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Five by Sleeping At Last

Release Date
Fri Jun 08 2018
Performed by
Sleeping At Last
Produced by
Sleeping At Last
Writed by
Ryan O’Neal
About

Ryan O'Neal wrote and recorded a series of nine songs based on the enneagram typing system as part of the second year of his Atlas project. This song is the fifth in the series and is both inspired by and written for those who identify with type five:

“Five” is the 21st song (of 25) in my Atlas: Ye...

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Five Lyrics

[Instrumental]

I want to watch the universe expand. I want to break it into pieces small enough to understand, and put it all back together again in the quiet of my private collection. It feels like an out-of-body experience—but something gets lost from a safe distance and now I can’t put my mind to rest, and I can’t help but second guess living behind this one-way mirror. I’m hypnotized by this anomaly. Such strange uncharted territory—a white flag waves in the dark between my head and my heart. My armor falls apart, as if I could let myself be seen, even deeply known. Like I was already brave enough to let go. And now I want to generously lose this energy that I’ve been hanging onto so desperately. I finally feel the universe expand—it’s hidden in heartbeats, exhales and in the hope of open hands

Five Q&A

Who wrote Five's ?

Five was written by Ryan O’Neal.

Who produced Five's ?

Five was produced by Sleeping At Last.

When did Sleeping At Last release Five?

Sleeping At Last released Five on Fri Jun 08 2018.

So He's a scientist, or an astrophysicist?

This song is through the perspective of a person who is an Enneagram Type Five. This type is motivated by a need to understand everything. While the character (a Five from whose perspective the song is written) could be a scientist or an astrophysicist, it’s really intended to identify with a much b...

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What did Sleeping At Last say about "Five"?

Ryan O'Neal has a podcast, The Sleeping at Last Podcast, which he uses to talk about his writing process. He has introduced each of his nine enneagram songs on the podcast with in-depth explanations of his thoughts on writing each song.

The podcast episode about “Five” describes type fives and how...

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