Originally Posted by mrbean667

I see it as a sort of 'therapy' session, starting with the Grudge which challenges us to remove our negative feelings towards others. The Patient is like a reminder that the road to perfection is long and difficult, and that we have to keep on going.
Schism has a lot of meanings for me, it could mean that we have to realise that the gaps we create between each other are harmful; also in my own view it reminds me that all religions come from the same source.

Parabol/a is a meditation on the present, and how we need to be aware of it.
T&L is like a brief moment of relapse and anger (I think it really interrupts the flow of the album, considering it's a much older song) before...

Lateralus challenges us to think beyond any boundaries we think we have, to expand our soul towards the eternal quest for unity and perfection blah blah blah

The rest is a final meditation on how liberating it is when we let go of the ego, which links nicely back to the Grudge.

Yup :)