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The title track from Tool's third studio album shifts through time signatures in a repeating sequence of 9/8, 4/4, and 7/8, the rhythmic structure mirroring the lyrical preoccupation with expansion and transcendence. Maynard James Keenan maps a journey from binary perception to a more open state, the verses charting the move from childhood's limited palette to a willingness to embrace randomness and possibility. The band's bassist Justin Chancellor described it as the turning point of the record.
The lyric builds through repetition and accumulation, each iteration widening the frame. Keenan sings of reaching beyond the lines of reason, the spiral motif threading through the second half as both metaphor and instruction. The track stretches past nine minutes, the arrangement patient enough to let the pattern breathe and the theme settle without hurry.
"Lateralus" is a single by TOOL, from the album Lateralus, released 14th May 2001. The track is 9:25 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about TOOL.
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