Lateralus

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  • flyingnowhere

    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

  • Bam0

    tool

  • 7point340

    fibonacci is fucking metal!

  • flyingnowhere0

    great song, lyrics are awesome, always have been
    thought i would share

    almost named my kid after maynard
    the wife didnt like it as a middle name
    its weird, i like it still

    • my son is named after tyler durden7point34
    • Who is Tyler Durden?killthefish
    • Supposedly, he was born in a mental institution. They say he only sleeps one hour a night.ian
    • he's a great man7point34
  • zombee0

    Awesome song, awesome album, awesome album artwork. Awesome.

  • gramme0

    Mention this... mention this to me... and watch the weather change.

  • morilla0

  • gramme0

    I'm picking up what he's putting down. Except for the human divinity part.

  • d_rek0

    Rosetta Stoned

    Alrighty, then ... picture this if you will.

    10 to 2 AM, X, Yogi DMT, and a box of Krispy Kremes,
    in my "need to know" pose, just outside of Area 51
    Contemplating the whole "chosen people" thingy
    when a flaming stealth banana split the sky
    like one would hope but never really expect
    to see in a place like this.
    Cutting right angle donuts on a dime
    and stopping right at my Birkenstocks,
    and me yelping...

    Holy fucking shit!

    Then the X-Files being,
    Looking like some kind of blue-green Jackie Chan
    with Isabella Rossellini lips, and breath that reeked of
    vanilla Chig Champa
    Did a slow-mo Matrix descent
    Outta the butt end of the banana vessel
    And hovered above my bug-eyes, my gaping jaw,
    and my sweaty L. Ron Hubbard upper lip,
    and all I could think was:
    "I hope Uncle Martin here doesn't notice
    that I pissed my fuckin' pants."

    So light in his way,
    Like an apparition, [that]
    He had me crying out,
    "Fuck me
    It's gotta be
    the Deadhead Chemistry
    The blotter got [right] on top of me
    Got me seein' E-motherfuckin'-T!"

    And after calming me down
    with some orange slices
    and some fetal spooning,
    E.T. revealed to me his singular purpose.
    He said, "You are the Chosen One,
    the One who will deliver the message.
    A message of hope for those who choose to hear it
    and a warning for those who do not."
    Me. The Chosen One?
    They chose me!!!
    And I didn't even graduate from fuckin' high school.

    You'd better...
    You'd better...
    You'd better...
    You'd better listen.

    Then he looked right through me
    With somniferous almond eyes
    Don't even know what that means
    Must remember to write it down
    This is so real
    Like the time Dave floated away
    See, my heart is pounding
    'Cause this shit never happens to me

    I can't breathe right now!

    It was so real,
    Like I woke up in Wonderland.
    All sorta terrifying
    I don't wanna be all alone
    While I tell this story.
    And can anyone tell me why
    Y'all sound like Peanuts parents?
    Will I ever be coming down?
    This is so real
    Finally, it's my lucky day
    See, my heart is racing
    'Cause this shit never happens to me

    I can't breathe right now!

    You believe me, don't you?
    Please believe what I've just said!
    See the Dead ain't touring
    And this wasn't all in my head.
    See, they took me by the hand
    And invited me right in.
    Then they showed me something
    I don't even know where to begin.

    Strapped down [to] my bed
    Feet cold [and] eyes red
    I'm out of my head
    Am I alive? Am I dead?
    Can't remember what they said
    God damn, shit the bed.

    Hey ...

    Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position.
    Such a heavy burden now to be the One
    Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending,
    To write it down for all the world to see.

    But I forgot my pen
    Shit the bed again ...
    Typical.

    Strapped down [to] my bed
    Feet cold and eyes red
    I'm out of my head
    Am I alive? Am I dead?
    Sunkist * and Sudafed
    Gyroscopes and infrared
    Won't help, I'm brain dead
    Can't remember what they said
    God damn, shit the bed

    I can't remember what they said to me
    Can't remember what they said to make me out to be the hero
    Can't remember what they said
    Bob help me!
    Can't remember what they said

    [We] don't know, [and we] won't know (x12)

    God damn, shit the bed!

  • d_rek0

    On a side note...
    the new Guitar Hero World Tour has THREE Tool tracks: Schism, Parabola and Vicarious. They're all fun as fuck to play and schism and vicarious are very challenging! The drum tracks are almost as impossible as you think they would be.

  • morilla0