SQUACKETT
A Life Within A Day
(2012)
1. A Life Within A Day 6'35 (Steve Hackett / Chris Squire / Roger King)
2. Tall Ships 6'19 (Steve Hackett / Chris Squire / Roger King)
3. Divided Self 4'06 (Steve Hackett / Chris Squire / Nick Clabburn)
4. Aliens 5'33 (Steve Hackett / Chris Squire / Roger King / Healy)
5. Sea Of Smiles 5'25 (Steve Hackett / Chris Squire / Roger King)
6. The Summer Backwards 3'01 (Steve Hackett / Chris Squire / Roger King)
7. Stormchaser 5'27 Ego And Id (Steve Hackett / Chris Squire / Roger King / Nick Clabburn)
8. Can’t Stop The Rain 5'48 (Steve Hackett / Chris Squire / Roger King / Gerard Johnson / Simon Sessler)
9. Perfect Love Song 4'04 (Steve Hackett / Chris Squire / Roger King / Gerard Johnson)
Total Time: 46:18
5.1 Surround Sound Mix by Roger King
For Esoteric Antenna:
Project Co-ordination by Mark Powell
Additional co-ordination by Vicky Powell for Esoteric Arts Ltd.
Artwork and Design by Phil Smee at Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium
Cover Image Design by Xu Bing
Photography by Mauzirio & Angela Vicedomini
1. A Life Within A Day
One minute to midnight in the dawn of humanity
A hundred million suns reflect in the deep blue sea
Compact the time, make the sign
Invoke the deity
An abandoned lighthouse darkened by the sea
In the heart of the forest stands the tallest tree
A thousand turning windmills
Endless energy
A life within a day
One minute to midnight
A life within a day
In the heart of the forest
A life within a day
A thousand threshing windmills
A life within a day
2. Tall Ships
Hunter’s moon, lantern red
The vault of night glowing overhead
Sunken church bells ring under the sea
Tolling with the waves reaching you and me
On a night sea journey pulling us through
Eons of dreams, indigo blue
East of the wind, ahead for the day
Eat of the sun, drink of the spray
Tall ships, bright stars
Carry us near, carry us far
An opaque mist on a shining sea
A new dawn breaking, change of scenery
Sun-kissed islands scar the southern sphere
Our journey’s end, a new day without fear
Tall ships, bright stars
Carry us near, carry us far
3. Divided Self
To be or not to be a white van man
A prince without a plan
Hamlet is a ham, a boy who loves his mam
Don’t mean to be a cynic, happy at the clinic anyhow
Thank you Mr Freud, that’s my life destroyed
Decided, united, derided
Divided self
The enemy within us knows heaven’s full of sinners
You could be laughing as you weep
Crowded in this lonely room with actors landing on the moon
Don’t mean to be a cynic, happy at the clinic anyhow
Stay young and beautiful all the time
Decided, united, derided
Divided self
4. Aliens
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
We are the class of 4007
Centuries away from home
Designated discoverers
Today we are back in time
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
Our time machines fly back and forth
That’s the way our history’s taught
How we accumulate our knowledge
Searching for the truth we forage
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
The day will come we’ll have passports to the sun
Fly around the universe
Knowing where we’re going
And where it all began
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
Travelling the road of space and time
Taking care not to leave any imprint behind
Making sure that we cover our tracks
Just a matter of fact or science fiction?
The day will come we’ll have passports to the sun
We’ll fly around the universe
Knowing where we all came from
And knowing what we’ve become
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
5. Sea Of Smiles
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
Passing streets where memory ends in a sliver of moon through a forest of spires
Visions of earth, steam escapes from siren cities, squealing tyres
Motel falling apart at the seams
Freak show drugstore, crumbling dreams
Fireballs flashing across the sky
Calling you, reaching me
Mountains move, troubles melt
When I think of all the things we felt
Love is still an open door
Like a wingless bird that cries no more
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
City life, the screaming trees in a high resolution snapshot flash
Jurassic towers, industrial strength washing lines recovering ash
A big freeze, a silent call
Snakes and ladders, the rise and fall
Changing fortunes, changing lanes
The road behind a broken chain
Another world pushing shadows back disappearing through the cracks
Look ahead just keep moving on, find a way across the Rubicon
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
6. The Summer Backwards
Caught by the slipstream past steamship island
Dangerously close to the skeleton coast
Held in a cloudburst, echoing the rain
Chiming percussion, a fleeting refrain
The summer backwards
Through the summer backwards, buoyed on a soundwave
On a clear morning, a gold and silver day
Winding through the straits, longing for the shore
Drowning in words, searching for the lost score
The summer backwards
Gliding the shallows, maze of coral
Underwater frescos, worlds we swallowed
Taken from a dream, Venus and the mast
Sphinx beneath the sea, smile behind the mask
The summer backwards
7. Stormchaser
The whisper and wail of the wind
In the shadow of a twister rocks go wandering
Rivers in the sky, night begins
We move on wheels we have no wings
Stormchaser
In the fading light close to the void
A panic attack, peace destroyed
Chasing the ghost of a smoking stack
In the centre of hell, better face the fact
Stormchaser
8. Can’t Stop The Rain
My mother always said to me, “be honest to yourself
“And always be the best that you can be
“Never let life pass you by”, was her philosophy
But I never saw the tears she cried
You can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling down
There comes a time when every boy grows up to be himself
Always searching for the perfect plan
To define his rite of passage, his responsibility
So he can do the best he can
But you can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling down
If we knew what we know now we’d probably change
How we’ve handled humanity
So we have to believe we have come to our senses
In truth and sincerity
You can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
You can’t stop the rain falling down
9. Perfect Love Song
A jukebox wreathed in thin blue smoke
In the corner stands alone
Forgotten dreams forgotten smiles
While I still want to hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
Fanfares leading us astray
Songs of praise and songs of blame
One last drink and one last play
Turn until I hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
How quickly memories slip the net
It feels like we’ve already met
A soundtrack sighing on and on
From a film that has
The Perfect love song
Perfect love song
A hundred million suns reflect in the deep blue sea
Compact the time, make the sign
Invoke the deity
An abandoned lighthouse darkened by the sea
In the heart of the forest stands the tallest tree
A thousand turning windmills
Endless energy
A life within a day
One minute to midnight
A life within a day
In the heart of the forest
A life within a day
A thousand threshing windmills
A life within a day
-
Hunter’s moon, lantern red
The vault of night glowing overhead
Sunken church bells ring under the sea
Tolling with the waves reaching you and me
On a night sea journey pulling us through
Eons of dreams, indigo blue
East of the wind, ahead for the day
Eat of the sun, drink of the spray
Tall ships, bright stars
Carry us near, carry us far
An opaque mist on a shining sea
A new dawn breaking, change of scenery
Sun-kissed islands scar the southern sphere
Our journey’s end, a new day without fear
Tall ships, bright stars
Carry us near, carry us far
3. Divided Self
To be or not to be a white van man
A prince without a plan
Hamlet is a ham, a boy who loves his mam
Don’t mean to be a cynic, happy at the clinic anyhow
Thank you Mr Freud, that’s my life destroyed
Decided, united, derided
Divided self
The enemy within us knows heaven’s full of sinners
You could be laughing as you weep
Crowded in this lonely room with actors landing on the moon
Don’t mean to be a cynic, happy at the clinic anyhow
Stay young and beautiful all the time
Decided, united, derided
Divided self
4. Aliens
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
We are the class of 4007
Centuries away from home
Designated discoverers
Today we are back in time
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
Our time machines fly back and forth
That’s the way our history’s taught
How we accumulate our knowledge
Searching for the truth we forage
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
The day will come we’ll have passports to the sun
Fly around the universe
Knowing where we’re going
And where it all began
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
Travelling the road of space and time
Taking care not to leave any imprint behind
Making sure that we cover our tracks
Just a matter of fact or science fiction?
The day will come we’ll have passports to the sun
We’ll fly around the universe
Knowing where we all came from
And knowing what we’ve become
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
5. Sea Of Smiles
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
Passing streets where memory ends in a sliver of moon through a forest of spires
Visions of earth, steam escapes from siren cities, squealing tyres
Motel falling apart at the seams
Freak show drugstore, crumbling dreams
Fireballs flashing across the sky
Calling you, reaching me
Mountains move, troubles melt
When I think of all the things we felt
Love is still an open door
Like a wingless bird that cries no more
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
City life, the screaming trees in a high resolution snapshot flash
Jurassic towers, industrial strength washing lines recovering ash
A big freeze, a silent call
Snakes and ladders, the rise and fall
Changing fortunes, changing lanes
The road behind a broken chain
Another world pushing shadows back disappearing through the cracks
Look ahead just keep moving on, find a way across the Rubicon
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
6. The Summer Backwards
Caught by the slipstream past steamship island
Dangerously close to the skeleton coast
Held in a cloudburst, echoing the rain
Chiming percussion, a fleeting refrain
The summer backwards
Through the summer backwards, buoyed on a soundwave
On a clear morning, a gold and silver day
Winding through the straits, longing for the shore
Drowning in words, searching for the lost score
The summer backwards
Gliding the shallows, maze of coral
Underwater frescos, worlds we swallowed
Taken from a dream, Venus and the mast
Sphinx beneath the sea, smile behind the mask
The summer backwards
7. Stormchaser
The whisper and wail of the wind
In the shadow of a twister rocks go wandering
Rivers in the sky, night begins
We move on wheels we have no wings
Stormchaser
In the fading light close to the void
A panic attack, peace destroyed
Chasing the ghost of a smoking stack
In the centre of hell, better face the fact
Stormchaser
8. Can’t Stop The Rain
My mother always said to me, “be honest to yourself
“And always be the best that you can be
“Never let life pass you by”, was her philosophy
But I never saw the tears she cried
You can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling down
There comes a time when every boy grows up to be himself
Always searching for the perfect plan
To define his rite of passage, his responsibility
So he can do the best he can
But you can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling down
If we knew what we know now we’d probably change
How we’ve handled humanity
So we have to believe we have come to our senses
In truth and sincerity
You can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
You can’t stop the rain falling down
9. Perfect Love Song
A jukebox wreathed in thin blue smoke
In the corner stands alone
Forgotten dreams forgotten smiles
While I still want to hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
Fanfares leading us astray
Songs of praise and songs of blame
One last drink and one last play
Turn until I hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
How quickly memories slip the net
It feels like we’ve already met
A soundtrack sighing on and on
From a film that has
The Perfect love song
Perfect love song
A prince without a plan
Hamlet is a ham, a boy who loves his mam
Don’t mean to be a cynic, happy at the clinic anyhow
Thank you Mr Freud, that’s my life destroyed
Decided, united, derided
Divided self
The enemy within us knows heaven’s full of sinners
You could be laughing as you weep
Crowded in this lonely room with actors landing on the moon
Don’t mean to be a cynic, happy at the clinic anyhow
Stay young and beautiful all the time
Decided, united, derided
Divided self
-
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
We are the class of 4007
Centuries away from home
Designated discoverers
Today we are back in time
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
Our time machines fly back and forth
That’s the way our history’s taught
How we accumulate our knowledge
Searching for the truth we forage
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
The day will come we’ll have passports to the sun
Fly around the universe
Knowing where we’re going
And where it all began
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
Travelling the road of space and time
Taking care not to leave any imprint behind
Making sure that we cover our tracks
Just a matter of fact or science fiction?
The day will come we’ll have passports to the sun
We’ll fly around the universe
Knowing where we all came from
And knowing what we’ve become
Aliens are only us, are only us from the future
5. Sea Of Smiles
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
Passing streets where memory ends in a sliver of moon through a forest of spires
Visions of earth, steam escapes from siren cities, squealing tyres
Motel falling apart at the seams
Freak show drugstore, crumbling dreams
Fireballs flashing across the sky
Calling you, reaching me
Mountains move, troubles melt
When I think of all the things we felt
Love is still an open door
Like a wingless bird that cries no more
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
City life, the screaming trees in a high resolution snapshot flash
Jurassic towers, industrial strength washing lines recovering ash
A big freeze, a silent call
Snakes and ladders, the rise and fall
Changing fortunes, changing lanes
The road behind a broken chain
Another world pushing shadows back disappearing through the cracks
Look ahead just keep moving on, find a way across the Rubicon
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
6. The Summer Backwards
Caught by the slipstream past steamship island
Dangerously close to the skeleton coast
Held in a cloudburst, echoing the rain
Chiming percussion, a fleeting refrain
The summer backwards
Through the summer backwards, buoyed on a soundwave
On a clear morning, a gold and silver day
Winding through the straits, longing for the shore
Drowning in words, searching for the lost score
The summer backwards
Gliding the shallows, maze of coral
Underwater frescos, worlds we swallowed
Taken from a dream, Venus and the mast
Sphinx beneath the sea, smile behind the mask
The summer backwards
7. Stormchaser
The whisper and wail of the wind
In the shadow of a twister rocks go wandering
Rivers in the sky, night begins
We move on wheels we have no wings
Stormchaser
In the fading light close to the void
A panic attack, peace destroyed
Chasing the ghost of a smoking stack
In the centre of hell, better face the fact
Stormchaser
8. Can’t Stop The Rain
My mother always said to me, “be honest to yourself
“And always be the best that you can be
“Never let life pass you by”, was her philosophy
But I never saw the tears she cried
You can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling down
There comes a time when every boy grows up to be himself
Always searching for the perfect plan
To define his rite of passage, his responsibility
So he can do the best he can
But you can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling down
If we knew what we know now we’d probably change
How we’ve handled humanity
So we have to believe we have come to our senses
In truth and sincerity
You can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
You can’t stop the rain falling down
9. Perfect Love Song
A jukebox wreathed in thin blue smoke
In the corner stands alone
Forgotten dreams forgotten smiles
While I still want to hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
Fanfares leading us astray
Songs of praise and songs of blame
One last drink and one last play
Turn until I hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
How quickly memories slip the net
It feels like we’ve already met
A soundtrack sighing on and on
From a film that has
The Perfect love song
Perfect love song
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
Passing streets where memory ends in a sliver of moon through a forest of spires
Visions of earth, steam escapes from siren cities, squealing tyres
Motel falling apart at the seams
Freak show drugstore, crumbling dreams
Fireballs flashing across the sky
Calling you, reaching me
Mountains move, troubles melt
When I think of all the things we felt
Love is still an open door
Like a wingless bird that cries no more
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
City life, the screaming trees in a high resolution snapshot flash
Jurassic towers, industrial strength washing lines recovering ash
A big freeze, a silent call
Snakes and ladders, the rise and fall
Changing fortunes, changing lanes
The road behind a broken chain
Another world pushing shadows back disappearing through the cracks
Look ahead just keep moving on, find a way across the Rubicon
Knew that I’d always find you out in the sun, flying high
Fire and ice my gypsy child, over and over a sea of smiles
-
Caught by the slipstream past steamship island
Dangerously close to the skeleton coast
Held in a cloudburst, echoing the rain
Chiming percussion, a fleeting refrain
The summer backwards
Through the summer backwards, buoyed on a soundwave
On a clear morning, a gold and silver day
Winding through the straits, longing for the shore
Drowning in words, searching for the lost score
The summer backwards
Gliding the shallows, maze of coral
Underwater frescos, worlds we swallowed
Taken from a dream, Venus and the mast
Sphinx beneath the sea, smile behind the mask
The summer backwards
7. Stormchaser
The whisper and wail of the wind
In the shadow of a twister rocks go wandering
Rivers in the sky, night begins
We move on wheels we have no wings
Stormchaser
In the fading light close to the void
A panic attack, peace destroyed
Chasing the ghost of a smoking stack
In the centre of hell, better face the fact
Stormchaser
8. Can’t Stop The Rain
My mother always said to me, “be honest to yourself
“And always be the best that you can be
“Never let life pass you by”, was her philosophy
But I never saw the tears she cried
You can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling down
There comes a time when every boy grows up to be himself
Always searching for the perfect plan
To define his rite of passage, his responsibility
So he can do the best he can
But you can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling down
If we knew what we know now we’d probably change
How we’ve handled humanity
So we have to believe we have come to our senses
In truth and sincerity
You can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
You can’t stop the rain falling down
9. Perfect Love Song
A jukebox wreathed in thin blue smoke
In the corner stands alone
Forgotten dreams forgotten smiles
While I still want to hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
Fanfares leading us astray
Songs of praise and songs of blame
One last drink and one last play
Turn until I hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
How quickly memories slip the net
It feels like we’ve already met
A soundtrack sighing on and on
From a film that has
The Perfect love song
Perfect love song
In the shadow of a twister rocks go wandering
Rivers in the sky, night begins
We move on wheels we have no wings
Stormchaser
In the fading light close to the void
A panic attack, peace destroyed
Chasing the ghost of a smoking stack
In the centre of hell, better face the fact
Stormchaser
-
My mother always said to me, “be honest to yourself
“And always be the best that you can be
“Never let life pass you by”, was her philosophy
But I never saw the tears she cried
You can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling down
There comes a time when every boy grows up to be himself
Always searching for the perfect plan
To define his rite of passage, his responsibility
So he can do the best he can
But you can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling down
If we knew what we know now we’d probably change
How we’ve handled humanity
So we have to believe we have come to our senses
In truth and sincerity
You can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
Can’t stop the rain falling
Stop the rain falling
You can’t stop the rain falling down
9. Perfect Love Song
A jukebox wreathed in thin blue smoke
In the corner stands alone
Forgotten dreams forgotten smiles
While I still want to hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
Fanfares leading us astray
Songs of praise and songs of blame
One last drink and one last play
Turn until I hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
How quickly memories slip the net
It feels like we’ve already met
A soundtrack sighing on and on
From a film that has
The Perfect love song
Perfect love song
In the corner stands alone
Forgotten dreams forgotten smiles
While I still want to hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
Fanfares leading us astray
Songs of praise and songs of blame
One last drink and one last play
Turn until I hear
The perfect love song
Perfect love song
How quickly memories slip the net
It feels like we’ve already met
A soundtrack sighing on and on
From a film that has
The Perfect love song
Perfect love song