I saw @steevc s post about #alternativeweekend and knew directly which three songs in the category prog/alternative that I wanted to post.

Ayreon - Loser

The album The human equation showed me the awesome artist Arjeen Lucassen. It is a concept album about a man who enters a coma after a car accident and the songs are about his encounters with his feelings and about his wife and best friends that are by his side.

Two songs in that album stands out for me, Day 16: Loser and especially Day 11: Love.

A.C.T - Manipulator/Barbeque

A.C.T is a Swedish prog band that has created some really nice tracks. The album Last Epic is a concept album about a building and it inhabitants.

Marillion - Script for a jesters tear

I borrowed the LP Script for a jesters tear from a friend in college. I became hooked. From the first time the needle touched the record that album and that song has been one of my all time favourite.