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Lateralus

by Tool

Lyrics

Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets me see.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
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Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets me see.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
full lyrics

Features of This Track

hard rock roots
a subtle use of vocal harmony
mild rhythmic syncopation
varying tempo and time signatures
repetitive melodic phrasing
demanding instrumental part writing
extensive vamping
groove based composition
minor key tonality
melodic songwriting
dirty electric guitar riffs
an aggressive male vocalist
prominent drums
use of odd meter
emphasis on instrumental arranging
intricate arranging

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this track by the Music Genome Project.

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Comments

Dig deep inside urself. Seperate the body from the mind.
i realize that A Perfect Circle is basically tool...but why is it on ALL six similar tracks?
This song is very obscure. Opens parts of your thinking that you originally didn't know existed. Good stuff if you ask me.
Anybody who can't hear that tool is one of the greatest band of my genaration needs to be slaped
casonj66
Carey is a god!...... computers can't keep that good of time... move over Neil pert
Fine stick work as usual Mr.Carey
Best song
My first Concert as a teen!:)
Great song but its like 9 minutes long:/
Tool is f**kin awsome :)
Winning blunts
Awesomeness :)
This is definitely one of the most beautiful songs of all time!! A true masterpiece!

Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
red and yellow then came to be..

Food for thought: The rods and cones in a new born baby's eyes aren't fully developed at birth. Infants see in black and white and shades of grey. As they eyes develop, red is the first color they can see followed by the other primary colors (yellow & blue).
Don't over think it.. Just feel it and will make sense.
johnbishopbr o w n 2
Not everyone does
daryls813
People over think and over analyze this song.
Simply the best! What a Masterpiece.
Fibonacci Sequence.
marshmallowr a d i a t i o n
"Black/then/ w h i t e are/all I see/in my infancy/red and yellow then came to be/reaching out to me/lets me see" is not about drugs, it's about the goddamn birth of the universe. Honestly, not all hard rock is about sex and drugs and depression guys. Some songs are about psychology, math, history, and physics. The whole universe is amazing, you just have to be willing to make yourself think differently than the self-depreca t i n g drug-addled messes out there. Spiral out.
I'm with you nathan8368! This song is so powerful and beautiful... i t transports me too a different place every time I hear it.
This is on a Primus station....a w e s o m e .
I probably should have looked at the comments before I posted right?
This song is so deep the lyrics, the timing on them you should look it up on YouTube there's a video about it.
chipchop232
Greatest band on Earth
No lyrics for this song ...what a bummer
orly
I absolutely feel inspired..
Don't live on a line; spiral out and explore.
WOW what that guy down there said about DMT Ive done is and its crazy stuff!!!! ha =)/ O ya this song is GREAT love TOOL!!!
This song has long stood out to me. The lyrics are, out of everything I've read and heard, speak of what we are and can be, the most accurate to the way I feel. I get goose bumps every time and I almost cry it's so powerful. I hope I'm not the only one who feels this...
I hope you all can, embrace <> desire to
feel the rhythm, to feel connected
to feel inspired, to fathom the power,
to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral
of our divinity and still be a human
Not pretentious. Enter the realm of the real...
Fibonacci Sequence: 0,1,1,2,3,5, 8 , 1 3 , 2 1 , 3 4 , 5 5 , 8 9 . . . Found in nature and in this song. Syllables. Black-1, Then-1, White are-2, All I see-3, In my infancy-5, Red and yellow then came to be/me (?)-8. 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8 and so on. Look it up. Pretty interesting and a little pretentious, like most things Tool.
sb_batra
I think this is my favorite tool song right now
masterpiece
What the f**k is the time signature!? If there even is one. Amazing tune.
0,1,1,2,3,5, 8 , 1 3 , 2 1 , 3 4 , 5 5 , 8 9 . . .
With lyrics like 'black then white are all i see in my infancy, red and yellow then came to be reaching out to me...' it's kinda obvious, heroin turns your eyes yellow and bloodshot,al s o there's american headcharge lyrics that are very similar i believe they are 'My past is glowing red and yellow again', and AHC is kinda synonymous with heroin. Junkies make good music, just a strange fact of life, bonesjackson .
chrsroc
dam, you're about 10 yrs late but enjoy wonderwall.
sb_batra
I;m coming to love this song. Damn pandora give me lyrics.
Reaching out to embrace what ever may come.
Call me crazy, but how can you tell if they're on drugs when the band members aren't actually in any of their videos?
wow i'm impressed with the amount of thought the listeners have put into the song and comments!! glad to kno not everyone just feels the hella badass THAT IS THE S**T I AM SCREAMING ABOUT YEAH!! and then gets wasted and goes on like it doesnt HEAR THeconsider this>>>>??. thank you !!
jewman0069
they smoke or ingest Dimethyltryp t a m i n e (DMT), not a drug look it up, a chemical that naturally occurs in many different plants and in other mammals as well. The natural function of its widespread presence remains undetermined . Structurally , DMT is analogous to the neurotransmi t t e r serotonin (5-HT), the hormone melatonin, and other psychedelic tryptamines, such as 5-MeO-DMT, bufotenin, and psilocin (the active metabolite of psilocybin).
chrsroc
person below - 'than' and just because a video is wild and crazy doesn't mean a damn thing..Sheen is out there too
looking for something new...this is the place
nvegh2
A Perfect Circle has Maynard James Keenan in it, that's why. And if you see any of Tool's music videos, you'll know they do more drugs then Charlie Sheen
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
All of the similar songs are by A Perfect Circle...hmm
maplejet: Go dig up some recent King Crimson. Especially "The Power To Believe" has a very oddly Tool-soundin g atmosphere to it.
dademay
One of the best concerts of have ever seen! Love listening to TOOL, truly a very talented bunch of musicians.
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