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Lateralareallofus
10-09-2010, 04:29 PM
long drawn out babble:

My take on this song is that we need to divide to progress. as a cell divides, cutting itself in two, sacrificing itself to grow in numbers, live, and give new life, we must divide part of ourselves to progress. As an individual and a whole species. This song is a solemn conclusion to 10,00 days and somewhat of a revised version of Reflection.

Lateralus was a journey towards unity consciousness enlightenment. It ends with Triad, which sounds like a tortured soul being caught up in the rapture too early, not quite ready for enlightenment, there is still something that is hindering growth. 10,000 days is about the step of digging down again to pull out the poison and facing reality. Lateralus was ideal and a brief glimpse of heaven on earth (eden). the ego and negative thinking is what still remains. The ego cannot be permanently killed, only temporarily and reborn. (raised the dead) so digging through the subconsious and darker side of life (eyeball deep in muddy water) but realizing that we humans are in a unique position because we are just matter, animals, organisms on a planet, yet are able to realize there is something higher. Im not saying you have to call it God, but we all deep down know that physical desires of the ego which is residue from our animal ancestors is not the way to live. sex, drugs, and other physical temptations feel great but dont you ever feel that there is something more despite what the media and society tells you? no not biblical or anything but we have the concept of perfection in our heads. none of us our perfect because we live in a broken world ie the physical. Judith marie found Jesus but others find there own spirituality (this little light of mine). There is no real definition, but we can all recognize it. Trying to define it only confines its potential. Stop trying to control. We are cogs and gears of something much greater but dont know wont know what it is. we are rosetta stoned in our attempt to control and know everything. The vajra in the lateralus art is a symbol of wisdom but the bell usually accompanies it which represents compassion (beginning sound at beginning of wings for marie and also vicarious). Chimes ring in the intro of vicarious but then we come crashing back down to the physical realm because we only saw one side of reality. Now its time to finally face that we live in a hostile universe where innocent people die and we secretly feed off this like vamps and leeches. all the wisdom in the world wont get you anywhere.

This is where the Fool's journey comes into play. TOOL=FOOL. it sound corny, but open your heart, love yourelf and life. 10,000 days is TOol's blues album as danny said. After seeing both sides of life the good and bad we must choose one so we can end this tug of war. the angels dont want us to live as one but to END to tug o war. someone has to win. a message of hope and a warning. let the negative side of life consume you or choose to accept it and live for what you know is right. this is of course different for everyone and not as simple as it sounds.

Give away the stone (philosophers stone)(rosetta stone) which is our attempt to understand and figure out everything. let go! let go! Feel this experience. Feel past just thoughts of the ego, (im hungry, i wanna fuck, i want attention, i want to feel something more, more more). Way way deep down you have pure silence and peace just consciousness. Sit and breathe for 30 secs and you can feel it. something higher. We are the same as animals except that we have this inborn ability to live with a conscience. All animals have no problem with eating fucking and shitting. we humans do the same as them yet we see it all as somewhat disgusting if you can see from it a different perspective. imagine being another creature and seeing how we all live, not what the tv shows represent us as but how we live on a day to day basis. Dont get caught up in this physical world. For just one second look higher ie die ie lieave your physical body momentarily to feel the higher possibilites. WE live in the infinite!! there is more out there besides malls, jobs, and food. But our place is here on earth. You musta been high!!

I believe Tools next album will be about finding that balance again. between being human and divine. we arent angels but we have a vague concept and comprehension of the perfect so lets choose to go in that path.

xombiex
10-11-2010, 09:47 AM
There is something higher. Tool's make-us-believe world puts it all out there in a loud voice so simple minds of today grasps the concept. No ones understands so we just withstand. All they know is all we've known for yrs. they just revised it. Making money off old ideals because young minds are easy to change, mold into greater things. If you listen to the world it wants help. We all want a better..a safer..a healthier world but we all have to give into the same ideals to have it, until then we are divided. Btw its not the path we choose, its the way we travel it.