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Aquarius Lyrics

yeah thats right

ORANGE

yeah thats right

ORANGE

*giggle*


one
ORANGE (Just Fantasize)
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ORANGE yeah thats right
ten
eleven *giggle*
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
ORANGE
eighteen
nineteen *giggle*
twenty
twenty-one
twenty-two
twenty-three
twenty-four
twenty-five
ORANGE
twenty-six
twenty-seven *giggle*
twenty-eight
twenty-nine
thirty
thirty-one
thirty-two
thirty-three
ORANGE
thirty-four
thirty-five yeah thats right + *giggle*
thirty-six
thirty-four
sixty-eight
twenty-seven
thirty-five
fourty-two
ORANGE
fifty-eight
fourty-seven *giggle*
sixty-three
eighty-five
seventy-four
sixty-seven
sixty-six
fifty-one
ORANGE
seventy-nine
fourty-two *giggle*
twenty-four
fourty-five
sixty-ten
six
seven
fifty-six
sixty-five
ORANGE
fourty-four
fifty-three *giggle*
fourty-four
seventeen
thirteen
twenty-three

yeah thats right

*giggle*

Just Fantasize!

*giggle*
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bengt12 On Oct 09, 2004
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Cover art for Aquarius lyrics by Boards of Canada

Just as a note. If you play the song backwords, all of the words sound incoherent just as expected. Except "orange". If you listen to orange carefully it sounds slighty mispronounced. That way, when it is played in reverse it says "zero". :)

Cover art for Aquarius lyrics by Boards of Canada

I think this song was meant for a bunch of people to sit and contemplate its meaning by doing math equations and debating a bunch of numbers and words which probably only have significance (if any at all) to the artists who created them.

Cover art for Aquarius lyrics by Boards of Canada

adding up from 1 until 36 is 36! or 36 faculty. And yes it equals 666 :)

36! is 1 2 3 4 5 ... * 36.

Cover art for Aquarius lyrics by Boards of Canada

On another note, the number sequence for the original is not the one given, the numbers in this lyrical translation are for a different version of Aquarius, not the one on the Album Aquarius. The Numbers for Aquarius (The one on The Aquarius Album) are as follows: (1-36) 44 68 27 35 42 58 47 63 85 74 67 66 51 79 42 24 45 sixty-ten 6 7 56 65 44 54
44 67 42 55 86 20

Aquarius Version 3 uses a different set still, after "sixty ten" the numbers follow as:

64 47 52 23 23 23 23 23 Aquarius Version 3 also features extra voiceovers, one of which sounds something like "I'm listening" And the other which I have yet to find discernable. Thought I would go ahead and clear that up.

Cover art for Aquarius lyrics by Boards of Canada

I have long been fascinated with this song, as with many BoC songs.

I don't think the numbers are really very important, I think the song is about the fallibility of adults in the lives of children.

The song begins with kids being taught "orange" and agreeing unquestioningly "yeah that's right".

Then the numbers start. The same woman's voice that was also saying "orange" is now reciting a series of numbers. They start out in sequence, continue out of sequence, and then go completely nuts with "sixty-ten". The adult does not correct herself but stumbles and continues on.

Anyway, I'm not explaining this very well and certainly no one but the artist(s) know what this song was intended to "mean", if anything.

well fuck, I say you're right on with that description.

Cover art for Aquarius lyrics by Boards of Canada

the voice saying "orange" is a vocal sample of Micheal Richards (Cosmo Kramer on Sienfeld).

as far as "just fantasize", it sounds similar but i'm aware that's not whats being said. i've heard hundreds of interpretations, including references to Moses (from sand to sky). 'just fantasize' whatever you want it to be.

Cover art for Aquarius lyrics by Boards of Canada

So go with the flow.

Cover art for Aquarius lyrics by Boards of Canada

Boards of Canada = Marcus Eoin and Michael Sandison. SANDISON.

Cover art for Aquarius lyrics by Boards of Canada

Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld = Michael Richards.

Cover art for Aquarius lyrics by Boards of Canada

Seeing that there are connection with other BoC songs and the Golden Ratio (also that they have said interviews that it, and other mathematical concepts fascinate them), I'm almost certain that there's some sort of order and purpose to the random portion of the number reading. I tried to figure it out once, but my math skills are about level with my basketball skills (i.e. - piss-poor) and I couldn't decipher anything from the sequences.