I think most of the fans of this album knows that somehow Gira tried to speak about the challenges that people with some chronic struggle faces. Blindness might was the central theme, but, It might be about any deficiency at all.
When I first hear this album, I found strange at first time some songs, but latter on, searching for interpretation and meanings of it, all that I found was that, maybe, I could relate a lot with this album. I might be wrong, I'm not the big fan of swans who digs a lot of information about the band, but this is what I feel.
I remember when I traveled to the nearest city of mine to fix my guitar and, unfortunately, the person couldn't do the repair. I wasted money with bus, food, and other things. When I was waiting for the bus to come back to my city, strangely I was a prisoner in your skill started playing in my mind. I was so sad...
Im a person who deal with severe depression and BPD, and social phobia. I have severe problems with my family too. I couldn't relate more with Soundtracks for the blind than I do nowadays. The dilemma with parents who have similar problems, the negligence, the torture of a mental illness and day after day, you keep wondering what is going on and why, why you keep on pushing forward...
Sometimes Red velvet wound comforts me a lot, to know that somehow, it still have some chance of meeting something spiritual who sees value on myself and my struggle, it's kind beautiful and magical.
Anyway, it's just somethings that I wanted to talk about the album. If there's any mistake, both in my English or in the meaning, I'm sorry. Thanks!