Index

Index - Steven Wilson
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