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 it beckons me to look through 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 myself between the sounds and open wide to suck it in.
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out.
I'm reaching for the random or whatever will bewilder me,
whatever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind,
we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going.
Tool 2001
Hi, again. Here we go!
I am not even going to start on the Tool lesson for two reasons. First I don't like Tool in general so I know little about them. Second, Rick will own me on this subject. Let's dive into the words.
All right so I know there has to be a ton of interpretations on this song. I have heard everything from industrialization to being born to just life in general. I pull this song as strength. The main point being keep going. Move forward. When you get to the very bottom black is what you see, slowly becomes white and than color. Over thinking or analyzing can drive a person crazy hence the separation. We need to live in the moment to move forward. I know Rick is going to have a lot more to say about this song so I will let him get to it.
Now that my heart is beating at a normal speed and rhythm again, I find this selection by Mardi rather surprising.
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite song from one of my favorite bands. And I can tell you from experience - I have yet to see a live performance that matched the level of the live performance of this song in Houston in October 2001.
Mardi is correct when she tells us that this song has many meanings. The masterful lyrics truly touch each listener in a different way. For me I thought it was a really cool song before I heard the lyrics. The first time I really listened to the lyrics was one night in early November 2001. The night before I was faced with something that caused me to challenge what I knew in my heart. I was on my way home from a class when that song was playing in my CD player. I got back to my apartment and set the player to this song and listened to it closely. Earlier that night I had come to realize something important, but it still remained to be seen whether I should reveal it or not (no - I wasn't coming out as gay). The lyrics here, especially the final verse and refrain, gave me the courage to reveal what I had come to realize earlier that evening.
I had that conversation that night and revealed what I had come to realize. Since then it's been an amazing journey - one that I can't imagine taking if I had not heard this song that night in my car.
Good choice, Mardi, and thank you for bringing back a wonderful memory.