Raider II Lyrics

[Verse 1]
A fist will make you understand intention
To raise alarm is underhand, so I cut off the phone
I bind you up with tape and catch some TV
It's getting late, the shadows in the street are watching us

[Verse 2]
Check for fibres in the gaps between the teeth, the floorboards
Check the fingerprints, go through the trash

Maybe I just wanted some attention
Compulsion seeks its own way in rejection of the light
Every story needs to have an ending
We might as well give up all this pretending and clear the air

[Verse 3]
The night is crawling closer to the action
Your mouth is driving me into distraction, you talk too much
Well every story needs to have an ending
We might as well give up all this pretending and clear the air

[Verse 4]
A plague inside your home, I'm Raider
Defiling all you own, Raider
A cat among the crows, I'm Raider
The butcher and his prose, I'm Raider
[Verse 5]
Raider
Raider

[Instrumental Epilogue]

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Raider II is a song from Steven Wilson’s second solo album Grace For Drowning. It is the 4th track on disc 2. It is also the longest, with a running time of 23:21.

It is written primarily about the American serial killer Dennis Rader. Steven Wilson confirmed this before the playing the song live at London’s Royal Festival Hall in 2013.

The song appears to be from the killer’s point of view and goes into the methods he used to kill people.

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Credits
Saxophone
Clarinet
Percussion
Harmonium
Keyboards
Sound Designer
Piano Solo
Chapman Stick
Choir Arranger
Acoustic Guitar
Released on
September 26, 2011
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