The Most Haunting Prog Song(s)?

My vote goes to:

Van Der Graff Generator - "Pioneers Over C"

 

Most of the obvious ones I can think of have already been mentioned.

Dozens of songs from Porcupine Tree or Steven Wilson fit the bill. This one for example:

 

Traffic - Walking in the Wind

 

Pink Floyd - Sheep

 

Genesis

Blood on the Rooftops
Supper's Ready
The Lamina
Fith of Firth

 

King Crimson

The Trio
The Night Watch

 

The lyrics are downright creepy.

 

Steven Wilson - Raider II

 

This is a Yugo-prog song (Sanjao sam noćas da te nemam by Bijelo Dugme, 1976) about death; you don't understand lyrics, but there's an amazing & haunting Mellotron / Hammond organ solo that starts at 2:41 :



(English transl)
Tonight I dreamt that I don't have you

Tonight I dreamt that I don't have you
that I'm lying awake on beds of snow
and quietly, quietly
some other woman
calls out my name trough the night
bad dream

In my dreams I saw a white lily
back horses and celebrations without song
and quietly without sound
they go away somewhere
some dear people
Where, oh where
bad dream

Hey, night stop
let the dawn break
(let the dawn break)

 

The Flower Kings-Humanizzimo intro section is one I really enjoy.

 

The beautifully haunting "Machine Messiah" by YES.

 

Guess it could be argued whether it's prog or not. Still...

Peter Gabriel - We Do What We're Told.

 

Keeping with the loose definition of "prog", this is spookily beautiful:

 

Emerson Lake and Palmer-"From the Beginning".

 

Genesis - Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats
Steve Hackett - Shadow of the Hierophant
Pink Floyd - Cirrus Minor
Gentle Giant - His last voyage

 

White Noise - The Visitation

 

The Devil’s Triangle- King Crimson

Anything by Van Der Graaf Generator