Now that I've shared that image, here are my thoughts on the song and what it means to me.
To me, it's about a rebirth. Coming to a revelation that makes your life change and doing something to change it instead of letting things slip by. Making every moment important and meaningful and looking forward to the things which may come. Moving forward instead of remaining stagnant.
The song is almost like a motivational speaker telling me to get my ass in gear... in short :)
Excellent drawing. While I may not agree with all of your opinions on the song, I think it's great you're trying to interpret his lyrcs with images rather than simple words. If I could draw, I'd do the same.
I dig the drawing too. I think the song not so much about the rebirth. i think the whole 'black then white are all I see" that is part of the birth but I think he's thinking back to being a child . As in having the innocence and wonder of a child that pushes your envelope as you watch it bend. To me it's just about the same theme it's always been with them. Evolution. just a differnt angle on it.
personally, i immediately thought of "The Grudge" after looking at the picture. To me, it's a man that's trapped under the grudges he has, perhaps he's in the stage where he's ready to let go, it looks like there's water around, always a good symbol for rebirth.
I get the idea of rebirth mainly from Triad, though I think Lateralus is what triggers the change to rebirth. Nice drawing. It makes me think of a way less druggy journey of the wounded healer even though your drawing doesn't look like it means the same thing.
Thanks for your input and feedback. Part of the beauty of Tool and the way Maynard writes lyrics is that it is very open to personal interpretation... One person can take it one way, someone else another and then there is the way the artist intended for it to be taken. With art, it is what you make of it. I can't say I agree or disagree with any of your thoughts, because you are all coming from different directions.
Lateralus is not for me about re-birth, but about accepting your own divinity and evolving to become one with the rest of the universe. It's a great idea to interpret a song with a drawing. They say sometimes "a picture is worth 1000 words", well, you proved it.
