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Blackfield — My Gift Of Silence
Album: Blackfield II
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Released: 2004
Length: 3:59
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If I compiled all my crimes and my lies into amnesty
Would you come back to me?
The smile on my lips is a sign that I don't hear you leaving me
And I don't hear my own soul scream

I'll read your lips, watch your scarf play at your hips and I know it's true
But I don't hear him call to you

Don't blame yourself
Don't change yourself
I just want to be over you, see, if you'll love
Don't hate yourself

If I compiled all my crimes and my lies into amnesty
Would you come back to me?
The smile on my lips is a sign that I don't hear you leaving me
And I don't hear my own soul scream

Don't blame yourself
(Don't blame yourself)
Don't change yourself
(Don't change yourself)
I just want to be over you, see, if you'll love
(Don't hate yourself)
Don't hate yourself
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SUPERB!!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Steven Wilson sure has captured my ears since he started putting out music - keep it up.
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Fantastic to hear this again, I think it has not received much play recently, or I have just been unlucky in my listening times.

My favorite Blackfield song
Posted 3 years ago by bmccaul    [ Reply ]
         tinypriest wrote:
 
 




Posted 3 years ago by B4D3neaker3    [ Reply ]
 jlrivitti wrote:
 I agree.

anumidium wrote:
woah, I thought this sounded like Porcupine Tree! Thanks RP for introducing me to more of Steve's music. {#Propeller}

 


 

After a deep-dive with Porcupine Tree, there is more digging to be done?  O Boy!
Posted 3 years ago by Hey_Porter    [ Reply ]
 Greengrowth wrote:
 


Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by Greengrowth    [ Reply ]
Great way to start my morning with Steven Wilson...
Posted 7 years ago by Bert7    [ Reply ]
The new Blackfield album just came out, and it is once again a Steven Wilson collaboration, so expect it to be great.  The last 2 Blackfield albums were just  Aviv Geffen, with some guest vocals/mixing by Wilson.  The new album, Blackfield V, has SW back in the songwriting and preforming function.  Can't wait for it to arrive from Amazon on Monday.
Posted 7 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
All By Myself

Eric Carmen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbn6o5tiPds
 

 
I vaguely heard "Don't Cry Out Loud" by Melissa Manchester in the chorus as well, but it's really just a four-note phrase/sequence which can sound reminiscent of a lot of tunes.
Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I am driven into thinking, that someone is breathing.
  Now I remember most of the people does I know.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 scrubbrush wrote:
How many bands can one guy lead?... He and Maynard from Tool/Perfect Circle/Puscifer should do '2GuysIn19Bands-palooza'

 
LOL!  Hilarious.  

Wilson's solo material (since Porcupine Tree) is phenomenal.  Never did like any of the material I sampled from the 3rd Blackfield CD and am not too unhappy that Wilson has moved on fromm Blackfield. 

Thanks for reminding me that I should explore Maynard's material.  Much of what I have heard from Puscifer — despite the adolescent lyrics — I like. 
Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 that third glass hits the spot right about now.. {#Cheers}
Posted 9 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
How many bands can one guy lead?... He and Maynard from Tool/Perfect Circle/Puscifer should do '2GuysIn19Bands-palooza'
Posted 9 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]
Can I cash in that gift now?
Posted 10 years ago by stewliscious    [ Reply ]
 I agree.

anumidium wrote:
woah, I thought this sounded like Porcupine Tree! Thanks RP for introducing me to more of Steve's music. {#Propeller}

 


Posted 10 years ago by jlrivitti    [ Reply ]
All By Myself

Eric Carmen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbn6o5tiPds
 
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
woah, I thought this sounded like Porcupine Tree! Thanks RP for introducing me to more of Steve's music. {#Propeller}
Posted 10 years ago by anumidium    [ Reply ]
 Hasan wrote:

Try yet another new word, stigmergent: a group that self-organizes around the trails blazed by predecessors.

 
Or a man in a visored helmet racing cars anonymously.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 zepher wrote:
Thanks RP for increasing my vocabulary in music and the English language....

A dystopia is a community or society, usually fictional, that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. It is the opposite of a utopia. Such societies appear in many works of fiction, particularly in stories set in a speculative future. Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization, totalitarian governments, environmental disaster, or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society.

 
Try yet another new word, stigmergent: a group that self-organizes around the trails blazed by predecessors.
Posted 10 years ago by Hasan    [ Reply ]
 Krispian wrote:
Dystopian album cover
 
Yeah; wonder where they found THAT?
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Thanks RP for increasing my vocabulary in music and the English language....

A dystopia is a community or society, usually fictional, that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. It is the opposite of a utopia. Such societies appear in many works of fiction, particularly in stories set in a speculative future. Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization, totalitarian governments, environmental disaster, or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society.
Posted 11 years ago by zepher    [ Reply ]
Dystopian album cover
Posted 11 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
Marvin Gaye on PSD...
Posted 11 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Quite lovely....
Posted 11 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
 Hands down a much better CD than their newest release..bluecshells wrote:

I'm adding this to my collection when money allows...getting to like it more and more each listen.  Thanks RP.{#Angel}

 


Posted 11 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
oh, is that Steven?
Posted 11 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
nice tune but lyrics as deep as a Hallmark card.
Posted 12 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
For me, this is the no.1 album of the 2000's
Posted 12 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]

I'm adding this to my collection when money allows...getting to like it more and more each listen.  Thanks RP.{#Angel}


Posted 12 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Just saw SW solo show....wow does he surround himself with players!  Incredible show is all I can say.
Posted 12 years ago by Canlistener    [ Reply ]
 Deadwing wrote:


I think SW has done a great disservice to himself and also his long time fans by compartmentalizing his instincts and channeling his musical faces and moods into such strictly differentiated outlets.

ie

The hard stuff is now PT

The melodic melancholic stuff is now Blackfield

The experimental stuff is now SW solo

time was, PT had ALL those elements at the same time on every album.

(No Man doesn't really fit into this argument  LOL)

Still my favorite musical madman though   {#Music}

.
 
Thanks for the excellent analysis DW.  Just saw SW's solo act live. Hearing this for the first time - recognized the voice instantly and kept waiting for change of tempo or crunching guitars and then....read your note.

Not knowing nearly as much as you I would have to agree that perhaps he ought to explore all territories under one moniker - or at least on one album. 

Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Porcupine Field.
Posted 13 years ago by Orodrigues    [ Reply ]

Good points Deadwing!  This apparent comparmentalization probably helps keep the musical creativity juices flowing.  But to be fair, the last two Porcupine Tree have had some range and different stuff that was probably written colloboratively in the studio.

 

How is the latest Blackfield?


Posted 13 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

Well, I'd say the Blackfield sound is lighter, poppier, easier-listening really.

 

Porcupine Tree has definitely adopted a prog metal edge and is more adventurous melodically and rhythmically. 


 

I think SW has done a great disservice to himself and also his long time fans by compartmentalizing his instincts and channeling his musical faces and moods into such strictly differentiated outlets.

ie

The hard stuff is now PT

The melodic melancholic stuff is now Blackfield

The experimental stuff is now SW solo

time was, PT had ALL those elements at the same time on every album.

(No Man doesn't really fit into this argument  LOL)

Still my favorite musical madman though   {#Music}

.


Posted 13 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
For me as well....I find their new CD lacking though.. robco1 wrote:
This album took several listens before I really warmed up to it. Now I can't stop listening to it...

 
 
I don't find it as warm maybe? More clinical? Hard to describe it. I feel you. Some of it I really like though.

I have heard some excerpts from SW's upcoming second solo album though, and, Oh My!

It sounds so promising.

It might be the best thing he has done in the last 3-4 years!

{#Cheers}


Posted 13 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
Somebody was hurtin quite bad when they cut this CD but it is a good one.. I like the whole thing..
Posted 13 years ago by ski19570    [ Reply ]
For me as well....I find their new CD lacking though.. robco1 wrote:
This album took several listens before I really warmed up to it. Now I can't stop listening to it...

 


Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
This album took several listens before I really warmed up to it. Now I can't stop listening to it...

Posted 13 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:

{#Stupid}And you can tell them apart how??
 
Blackfield is the boring one. . .
 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]

Well, I'd say the Blackfield sound is lighter, poppier, easier-listening really.

 

Porcupine Tree has definitely adopted a prog metal edge and is more adventurous melodically and rhythmically. 


Posted 13 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

Love Porcupine Tree, don't really care much for Blackfield. . . 
 
 
{#Stupid}And you can tell them apart how??

Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Pretty good stuff. I'm at a loss for why Steven Wilson has PT, this band, and a solo project too.  They seem to have the same sound to me, though maybe I could tell if I compared them side-by-side.

Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
... Me Too ...
:)  {#Iamwithstupid}

I too thought it Porcupine Tree - esq .. yeah I have to spell it out else I forget how to spell.. but then the singer didn't sound familiar.. look at monitor 2, see the mini play list and not see P.T.'s name ... INVESTIGATE ... and here we are... a member of PT is in there and the sound is very good.. so have to rate highly ... Mainstream radio... loose your ground again..
Posted 13 years ago by TreborG2    [ Reply ]
This is really working today, but not always

Posted 13 years ago by fast_eddie    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:


Agreed. Volume UP.
 

Posted 13 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
New album and tour soon...go ahead google it!
Posted 13 years ago by cptbuz    [ Reply ]
I thought for a second Blackfield was ripping off PT's signature sound. Kinda like it.
Posted 13 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]

Love Porcupine Tree, don't really care much for Blackfield. . . 
 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]

I was good until the chorus and then lost interest...{#Doh}


Posted 13 years ago by hestnoro    [ Reply ]
...two steven wilson songs in one morning?..c'mon, bill, you can do better than that...

Posted 13 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
Blackfield is a porcupine Astronaut!

PS
Haaaaaaa....!!!!

I had nooooo clue one of the guys was really
a member of PT till Bill just (!!!!) said it! Funny!

Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 ERERER wrote:
Beautiful, gentle and powerful.
 

Agreed. Volume UP.
Posted 13 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
 nigelr wrote:

Agreed, unmistakably wonderful. Loving the drum work...
 
{#Yes}

Posted 13 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
How well do artists like Blackfield and for that matter Porcupine Tree do when NOT in the mainstream?  I listen to far more "net" radio now than "car" FM/AM . . . thoughts?
Posted 13 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
Poets.
Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
A masterpiece {#Exclaim}
Posted 14 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Beautiful, gentle and powerful.
Posted 14 years ago by ERERER    [ Reply ]
 garycha wrote:
Perfect 10.
 
Agreed, perfect.

Posted 14 years ago by lattalo    [ Reply ]
Perfect 10.
Posted 14 years ago by garycha    [ Reply ]
Hey, the song title is misleading. ...(runs away)

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
I have the BF live DVD and it is quite good. Aven's band is ver very good. Quite different from the members of PT which provides their own unique sound. When you hear SW voice most would alway's associate the tune as being PT or PT light. I totally disagree with this as SW voice and playing ads a demension to BF but the music is can still stand on its own. I think a lot of this has to do with Avens writing as well and the part of the world he comes from that most of us , myself included have no clue what it would be like to live in.
Posted 14 years ago by scooterdog    [ Reply ]
This song is just beautiful.....makes me wanna cry!
Posted 14 years ago by emgi    [ Reply ]
 nigelr wrote:

Agreed, unmistakably wonderful. Loving the drum work...
 

Pretty sure this is Porcupine Tree's drummer on this song.
Posted 14 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
Hey there,

the result off the "Artist Website" link is wrong: 
The Artist website is https://www.blackfield.org/.


Posted 15 years ago by katees    [ Reply ]
 robco1 wrote:
Unmistakable.
 
Agreed, unmistakably wonderful. Loving the drum work...


Posted 15 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
PT with a guest singer, that's all. Very PT. The jury is still deliberating...
 
Very true. I've seen them live, and I DO like them—they were quite enjoyable. But without SW we would never have known they exist. It's not that they're bad, they're not. But without SW the best they could hope for is ordinary.

Posted 15 years ago by jeepstir    [ Reply ]
It seems I like everything Steven Wilson has a hand in. His compositions are unmistakable to me as well.
Posted 15 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
PT with a guest singer, that's all. Very PT. The jury is still deliberating...
 
Not exactly. This is Steven Wilson from Porcupine Tree, with Aviv Geffen.

Posted 15 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
quite a cool song I think.  Surprised nobody has made a comment.  This one barely qualifies as that.
meanwhile.......
Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
PT with a guest singer, that's all. Very PT. The jury is still deliberating...
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Unmistakable.
Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]