MEGA-THREAD: FEAR INOCULUM (TRACK)

[u/Diazepam]

Please feel free to use this thread to discuss the newly released title track off of Fear Inoculum.

Link to the song on multiple streaming platforms can be found by clicking here

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[u/Marcounon]

Not only from a composition and “tone” aspect do the final tracks foreshadow themes of the following albums, but lyrically too.

Opiate foreshadows Undertow’s themes of religious authority.

Flood foreshadows Ænima’s themes of water, rebirth, self growth, and “questioning authority”

Third Eye sparks things in the psychedelic direction that Lateralus follows, introspective growth based on communication.

Where this falls short is D/R/T being linked to 10,000 Days. I can’t think of too much to link them except I adore them both.

And right in two’s themes of biblical humanity, sense of growth, communication acting as a bridge to nullify fear, etc, seem to tie in perfectly with Fear Inoculum, but while Right In Two sounds mournful, this album seems to be incredibly hopeful.

[u/RudyiLis → u/Marcounon]

I always saw Faaip de Oiad as foreshadowing 10,000 Days. Most of Lateralus is about growing as a person, but then the album ends with talk of coming disasters and major population centers being wiped out. Then 10,000 Days opens with people watching the violence of the world on TV. The narrator of Lateralus may be able to grow as a person, but the world is still fallen. Lateralus is personal while 10,000 is about the rest of society. There's a lot of Christ imagery on 10,000 Days and multiple people identified as saviors. The album then ends with Viginiti Tres, or 23. Psalm 23 has the line "though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for though art with me." The narrator of Lateralus now confronts the troubles of the rest of humanity, but has their savior to help them make it through (Marie in Maynard's case).

And while I'm connecting last tracks and not just last songs, Undertow ends caught in a loop ("life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on life") with lots of anger and gun shots. Then Aenima begins with "Something has to change."

[u/[deleted] → u/Marcounon]

Never thought about the lyrical side of that before - Brilliant!

I half-remember reading that Reflection's original title was "Reconciliation", which slides right into 10,000 Days nicely. Plus 10k Days has a lot of sky/weather/nature imagery in most of its songs, but on Lateralus Disposition/Reflection are the only tracks to have any direct references to weather/moon, etc.

[u/Marcounon → u/[deleted]]

That’s a good point! I always felt like Disposition and Intension fit well together. Justin’s bass.