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Lateralus Lyrics
Black then white are all I see in my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me, let's me see As below, so above and beyond, I imagine Drawn beyond the lines of reason Push the envelope, watch it bend Over thinking, over analyzing, separate the body from the mind Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must Feed my will to feel my moment, drawing way outside the lines Black then white are all I see in my infancy Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me, let's me see There is so much more and beckons me to look through to these infinite possibilities As below, so above and beyond, I imagine Drawn outside the lines of reason Push the envelope, watch it bend Over thinking, over analyzing, separate the body from the mind Withering my intuition, leaving opportunities behind Feed my will to feel this moment Urging me to cross the line Reaching out to embrace the random Reaching out to embrace whatever may come I embrace my Desire to I embrace my Desire to Feel the rhythm, to Feel connected Enough to step aside and Weep like a widow, to Feel inspired, to Fathom the power, to Witness the beauty, to Bathe in the fountain, to Swing on the spiral, to Swing on the spiral, to Swing on the spiral of Our divinity and Still be a human With my feet upon the ground I move myself between the sounds And open wide to suck it in, I feel it move across my skin I'm reachin' up and reachin' out, I'm reachin' for the random or Whatever will bewilder me, whatever will bewilder me And following our will and wind, we may just go where no one's been We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been Spiral out Keep going Spiral out Keep going Spiral out Keep going Spiral out! Keep going
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11-17-2009
After this song I was left speechless! I find this song extremely ravishing and had just become my favorite Tool song.
I have NEVER heard a band like Tool before(maybe except for the Deftones a little bit)
Maynard James Keenan is a GENIUS!and so is Tool
Can't wait till I hear Opiate and 10,000 days and see what's in-stored for me!
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11-01-2009
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10-31-2009
1,1,2,3,5,8,13, etc.
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10-30-2009
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10-20-2009
I have suffered from writers-block, overanalyzing everything around me. This song suggests to me an openness rather than a hunt for meaning in songs. Allow the songs to grow themselves without letting your mind close up around it.
This is just from a few select lines though.
It also suggests to me a lot about racial acceptance as a child or young adult, meeting or mixing with new cultures, possibly Maynard talking about his army experiences.
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10-10-2009
everytime i listen to this i get something new out it... its more than amazing really... right now the realization and enlightenment that is flowing into and pouring out of me brings tears to my eyes...
anythings possible and if we realize that we can rid ourselves of whatever it is thats holding us back and rise up, evolve to a new place... dont let anything hold you back from what you can be... we may just go where no ones been...
i hope this song is as much to everyone else as it is to me, if not more
Spiral out
Keep going...
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10-06-2009
I think the song is awesome in general.
I think the song is about expanding your mind and yourself. The first two lines, for instance:
'Black then white are all I see in my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me, let's me see'
When people talk about seeing in black and white, they talk about seeing things simply.
Red and yellow are colours, in other words, expanding what you see.
'As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn beyond the lines of reason
Push the envelope, watch it bend'
I think this refers to seeing the bigger picture. Pushing the boundaries. Seeking outside the square. Back to maths, that's what mathmaticians do. They think outside the square.
'infinite possibilities' maths again.
'drawing way outside the lines'
'over thinking, over analysing, separate the body from the mind' ignoring physical incapabilites; letting your mind wander in order to discover new things
To cut a long ramble short, I think Lateralus is about thinking outside the square, exploring new things, not limiting yourself.
It speak volumes to people and is open to so much interpretation. Every song they make speaks volumes on so many different levels...it really speaks to people and that's the best thing about them.
man...it's such a good song!
It may talk about growing (note the use of 'infancy')
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09-27-2009
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09-08-2009
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09-08-2009
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09-06-2009
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09-05-2009
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08-24-2009
I embrace my
Desire to
Feel the rhythm, to
Feel connected
Enough to step aside and
Weep like a widow, to
Feel inspired, to
Fathom the power, to
Witness the beauty, to
Bathe in the fountain, to
Swing on the spiral, to
Swing on the spiral, to
Swing on the spiral of
Our divinity and
Still be a human.
Basically saying that instead of thinking laterally and closed minded, embrace life as it is and be open minded.
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08-22-2009
But either way, it corresponds to the song; maynard's description consists of Blue Storm, Blue Monkey, White Wind, Red Moon, and Yellow Sun -- each title is a description of an individual's self; who they are, who they will become, and offers advice on how to develop one's self and conscience throughout existence. In this case, these five title's are Maynard's personal interpretations/descriptions/advice/insights/etc in his galactic signature.
Perhaps in the beginning of the song:
"Black then white are all I see in my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me, let's me see"
is the order of how his realization of self occurred, "black" possible being little knowledge of self and conscience, since there is no black title in Maynard's personal description or galactic signature.
so he went from nothing, or lesser knowledge, then came to beleive/know about whatever White Wind's advice was to him, then Red Moon, then Yellow Sun, and so on.
--just an idea as my interpretation of this song really, it's much less complicated then i've made it sound
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08-22-2009
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08-20-2009
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08-17-2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7CZIJVxFY
Someone timed the lyrics and all the syllables are spoken in the order of the Fibonacci "spiral", but instead of a true Fibonacci it "swings on the spiral" of the sequence.
I declare this song a math win.
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08-01-2009
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07-30-2009
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07-28-2009
Way better than that slut Miley and that Whore Paris.
08-19-2009
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07-22-2009
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07-15-2009
Penn Badgely
Johnny Knoxville
Brittany Snow
Jesse Metcalfe
Arrielle Kebbel
Ashanti
and of course Sophia Bush.
They rock *mutters* except for miley
07-28-2009
If You Are than I Agree with you. By The Way I LOVE THIS SONG *Puts it on Track 10*
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06-24-2009
The sequence is the following ;
1+1=2
1+2=3
2+3=5
3+5=8
5+8=13
etc.
this is the fibanochi sequence in lateralus
Black (1)
then (1)
white are (2)
all I see (3)
in my infancy (5)
Red and yellow then came to be, (8)
reaching out to me, (5)
let's me see (3)
(as you can see, it`s not a perfect spiral because it only goes to 8, then comes back down)
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine (13)
Drawn beyond the lines of reason (8)
Push the envelope, (5)
watch it bend (3)
Over thinking, over analyzing, separate the body from the mind
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment, drawing way outside the lines
Black (1)
then (1)
white are (2)
all I see (3)
in my infancy (5)
Red and yellow then came to be, (8)
reaching out to me, (5)
let's me see (3)
There is (2)
so (1)
much (1)
more and (2)
beckons me (3)
to look through to these (5)
infinite possibilities (8)
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn outside the lines of reason
Push the envelope, watch it bend
Over thinking, over analyzing, separate the body from the mind
Withering my intuition, leaving opportunities behind
Feed my will to feel this moment
Urging me to cross the line
Reaching out to embrace the random
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come
I embrace my
Desire to
I embrace my
Desire to
Feel the rhythm, to
Feel connected
Enough to step aside and
Weep like a widow, to
Feel inspired, to
Fathom the power, to
Witness the beauty, to
Bathe in the fountain, to
Swing on the spiral, to
Swing on the spiral, to
Swing on the spiral of
Our divinity and
Still be a human
(swing on the SPIRAL !)
With my feet upon the ground I move myself between the sounds
And open wide to suck it in, I feel it move across my skin
I'm reachin' up and reachin' out, I'm reachin' for the random or
Whatever will bewilder me, whatever will bewilder me
And following our will and wind, we may just go where no one's been
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been
Spiral out
Keep going
Spiral out
Keep going
Spiral out
Keep going
Spiral out!
Keep going
this song in talking about how you need to live your life through a spiral and constantly reach out to things you don`t know about (reaching out to embrace the random, reaching out to embrace whatever may come) while still keeping your ground and staying connected to your roots. Like a sprial.
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06-12-2009
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06-01-2009
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