Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Infinite Regression, artist - Quantic.
Date of issue: 18.06.2001
Song language: English
Infinite Regression |
Here is the painting of a landscape |
But the artist who painted that picture says |
— Something is missing. |
What is it? |
It is I myself who was a part of the landscape I painted |
So he mentally takes a step backward |
— or 'regresses' -- and paints… |
…a picture of the artist painting |
A picture of the landscape |
And still something is missing. |
And that |
Something is still his real self |
Painting the second picture. |
So he |
'regresses' further and paints a third… |
…a picture of the artist painting a |
Picture of the artist painting a |
Picture of the landscape. |
And because |
Something is still missing, he paints a |
Fourth and fifth picture… |
…until there is a picture of |
The artist painting a picture of the |
Artist painting a picture of the |
Artist painting a picture of the |
Artist painting the landscape |
So infinite regression is-- |
--It is the moment when our artist |
Having regressed to the point of |
Infinity, himself becomes a part |
Of the picture he has painted and |
Is both the Observer and the observed |
Well, in that peculiar condition |
What would he be observing if he were observing |
Time? |
He would perceive, Mr. Bonds, that Time is like |
A freeway with an infinite number of |
'lanes' |
-- all leading from the past |
Into the future. |
But not into the |
Same future. |
A driver in Lane 'A' |
May crash, while a driver in Lane 'B' |
Survives. |
It follows that a driver |
By changing lanes, can change his |
Future |
Mr. Bonds, i think that time can |
Fully be understood by an observer |
With the Godlike gift of infinite |
Regression |
Do you believe that? |
Absolutely! |
I think it is the only explanation |