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Lateralus

Lateralus lyrics by Tool. Black then white are all I see in my infancy Red and yellow then came to be Reaching out to me, let's me see As below, so above and...

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Lateralus

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Black then white are all I see in my infancy

Red and yellow then came to be

Reaching out to me, let's 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, let's me see

There is so much more that 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'll embrace my desire to

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

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