I think that this song is about the betrayal and ruthlessness of the american dream. The speaker of the song is staring into this diamond, a symbol of success, wealth, and power. The speaker is trying to figure out the code to unlocking those ideas that are contained within the diamond. The speaker is attempting to figure out the secret to the american dream. He/she only ends becoming more and more confused by the refracting, reflecting, and diffracting beams of light inside the diamond, very similar to Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. Upon analyisis this diamond leaves more questions than answers and shows that thinking about power is just as corrupting as power itself.
As a sidenote the lyricist of this song probably uses all of this mathematical vocabulary to confuse the reader. I know that sounds crazy, but think about it. The writer was attempting to confuse the reader just as much as the decoder, who are essentially the same - confusing, eh? - and that is why so many are perplexed by this song. The above paragraph is just a grope in the dark at the song's meaning.
Now try and sing the song. Holy shit.
holy shit
Actually it is quite easy to dechipher if you use WMP u just slow the speed setting and change the 500 the 4KHz equalizers till u can hear the voice clear
Actually it is quite easy to dechipher if you use WMP u just slow the speed setting and change the 500 the 4KHz equalizers till u can hear the voice clear
How the hell did you figure this out???
WOW?
WOW?
what a fucking badass song - The mirrors in the corner throwing images against the other mirrors made counting corners impossible
Holy shit is right. All this time I thought these were just noises, but it turns out there's a whole friggin' story inside this already amazing song. I love how at the end, there's a statement about mirrors that is mirrored upon itself. Good stuff. I have no idea what it means though.
i bet they got them off myspace. that's where the posted some of their lyrics. haha amazing song. now that i know what he's saying, it's even more amazing.
battles is amazing amazing amazing
I think it would be next to impossible to be less than amazed by the musical qualities exhibited by Battles. Their music is legendary when you listen to it and differs from the lyrics when you read it. Very few artists can claim such talent and Battles definitely falls into that category. The lyrics seem quite metaphorical and deep, and seem to signal a struggle or fight within an individual. Whatever the meaning, the lyrics show a complicated thought process that can only be entangled by the writer or the person going through those events.