Cynic – Evolutionary Sleeper

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  Song Meaning:i think its about a dying man or man in a coma..evolutionary sleeper means somone who is evoloved beyond the human status and bounds of life.."open, starved, lost and found" i think it refers to coma between life and death then again he says evolutionary sleeper means after all these hardships he still an evolved man and "the truth beyond the mind is what i see and what i need" he may refer to the living soul after death

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  General Comment:"I've worked a lot doing uh, working with people who were terminally ill, and I would play guitar for some people. And that to me in some ways probably was more, felt like the most important thing I've ever done as far as providing someone with peace before they die" -Paul Masvidal
  
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  To me the term Evolutionary Sleeper pertains to the spirit sleeping between incarnations. Perhaps I read too much into it, but it feels relevent

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  General Comment:I agree it's hard to understand. but there seems to be one theme through most of the album of something that has lost it's memory (and embracing this loss of self in many ways). In this song, "Are you expected here You whisper in my ear" seems to be a direct reference to not knowing who they are, where they belong, are they known by others where they are going? I would also suggest it's monologue as opposed to actually conversing with another. It's the inner doubt. From the title I would also assume that the memory loss is somehow advantageous, perhaps a horrible event occurred which caused amnesia.

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    Maybe the person isn't so much one particular person, but.. how about a whole race of beings who have within the past 5000 years come to consciousness and are currently wondering their origins, no so much amnesia, but an in general lack of knowledge. The evolutionary sleeper could be the last 3 billion years of evolution if you would consider not having a brain "sleeping". He wants to know the "truth beyond the mind", not what we have made up for ourselves, religion and ect, but the actual origins.
    This song goes well with Integral Birth, i believe that song is about the origins of the universe.

    Flag autodidact1208on September 28, 2010  
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  General Comment:I understand just about 3% of Paul Masvidal lyrics here :) Anyone would like to share what they understand about this song. Mind blowing song.

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  General Comment:this song is amazing. I can't wait for the cd

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