Parabola (song)

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"Parabola"
Single by Tool
from the album Lateralus
ReleasedJanuary 2002
Recorded2001
GenreProgressive metal[1]
Length6:03
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)David Bottrill
Tool singles chronology
"Schism"
(2001) 		"Parabola"
(2002) 		"Lateralus"
(2002)
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"Parabola" is a song by American

drop-B tuning
for the guitars.

The song is featured on the video game

Robert Behnken.[2]

Music video

In support of this promo single, a

Tricky
). The small creature calls out to the man for help but is crushed by The Berry. The man dissects the creature's body, then wanders into a forest and encounters a leaf that turns into a flaming eye.

The man then sees himself as transparent, with all the internal functions of his body visible. Two flaming eyes appear and begin to fly around his body. As the eyes glide about, lotus flowers symbolizing the "

Kundalini awakening", in which a mystical energy or force called Kundalini rises through two intertwined channels within the body.[citation needed
]

Painter Alex Grey created the design and was deeply involved in the animation from the beginning of the flaming eye sequence through to the end of the video.

Track listing

Promotional single
  1. "Parabola" (radio edit) – 6:08
  2. "Parabol" – 3:04
  3. "Parabola" (album version) – 6:03
DVD single
  1. "Parabola" (video) – 10:09
  2. "Parabola" (commentary) – 10:09
  3. "Parabola" (Lustmord remix) – 11:35

Personnel

Tool

Production

Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
position
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[5] 31
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[6] 10

References

  1. ^ Hill, Stephen (January 28, 2019). "Every Tool album (and one EP) ranked from worst to best". Metal Hammer. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "STS-130 Wakeup Calls". NASA. February 14, 2010. Archived from the original on March 2, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  3. ^ Toolshed FAQ
  4. ^ MVDBase
  5. ^ "Tool Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "Tool Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
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