Devin Townsend - Terminal Lyrics






Hey
Flow the waterways of letting go
Another day
Permanently allocate the maximum
And leave it to go

Change
And leave without a trace for her to know
A hollow day
Slow it down evenly paced, you've never known
And leave them alone

Hey
Tell me there's a lot of ways I need to know
Another day
Terminally out of phase and ill disposed
Just leave it alone

Sane
You can teach a man better to view with loose control
Another way
You pick your point, settle to be and let things go
Just leave them alone

Hey
Tell me there's a lot of ways I need to know
Another day
Terminally out of phase and ill disposed
Just leave them alone





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  1. D.... B....

    Hey,
    Flow the waterways of letting go
    Another day...
    Permanently allocate the maximum
    And leave it to go...
    Change,
    And leave without a trace for her to know
    A hollow day
    Slow it down evenly paced, you've never known
    And leave them alone
    Hey,
    Tell me theres a lot of ways I need to know
    Another day,
    Terminally out of phase and ill disposed
    Just leave it alone Sane,
    You can teach a man better to view with loose control
    Another way...
    You pick your point, settle to be and let things go...
    Just leave them alone...
    Hey,
    Tell me theres a lot of ways I need to know
    Another day...
    Terminally out of phase and ill disposed
    Just leave them alone.

  2. C.... S....

    This time Devin dived into british psychedelic/space Rock..pink Floyd.. Porcupine.. And he did it greatly.. It's an atmospheric fly..

  3. R.... C....

    So so good

  4. C.... ....

    I love the background noise that appears towards the end. Thought I was tripping at first, hearing things.

  5. J.... H....

    If I had to pick a favorite Devin song it has to be terminal. It calms my mind and my soul and heals traumas. Puts you somewhere peaceful.

    J.... H....

    Yep. Can't get enough of it. So simple but so effective.

  6. A.... L....

    The end of this sounds like Smashing Pumpkins' "Obscured".

  7. J.... A....

    Still one of my favourite of his many many songs!

  8. G.... G....

    dunno what it is about this song, but it always gets me teary-eyed.

  9. V.... S....

    Do not fear death, the end is an illusion. A cycle, like everything else in the universe.

    V.... S....

    Are you saying we aren't supposed to die?

    Or that somewhere our souls know we are eternal?

    Perhaps the fear comes from not realizing that death is not the end

    V.... S....

    Death is a part of life, just like being born and living your life. Every living thing in this world will eventually die. That's why I believe there's nothing to fear because it's natural and supposed to be that way.

    V.... S....

    Tomorrow never comes.

    V.... S....

    Reminds me of Dominus from Path of exile:

    V.... S....

    people undeniably have eternity in their hearts ... otherwise it would not be something one would contemplate

  10. T.... C....

    Every day I live I know I die a little.
    It's Ok. I don't mind.
    I have lived a epic adventure of life, love, friendship and then again a lot of terrible darkness.
    Wouldn't have changed a thing, lol,
    Now I die more,.. ... ..

    T.... C....

    @Victor Miranda-Martin Ya. Just waxiig a little philosophical.

  11. G.... ....

    amazing song

  12. b.... C....

    I give anything to know what the engineers did to get that effects on the voice...which process which effects..

    b.... C....

    +blownspirit official echo with some reverb me thinks

    b.... C....

    +blownspirit official layered vocals with reverb and delay...little compression and eq... :D

    b.... C....

    +blownspirit official Look for the "Ki" audio commentary (it's on YouTube). He explains it pretty well. Short of it is that there are four vocal tracks.

  13. E.... N....

    This song is so chill yet it makes me sad :( it reminds me those days when my boyfriend needs to leave and we're just cuddling in bed, not wanting to do anything, just be together (we're in a long distance relationship)

    E.... N....

    we're still together after 3 and a half years, still living in different countries though

    E.... N....

    That's lovely to know :)

    E.... N....

    Then you should listen to Strapping Young Lad instead, to take the blues away

    E.... N....

    ulfingvar1 champion :D

    E.... N....

    Still together?

  14. T.... H....

    The By a Thread live version kill this one imo

  15. C.... F....

    I am listening to a song that can take me back to a more simple time in my life, My dad was alive I had a guy that was crazy about me.  Driving on the back roads of a life we couldn't escape or drive fast or far enough if just to have each other a little bit longer.  I love you.  Thank you Devin for sharing your talent with us those days and for the calm of now.

    C.... F....

    +Corinna Fugate Some things are eternal in the human experience.

    C.... F....

    Corinna Fugate pure awesomeness be well much love

  16. R.... e....

    Special Song...gives me special feelings, awesome :)

  17. J.... L....

    Music is music, it's whatever speaks to us. If you don't like this, then don't fucking listen to it. You obviously aren't equipped to absorb anything as beautiful as Devin's music. Go listen to your fucking Five Finger Fruit Punch.

    J.... L....

    Thumbs up for Five Finger Fruit Punch. You seriously made my day.

    J.... L....

    You aliterate a lot. 

  18. s.... ....

    Lol, the last 10 seconds:
    "Awesome."
    "There's a centipede on my leg."
    "Awesome, guys, awesome."
    "I love brushes on drums.."
    These guys. <3

  19. t.... ....

    this is...ambient?

    t.... ....

    I don't think ambient music has voice? 

    t.... ....

    @chuckawobbly It can, but most often does not. It's probably the best descriptor for this, though it does seem a tad inaccurate.

    t.... ....

    Does it...matter?

    t.... ....

    +Jordan Dalton do you know any other ambient with good vocals? I like ambient atmospheric stuff but I love a good singer and most of it seems to be instrumental. Thanks

    t.... ....

    I would give Faunts a whirl. Try M4 Part 2 from them. Dredg is a pretty good band for some mild atmospheric stuff, their albums El Cielo and the Pariah the Parrot the Delusion are probably the best for that kind of thing. Of course from Devin Townsend his albums Ki, Ghost, and Epicloud all have some ambient stuff. Mew is another one if you like the whole dream pop thing but they tend to get a little weird.

  20. i.... ....

    Every time I listen to something by Devin Townsend I am always amazed. All of his songs are original, none of them sound the same but they are all amazing.

    i.... ....

    a lot of them sound the same, a few have the same riffs :D

  21. P.... B....

    There's a bit at 6:38 that reminds of Au Lait by Pat Metheney - it's at 2:38 in /watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds.

  22. H.... ....

    He's not underrated though - he's just not mainstream or well known. Can't rate something if you don't know of someone

  23. s.... ....

    Holy Shit. Chris. We both commented on this a year ago, and we're both top posts. > Sheik from GuitarWar < Small world.

  24. K.... ....

    I think you found the perfect wife

  25. K.... ....

    Sounds like you have an amazing wife.

  26. D.... M....

    FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

  27. A.... ....

    THERE'S A CENTIPEDE ON THE DESK! :-O

  28. v.... ....

    I am a widow of SYL fuck me right!? but it's amazing how he left his job in separate ways

  29. C.... S....

    SYL was the real deal, then Devin's solo carreer was the other real deal, the DTB was the real deal and now DTP isthe real deal

  30. A.... O....

    Why are people fighting about Strapping Young Lads and The Devin Townsend project? Devin makes a lot of different music. That's why I love the guy. He never falls into a rut. So of course you might not like all of it. It takes some pretty broad taste to like all of it. But why argue which is better? Is just different.

  31. v.... ....

    SYL was unsustainable heavy is fact. say there are no quorum to this heaviness is bullshit... and about the DTP thanks satan he is leaving of this Ki bad trip

  32. A.... C....

    SYL was the real deal in 1997. Dev's old and has a kid now. DTP is the new real deal.

  33. v.... ....

    some ass kickin' STRAPPING YOUNG FUCK LAD the real deal

  34. �.... T....

    Question why would I care if a dumb fuck like you thinks I am boring?

  35. B.... C....

    ok so the ten people who gave this a thumbs down, please tell me what you listen to. id REALLY like to know

  36. C.... A....

    Dudes, please chill. So FanyKaplan2008 finds this boring. So? It's quite ridiculous to think that people automatically must be boring if they like calm music. It's not the music that makes them mature, but it usually is so that more mature people tend to shy away from too hectic music (such as dance music).

  37. N.... P....

    you are young

  38. R.... F....

    Marshmellows bitch.

  39. W.... W....

    So... I am boring yay.
    Who cares what you think btw?

  40. E.... R....

    EPIC! and LOUD! hahah
    Im a huge fan now. I got a few of his album, love Deconstruction. Oh and I caught 2 guitar pickis from Devin!!!! I gave one to away to a random fellow head banger. :) But the show was awesome, I just wish he had Annek there too.

  41. w.... ....

    How was it? He is kinda phenomenal. He played guitar for Steve Vai and he was the lead guitarist and vocalist for Strapping Young Lad as well. DTP is a very varied (lolz) band with a lot of ambient and proggy shit. I would love to see him live. But yeah, HOW WAS THE SHOW?!

  42. T.... ....

    This track really reminds me of Porcupine Tree and Riverside. Simply Brilliant!

    T.... ....

    Absolutely and few people got it... Great catch...and this is the song which introduced me to DT music..

  43. b.... ....

    Usually not one to post mushy stuff, but this song takes me back to a long lost special point in life. Ahhhh, the power of music :)

  44. U.... ....

    Devin => the best

  45. S.... ....

    I still can't get over how beautiful this song is...

  46. M.... W....

    9 people clearly have something terminally wrong with them

    M.... W....

    7 of them have died since you posted that comment 4 years ago.

  47. E.... R....

    Never herd this guy, he sounds decent. Going to see him next month with Katatonia. It should be a great show.

  48. c.... ....

    that doesn't even make sense.

  49. B.... ....

    devin townsend = the bjork of metal

  50. J.... R....

    Steve via. Who...??? Via's music has never gave me chills ! Like DT music does.

  51. C.... B....

    Devin has to be one of the most under rated musicians in existence. why so few know about this genius is beyond me. This is an Incredable song

  52. P.... ....

    This guy is just beyond genius...

  53. a.... ....

    Took the words out of my mouth. All of Devin's music (including SYL) have helped me in different aspects of my life. I was once angry, lost and confused and now I feel like I've reached a new plateau in my life.

  54. M.... W....

    Everytime I go a week without listen to this song I forget how moving it is. The lyrics are interpretive enough that each stanza seems like it could be about one thing or another I can relate to and I just love it. Such powerful work, thanks Devin.

  55. C.... ....

    @Meriliniel Couldnt have said it better myself. :)

  56. S.... T....

    @canoestothemoon I was at that same show!

  57. T.... ....

    i hope that he will make a album like this once again!

  58. M.... ....

    @Meriliniel I know lots of sad songs, but they rarely make you feel that much better afterwards. So, thank you very much, Mr. Townsend.

  59. M.... ....

    This is the kind of song you can listen to when you come home in the evening, tired like shit and crawling into your bed to rest in fetal position for a while. Then, after listening to this song, you slowly open your eyes and find that you have gathered enough power to face the again.
    I know few songs which have this aspect of comforting you (at least that's it's effect on me), and it really helped me out a few times.

  60. b.... t....

    @canoestothemoon Devin's a goofy fucker. In Kentucky, some guy in the crowd just randomly shouted out, "Balls on ya!!" and Devin shot back with, "Mmmm! Ballsonya, my favorite Italian dish!" xD

  61. s.... ....

    This song remembers me some David Gilmour's stuff.

  62. s.... ....

    This was our wedding slow dance song. Nobody there but my wife and I knew it. It was perfection.

  63. R.... R....

    genius!... musica sencilla de trasfondos melodicos imposibles y creativos, llenaderos, bajando y subiendo la intensidad, jugando tu imaginacion y la creatividad en tu mente, dime, que piensas.. cuando escuchas esta cancion..

  64. C.... C....

    such a soothing song and relaxing, thanks for putting it up :D

  65. D.... E....

    I just love this man and all the emotional rollercoaster rides through all his work.Just thank the universe for the peace his music bring to me at times.

  66. p.... ....

    Rush,Devin Townsend , Unexpect

  67. F.... E....

    @theblackpacomurder despised icon are shit though... awkward :\

  68. h.... ....

    fantastic mellow tune ..wonderful departure from the norm

  69. Z.... ....

    This makes me want to lay motionless in a coma and have a never ending eargasm

  70. W.... ....

    This is one of those songs that I just turn off all the lights, close my eyes and feel like I'm floating on thin air. Thank you Devin for sharing your genius with the rest of the world! \m/ \m/

  71. a.... ....

    such beauty

  72. M.... S....

    Simply put, this is ethereal bliss in musical form.

  73. t.... ....

    Despised Icon are also from Canada
    Canadians should be proud of their scene

  74. Z.... ....

    @MassProduceBeats That's DTP.. Devin Townsend Project.. If you look at it carefully enough, you can notice it

  75. l.... ....

    Between all the confusions of what it is to exist, be a man, parent, rockstar, or whatever else he's been assigned, Dev should be unceasingly proud of himself for saving the mind of many a man.

    l.... ....

    latenightmoonlight Straight up. I know this is a 5-year-old comment, but it bears repeating how much Dev's music affects and relates to so many of us in deep-seated ways that are hard to describe.

  76. D.... V....

    @12thelurker Protest The Hero is From Canada.

  77. T.... ....

    @barret2378 Porcupine Tree

  78. T.... ....

    @12thelurker Rush and Devin Townsend are basically the prides of Canada musicianship wise

  79. A.... ....

    I was suggested thiss band from Opeth, and I like it :D

  80. t.... ....

    Ki is the reason that I look forward to Ghost more than Deconstruction. I heard Deconstruction and loved it, but Ghost is what I am waiting for.

  81. s.... ....

    I see a lot of Pink Floyd in it and in some other stuff. Maybe Devin has any kind of either reference or inspiration from that band when he uses to write these chill out songs.

  82. T.... E....

    3 people are waaaaaayyyyy too uptight.

  83. B.... T....

    Since nearly one year, I´m totally addicted to this song! I don´t listen to it once a day. I listen to it ten times in a row to get enough! Oo
    This is simply wonderful!

  84. N.... A....

    I just said that this song is damn holy lol :)

  85. g.... ....

    @Lethkhar2000 are you okay?

  86. N.... A....

    If anything in this Fking World where Diktators and "holy" Priest fuck our Minds and our Bodys is holy. Than it s this song!

  87. I.... ....

    So beautiful...

  88. n.... ....

    @elffish79 Any time. Anything that helps those who are too mind blown to find the replay button is worth while. :D

  89. K.... K....

    @nsmith86uk sure mate ;)thx!

  90. n.... ....

    0:00 for free replay anyone? :D

  91. b.... T....

    @josteinhaugen
    Ki(2009) and its called devin townsend project
    all tracks are amazing!!!

  92. J.... H....

    Masterpiece.

  93. J.... H....

    What's the name of the album? HAVE to buy it!

  94. c.... ....

    The very first metal concert I went to Devin was opening for Symphony X...supporting the Terria album. Very memorable night with Dev shouting "Cleveland is a sausage fest!" Terminal is one of greatest pieces of music i've been fortunate enough to have enjoyed. Canada's best musical legacy...much respect Dev!

  95. a.... ....

    God damn. This guy can do anything.

  96. G.... ....

    Alot of people don't like this album, but this might be Devin's most important album. A casually listener definitely wouldn't get something as beautiful as this.

  97. e.... ....

    3:00 to 4:00 is absolutely amazing

  98. M.... ....

    I love this kind of songs from him ... they are so calming and make you feel peaceful and snug; it's like after a fucked up day you listen to him and you know that tomorrow the sun will shine. It's healing :)
    Thank you, Mr. Townsend :)

  99. p.... ....

    This is amazing. I've always love the soft and smooth side of Devin's music. Ki is one of my favorite record by him.