I think this is one of the more direct songs that Steven Wilson has written based on his personal hobbies. Both him and Mikael Akerfeldt are collectors of music. They both catalogue and preserve their record collections and often spend time thumbing through their vinyl discussing bands that they like. If anything, Steven Wilson may have made this sound more sinister than it actually is. He might have imagined what his life would be like if he had compulsively HAD to buy records and his house looked like an episode of that Hoarders television show. Maybe he feels a little bit like he is one of those people, just a little bit more sane.
I think this is one of the more direct songs that Steven Wilson has written based on his personal hobbies. Both him and Mikael Akerfeldt are collectors of music. They both catalogue and preserve their record collections and often spend time thumbing through their vinyl discussing bands that they like. If anything, Steven Wilson may have made this sound more sinister than it actually is. He might have imagined what his life would be like if he had compulsively HAD to buy records and his house looked like an episode of that Hoarders television show. Maybe he feels a little bit like he is one of those people, just a little bit more sane.