Editing Size Matters (section)

== Composition ==
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=== Music and lyrics ===
Many of the album's lyrics were inspired by Hamilton's year long relationship with actress [[Winona Ryder]] in 2003.<ref name="dec">{{cite web|url=http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/justify-your-shitty-taste-helmets-size-matters/ |title=Justify Your Shitty Taste: Helmet's "Size Matters" |publisher=Decibel Magazine |date=January 12, 2011 |access-date=February 26, 2013}}</ref> Hamilton has since commented that Ryder was a fan of Helmet and that she has heard the album, saying in 2007 that she didn't like their next album ''[[Monochrome (Helmet album)|Monochrome]]'' because "it didn’t sound like her favorite song on ''Aftertaste'', or her favorite song on even ''Size Matters''."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.markprindle.com/hamilton-i.htm|title=Page Hamilton interview|website=Markprindle.com}}</ref> "Smart" (a.k.a. "Opportunity"), "Enemies" and "Unwound", were originally recorded as [[Gandhi (American band)|Gandhi]] tracks, Page Hamilton's previous band.

===Artwork===
The album cover features a [[Monochrome photography|black and white]] photo of a young girl holding a magnifying glass. The photo was taken by Frances Murray.<ref name="inter"/> Regarding the cover, Page Hamilton said in a 2005 interview, "the initial attraction was that it was a beautiful photo, this sort of innocence and open mindedness that kids have about things. She's got a magnifying glass up to her eye so you can see her eyeball enlarged. Kids I believe start out with a natural inquisitiveness and a natural open mindedness, and they will do the right thing. Eventually if we continue to fill them full of shit they will be swayed."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faPfA-1u5U|title='Helmet' Page Hamilton & Eric Blair talk Bowie ,Bono & music biz 2005|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>