Now Departing lyrics by Steven Wilson

Requiem for a village tracklist

released 2026 via Fiction records
1. Swirl In A Lark's Eye
2. Requiem For A Village
3. The Same River Twice
4. Now Departing lyrics
5. Hireath
6. (Instrumental)
7. On Chapel Slope
8. Murmuration
9. Cursus Fingerprint
10. A Basket Of Bees
11. Great Green Map
12. Wheel
13. The Old God Is Buried

Iris belligerent streamer
Dining alone every night
Now under witness protection
She'll never be anyone's bride

Ezra the Sonic Explorer
Records every sound that he makes
Replaying the let downs and failures
Just like old songs on a tape

The twins who live in the attic
No one has seen them in weeks
But detectives are highly suspicious
'Cause the butcher is selling more meat

The shop on the corner is sinking
The curtains are covered in mould
No one remembers or comes in
And no one recalls what it sold

Now departing
(Dressed up like monkeys...)

You might get on train but you'll never escape
'Cause all destinations end here
It's absurd to believe that when you mean to leave
The train will just bring you back here

Now departing
(Dressed up like monkeys...)

Rowan has chronic Tourette's
Obscenities flow when he's pissed
Demanding directions to places
That he really believes must exist

You might get on train but you'll never escape
'Cause all destinations end here
It's absurd to believe that when you mean to leave
The train will just bring you back here

Now departing
Train right out of here

Station master
Stamp collector
Cartographer
Postal worker