Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)

The thing somebody posted on page 2 (i think it was) about the guy showing up in a hospital who didn't speak but could play piano is definitely the first thing I thought of when I heard the song. In fact, i'd forgotten that guy played piano, so I didn't even think of "Lost Keys" as meaning that but I guess it does. However, I think the real meaning of the title "Lost Keys" actually refers to the keys of the Qabbalah. The tracks on the album represent the keys, and they are "lost", or out of order. In fact, there are 22 paths on the tree of life that these songs may represent. If one combines Viginti Tres with Wings For Marie I and II into a single track, then put this in place of the two Wings/10,000 days tracks, the album then consists of either 22 or 23 tracks (depending on whether you still include Viginti Tres). My theory is that when grouped properly, the 22 tracks go into 9 different groups, which are intended to represent 9 of the spheres of the tree of life. Now, somebody on a different song mentioned that there is a UPC code embedded in a picture with Maynard in the liner notes to 10,000 days that reads "342121243". If you add those numbers, you get 22. There are nine of them. My thought is that when the songs are grouped into the correct spheres, and the spheres are ordered thusly, then the album is finally in the proper order. I have a tentative order that i've been messing around with, but it's not quite complete. , at least that I know of. My hypothesis, don't flame me because it sounds weird, is that once the album is correctly ordered, it can be synchronized with itself, reversed. I think this may be something that actually requires reversing the waveforms in an audio editor, but I might be looking way too deep into things. Either way, certain things do seem like they'd work out that way. There's a line in "Schism" that says "Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers' souls in motion". Well, there's a song called "Intension", and it's full of the word "Pure" in the lyrics. When reversed, and laid on top of Schism just so, the songs play off each other in remarkable ways. The harmonies converge, and a lot of the rhythms seem to be playing off of each other. Perhaps the reversal is not quite right, and renegade-ninja's idea with a sync list is more accurate. However, I have no idea what those numbers are intended to represent in that synclist. There's more to this theory of mine, but it's pretty complicated and I still don't really have it worked out fully. If anyone might have any insights, they're more than welcome to share them..