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TOOL

Lateralus

Release date: 14th May 2001

From LateralusTrack 99:25
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About This Track

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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TOOL

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Lyrics

Lateralus

Black   
Then 
White are
All I see
In my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be
Reaching out to me
Lets me see

As below so above and beyond I imagine
Drawn beyond the lines of reason
Push the envelope
Watch it bend

Over thinking, over analyzing, separates the body from the mind
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment
Drawing way outside the lines

Black 
Then 
White are
All I see
In my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be
Reaching out to me
Lets me see
There is 
So 
Much 
More and
Beckons me
To look through to these
Infinite possibilities
As below so above and beyond I imagine
Drawn outside the lines of reason
Push the envelope
Watch it bend

Over thinking, over analyzing, separates the body from the mind
Withering my intuition, leaving opportunities behind

Feed my will to feel this moment
Urging me to cross the line
Reaching out to embrace the random
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come

I embrace my desire to
I embrace my desire to
Feel the rhythm
To feel connected
Enough to step aside and
Weep like a widow
To feel inspired
To fathom the power
To witness the beauty
To bathe in the fountain
To swing on the spiral
To swing on the spiral

To swing on the spiral
Of our divinity and
Still be a human

With my feet upon the ground
I lose myself between the sounds
And open wide to suck it in
I feel it move across my skin
I'm reaching up and reaching out
I'm reaching for the random or
Whatever will bewilder me
Whatever will bewilder me
And following our will and wind
We may just go where no one's been
We'll ride the spiral to the end
And may just go where no one's been
Spiral out, keep going
Spiral out, keep going
Spiral out, keep going
Spiral out, keep going

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Track details

From Lateralus

9:252001Single
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Album
Lateralus
Lateralus
TOOL
15th May 2001
Track number
9
Release year
2001
  1. 1The Grudge
    8:37
  2. 2Eon Blue Apocalypse
    1:04
  3. 3The Patient
    7:14
  4. 4Mantra
    1:13

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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Adam Jones, Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Maynard James Keenan
    Producer
    David Bottrill, Tool
    Bass
    Justin Chancellor
    Drums
    Danny Carey
    Guitar
    Adam Jones
    Vocals
    Maynard James Keenan
    Assistant Engineer
    Vince DeFranco
    Mastering Engineer
    Bob Ludwig
    Mixing Engineer
    David Bottrill
    Recording Engineer
    David Bottrill
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