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    Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson - “Index” (Live in London October 2011)

“Thank you… London…

Thank you… for coming… to the concert…

I… am… a… collector…”

I’m a collector, I collect anything I find
I never throw anything away that’s mine
And I’d collect you too if I was given half a chance
And trap you under the glass and add my autograph

I catalog, I preserve, and I index
And file you into my collectible Rolodex
I keep the rubbish what other people give away
And keep all of the pieces in a metal tray

Hoard - collect - file - index
Catalog - preserve - amass - index

I’m a collector and I’ve always been misunderstood
I like the things that people always seem to overlook
I gather up and catalog it in a book I wrote
There’s so much now that I forget if I don’t make a note

If I collected you and put you in a little cage
I could take you out and study you every day
It isn’t easy being me, it’s kind of lonely work
My obligation to collecting is my only thirst

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