Hey guys, awesome interpretations so far. Again this is everyone's THOUGHTS, so if I seem to dis anyone or anything by what I say, nothin bad intended. I think it's great seein what other people think. Anyway, on to the interpretation.
To begin with, I wanna clear up an earlier post. Colsy said the title was pronounced "Lateral-Us" (A mistake i made too for a long time) but it's really pronounced "Ladder-alice" (say it and it makes sense, i found this in the FAQ from toolshed.net). Instead of "Side of Us", i think the song deals with lateral parts (the bigger picture, as maynard put it). Anyway, it deals with the ability to have a physical life, as well as a spiritual one (In whatever god you chose to believe in).
"Black then white are all i see in my infancy" (at birth and early on you only see what's plain to the human eye, the physical side of life)
"Red and yellow came to be, reaching out for me" (how spiritual feelings creep up after sometime, and almost seem to make you realize a new side of life)
To keep from breaking down every line in the song (like i did on "the grudge") i'll just say that the next section deals with testing spiritual life (pushin that envelope, watching it bend, almost to see how far it will go). spiritual life takes you 'beyond the lines of reason'.
Yet he retracts these statements by talking about "OVER thinking, and OVER analyzing" (saying that there is a balance in spirit and body, don't push either ot the extreme, because you'll become separate humans, leading a LATERAL life)
Then he speaks about reaching out to embrace the random.... possibly spiritual meaning saying that he holds on to a belief hoping that he can eventually find truth in it.
The next part seems to be my strongest point of backing. he speaks about how he has the desire to do all of these wonderful (spiritual and physical) things, and he sums it all up by saying
"swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human" (think about it... the lateral lives of body and spirit NEVER have to each other, they can stay completely separate, but he longs to bring them together, to SPIRAL them, and make such a connection to feel DIVINE but remain a HUMAN.)
Next he backs my statement again. He speaks of 'keeping his feet on the ground', yet he also talks about an enlightenment of somekind 'opening wide to suck it in and feeling it move across his skin'.
He wants that connection of body and spirit, as everyone does. He'll continue to connect the 2 to push the boundaries and enlighten himself
"Spiral out, keep going...."
And interpretation is now done, thanks for botherin to read this terribly long post (as are all of mine, sorry bout that). Anyway, continue writin posts, i love to read em, and again this is only my opinion. Later...
i like your interpretation, its along the same lines of what i would have said, just thought id add a few of my thoughts to it.
i like your interpretation, its along the same lines of what i would have said, just thought id add a few of my thoughts to it.
i think "over thinking over analyzing seperates the body from the mind" could mean that as we grow and become more exposed to the logical scientific side of things we lose touch of our spiritual side
i think "over thinking over analyzing seperates the body from the mind" could mean that as we grow and become more exposed to the logical scientific side of things we lose touch of our spiritual side
also i think " swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human" could refer to drunvalo mechizedeks theory of chromosones, we have 44&2 at the moment but as we become more intouch with our spiritual side we gain another 2 chromosones which makes us 46&2 like the other Tool song forty six & 2. these extra 2 cromosones make us divine but the other 44 chromosones are still there which are what makes us human.
I agree with Mediumcore0Tool0Fan when he says he had a Forty Six & 2 moment. I also had a Forty Six & 2 moment. Beyond that, I also came to many of the conclusions madson4562 did. You both created a wonderful interpretation of this song. thumbs up
I agree with Mediumcore0Tool0Fan when he says he had a Forty Six & 2 moment. I also had a Forty Six & 2 moment. Beyond that, I also came to many of the conclusions madson4562 did. You both created a wonderful interpretation of this song. thumbs up
Great work Guys Just want u all to see this VId ...... This is the Biggest shock Of My LIFE ....... This song is Mathematically Related as well!!!! & this Vid Proves it!
Great work Guys Just want u all to see this VId ...... This is the Biggest shock Of My LIFE ....... This song is Mathematically Related as well!!!! & this Vid Proves it!
imma say it again, 9 years later and half way around the world.... thanks madson4562! this is one of the most important songs in my life rn, and in my 16 years of living this life, i've never heard a song this straight-forward and powerful...but my question has been for a long time...how? how can i become balanced and live afull life when i'm living with the ppl around , and they're labels for me? cuz i obviously cant just take me and put me some where else...that wouldnt even solve anything...this has been my favorite phrase for a long...
imma say it again, 9 years later and half way around the world.... thanks madson4562! this is one of the most important songs in my life rn, and in my 16 years of living this life, i've never heard a song this straight-forward and powerful...but my question has been for a long time...how? how can i become balanced and live afull life when i'm living with the ppl around , and they're labels for me? cuz i obviously cant just take me and put me some where else...that wouldnt even solve anything...this has been my favorite phrase for a long time now, it's written on my wall , but i really want to understand it's true meaning and the way to achieve it: SWING ON THE SPIRAL OF OUR DIVINITY AND STILL BE A HUMAN.. if any ody body has the answer plz guide me...
@miml16. Dude, if people label you, then they're douchebags and they don't deserve you and you're time if you're a good person. People label me and look at me as a freak everyday, but I do my best at not letting it get to me. It does, at times, but I know if I keep my eyes on the prize, Heaven or at least the utopia after death, it'll all make sense. I'm "Christian", but I have no denomination. All I know is what I need to know. I know that the whole "higher power" thing makes absolutely no sense...
@miml16. Dude, if people label you, then they're douchebags and they don't deserve you and you're time if you're a good person. People label me and look at me as a freak everyday, but I do my best at not letting it get to me. It does, at times, but I know if I keep my eyes on the prize, Heaven or at least the utopia after death, it'll all make sense. I'm "Christian", but I have no denomination. All I know is what I need to know. I know that the whole "higher power" thing makes absolutely no sense at this point in my life, but I feel it's not supposed to. It wouldn't be called Faith if there was proof.
Basically keep who you are, who you aren't, and where you want to go in your mind and you'll get there. If some things about you need to change, change them. If life was easy it wouldn't be worth living.
I love your interpretation madson. I have a suggestion if it's not too presumptuous. Read "The Kybalion" then the "Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreunz" if you haven't already, and I bet you glean even more insight into what Maynard was talking about...specifically the Parabola Allegory;-)
I love your interpretation madson. I have a suggestion if it's not too presumptuous. Read "The Kybalion" then the "Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreunz" if you haven't already, and I bet you glean even more insight into what Maynard was talking about...specifically the Parabola Allegory;-)
My interpretation of that passage is as follows: I think "Spiral out, keep going" may be talking about our DNA as humans and to keep growing (or evolving) to "go where no ones been". So as has been said, don't be 2 dimensional. Make your own decisions from within, not what other people tell you to believe, and to keep growing on what you've learned. If everyone believed the same thing, then we wouldn't be any different than robots, which is what the future could hold for us humans unless we can keep evolving.
My interpretation of that passage is as follows: I think "Spiral out, keep going" may be talking about our DNA as humans and to keep growing (or evolving) to "go where no ones been". So as has been said, don't be 2 dimensional. Make your own decisions from within, not what other people tell you to believe, and to keep growing on what you've learned. If everyone believed the same thing, then we wouldn't be any different than robots, which is what the future could hold for us humans unless we can keep evolving.
Your interpretation is flawless in terms of everything, I just feel I need to mention something.
Your interpretation is flawless in terms of everything, I just feel I need to mention something.
The "Red and Yellow" may link to something. Recently I have been looking into Blue Oyster Cult and their song ETI. They mention something along the lines of "King in Yellow, Queen in Red." I researched this and came up with that the Queen in red is from a Lewis Carol book. Those of you that don't know, he wrote Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The Queen In Red was from Through the Looking Glass, her environment around her was always moving, and she had to run in order to keep up with it. This represents the ideology of Evolution and keeping up with the proceeding times. The King in Yellow I read myself, it's a collection of mysterious stories that end up relating to religion and/or social tenancies that are still relevant today. In short, the Red represents ideologies of science and some religion in terms of logic; while the Yellow may represent society and religious influence on a person's personality.
@madson4562 The band is really into sacred geometry so I figured it would make sense to look up the meaning of spiral in sacred geometry. It is actually a symbol of growth without changing shape. So I figured the line "swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human" could pertain to growing as a person and becoming more than what you are but remaining a human being (staying in the same form or appearance)
@madson4562 The band is really into sacred geometry so I figured it would make sense to look up the meaning of spiral in sacred geometry. It is actually a symbol of growth without changing shape. So I figured the line "swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human" could pertain to growing as a person and becoming more than what you are but remaining a human being (staying in the same form or appearance)
@madson4562 Thank you for the great work you did! I totally agree with your opinion! And particularly with the part when you say that balance and evolution between body and mind makes you feel like a god but still be a human...
@madson4562 Thank you for the great work you did! I totally agree with your opinion! And particularly with the part when you say that balance and evolution between body and mind makes you feel like a god but still be a human...
And I would something about this part :
And I would something about this part :
With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
Between the sounds and open wide to suck it in
I feel it move across my skin
With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
Between the sounds and open wide to suck it in
I feel it move across my skin
I think this part talks about the music itself (not the song, but music in general)... I think it means that music is a good way to push you spiritual side, how powerful it can be if you open your mind and really enters into it. All the emotions you can feel while listening music... in this moments you will totally leave your body and enter into a spiral which could bring you where no one else has been
Hey guys, awesome interpretations so far. Again this is everyone's THOUGHTS, so if I seem to dis anyone or anything by what I say, nothin bad intended. I think it's great seein what other people think. Anyway, on to the interpretation. To begin with, I wanna clear up an earlier post. Colsy said the title was pronounced "Lateral-Us" (A mistake i made too for a long time) but it's really pronounced "Ladder-alice" (say it and it makes sense, i found this in the FAQ from toolshed.net). Instead of "Side of Us", i think the song deals with lateral parts (the bigger picture, as maynard put it). Anyway, it deals with the ability to have a physical life, as well as a spiritual one (In whatever god you chose to believe in). "Black then white are all i see in my infancy" (at birth and early on you only see what's plain to the human eye, the physical side of life) "Red and yellow came to be, reaching out for me" (how spiritual feelings creep up after sometime, and almost seem to make you realize a new side of life)
To keep from breaking down every line in the song (like i did on "the grudge") i'll just say that the next section deals with testing spiritual life (pushin that envelope, watching it bend, almost to see how far it will go). spiritual life takes you 'beyond the lines of reason'.
Yet he retracts these statements by talking about "OVER thinking, and OVER analyzing" (saying that there is a balance in spirit and body, don't push either ot the extreme, because you'll become separate humans, leading a LATERAL life) Then he speaks about reaching out to embrace the random.... possibly spiritual meaning saying that he holds on to a belief hoping that he can eventually find truth in it. The next part seems to be my strongest point of backing. he speaks about how he has the desire to do all of these wonderful (spiritual and physical) things, and he sums it all up by saying "swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human" (think about it... the lateral lives of body and spirit NEVER have to each other, they can stay completely separate, but he longs to bring them together, to SPIRAL them, and make such a connection to feel DIVINE but remain a HUMAN.)
Next he backs my statement again. He speaks of 'keeping his feet on the ground', yet he also talks about an enlightenment of somekind 'opening wide to suck it in and feeling it move across his skin'. He wants that connection of body and spirit, as everyone does. He'll continue to connect the 2 to push the boundaries and enlighten himself "Spiral out, keep going...."
And interpretation is now done, thanks for botherin to read this terribly long post (as are all of mine, sorry bout that). Anyway, continue writin posts, i love to read em, and again this is only my opinion. Later...
i like your interpretation, its along the same lines of what i would have said, just thought id add a few of my thoughts to it.
i like your interpretation, its along the same lines of what i would have said, just thought id add a few of my thoughts to it.
i think "over thinking over analyzing seperates the body from the mind" could mean that as we grow and become more exposed to the logical scientific side of things we lose touch of our spiritual side
i think "over thinking over analyzing seperates the body from the mind" could mean that as we grow and become more exposed to the logical scientific side of things we lose touch of our spiritual side
also i think " swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human" could refer to drunvalo mechizedeks theory of chromosones, we have 44&2 at the moment but as we become more intouch with our spiritual side we gain another 2 chromosones which makes us 46&2 like the other Tool song forty six & 2. these extra 2 cromosones make us divine but the other 44 chromosones are still there which are what makes us human.
I agree with Mediumcore0Tool0Fan when he says he had a Forty Six & 2 moment. I also had a Forty Six & 2 moment. Beyond that, I also came to many of the conclusions madson4562 did. You both created a wonderful interpretation of this song. thumbs up
I agree with Mediumcore0Tool0Fan when he says he had a Forty Six & 2 moment. I also had a Forty Six & 2 moment. Beyond that, I also came to many of the conclusions madson4562 did. You both created a wonderful interpretation of this song. thumbs up
Great work Guys Just want u all to see this VId ...... This is the Biggest shock Of My LIFE ....... This song is Mathematically Related as well!!!! & this Vid Proves it!
Great work Guys Just want u all to see this VId ...... This is the Biggest shock Of My LIFE ....... This song is Mathematically Related as well!!!! & this Vid Proves it!
youtube.com/watch
youtube.com/watch
imma say it again, 9 years later and half way around the world.... thanks madson4562! this is one of the most important songs in my life rn, and in my 16 years of living this life, i've never heard a song this straight-forward and powerful...but my question has been for a long time...how? how can i become balanced and live afull life when i'm living with the ppl around , and they're labels for me? cuz i obviously cant just take me and put me some where else...that wouldnt even solve anything...this has been my favorite phrase for a long...
imma say it again, 9 years later and half way around the world.... thanks madson4562! this is one of the most important songs in my life rn, and in my 16 years of living this life, i've never heard a song this straight-forward and powerful...but my question has been for a long time...how? how can i become balanced and live afull life when i'm living with the ppl around , and they're labels for me? cuz i obviously cant just take me and put me some where else...that wouldnt even solve anything...this has been my favorite phrase for a long time now, it's written on my wall , but i really want to understand it's true meaning and the way to achieve it: SWING ON THE SPIRAL OF OUR DIVINITY AND STILL BE A HUMAN.. if any ody body has the answer plz guide me...
@miml16. Dude, if people label you, then they're douchebags and they don't deserve you and you're time if you're a good person. People label me and look at me as a freak everyday, but I do my best at not letting it get to me. It does, at times, but I know if I keep my eyes on the prize, Heaven or at least the utopia after death, it'll all make sense. I'm "Christian", but I have no denomination. All I know is what I need to know. I know that the whole "higher power" thing makes absolutely no sense...
@miml16. Dude, if people label you, then they're douchebags and they don't deserve you and you're time if you're a good person. People label me and look at me as a freak everyday, but I do my best at not letting it get to me. It does, at times, but I know if I keep my eyes on the prize, Heaven or at least the utopia after death, it'll all make sense. I'm "Christian", but I have no denomination. All I know is what I need to know. I know that the whole "higher power" thing makes absolutely no sense at this point in my life, but I feel it's not supposed to. It wouldn't be called Faith if there was proof.
Basically keep who you are, who you aren't, and where you want to go in your mind and you'll get there. If some things about you need to change, change them. If life was easy it wouldn't be worth living.
I love your interpretation madson. I have a suggestion if it's not too presumptuous. Read "The Kybalion" then the "Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreunz" if you haven't already, and I bet you glean even more insight into what Maynard was talking about...specifically the Parabola Allegory;-)
I love your interpretation madson. I have a suggestion if it's not too presumptuous. Read "The Kybalion" then the "Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreunz" if you haven't already, and I bet you glean even more insight into what Maynard was talking about...specifically the Parabola Allegory;-)
@miml16
@miml16
My interpretation of that passage is as follows: I think "Spiral out, keep going" may be talking about our DNA as humans and to keep growing (or evolving) to "go where no ones been". So as has been said, don't be 2 dimensional. Make your own decisions from within, not what other people tell you to believe, and to keep growing on what you've learned. If everyone believed the same thing, then we wouldn't be any different than robots, which is what the future could hold for us humans unless we can keep evolving.
My interpretation of that passage is as follows: I think "Spiral out, keep going" may be talking about our DNA as humans and to keep growing (or evolving) to "go where no ones been". So as has been said, don't be 2 dimensional. Make your own decisions from within, not what other people tell you to believe, and to keep growing on what you've learned. If everyone believed the same thing, then we wouldn't be any different than robots, which is what the future could hold for us humans unless we can keep evolving.
Your interpretation is flawless in terms of everything, I just feel I need to mention something.
Your interpretation is flawless in terms of everything, I just feel I need to mention something.
The "Red and Yellow" may link to something. Recently I have been looking into Blue Oyster Cult and their song ETI. They mention something along the lines of "King in Yellow, Queen in Red." I researched this and came up with that the Queen in red is from a Lewis Carol book. Those of you that don't know, he wrote Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The Queen In Red was from Through the Looking Glass, her environment around her was always moving, and she had to run in order to keep up with it. This represents the ideology of Evolution and keeping up with the proceeding times. The King in Yellow I read myself, it's a collection of mysterious stories that end up relating to religion and/or social tenancies that are still relevant today. In short, the Red represents ideologies of science and some religion in terms of logic; while the Yellow may represent society and religious influence on a person's personality.
@madson4562 The band is really into sacred geometry so I figured it would make sense to look up the meaning of spiral in sacred geometry. It is actually a symbol of growth without changing shape. So I figured the line "swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human" could pertain to growing as a person and becoming more than what you are but remaining a human being (staying in the same form or appearance)
@madson4562 The band is really into sacred geometry so I figured it would make sense to look up the meaning of spiral in sacred geometry. It is actually a symbol of growth without changing shape. So I figured the line "swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human" could pertain to growing as a person and becoming more than what you are but remaining a human being (staying in the same form or appearance)
@madson4562 Thank you for the great work you did! I totally agree with your opinion! And particularly with the part when you say that balance and evolution between body and mind makes you feel like a god but still be a human...
@madson4562 Thank you for the great work you did! I totally agree with your opinion! And particularly with the part when you say that balance and evolution between body and mind makes you feel like a god but still be a human...
And I would something about this part :
And I would something about this part :
With my feet upon the ground I lose myself Between the sounds and open wide to suck it in I feel it move across my skin
With my feet upon the ground I lose myself Between the sounds and open wide to suck it in I feel it move across my skin
I think this part talks about the music itself (not the song, but music in general)... I think it means that music is a good way to push you spiritual side, how powerful it can be if you open your mind and really enters into it. All the emotions you can feel while listening music... in this moments you will totally leave your body and enter into a spiral which could bring you where no one else has been