Parabola
The second single from Lateralus.
"Parabola" is a song by Tool, released as the second single from their third album, Lateralus. It first went out as a promo in 2002 and was reissued on December 20, 2005 with a DVD of the music video and a two-track commentary by Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Tool
- Album
- Lateralus
- Released
- January 2002
- Recorded
- 2001
- Genre
- Progressive metal
- Length
- 6:03
- Label
- Volcano II; Tool Dissectional
- Writer
- Danny Carey
- Justin Chancellor
- Adam Jones
- Maynard James Keenan
Lore & Background
The guitars use a modified drop-B tuning. Its theme is the Heideggerian idea of life felt as eternal in the moment by a consciousness living in a mortal body. Its video runs over ten minutes because it also includes "Parabol", the track that precedes the song on the album. "Parabola" was played as a wake-up call for astronaut Robert Behnken on the Space Shuttle mission STS-130 and appears in Guitar Hero World Tour.
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