Aqueous Transmission

In my humble opinion, Aqueous Transmission is an extension of "Drive" from their "Make Yourself" album. The whole premise of their album "Make Yourself" is that we have the ability to be and have whatever we wish but in order to do so, we must face ourselves, our fears, our doubt and become the person we wish to become! We all have this ability but we don't want to do the work and become that which we want. The song "Drive" is about fear and how fear holds us back and once we realize that fear is made to be faced and dealt with, it's no longer as scary as we once perceived. "Aqueous Transmission" is what happens after we've faced the fear and become that which we want to be. It's the old idea that when you grow spiritually and emotionally, if your partner does not grow with you, you need to move on until your partner grows to where you've grown to so that you can relate at the same level. The song talks about a river. The river is life and everything that comes with it, the oars are that which held him back (his issues), and the vessel is his body. Just floating down the river without his lover because he's shed his ego and now realizes that life will take him wherever it wants to.
Now, here's the payoff. The antenna he talks of building, signifies all that he has learned throughout this journey of growth and the transmission he is sending is him being a teacher to all who want to listen to what he has to teach. He has become a self-realized human being and when he talks about maybe meeting again further down the river he's talking about meeting his lover that he's been without because they are no longer at the same emotional level. If the partner grows and catches up with who he has become, then perhaps they can meet again and teach each other everything they both learned to become emotional giants, hence the lyrics "Maybe we can meet again Further down the river And share what we both discovered Then revel in the view" This song is a metaphor for spiritual and emotional growth. It's beauty not only comes from the instruments but more from the message it is giving us as a gift that we all need to become "more than what we are" and eventually we will all relate at the same level. It's beautiful!