Pushit666
06-15-2006, 06:09 PM
I think the placement of this song in the context of the album has a critical effect on its meaning. Lateralus, to me, is a song of hope and of excitement; it epitomizes life at its apex. Disposition seems to be the song for when the excitement has worn down for the moment.
Think of Lateralus as a beautiful dream. Then think of Disposition as the dream ending and being awaken on a sure-to-be idle rainy day in isolation. "Watch the weather change," watch life's moods swift rapidly.
I feel that Lateralus is also, in a broad sense, about attaining your life's desires. This affects one's disposition largely. Now imagine being truly happy having attained your life's will while going through that inevitable idleness. Your disposition is static; you're satisfied. You find yourself in an odd state. Though you're undergoing downtime, you're experiencing a peculiar feeling of satisfaction and happiness. For the happiness you have in your life (if is true and life-long) is conducive to the happiness in moments seemingly unaffected by its presence. You might be the farthest possible from your will or you might have attained it, you'll still find yourself in identical situations. What separates the former from the latter is that the latter can be said to be happy nonetheless, knowing life is meaningful. The former, in contrast, is reserved to wistful introspection, wondering why life is so dissatisfying, what they're doing wrong, etc. This introspection is the root of Reflection, which is the extension of the latter group.
Society moves through the flux of life largely unaware of its own desires. The attainment of which is never pursued, therefore, because of lack of direction. I think Lateralus, on the whole, seeks the uncovering of this will through introspection. And of course, the end for those who don't find this is shown in Faaip de Oiad. In the art we see "god" imprinted in the man's brain. "God" is fulfillment. Ability to find fulfillment is by searching the confines of the mind, which is the residence of all desire.
Think of Lateralus as a beautiful dream. Then think of Disposition as the dream ending and being awaken on a sure-to-be idle rainy day in isolation. "Watch the weather change," watch life's moods swift rapidly.
I feel that Lateralus is also, in a broad sense, about attaining your life's desires. This affects one's disposition largely. Now imagine being truly happy having attained your life's will while going through that inevitable idleness. Your disposition is static; you're satisfied. You find yourself in an odd state. Though you're undergoing downtime, you're experiencing a peculiar feeling of satisfaction and happiness. For the happiness you have in your life (if is true and life-long) is conducive to the happiness in moments seemingly unaffected by its presence. You might be the farthest possible from your will or you might have attained it, you'll still find yourself in identical situations. What separates the former from the latter is that the latter can be said to be happy nonetheless, knowing life is meaningful. The former, in contrast, is reserved to wistful introspection, wondering why life is so dissatisfying, what they're doing wrong, etc. This introspection is the root of Reflection, which is the extension of the latter group.
Society moves through the flux of life largely unaware of its own desires. The attainment of which is never pursued, therefore, because of lack of direction. I think Lateralus, on the whole, seeks the uncovering of this will through introspection. And of course, the end for those who don't find this is shown in Faaip de Oiad. In the art we see "god" imprinted in the man's brain. "God" is fulfillment. Ability to find fulfillment is by searching the confines of the mind, which is the residence of all desire.