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You will eventually notice that the syllables of the vocals in the song follow the Fibonacci sequence. The syllables peak at 13 and start in a descending order thereafter. If you divide successive numbers of the Fibonacci sequence, you get quotient very close to the golden ratio.

If you plot the golden ratio on a graph, it is an outward spiral. The last few lines from Lateralus are:. Spiral out. Now this is not the end of it. There is a reason that the syllables in the song go only uptil In the album Lateralus, there are 13 tracks.

This, also, is not all. If you rearrange the tracks in the album and put them keeping 13 as mean and following the fibbonaci sequence, you get a whole new meaning out of an already impressive album.

Faaip de Oiad. The Grudge. Eon Blue Apocalypse. The Patient. So that leaves us with 11 actual tracks. I have to say that I immediately liked the album more than before, and it's certainly entertaining to think about the alternate meaning as you listen.

My enjoyment of the album increased though because the best songs in my opinion have fortuitously been grouped in the front half instead of being scattered across the album.

The Holy Gift is in many ways a heavier album than Lateralus and the transition from one song to the next is interesting when there are no significant silences to "clear the palette. Or perhaps not.

Finally, I have to say that the combination of the Holy Gift phenomenon, aided significantly as it is by digital audio technology, and the Dream Theater songwriting contest also aided by digital technology, but in different ways have me looking for conferences at which to present some ideas about these things. Indeed, both of these situations are very interesting think-pieces involving so many issues in popular music culture.

If nothing else, I hope to feature them in my heavy metal class the next time I'm asked to teach it. Here's Google's search result for " tool lateralus fibonacci ". Just in case you wanted to explore the interpretative process yourself. Blog - Category -. Powered by iBlog. Posted: Wednesday - November 19, 3 at PM. Sunday 18 July Monday 19 July Tuesday 20 July Wednesday 21 July Thursday 22 July Friday 23 July Saturday 24 July Sunday 25 July Monday 26 July Tuesday 27 July Wednesday 28 July Thursday 29 July Friday 30 July Saturday 31 July Sunday 1 August Monday 2 August Tuesday 3 August Wednesday 4 August Thursday 5 August Friday 6 August Saturday 7 August Sunday 8 August Monday 9 August Tuesday 10 August Wednesday 11 August Thursday 12 August Friday 13 August Saturday 14 August Sunday 15 August Monday 16 August Tuesday 17 August Wednesday 18 August Thursday 19 August Friday 20 August Saturday 21 August Sunday 22 August Monday 23 August Tuesday 24 August Wednesday 25 August Thursday 26 August Friday 27 August Saturday 28 August Sunday 29 August Monday 30 August Tuesday 31 August Wednesday 1 September Thursday 2 September Friday 3 September Saturday 4 September Sunday 5 September Monday 6 September Tuesday 7 September Wednesday 8 September Thursday 9 September Friday 10 September Saturday 11 September Sunday 12 September Monday 13 September Tuesday 14 September Wednesday 15 September Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September Saturday 18 September Sunday 19 September Monday 20 September Tuesday 21 September Wednesday 22 September Thursday 23 September Friday 24 September Saturday 25 September Sunday 26 September Monday 27 September Tuesday 28 September