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This song has a very surreal, dreamy quality to it. There is some wordplay: tearing down the garage to make room for the torn-down garage, for instance.

The chorus of the song could very well be-- at least partially-- referring to a vanishing point. This would fit the "vanishing dot on the map of the spot" section pretty well.

It is a bit ambiguous as to whether the line of the song is actually "a thing named it" rather than "a thing named id." Lyric sheets have been wrong before, and even if it is correct, this potential confusion could be intentional. The song could indeed be talkink about the subconscious. This fits very well with interpretations that indicate that the song is about a dream state. "The sunken head that lies in the bed" also concurs with the dream theory, that the singer is asleep.

It is possible that the "electric organ" segment refers to Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano. In this book, a character will do anything possible to buy an electric organ. One view states that this connection supports the song as a contrast between the dismal outside world (the verses) and the dynamic internal consciousness.