Mysterons Lyrics
Portishead
Portishead
Portishead
[Verse 1]
Inside, you're pretending
Crimes have been swept aside
Somewhere
Where they can forget
[Verse 2]
Divine upper reaches
Still holding on
This ocean
Will not be grasped
[Chorus]
All for nothing
Did you really want
Did you really want
Did you really want
Did you really want
[Verse 3]
Refuse to surrender
Strung out until ripped apart
Who dares
Who dares to condemn?
About
The song title is derived from the Mysterons, a species from Mars who are the antagonists/villains in the classic 1967-1968 British TV show, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Barrow: Barry Gray and his orchestra wrote and recorded the music for Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet. They were puppets, but they had the most amazing spacecrafts and dark music, and they had a full massive orchestral score.
Utley: I think the Barry Gray had the biggest orchestra. He always demanded the biggest orchestra, and it was really weird because it wasn’t for a big program. It was for a sci-fi puppet show. He is a great writer. The music was awesome.
Barrow: Captain Scarlet’s main enemy was the Mysterons, and somebody had a Barry Gray 12". It was the theme from Thunderbirds, and on the other side it was the theme from Mysterons. It had a theremin-like instrument.
Utley: It had a thing called an ondes martenot, which is a French classical instrument that was invented in the 20s. They used to on Star Trek famously.
Barrow: It’s kind of sci-fi spooky, and that became that became the main body of it.
Via: KEXP
- 1.Mysterons
- 2.Sour Times
- 3.Strangers
- 6.It’s A Fire
- 7.Numb
- 8.Roads
- 9.Pedestal
- 10.Biscuit
- 11.Glory Box