something_Dark

when I first listen to the song reflection I noticed that there are some unique things in the song that only a studio tech or just a hardcore musicphile would have noticed.
one of them being that Maynard is using a reverse re verb on his voice on the last verse.
I thought nothing of it because Ive worked with reverse re verb in a studio before and I wasn't really that impressed.
but i got to thinking "Reflection in a mirror is the reverse of the image in front of it"
so I recorded the song on my wave file recorder and played it back in reverse.
I noticed that the song in reverse almost sounds identical to the song played normal.
I also got a whole new set of lyrics from that last verse. although alot of it is just a mess but there is a point that you can clearly hear lyrics.
on purpose or just a fluke?

who knows but with these guys you can expect the unexpected.

and as for those lyrics Im not telling what i think they say cuase then some turd/jerk is going to post something rude about it. and Im not up for any asshole comments tonite..

okay? okay.

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toolloot

Err. Give me a couple of mins while I try.

toolloot

Heh. that sounds really cool.

something_Dark

I hope you hear what I hear. its like a little ways into the first verse, well the first verse backwards that is.

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toolloot

I'll upload a reversed version for all.

http://tdn.youbint.com/Reflectionback.mp3 10mb file.
Up and running link.

something_Dark

listen from 01:10 to 01:22. listen for the word mortal. sounds like Martal. the old way of saying it.

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toolloot

Coincidence?

toolloot

Those drums make such a leet sound back to front.

something_Dark

wow! how did you upload a wav file to a tdn link?

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MrMcPheezy

That link didn't work for me. :(

something_Dark

okay this is what I hear,

"you dont know why youre here foolish mortal" only death can save you, living again will never save you.

or " you know why youre here foolish martal"

either way the word foolish mortal is very easy to pick out.

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MrMcPheezy

One of you should get on aim and send it to me.

toolloot

If you have problems with the link don't use the subdomain.
http://youbint.com/tdn/Reflectionback.mp3

Kelly

this is like lustmord sounding shit

something_Dark

okay my recording was off so scratch the start time of 01:10. try 2:03 to about 2:13


I went by the media player's time. the whole song is 11:07

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steve99_9

im listening to it in Cool Edit Pro
thats a pretty good find, sounds fucking cool

bluefire

I love the way adam's solos sound backwards. I can't make out anything though, I'm horrible at listening to backwards songs. Cool find, man.

Fap

That sounds especially cool around 4:51.

dark_Speedo

Sounds like a happy song backwards.

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awaking

the guitar sounds the same through out the whole song.. very trippy

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waffel

holy shit im trippin balls. the start of the song is awesome, the big wave. and its crazy cuz it sounds almost the same.

something_Dark

the more I listen the more
It sounds Like Martal or martyr.

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something_Dark

the more I listen the more
It sounds Like Martal or martyr.

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krumz

really interesting! nice find

nb: I have started my day by listening to reflection backwards....is that bad omen :D haha...lets c

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Ertai

lol...listen to reflection just with increased speed by 100%....

sounds fucking awsome... but chipmunk version of maynard

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MrMcPheezy

It sounds interesting, but I don't hear anything in the lyrics.

5th Eye

I heard the foolish martal part. What do the real lyrics say there?

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dark_Speedo

The melody part to the intro is just reversed, so it sounds the same when the song is played backwards. Thats pretty cool.

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MrMcPheezy

I'm gonna have to go over the lyrics and see if I can find anything that would make any sense when read backwards.

toolloot

I don't hear anything in the lyrics. Sounds cool though.

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varg

Yeah, the violin harmony was what fucked with my head, too. Really cool.
The lyrics... well...

Ktuluvic

This is pretty cool, although the lyrics part just seems to be the brain trying to make a pattern it recognizes. I didn't hear the lyric part at all until I read along.

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krumz

pink floyd empty spaces is one of the clearest reverse lyrics I have ever heard....sweet

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something_Dark

Yeah that's what I thought too, the brain trying to make sense of it and recognize something. and Ive got one of those over re-active brains to boot

What I'm still wondering is if there was any thing recorded on purpose with that reverse re verb, and maybe that's where I'm getting the words.

who knows

much thanks to toolloot for the re recording and web link! that first part sounds amazing! Like a wave and then slams into the song.

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Ocelot199

This would actually be awsome to listen to if you could cut out Maynard. Reverse vox sound kinda annoying. Still, very very cool. The beginning was awsome.

Its cool how the guitar sounds almost exactly the same backwards as it does forwards.

waffel

The britney spear thing backwards is fuckin crazy too.

dark_Speedo

Stairway to heaven always makes me sad after I listen to that backwards... really depressing for some reason.

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hateAliases

damn... ok its pretty cool the song especially the guitar sounds almost as it does normal but... hey i really dont think this whole mortal whatever thing is on purpose....

coincidence. allthough, i really dont like this word at all.