make a pillow of sand and sleep
  we could roll
  we could make
  we could see
  we could scream
  
  far, father, farthest
  oh daddy, you do not do anymore
  
  for god's sake don't pretend to be concerned
  turn into nightmares in the end
  throw a party for all my friends
  
  i. now wash your hands
  
  you give up hope
  you settle down
  with your favourite soap
  
  now wash your hands
• eskiye geri dönüşle beraber unutulmak istenilenin tekrar hatırlandığı, derinlerde bir yerde kıstırılmış acı ve nefretin tam anlamıyla açığa çıktığı parçadır... kaçmak için artık çok geçtir... "we could make a pillow of sand and sleep"'le sandman'e gönderme yapar... en sevilen ama en nefret edilen, en yakın ama en uzak, belki de "far, father, farthest"'dan daha iyi anlatılamaz... "you do not do anymore..." sylvia plath'ın daddy adlı şiirinden alıntıdır... babasının tacizlerine mazur kalmış ve daha sonra kocasının da babası gibi olduğunun farkına varmış olan amerikalı şair bu şiiri yazdıktan bir süre sonra intahara teşebbüs edecektir... bu bağlamda albümün temasına bu kadar yakın bir hayat yaşamış olan bir şairden alıntı yapmış olmak pek de rastlantı sayılamaz...
  
  (bkz: daddy)
• (bkz: alone in paradise)
• 1994 yılına ait müthiş parça.