Integral Birth

Corrected lyrics; listen to the Re-Traced version, these are definitely correct.

I touch the string, though the harp may not sing Still I dig the sky for sun sparks to guide Down below there's a land with an ominous hole Dug deep in the sand of belief

A million doves Orbit 'round the Earth with tears of blood Kill the virgin, take Integral Birth

From the void, I am born into wave and particle In the uncreated light emerged an oracle

A million doves Orbit round the Earth with tears of blood Slay the dragon, take Integral Birth

Weep no more Noble silence, usher my way home

A million doves Orbit 'round the Earth with tears that flood Line in sand erased, we are but one Cosmic cavalcade, we are but one Time has come, I'll take Integral Birth

This seems to be referring to the emergence of the universe from nothing, the void. Suffering comes from ignoring where we came from, believing in dualism. The lyrics are steeped in metaphor though, so I'm sure there's a lot more there.

The cover of the album the song 'Integral Birth' is from features a human / animal / alien hybrid in transformation as explained by vocalist/guitarist 'Paul Masvidal - It represents the self between earth and cosmos. I think this transformation or rebirth is what this song is about at its core. We must suffer, bleed out & be reborn in order to see with different eyes and emerge a more complete version of ourselves.

From what I took from the lyrics, I'd say it is touching on Christianity, and then that our existance may not lie in the hands of any God, but rather in the universe's natural course of events.

This is such an awesome song!!!!! Paul's vocodor is so awesome and the background growling gives an edge. The acoustic version is also good but I some how feel like the guitar and the vocals are off, like they aren't going together in that version. Great song, and I agree with signpost's idea

This isn't so much about Christianity, this is about the human story. It starts off with the narrator looking at the cosmos for signs. He realizes that under the sands of time, there's the "ominous hole" of human beliefs long past, what humans did to find the same truth he is seeking now. The truth rebirths itself, or manifests itself differently. The doves weep in seeing how it manifested before in humans. Later he says, "weep no more, noble silence usher my way home". This is a tribute to meditation, the noble silence is bringing him home to truth, back to the origin, down that hole. In the end he realizes all the lines in the sand, all the cosmic sights, they are only part of a great truth. This "truth" is reborn and he claims it as those before him claimed theirs.

I have my own interpretation for this song, would love it if that's what they really meant, I like it a lot!

It refers to the birth of the universe and life on earth The touching of the strings might refer to us developing all sorts of theories to explain the universe though they are incorrect or incomplete (harp not singing) we still look at the universe and it's stars for guidance and direction (sun sparks) the doves are probably asteroids, the tears of blood are water ice (liquid of life - blood) on the asteroids, as current astrophysics suggests, the earth was hit millions of times during it's primal state by asteroids containing water hence a million doves that orbit round (not orbiting like a satellite but on a chance to collide, that's why they used "round") the earth. the killing of the virgin (earth in it's earliest form, with no water but ready to be "impregnated" with it) would be the asteroids colliding with earth providing water and the chance for life. From nothingness this universe appeared (from the void) bringing matter and energy (wave and particle). The uncreated light will be the matter turning into stars due to the forces (in the uncreated light emerged an oracle) we're all but one life form and one with the universe, then eventually life is created.

anyone who owns the cd can flip to this page in the booklet for the correct lyrics as well as some visual clues, the strange being (not unlike the one on the cover, but appearing more etheral) seen peering over our galaxy. This song seems to be about an extra-dimensional being connecting with our universe (i touch the string though the harp may not sing is refering to this being entering the corporeal realm, interacting with or "touching" the one-dimensional string [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory]) . "still i dig the sky for sun sparks to guide" tells us that this being finds its way through our universe much like we would if we could. as mentioned above the land with the ominous hole is our galaxy (the hole being the black hole at its center). "from the void i am born into wave and particle" is explaining that the being takes a physical form comprised of constantly vibrating particles (as all particles are). "weep no more noble silence usher my way home" the being has silenced the universe, after manifesting physically it has made all matter a part of itself. "line in sand (sands of time.)we are but one cosmic cavalcade we are but one" the metaphysical line of space and time separating us from this being (possibly a sentient omnipresence, as is supported by it being born from "the void" it could exist in a non spacial dimension) is erased. this being seems to have merged our existence with its own, returning to the existential void uncomprehensible to you or i.