Lysander

I've always been curious exactly where the rushing sounds came from. The theory behind this song is that there are two kinds of ions, negative ions that come from electrical appliances and positive ones that come from more natural areas such as waterfalls. I take it that the rushing sound is a positive ion and the electrical zap is a negative one. Keeping that in mind, I always thought it was intriguing how the negative ions start on the left and travel to the right, then (almost literally) snap back to the left again; whereas the positive ions stay mostly in the middle. The zap sound is always the same; same volume, same pitch, same decay. On the other hand, the positive ions are much more chaotic, swelling and always changing in volume and moving at a faster rate--there's one part near the end where it seems like the rushing sound is almost desperately raging. But for all that, the song ends with the negative ions, as the positive ions fade out into silence.

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So over this.