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Quintessence Lyrics

The demon skin is covered in fine mist
Opened his hand in my hand
Holding my eyes to the future
Hovering above myself
Letting loose the guided
Punching these holes in my head
The space time paradigm

Omnipresence
Primal instincts

Let it go

Calling reason
Finding you
These wild hearts run
Even deeper
Burning through
These wild hearts run

Let it go

Letting me free the quintessence
In fine mist
Opened his hand in center
Holding my eyes to the future
Letting loose the guided
Punching these holes in my head
Losing my skin to the landslide

Omnipresence
Primal instinct

Let it go

Calling reason
Finding you
These wild hearts run
Even deeper
Burning through
These wild hearts run

Let it go

Shield failure
Speed farewell
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While in the Khlyst cult, they see our protaginists future:

"Opened his hand in my hand Holding my eyes to the future Hovering above myself Letting loose the guided Punching these holes in my head"

They see that his destiny is to find the "real himself". Like a inner search. He needs to let himself go, to relax, to go with the flow, to follow his heart. I'm not really sure, but it seems that "finding you" is both in a spiritual way (the mentioned inner search) but also in a physical way (he needs to get to his body again):

"Calling reason Finding you These wild hearts run Even deeper Burning through These wild hearts run"

Previously it's like a superficial diagnosis and now they do a deeper one. He then let them explore the real Him. I can't explain this very well. It's like he frees his soul, his pure matter, the true himself, so the cult members can see better the future. The conclusion is the same as the previous "diagnosis", however it confirms the theory that he need to go back to "find himself", both physically and spiritually, just as explained before:

"Letting me free the quintessence In fine mist Opened his hand in center Holding my eyes to the future Letting loose the guided"

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i could swear they were saying "letting go" rather than "let it go". definatly one of my faves from this album

Cover art for Quintessence lyrics by Mastodon

It is also worth noting that quintessence is the fifth element, which is said to be the substance which binds ethereal bodies or forms together.

Cover art for Quintessence lyrics by Mastodon

Good interps. How about that chiming melody at the end of the song? cool or what? It's also at the end of The Czar a little bit too. It Would Be Soo Awesome If That Melody Is The Main Riff In "The Last Baron"!

Cover art for Quintessence lyrics by Mastodon

Good interps. How about that chiming melody at the end of the song? cool or what? It's also at the end of The Czar a little bit too. It Would Be Soo Awesome If That Melody Is The Main Riff In "The Last Baron"!

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I swear this song has Justin Hill formerly of Sikth singing in it at parts.

Cover art for Quintessence lyrics by Mastodon

becoming one of my faves on crack the skye

i love love love its spacey vibe in the instrumentals throughout the song

Cover art for Quintessence lyrics by Mastodon

this is an exstention of the trip from divinations but more of an astral projection. as he gains more incite he feels omni present and feels that he has breaken through their sheilds and hell be safe of the dangers.

 
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