Horizons is told from vocalist Maynards James Keenan’s perspective, while saying goodbye to his mother and handing her ash out to the wind (“dust devil”), who is scattering it over the landscape onto the horizon.
Maynard actually did this after the death of his mother Judith Marie Keenan, who died...
Dust devil swept you away
It's still not real
Ash and urn and silence
Talk to me
Dust devil swept you away
My recollections are all that's left of you
Swirl and sway
Without me
Dust devil swept you away
Whirling playful dancing
About you
What's left of you is
Ash and urn and this
Silent
Horizon
Dust devil swept you away
It's still not real
Ash and urn and silence
Dust devil swept you away
My recollections are all that's left of you
Swirl and sway without me
Dust devil swept you away
Whirling playful dancing
What's left of you is
Ash and urn and this silent
Horizon
[Synthesizer solo]
Swirl and sway without me
Dust devil swept you away
Whirling playful dancing
About you
What's left of you is
Ash and urn and this
Silent
Horizons was written by Mat Mitchell & Joshua Eustis & Maynard James Keenan.
Horizons was produced by Joshua Eustis & Mat Mitchell & Maynard James Keenan.