Tool - Lateralus

The song Lateralus off the album Lateralus

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
Drawn beyond the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. watch it bend.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines.

Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Lets me see there is so much more and
Beckons me to look thru to these infinite possibilities.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn outside the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. watch it bend.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving opportunities behind.
Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.

I embrace my desire to
I embrace my desire to
Feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow
To feel inspired to fathom the power, to witness the beauty,
To bathe in the fountain,
To swing on the spiral
To swing on the spiral
To swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human.

With my feet upon the ground I move myeslf between the sounds and open wide to
Suck it in.
I feel it move across my skin.
Im reaching up and reaching out. Im reaching for the random or what ever will
Bewilder me.
What ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no ones been.
Well ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no ones been.
Spiral out. keep going.
Spiral out. keep going.
Spiral out. keep going.
Spiral out. keep going.
Spiral out. keep going.

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• Lateralus
• tool
• rock
• metal
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[kzone92]

this song is a masterpiece

[mechanical777animals]

tool for life bitch

[saharaxwolfie]

@ComcatSports Are you kidding me? Art=expressing feeling and eliciting feeling in others.

There is no way to make good music without expressing feeling.

I....wow.

[MrFlopz]

Any time I think of the chorus to this song in my head, I must listen to it.

[tashley21]

Music like this just makes your mind wander...

[amf882]

@xboxdude94fails This song is saying to think like a spiral, instead of a straight line. The spiral is a kind of shape that represents our divinity and soul. The spiral is the visual Fibonacci Sequence, the repeating pattern in the song.

[Milmer12]

its the equation to a spiral in very mathematical terms

[AHTSvideo]

in my opinion, its about growing, and never stopping, learning every day, and living life to the fullest, look up "the fibonacci pattern in lateralus" it explains better

[xboxdude94fails]

I'm not really sure what this song is about, I have an idea it has to do with aura but..

[ComcatSports]

Don't get me wrong, I love tool. But it's almost sickening the way they express their feelings in their music.

[brendanwaas]

unlike other bands Tool has a purpose in their music. all of it. not only is the music awesome in itself, but it has deep meaning that tells you how it is in the world

[VicMegalomaniac]

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