The Overview Lyrics – Steven Wilson

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[Part 1: Perspective]

[Verse 1]
Size beyond one megametre
10 to the power of 6
Ganymede
Callisto
Wolf 359
Size beyond one gigametre
10 to the power of 9
Sirius
Altair
Vega
Polaris
Size beyond one terametre
10 to the power of 12
Antares
Pistol Star
Betelgeuse

[Verse 2]
Size beyond one petametre
10 to the power of 15
Stringray Nebula
Ring Nebula
Helix Nebula
The Spire
Hourglass Nebula
[Verse 3]
Size beyond one exametre
10 to the power of 18
Omega Centurai
Messier 54
Tarantula Nebula
Size beyond one zettametre
10 to the power of 21
Milky Way

Andromeda Galaxy
Fornax Cluster
Size beyond one yottametre
10 to the power of 24
Virgo Super Cluster
Eridanus Supervoid
Super Cluster Complex

[Part 2: A Beautiful Infinity/Borrowed Atoms]

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
The clouds have no history
And the sea feels no sorrow
The oxygen recycled
And the atoms are just borrowed
The painless and fragility
Of this cycle, oh

[Chorus]
(??)
Is this real or is this a dream?
There’s no reason for anything
Just a beautiful infinity
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 could shade the sun
But in a billion years its journey’s just begun
(Begun, do-do-do-do)

[Part 3: Infinity Measured in Moments]

[Verse]
Size beyond one megametre
10 to the power of 6
Ganymede
Callisto
Wolf 359
Size beyond one gigametre
10 to the power of 9
Sirius
Altair
Vega
Polaris
Size beyond one terametre
10 to the power of 12
Antares
Pistol Star
Betelgeuse

[Chorus]
From the air, from the dust
From the sea, from the blood
In the capsule falling millions of years
Creating (??)
All destroyed, (??) through the void
(??)
From the air, from the dust
From the sea, from the blood
In the capsule falling millions of years
Creating (??)
All destroyed, (??) through the void
(??)

[Outro]
Size beyond one exametre
10 to the power of 18
Omega Centurai
Messier 54
Tarantula Nebula
Size beyond one zettametre
10 to the power of 21
Milky Way
Andromeda Galaxy
Fornax Cluster
Size beyond one yottametre
10 to the power of 24
Virgo Super Cluster
Eridanus Supervoid
Super Cluster Complex