MARILLION


Marbles

(2 CD)

(2004)




Disc 1

1. The Invisible Man 13'37
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
2. Marbles I 1'47
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
3. You`re Gone 6'28
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
4. Angelina 7'42
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
5. Marbles II 1'55
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
6. Don`t Hurt Yourself 5'48
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
7. Fantastic Place 6'12
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
(Islands are mountain tops)
8. Marbles III 1'52
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
9. Drilling Holes 5'12
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
10. Marbles IV 1'25
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
11. Neverland 12'10
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
12. You're Gone
(single mix) 4'00
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)

Disc 2

13. Genie 4'54
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
(One Way Street)

14. The Only Unforgivable Thing 7'13
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
15. Ocean Cloud 17'58
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)
(Dedicated to Don ALLUM, and the OCEAN ROWERS)
16. The Damage 4'35
(Steve Hogarth / Steve Rothery / Mark Kelly / Pete Trewavas / Ian Mosley)

Total Time: 112:48 (68:08 + 34:40)


  • Mark Kelly - Keyboards
  • Steve Rothery - Guitar, Bass (6)
  • Pete Trewavas - Bass, Acoustic Guitar (6, 9)
  • Ian Mosley - Drums
  • Steve Hogarth - Hammered Dulcimer (1), Additional Guitar (7), Vocals

    All Music Written by MARILLION
    Lyrics by Mr. h
    Produced & Recorded by Dave Meegan
    Mixed by Michael Hunter, except:
    "The Invisible Man", "You're Gone", "Fantastic Place" MIXED by Dave Meegan

    "Angelina" Mixed by Dave Meegan and Steven Wilson
    Additional Contributions!
    Carrie Tree - additional vocal on
    "Angelina"

    Written, Recorded and Mixed at
    The RACKET CLUB, Buckinghamshire, for the whole of 2002, 2003 and the beginning of 2004
    Mastered by Simon Heyworth at
    SUPER AUDIO MASTERING

    All Songs by Hogarth / Rothery / Kelly / Trewavas / Mosley

    BIG THANKS

    Erik, Cols and Christine for enduring us.
    Dave and Jayne Meegan for enduring it
    Sil and Fiona Wilcox
    Carl Glover for his Art.
    Luigi Colasanti Antonelli, likewise.
    Geoff Allum
    Georgina Wistow
    Henry and Dick at Absolute
    Tally and Metz
    Clinton and Pugh
    Richard Pettifer
    John Mitchell
    Dave Cooper
    Louise Price
    Steve Bell at 1st Easy
    Tina at Zildjian Cymbals
    Simon Fraser-Clark at Laney
    Jim and all at PMT, Oxford
    Dave at the Oxford Guitar Gallery
    Kenneth and Tatiana Crutchlow at the
    OCEAN ROWING SOCIETY
    www.oceanrowing.com

    DAVE would like to Thank Jayne, Daniel, Amy, and

    Thomas for all the patience and love



    Disc 1

    1. The Invisible Man

      The world "s gone mad
      And I have lost touch
      I shouldn't admit it
      But I have.
      It slipped away while I was distracted
      I haven't changed
      I swear I haven't changed
      How did this happen?

      I didn't feel myself
      Evaporating...

      My body has gone
      But my eyes remain
      Hovering. Witnessing.
      Cold as a ghost ..watching the streets
      Sheltering in doorways of
      Venice, Vienna,
      Budapest, Krakow, and Amsterdam

      I have become the invisible man

      The invisible heart beating against you
      The invisible pulse silently thumping

      I shout my name in the public places
      No one seems to notice
      No one understands
      I stand perfectly still
      In the middle of the road
      I hold my nerve
      I hold my nerve
      Hold my nerve
      But the cars don't swerve

      I will hear your prayers
      As you whisper alone
      I am the one you felt was close
      Close behind you in St. Stephen
      You lit a candle
      Blessings in the cold night air

      I'll feel your breath as you turn to go
      I'll watch you leave
      From somewhere up high
      As you cross the park
      In the Autumn light
      In the Autumn light
      In the Autumn light

      If I close my eyes
      I can see where you live
      Climb the winding stairs
      Up to your apartment
      The scent of you preparing
      His evening meal
      I must watch in dread
      When he's cruel to you
      In horrified silence
      As you make love
      I cannot lift a hand Lift a hand to stop him
      I don't exist
      What can I do ?
      What can I do ?

      I will scream in your ear
      As you're passing by
      I will wrap my arms around you
      You won't hear, you won't feel me
      I will walk stride for stride with you
      I will try to help
      When you stumble
      You will stumble through me.

      I have become the invisible man
      It's all I am
      Invisible
      I have read all your letters
      I know what you contain

      I have dreamt your dreams
      My head..
      My head is haunted
      I will scream again
      'I am perfectly sane'
      'I am perfectly sane'
      But lam
      The invisible man
      lam
      The invisible man

      Talk to me
      Acknowledge me
      Confide in me
      Confess to me ... or
      Leave me be
      Leave me be.

    2. Marbles I

      Did anyone see my last marble
      As it rolled out and over the floor ?
      It fell through a hole in the corner
      Of a room in a town on a tour

      It's lonely without your last marble
      I miss it not rattling around
      As I lie in my bed there's a space in my head
      Where there used to be colours and sound ..

    3. You`re Gone

      You're gone. As suddenly as you came to me
      Like nightfall followed dawn without a day
      between
      You're gone and suddenly I can't see
      I'm in the shadow of you
      I'm in the shadow of you

      I can see you in my minds rose-tinted eye..
      Somewhere you're drifting by
      Your heels rolling sparks on the lucky street

      While here am I, left behind
      Stunned and blind
      But I can see you from here
      I can see you so clear

      You are the light
      You are the light
      You have the day
      I have the night
      But we have the early hours together

      You're gone, and heaven cries.
      A thunderstorm breaks from the northern sky
      Chasing you back to the daily grind

      You're gone. And where am I?
      A haunted life
      The ghost of your laughter
      The half-empty glass
      The half-empty glass

      And I wait
      'til midnight tolls
      Two souls almost touching in the dark
      I'll be allright

      You are the light
      You are the light
      You have the day
      I have the night
      But we have the early hours
      We have the early hours

      We have the early hours together

    4. Angelina

      Every day at 5 A.M.
      If you're down or in a mess
      Get off on Angelina

      When you've stayed up far too late
      Fallen through the door in a state
      Call her at the premium rate
      Tune in to Angelina

      Don't touch that dial
      Don't go to bed
      Don't read a book
      Call up instead

      Angelina takes requests
      Every day at 5 A.M.
      If you're down or under stress
      Get into Angelina

      When you've stayed up far too late
      If you're life is in a state
      Call her at the premium rate
      Get into Angelina

      Don't touch that dial
      Don't go to bed
      Don't read a book
      Call up instead
      0800 s l e e p y h e a d
      Get off on Angelina

      Lonelymansbestfriend
      Lonelymansbestfriend

      All the classics
      All the hits
      Angelina, she's got it
      Ultra lounge and acid kitsch
      Get off on Angelina

      Something wicked something bad
      Something for your mom and dad
      Don't get even. Don't get mad
      Get off on Angelina

      Lonelymansbestfriend
      Lonelymansbestfriend
      Ooooh

      Mad Bad Kitsch Hits
      Shhh

      Angelina mega-jock
      Angelina round the clock
      Twin decked. Canned up. Ready to rock..

    5. Marbles II

      When I was a child I had marbles
      They brought admiration and fame
      They were pretty to look at and marbles
      Was always my favourite game

      We played all the summer days
      In the stony alleyways
      In the playground after class
      We would trade the coloured glass
      More valuable than diamonds
      More magical than diamonds
      Did anyone see ..
      Did anyone see ..
      Does anyone see ?

    6. Don`t Hurt Yourself

      There'll come a time when all of this is over
      Something etee will grow and take it's place
      The brand new carscrap metal in a junkyard
      The children playing will grow up and
      leave home

      Put it away this dream you cant
      stop dreaming
      Put it away this anger and desire
      The open road is infinitely hopeful
      Take all those memories and throw them
      in the fire

      And don't hurt yourself
      Don't hurt yourself
      Don't hurt yourserf anymore

      There's old man on a warm and sunny island
      No job, no money, just a smile to call his own
      Know what he says ?. "The past will only
      haunt you.
      Live for today. Each day's an open door
      Don't hurt yourself
      Don't hurt yourself
      Don't hurt yourserf anymore"

      Nothing to lose is nothing to fight over
      The shining starsl
      They've seen it all before.

      Don't hurt yourself
      Don't hurt yourself
      Don't hurt yourself anymore

      Dust keeps coming. Rust keeps coming.
      Weeds keep growing. Seeds keep growing
      Where you going ?

    7. Fantastic Place

      It's always a struggle
      To let somebody go
      It's a natural desire
      To own your lover, I know

      And you can screw a man down
      Until he takes to drinking
      He'll give you all of his money
      You still won't know what he's thinking

      Take me to the fantastic place
      Keep the rest of my life away
      Take me to the fantastic place
      Keep the rest of my life away

      Take me to the island
      I'll watch the rain over your shoulder
      The streetlights in the water
      The moment outside of real life

      I never could dream while I was sleeping
      Put your arms around my soul
      And take it dancing..

      Take me to the fantastic place
      Keep the rest of my life away
      Take me to the fantastic place
      Keep the rest of my life away

      Take me to the island
      I'll watch the rain over your shoulder
      The streetlights on the wet stone
      The moment outside of real life

      Say you understand me
      And I will leave myself completely
      Forgive me if I stare
      But I can see the island behind your tired,
      troubled eyes

      Take me to the island
      I'll tell you all I never told you
      The boy I never showed you
      More than I gave in my life
      Take me by the hand
      You'll either kill me or you'll save me
      Take me to the island
      Show me what might be real life

    8. Marbles III

      There were almost four hundred until
      the black day
      I discovered how high they would fly to the sky
      If you used them for tennis instead of a bad..

      Zinging glass satellites crueller than fate
      Whacked with a racket up into the blue
      I'd smashed all the greenhouses on the estate
      And a crowd formed a queue at the gate ..

    9. Drilling Holes

      A man came to drill holes in the afternoon
      And by the evening
      Most of the afternoon had gone

      I seem to have slept through the morning
      But in the afternoon
      A morning is yet to come

      A girl came to help out in the kitchen
      And by the evening
      We found we were all washed up

      We ate on the lawn
      With the insects
      We burned incense
      Most of the band turned up

      It was just one of those days
      When the mind strays
      One of those days
      When everyone plays
      One of those days
      When everyone stays
      And all of the dreaming goes on

      A woman arrived in a panic
      With a picnic
      Better to give than receive

      A man came to pick holes in the logic
      He wore plastic
      And shoes you would hardly believe

      The evening arrived
      Slightly early like a pygmy
      Chewing the wrong kind of leaves

      We ordered extra tea
      Listened to XTC
      Under a shady tree
      Went back to bed at three
      Ê was cool
      As can be
      (two sugars for me.)

      It was just one of those days
      When the mind strays
      When everyone plays

      One of those days

      When everyone stays
      And all of the dreaming goes on
      One of THOSE days.

    10. Marbles IV

      That was almost the end of my marbles
      Confiscated, I choked back the tears
      I hung onto a handful of favourites
      That disappeared over the years

      Did anyone see my last marble
      I swear that I had it before
      Sometimes I think I should go see a shrink
      In case he can find me some more

      Did anyone see my last marble?
      I'd saved it to give it away
      Since I was a youth
      Now I don't have no proof
      Only words
      Only words
      Only words.

    11. Neverland

      When the darkness takes me over
      Face down, emptier than zero
      Invisible you come to me
      .. quietly

      Stay beside me
      Whisper to me "Here I am"
      And the loneliness fades

      Some people think I'm somethin'
      Well you gave me that, I know
      But I always feel like nothing
      When I'm in the dark alone

      You provide the soul, the spark that
      drives me on
      Makes me something more than
      flesh and bone

      At times like these
      Any fool can see
      Any fool can see
      Your love inside me

      All these years
      Truth In front of my eyes
      While I denied
      What my heart knows was right

      At times like these
      Any fool can see
      Any fool can see
      Your love inside me

      I want to be someone
      I want to be someone
      I want to be someone
      Who someone would want to be
      Someone would want to be

      Wendy
      Darling
      In the kitchen
      With your dreams

      Will you fly
      again
      Take to the sky
      again

      Undo the hooks
      Once and for all
      Banish the tic tic tic tok tok tok
      Again

      Will you be
      Yourself for me
      Cause I can take it
      I can stand
      Anything

      When you're with me
      I can stand it
      I can stand

      But when you're gone
      I never land
      In Neveriand


      Want to be someone someone
      would want to be
      someone someone would want to be
      someone someone would want to be someone
      someone someone someone

      Any fool
      Any fool can see
      Any fool can see
      Your love
      Inside me

    12. You're Gone (single mix)

      Disc 2

      13. Genie

        I let the genie out of the box
        I let the genie out of the box
        I'm scared of everything
        I am I let the genie out of the box I'm scared of opening the can I let the genie out of the box

        I had this recurring dream
        I was living another life
        In another country
        In another time

        As I got older the dream began to fade away
        Until one day
        There she was., tapping me on my shoulder

        She says she's got so much to say
        But she's not telling it today
        She said "Come back when you're alone"
        But I'm not sure I want to know
        Cause maybe her road
        Is a one-way street
        Maybe her road..

        I'm scared of everything
        I am I'm scared of opening the can
        I'm scared of losing who
        I am Think I might've taken all I can
        I let the genie out of the box

        She said there's a house in your mind
        An attic of treasure, a forgotten pleasure park
        Waiting inside you in the dark
        Don't leave it behind
        Don't leave it behind

        I'm scared of everything
        I am I'm scared of opening the can
        I'm scared of losin' who I am
        Think I might've taken all I can
        I let the genie out of the box
        I let the genie out of the box
        Out of the box

    14. The Only Unforgivable Thing

      The only unforgivable thing
      Hauls itself out of bed
      Looks over my shoulder
      At the BloodyEnglishWeather

      The only unforgivable thing
      Waits for me in the corner of the room
      Laughs as I clean my teeth
      Laughs as I rub at my eyes

      The only unforgivable thing
      Is curled up in the wardrobe with my clothes
      Sticks like chicken bones in my throat
      Ruins the ritual Sunday lunchtimes

      The only unforgivable thing
      Watches itself with me
      Every night on the TV
      Follows me across the park
      As I go out walking in the dark
      Waits for me in the kitchen cupboards

      The only unforgivable thing
      The only unforgivable thing

      We will close down
      Hide in the comer of the
      Lost and Found
      For to live without the ground
      Is so unsound
      Gravity would only pull us down

      Will no one help the boys
      Who exist only as voices?

      I have lost the stars and the sky
      It was so that I could keep the earth
      So now I'm found
      Beyond the rocket-burst among
      the burned out fireworks
      In No-vember

      The only unforgivable thing
      Is comfortable in it's own skin
      Whispers 'Why did you do this to me ?'
      'til it's just about all
      Just about all I can see

      The only unforgivable thing
      The only unforgivable thing
      The only unforgivable thing

      I did ..
      I did ..
      You did .. You did .. You did ..
      We did ..

    15. Ocean Cloud

      He's seen too much of life
      And there's no going back
      The loneliness calls him
      And the edge which must be sharpened
      He's losing it. And he knows.
      But there's a fighter in his mind and his
      body's tough
      The years have been unkind but kind enough

      The smell of the earth
      It's his favourite smell
      But he's somehow compelled to the stinging
      salt hell
      To the place where he hurts and he's scared
      And there's no one to tell
      And no one who doesn't listen

      "You can take all the boys and the girls
      in the world
      And I'll trade them this morning for my sweet
      Ocean Cloud
      I've seen too much of life
      So the sea is my wife and a sweet Ocean
      Cloud is a mistress I'm allowed
      for now."

      "You can take all the boys and the girls
      in the world
      I wouldn't trade them this morning for my
      sweet Ocean Cloud
      I've seen too much of life
      So the sea is my wife and a sweet ocean
      cloud is a mistress I'm allowed
      for now."

      "Only me and the sea
      We will do as we please."

      He remembers the day he was marched
      to the front
      By the physical knuckle head teacher
      of games
      'Look lads' he declared, "This boy's
      a cream puff
      No guts and no muscles
      No spine and no stuffing"
      The whole schoolroom sniggered
      And silently thanked God it wasn't them..

      But time is revenge. All the bullies grow weal
      And must live with faithless women who
      despise them
      I'll be in Barbados in a couple of weeks
      With a rum on the table and yarns
      by the yard
      A story to tell and a story to save
      .. unless she changes her mind
      I'll trade them this morning for my sweet
      Ocean Cloud
      I've seen to much of life so the sea
      is my wife
      And the sweet ocean clouds will look down
      on my boat tonight

      The wind changed
      I felt it run beneath my ear
      Like silk drawn across my neck
      A dream of your legs
      Defying gravity in love

      The medium wave
      Brought signals here from far away
      Your tender voice riding on the sea spray
      Something in the air
      For those who know the signs
      Something in the air
      A storm ..

      When I was alive
      When I was alive
      Don't wanna remember
      When I was alive

      Watch me watch me
      Paint this picture

      Stretchin Hurtin Cursin
      Watch me
      Takin it Takin it Takin it Takin it ....
      Watch me. Watch me. God above ..

      Between two planets
      In between the points of light
      Between two distant shorelines
      Here am I

      Between two planets
      In the black daylight of space
      Between two heavenly bodies
      The invisible man.
      Ripping out the radio
      I want to be alone

      "You can take all the boys and the girls
      in the world
      I wouldn't trade them this morning for my
      sweet Ocean Cloud
      I've seen too much of life
      So the sea is my wife and a sweet Ocean
      Cloud is a mistress I'm allowed
      I've seen too much of life
      So the sea is my wife
      And the sweet ocean clouds will look down
      on my bones tonight ..

    16. The Damage

      I'm scared of opening the can
      Scared of changing who I am
      'Might've taken all I can
      I'm scared of even/thing I am

      Are you a natural woman ?
      I know I've got it comin ..
      The scent in the air
      And the water running

      The damage!

      She said she's not telling it today
      She said "Come back when you're alone"
      "Come back when you're alone"
      The damage The damage
      The damage The damage
      The damn damn dam damage

      Are you a natural woman?
      I know I've got it comin ..
      Dissent in the air
      And the water running

      Don't give me what's in the window, babe
      I want the stuff you think would never sell
      Whatcha have under the counter on the bottom shelf ?
      I'll buy the lowdown deepdown primal
      ruthful self

      I let the genie out of the box
      I let the genie out of the box

      Are you a natural woman ?
      I know I've got it comin ..
      The scent in the air
      And the water running

      Are you a natural woman ?
      Tell me you're the million-to-one
      Are you a natural woman ?
      Are you a natural woman ?
      I'm a natural man.