Originally Posted by little bozzio

Most definitely.
The coolest cars and the brightest colors. Colours.

Why do we use the extra u?

Originally Posted by Yast3r

You're probably the demographic to blame for inventions like the Lava Lamps and those lights that flicker to the music.

Originally Posted by Strewth

It's because you can't decide if you're Brits or not.


Lol Canada.

Originally Posted by theamazingtool

strobe lights fuck with me big time. seriously, i fucking hate them

Originally Posted by little bozzio

So concurred.
I feel like smashing them. They trigger something.

Stobe lights seem so aggressive.

Originally Posted by Inner_Eulogy

Well for one, it'd be nice for you to include the interview or at least a link to it, secondly...it's more than obvious that it's a manipulated sound...if you're not going to share the interview the least you could do is say what the fuck the sound was that they manipulated

Originally Posted by lizbiz

Not to get back on topic or anything (I know this is an old thread) but I can't believe after all the talking about snakes that nobody mentioned the kundalini snake. After all the talk about stepping through shadows, the chakras, transmutation, etc. it sounds like Maynard is having difficulty dealing with 2 different changes in his life, the birth of his son and the merging of his conscious and unconscious self. You can plainly see the kundalini snake at the end of the parabola video

Originally Posted by MORNING_GLORY

I'm come to believe that this track is supposed to be... whatever you want it to be.

Lets look at what we know about "Viginti Tres".

The entire track consists of incoherent static and noise, with the one ominous voice somewhere in the middle. Theres really no measure or definite rhythm, nothing to compare it with, no obvious references...

...which is the whole point.

23 is the universal number of synchronicities or coincidences (as we all know), and can be correlated to anything you try to reference it to. Somewhere along the way, you'll find something that this track reminds you of, some sort of connection, which is exactly why they named it 23 or "viginti tres".

When you look at a Rorschach ink blot, you see whatever is on your mind, whether its conscious or unconscious. Tools medium is through music, and this track is their audio ink blot. The title just tells you what its purpose is.

The actual sounds have no connection with the number 23 (unless you find one!), they just give us random sounds, we hear what we want to hear, and it all makes sense to us in the same way the number 23 makes sense with the rest of the world. Its there if we see it there, and it doesnt exist to us until we pay attention to it.

So, all in all, this track allows you to reflect on your own mind, and see what you're most interested in, or what you want tool to be interested in, or whatever your intentions are, I guess the deciphering part is up to you.

So there is no puzzle with a definite answer, the puzzle is your own (un)consciousness, deal with it, tool doesnt have buried treasure with signed guitars and used kleenex that youll find by deciphering the code.

Sorry if this has been said before, I'm sure someone has, but I swear I haven't seen it.

Sorry if this is general knowledge, I'm just now figuring it out on my own.

I feel that by posting this I will have defeated the whole purpose of the "song", but the whole puzzle thing has gotten way too many people off track.... its like people are expecting tool to have some amazing answer, and tool is trying to tell us to find the answers on our own.

Originally Posted by Heterodox

Personally I think it's a rather un-climatic ending after such a long run of melo songs (Lipan Conjuring -chanting; Lost keys - talking; Rosetta Stoned - more talking; Intension - super melo and not exciting; Right in Two - finally a good song to sing along to; then meaningless noise).