The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
“Son et Lumière” is the opening track of the concept album De-Loused in the Comatorium. The lyrics depict the protagonist of the album’s story (later named as Cerpin Taxt) reflecting on his wretched state as he drifts into a coma following a drug overdose. “Son et Lumière” translates roughly as “so...
[Verse]
Clipside of the pink eye flight
I'm not the percent you think survives
I need sanctuary in the pages of this book
Gestating with all the other rats
Nurse said that my skin will need a graft
I am of pockmarked shapes
The vermin you need to loathe
Son et Lumière was written by Omar Rodríguez-López & Jeremy Michael Ward & Cedric Bixler-Zavala.
Son et Lumière was produced by Rick Rubin & Omar Rodríguez-López.
The Mars Volta released Son et Lumière on Tue Jun 24 2003.