Lightbulb Sun - Porcupine Tree

The sun is a light bulb, a candle’s a treat

The curtains stay closed now on my little retreat

And I’ll only take medicine if it’s followed by sweets

A sickly pink liquid that puts me to sleep

My head beats a better way

Tomorrow a better day

And I can watch TV while I’m wrapped up in bed

And mother makes sure that I’m watered and fed

My best friends from school will come over and stare

At me in my bubble of germified air

My head beats a better way

Tomorrow a better day

When I’m asleep the smoke fills me

I feel the heat, my illness leaves me

My head beats a better way

Tomorrow a better day

When I’m asleep the smoke fills me

I feel the heat, my illness leaves me

The sun is a light bulb, a candle’s a treat

The curtains stay closed now on my little retreat

But after a while the noise from the street

Is making me wish I was back on my feet