The concept of the album was heavily influenced by Brett Easton Ellis' novel Lunar Park. The novel is told from the perspective of the father, whereas the album is mostly from the son’s perspective. Many of the lyrics for Fear of a Blank Planet are lifted directly from the novel, particularly “My As...
All the things that I needed
And wasted my chances
I have found myself wanting
When a mother and father
Gave me their problems
I accepted them all
Nothing ever expected
I was rejected
But I came back for more
And my ashes drift beneath the silver sky
Where a boy rides on a bike but never smiles
And my ashes fall on all the things we said
On a box of photographs under the bed
I will stay in my own world
Under the covers
I will feel safe inside
A kiss that will burn me
And cure me of dreaming
I was always returning
And my ashes find a way beyond the fog
And return to save the child that I forgot
And my ashes fade among the things unseen
And a dream plays in reverse on piano keys
And my ashes drop upon a park in Wales
Never ending clouds of rain and distant sails
My Ashes was written by Richard Barbieri & Steven Wilson.
My Ashes was produced by Porcupine Tree.
Porcupine Tree released My Ashes on Mon Apr 16 2007.