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Lateralus

Posted by on Dec 10, 2010 in Personal | 0 comments

I’ve enjoyed many of the musical art works produced by Tool over the years.  It never gets old.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralus_(song)

The song is about living open-mindedly, or laterally, instead of narrow-mindedly, or linearly.

Counting between pauses, the syllables in Maynard James Keenan’s vocals during the verses form the first few Fibonacci numbers, ascending and descending:[4][5]
(1) Black,
(1) then,
(2) white are,
(3) all I see,
(5) in my infancy,
(8) red and yellow then came to be,
(5) reaching out to me,
(3) lets me see.
(2) There is,
(1) so,
(1) much,
(2) more and
(3) beckons me,
(5) to look through to these,
(8) infinite possibilities.
(13) As below so above and beyond I imagine,
(8) drawn outside the lines of reason.
(5) Push the envelope.
(3) Watch it bend.
The Fibonacci sequence shares a relationship with spirals, which are mentioned several times later in the lyrics. In fact, the syllables length itself spirals-in and spirals-out on the sequence: ‎1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 8, 5, 3.
Additionally, Keenan begins singing at 1:37 into the song. 1 minute 37 seconds, or 97 seconds, is approximately 1.618 of a full minute. This happens to be the golden ratio, which is closely related to the Fibonacci sequence.

Counting between pauses, the syllables in Maynard James Keenan’s vocals during the verses form the first few Fibonacci numbers, ascending and descending:[4][5](1) Black,(1) then,(2) white are,(3) all I see,(5) in my infancy,(8) red and yellow then came to be,(5) reaching out to me,(3) lets me see.(2) There is,(1) so,(1) much,(2) more and(3) beckons me,(5) to look through to these,(8) infinite possibilities.(13) As below so above and beyond I imagine,(8) drawn outside the lines of reason.(5) Push the envelope.(3) Watch it bend.The Fibonacci sequence shares a relationship with spirals, which are mentioned several times later in the lyrics. In fact, the syllables length itself spirals-in and spirals-out on the sequence: ‎1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 8, 5, 3.Additionally, Keenan begins singing at 1:37 into the song. 1 minute 37 seconds, or 97 seconds, is approximately 1.618 of a full minute. This happens to be the golden ratio, which is closely related to the Fibonacci sequence.