Steven Wilson - 2017 - To The Bone (deluxe Edit... May 2026

: Inspired by the 2015 refugee crisis in Calais, it avoids being a protest song, instead focusing on the isolation and human spirit of a person separated from their home.

: Co-written with Andy Partridge of XTC , this track is a "cry from the heart" to strip away political spin and find the reality at the core of human experience. Steven Wilson - 2017 - To the Bone (Deluxe Edit...

The central narrative thread is the "flexibility" of truth in the post-truth era. Wilson, often writing from the perspective of specific characters rather than taking a preachy political stance, explored how absolute truth has become malleable: : Inspired by the 2015 refugee crisis in