'Lateralus' is an eloquent yet very powerful song by 'Tool'. It has so many aspects. Once you hear this song, you will know immediately that it's different. This beautiful song is written in distinct time signatures and the syllables are arranged according to Fibonacci's sequence of numbers: one, one, two, three, five, eight, and then going back in reverse order, five, three, two, one, one.
"Black and white are, all I see, in my infancy, red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me, lets me see." Yes, black and white are all we see in our infancy and then red, yellow, and other colors start to appear. They reach out to us one after another and let us see the unseen. As the song progresses, it tells us not to over-think, it pleads us to refrain from over analyzing, and very vitally, not to wither our intuitions, because that would be the utmost dangerous thing to do. Intuition is something divine and we have to deal with it very delicately. We have to trust our instincts which will lead us to listen to our hearts. Unless we do that, unless we embrace our instincts we'll only keep on missing opportunities. We have to be ready to embrace the unknown; we have to be ready to embrace whatever may come.
The song goes on and enters into the final stage. Maynard James Keenan pleads solemnly as he spreads his earnest desire to feel the rhythm of life, to feel inspired again, to fathom the power within ourselves, to witness the beauty underneath.
'Lateralus' ends with a blast, and this is the part that I like most. It simply blows me away every time when I hear Maynard singing with such mesmeric passion. The man calls us for reaching up and reaching out for whatever that will bewilder us. Please read it closely again, whatever that will bewilder us, what an invitation! And the last verse repeats four times, "spiral out, keep going!" Ah, what to say about it! I can write pages after pages and there will still be something more to write. The message is outright and straight. Don't confine yourself in a circle. Break out of your comfort zone, spiral out. Dare to draw more circles around you as you spiral out. As the circles will only get bigger, your horizon will only get broadened in the process. You'll never know where it will lead you to, and that's the beauty of the dare. Maynard has put it very neatly, "...following your will and wind, you may just go where no one's been."
"Black and white are, all I see, in my infancy, red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me, lets me see." Yes, black and white are all we see in our infancy and then red, yellow, and other colors start to appear. They reach out to us one after another and let us see the unseen. As the song progresses, it tells us not to over-think, it pleads us to refrain from over analyzing, and very vitally, not to wither our intuitions, because that would be the utmost dangerous thing to do. Intuition is something divine and we have to deal with it very delicately. We have to trust our instincts which will lead us to listen to our hearts. Unless we do that, unless we embrace our instincts we'll only keep on missing opportunities. We have to be ready to embrace the unknown; we have to be ready to embrace whatever may come.
The song goes on and enters into the final stage. Maynard James Keenan pleads solemnly as he spreads his earnest desire to feel the rhythm of life, to feel inspired again, to fathom the power within ourselves, to witness the beauty underneath.
'Lateralus' ends with a blast, and this is the part that I like most. It simply blows me away every time when I hear Maynard singing with such mesmeric passion. The man calls us for reaching up and reaching out for whatever that will bewilder us. Please read it closely again, whatever that will bewilder us, what an invitation! And the last verse repeats four times, "spiral out, keep going!" Ah, what to say about it! I can write pages after pages and there will still be something more to write. The message is outright and straight. Don't confine yourself in a circle. Break out of your comfort zone, spiral out. Dare to draw more circles around you as you spiral out. As the circles will only get bigger, your horizon will only get broadened in the process. You'll never know where it will lead you to, and that's the beauty of the dare. Maynard has put it very neatly, "...following your will and wind, you may just go where no one's been."
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