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
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The title is a pormanteau of dyslexia and lexicon. According to Cedric, he got that from the title of a book and “sampled” it, hip hop style.
[Verse 1]
Nature red in tooth and claw
I haven't seemed to keep my powder dry
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
The second that I fell in love
With the handle of your revolver
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
I begged to you a second chance
With dried white roads to Bethlehem
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
[Pre-Chorus]
Am I the valency that you deny?
[Chorus]
In the time of the sixth sun
We are cattle to the prod
And I burn this dictionary
Because it's my dyslexicon
[Verse 2]
When I collapse and bury all the things
Unconsciously I hear cackling in chloroform
This spectre will ensnare
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
A braided strand of children's manes
Acquired with impunity
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
The things you say to me are deaf in tongue
I always seem to hear it in your laughter
[Pre-Chorus]
Am I the valency that you deny?
[Chorus]
In the time of the sixth sun
We are cattle to the prod
And I burn this dictionary
Because it's my dyslexicon
[Bridge]
You've never tasted heaven
Stood your mother filled with grief
In the wake of Monday morning
Culprit void of breath with guile
If fate is your endearment
Through pistil and through stem
In the wake of Monday morning
A culprit void of breath with guile
And on the seventh day
You will come to find
My prism is not colorblind
In death's mosaic spirit
A culprit void of breath with guile
That's why I repent
That's why I go under
That's why I repent
That's why I go under
That's why I repent for the night
[Chorus]
In the time of the sixth sun
We are cattle to the prod
And I burn this dictionary
Because it's my dyslexicon
[Chorus]
In the time of the sixth sun
We are cattle to the prod
And I burn this dictionary
Because it's my dyslexicon
It's my dyslexicon
Dyslexicon was written by Cedric Bixler-Zavala & Omar Rodríguez-López.
Dyslexicon was produced by Omar Rodríguez-López.
The Mars Volta released Dyslexicon on Mon Mar 26 2012.
Cedric Bixler-Zavala spoke about the song in the official ‘Track by Track’ video uploaded to YouTube on April 27, 2012:
It’s a title I’ve had for a long time ‘cause I’ve got it from a book. I know a book had it in a title and it sort of stuck with me and I thought 'Oh, Rock 'n’ Roll, we all sample...