Way Out of Here

Infobox_single
Name = Way Out of Here


Caption = Cover of the Roadrunner Records promo single.
Artist = Porcupine Tree
Album = Fear of a Blank Planet
Released =
track_no = 5
Recorded = October - December 2006
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 11:53
Writer = Steven Wilson, Colin Edwin, Richard Barbieri, Gavin Harrison
prev = Sentimental
prev_no = 4
next = Sleep Together
next_no = 6

"Way Out of Here" is a song by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, and the fifth track from their ninth studio album, "Fear of a Blank Planet". It is remarkable for being the only full-band composition of the record. A promo two-track single was released by "|accessdate=2008-05-10] .

The song contains soundscapes provided by King Crimson's guitarist, Robert Fripp.

"Way Out of Here" was written in order to replace the song "Cheating the Polygraph", which was originally intended to be in the album but the band decided it did not fit well the concept so it was thrown out from the final tracklist [cite web | url = http://www.musik.terrorverlag.de/interviews.php?id=475 | title = PORCUPINE TREE (STEVEN WILSON) - Interview | publisher = Terrorverlag | accessdate = 2007-07-05] . "Cheating the Polygraph" was later included on the "Nil Recurring" EP.

Track listing

#Way Out of Here (album version) - 7:37
#Way Out of Here (radio edit) - 4:16

Personnel (song)

*Steven Wilson - vocals, guitar
*Richard Barbieri - keyboards
*Colin Edwin - bass
*Gavin Harrison - drums
*Robert Fripp - soundscapes

Music Video

An edited version of the music video for the song has been posted in the [http://myspace.com/porcupinetree band's myspace] . It was directed by long-time collaborator, artist Lasse Hoile. The full version can be seen at the band's live show.The video was shot in Aarhus, Silkeborg, and Vrads, Denmark.

The video is dedicated to Arielle Daniel, a girl who was killed by a train in November 12, 2005, at the age of seventeen, together with a friend of her, Heather Bates, who was fourteen years old. Arielle was a big Porcupine Tree fan who founded the band's MySpace Group. The accident occurred when the girls were taking photos on the rails [cite web | url = http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=370336 | title = "Police name girls killed by Amtrak train" | date = 2005-11-13 | accessdate= 2007-12-03] [cite web | url = http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=386820 | title = "Pain, but no answers" | date = 2006-06-21 | accessdate= 2007-12-03] . Both were from Oak Creek, Wisconsin. During a show at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in June 2, 2007, her family were present among the audience, so Steven Wilson paid tribute to them, saying "This is for Arielle" just before the band played "Blackest Eyes" which was her favourite song. That night, "Way Out of Here" was performed without showing the video on the screen.Fact|date=March 2008

Personnel (video)

*Lasse Hoile - director.

References