"Index" lyrics

"Index"

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 collectable 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 seem to always 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


Writer(s): Steven Wilson
album: "Grace For Drowning" (2011)
Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning album cover
Grace for Drowning
(Instrumental)
Sectarian
(Instrumental)
Raider Prelude
(Instrumental)
Belle de Jour
(Instrumental)
Home In Negative
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Fluid Tap
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
The Map
(Instrumental)
Raider Acceleration
(Instrumental)
Black Dog Throwbacks
(Instrumental)
Raider II (Demo Version)
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)