Unlearn me
Ditch what I read
Behind what I heard

Look, find, free
Yet, do you get it?
Yet, do you get it?

From here on it's instinctual
Even straight roads meander
Every piece contains a map
Of it all, it all

Evidence
March of the air
Pulse of the sea

Look, find, free
Yet, do you get it?
Yet, do you get it?

From here on it's instinctual
Even straight roads meander
Every piece contains a map
Of, it all, it all

On a line indivisible
A crow left of the murder
Every piece contains a map
Of, it all, it all

Everything I wanted
Wanted to know
Everything I wanted
Wanted to see, to see

Unlearn me
Unlearn me
Do you get it yet?

Look, find, free
Do you get it yet?
Do you get it yet?
Do you get it yet?

Do you get it yet?
Do you get it yet?
Do you get it?



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Track duration: 04:55

"A Crow Left of the Murder" as written by Brandon Charles/pasillas Boyd, Michael Aaron/kilmore Einziger

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:Its about finding things out for yourself.

    'And It doesn't have to rhyme so don't you feed me a line..."- Regardless of what other people say.
    Flag Johann4uon August 06, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:I don't agree that the song is about simply finding your own path in life or thinking for yourself. I know that Brandon has been described as anti-religious, yet spiritual. That's the basis of this interpretation.

    "look, find, free"
    Buddha taught that one must find truth for themselves to become free. His teachings were an invitation to a personal experience in which one must find the four noble truths for themselves.

    It's the goal of awareness meditation to rise above intellectualism/thought and into the realm of consciousness/awareness.

    "From here on it's instinctual,"

    As in, not seeking intellectual experience but rather living through pure experience.

    "Every piece contains a map of...
    it all
    it all

    Evidence
    in the march of the ant
    Pulse of the sea"

    These could be references to the connected "oneness" of all life in the universe, another goal of meditation is to experience and understand this truth.

    So to me, this song is about a spiritual experience of sorts. "Do you get it yet" could be an attempt to taunt/jab the listener to actually look past the song and into the meaning, which is how I came about it. Alternatively, it could be a self-taunt. Many times in Buddhist meditation, we intellectually understand great truths, but without experience, wisdom will never come about. In that respect this whole song could be directed towards himself, as a sort of mantra. "Do I get it yet?"

    I practice meditation, so this song stuck out to me.
    Flag chubiganson May 04, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Great song. Unlearn me, ditch what I read, behind what I heard. Look, find, free. Every piece contains a map of it all. Do you get it yet? Pretty cool.
    Flag ritecoastsurferon April 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I interpret this song as being totally spiritual:

    Unlearn Me
    ( We are all human and born into sin, and without a thrid party intervention from a higher power, we are bound to stay that way)

    Look, Find, Free
    Matthew 7:7

    Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you.


    "From here on it's instinctual"

    Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

    "Even straight roads meander" Even on the straight and narrow, learn to trust your inner voice / conscience.

    "Every piece contains a map of it all'.
    The evidence lies in nature:

    "March of the ant"
    Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise

    "Pulse of the Sea"
    The Lord answered Job: Job 38: 8-12

    Or who shut u the sea with doors when it brake forth, and said hitherto shalt thou come but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed. Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and acused the dayspring to know his place;

    Every piece contains a map of...
    it all, it all!

    Do you get it yet?
    Flag shottingeron September 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:So, I made an account just for this song, so its pretty fucking awesome.

    To me, this song is:

    "Forget what the world tells you. Stop setting in its ways. Take time to mark your own path."

    But, his lyrics are very blunt. Good, but blunt.
    Flag urchincorpson July 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Tony Clifton hold your tongue, dude Incubus getting rid of Dirk Lance was a mistake, not that Ben Kenney isn't amazing, but There was NOTHING wrong with Dirk Lance, and Brandon's Lyrics are alright at times, don't totally discredit him.
    Flag jwill01on June 16, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:ok, so i'm new to this so pleas eforgive me if i'm wrong..
    but, i think this song is about breaking away from Nu-Metal and themore funky style that they used to have when Dirk was in the band!?!
    Flag woodenchickenon May 19, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:well a crow left of the murder means basically that one person isn't doing the same thing as everyone else, a murder is a group of birds. like i said before brandon boyd is all about individuality.
    do you get it yet?
    Flag giuliajoanna19on April 26, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:It's like he's saying, I'm going to reset my brain and do what feels right instead of what I was told is right. Breaking free from the forces that hold him on a path that others want him to travel. Mapping his own destiny. Becoming his true self and not what others think he should be. Letting go of fear and restrictions and relying on impulse.

    This song draws great parallels with one of my most favorite Incubus songs, 'Out From Under'. Seems like a more mature version of that song.
    Flag lestat86on June 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:So, this is a song that I have recently become obsessed with, mainly because the lyrics are amazing. When I first heard the lyric "Unlearn me" I thought first of all that it was brilliant and that it meant that you know a person really well, and you don't want them to be a part of your life anymore, and want them to forget about you and stop knowing you so well. Then the whole crow left of the murder part, it was that your kind of away from the rest of the people you were always with, taking a chance, going out on your own. Then it says now it's all instinctual to me meaning that now you have to use your own judgement, make your own path. Then when it's "Everything I wanted to be/know" It's that you tried to be someone you knew you weren't and you kind of gave up and decided to be that crow left of the murder-person out of the pack.
    It's an awesome song, awesome band, it's just awesome.
    Flag dig.me.upon May 22, 2007   Link

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