Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets 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 separates 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.
Lets 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 separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving all these 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.
Come embrace my desire to, come 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, swing on the spiral.
Of our divinity and still be a human.
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'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever 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, going
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets 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 separates 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.
Lets 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 separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving all these 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.
Come embrace my desire to, come 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, swing on the spiral.
Of our divinity and still be a human.
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'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever 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, going
Lyrics submitted by Everlong, edited by swiftau, ouzts12, GiselleFreude17
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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
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
Moreover, you misunderstand my point. I am not saying the song justifies an 'anything goes for everyone' society; I certainly don't. What the song is saying, I think (and I agree with this), is that everyone must find his own path to inner balance and enlightenment. There is no one-size-fits-all spirituality or morality, and the fact that we still have all these organized religions telling us we have to live such-and-such a way and tons of stupid laws against victimless crimes demonstrates that we ARE still being held back. Not everyone can use drugs without becoming addicted, but some people can and can find enlightenment that way. And too many people are still judgmental about alternative sexualities, lifestyles, etc. That social judgment and cultural disapproval does hold some people back, because believe it or not, not everyone is apathetic enough not to care what society thinks of them and thus sadly never reach their full potential.
Perhaps I am speaking out of my "skinny arse" and perhaps not. This site solicits opinions about the meanings of song lyrics. I gave mine. That you replied so obnoxiously is precisely what I've come to expect from so-called religious people and merely reinforces my point about who is truly enlightened and who isn't.
P.S. conjurinistic isn't a word, but sure sounds nice...LOL.
We cannot find all the answers in one source or another, one philosophy, one kind of thinking or belief system. That is why this song remains purposely ambiguous. There are no easy answers, and in the process of exploration and change we may destroy ourselves, or become something other than human, but we must press on, because to become stagnant as a culture (or as an individual) is a kind of death. We cannot allow simplistic or oppressive ideologies or philosophies to hold us back.
Red(1 syl.) then(1) white are(2) all I see(3) in my infancy(5) red and yellow then came to be(8) reaching out to me(5) let's me see(3)
There are also other instances throughout the song, regarding math references to the Fibonacci sequence. Mainly, they are referenced through time signatures.
Just for thought. I thought that was pretty amazing.
In my humble opinion it is certainly the best overall song ever written (not including classical music which doesn't count).
Ultimate matching of lyrics and transcendental message with ascending riffs that send shivers down my spine every time. As for it being mathematically correct, with Fibonacci sequence etc, well jesus christ, i didn't know that, but it makes sense.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine (13)
Drawn outside the lines of reason (8)
Push the envelope, (5) watch it bend (3)
Maynard was a true genius, and This song is merely one example of it.
red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
lets me see."
You may wish to consider this in terms of the development of the primate visual processing systems.
Black and white (no color)
Red and yellow (the earliest colors we monkeys could see)
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The "infinite possibilities" would be a reference to the entire light spectrum.
@Ganondox: you're right, I mixed up left and right, wow that was silly of me. Thanks for pointing it out.