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Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus »
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Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: C. Pisacis (Phra-Men-Ma)
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore: D. Con Safo

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Cygnus Vismund Tab

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  Gtr I
|--------|-0-----10----12-|--0-----12--0-10-|-0----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|--------|-0--------------|-10--10----10----|-0------0---|---0-----0---|
|------7-|-9--12----12----|-----------------|-0--9-----9-|-----9-----7-|
|------9-|-9--------------|-----------------|------------|-----------9-|
|--------|----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
|--------|----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|


  E5                                 Em(type 2)
  Gtr II
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  /                 /                /            /

  Gtr I
|-0-----10----12-|--0-----12--0-10-|-0----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-0--------------|-10--10----10----|-0------0---|---0-----0---|
|-9--12----12----|-----------------|-0--9-----9-|-----9-----7-|
|-9--------------|-----------------|------------|-----------9-|
|----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|
|----------------|-----------------|------------|-------------|


  A5(type 2)     B5(type 2)     D5           E5(type 2)
  Gtr II
   |   | |   |    |   |  |  |   |  | |   |   |  | |   |
   /   / /   /    /   /  /  /   /  / /   /   /  / /   /

  Gtr I
|--------------|--------------|-0--0-0-----|------------|
|-10--10-8--10-|-12--12-10--8-|-7--5-7-5---|-8----8-----|
|--9---9-9---9-|-11--11-11--9-|-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7---7---|
|--7-----------|--9-----------|-0--0-0-0-0-|-5--5-----5-|
|--------------|--------------|------------|-7--------7-|
|--------------|--------------|------------|------------|


  D5              C5             A5(type 2)
  Gtr II
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   /   /  /   /    /   / /   /   /  / /   /   /   / /   /

  Gtr I
|---------------|--------------|------------|-------------|
|-12--12-10-----|-10--10-8-----|-7----7-----|-7-----7-----|
|-11-----11--11-|--9-----9---9-|-0--0---0---|-0-0---0-0---|
|--9----------9-|-10--------10-|-7--------7-|-7---7-7---7-|
|---------------|--------------|-0----------|-------------|
|---------------|--------------|------------|-------------|


  Bb5           A5(type 2D5/AE5
  Gtr II
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  / /   / /     /  / / / /   /                 /

  Gtr I
|-------------|------------|-0-----10----12-|--0-----12----10-|
|-7s8---8-----|-7--7-7-5---|-0--------------|-10--10----10----|
|-0-------0---|-0--0-0-0-7-|-9--12----12----|-----------------|
|-7s8-8-----8-|-7--7-7-7-7-|-9--------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-0----------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Em(type 2)             D5/AE5
  Gtr II
  |            | |       |   |                 |
  /            / /       /   /                 /

  Gtr I
|-0----7-----|-7-----7-----|-0-----10----12-|--0-----12----10-|
|-0------0---|---0-----0---|-0--------------|-10--10----10----|
|-0--9-----9-|-----9-----7-|-9--12----12----|-----------------|
|------------|-----------9-|-9--------------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|


  Em(type 2)                 A5(type 2)     B5(type 2)
  Gtr II
  |            |              |   | |   |    |   |  |  |
  /            /              /   / /   /    /   /  /  /

  Gtr I
|-0----7-----|-7-----7-----|--------------|--------------|
|-0------0---|---0-----0---|-10--10-8--10-|-12--12-10--8-|
|-0--9-----9-|-----9-----7-|--9---9-9---9-|-11--11-11--9-|
|------------|-----------9-|--7-----------|--9-----------|
|------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|


  D5           E5(type 2)   D5              C5
  Gtr II
  |  | |   |   |  | |   |    |   |  |   |    |   | |   |
  /  / /   /   /  / /   /    /   /  /   /    /   / /   /

  Gtr I
|-0--0-0-----|------------|---------------|--------------|
|-7--5-7-5---|-8----8-----|-12--12-10-----|-10--10-8-----|
|-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7---7---|-11-----11--11-|--9-----9---9-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-|-5--5-----5-|--9----------9-|-10--------10-|
|------------|-7--------7-|---------------|--------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|--------------|


  A5(type 2)                 Bb5           A5(type 2D5/A
  Gtr II
  |  | |   |   |   | |   |   | |   | |     |  | | | |
  /  / /   /   /   / /   /   / /   / /     /  / / / /

  Gtr I
|------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-7----7-----|-7-----7-----|-7s8---8-----|-7--7-7-5---|
|-0--0---0---|-0-0---0-0---|-0-------0---|-0--0-0-0-7-|
|-7--------7-|-7---7-7---7-|-7s8-8-----8-|-7--7-7-7-7-|
|-0----------|-------------|-------------|-0----------|
|------------|-------------|-------------|------------|


   1st Verse
    N.C.                            N.C.
   4/4
    Gtr III
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-----8--8-----------------------|----8--8-------------7-7-7-----|
||o-7--------7-8h10-10-10-10-8----|-7--------7-10p9-----------10--|
||-----------------------------10-|-----------------10------------|


  N.C.                            N.C.
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------7---9-7---7----------|
|----8--8-----------------------|----8--9---9-----9---9-8-7----|
|-7--------7-8h10-10-10-10-8----|-7-------------------------10-|
|----------------------------10-|------------------------------|


  N.C.                            N.C.
 4/4
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----8--8-----------------------|----8--8-------------7-7-7----|
|-7--------7-8h10-10-10-10-8----|-7--------7-10p9-----------10-|
|----------------------------10-|-----------------10-----------|


  N.C.                            N.C.
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|----8--8-----------------------|----8--8----8----------5---||
|-7--------7-8h10-10-10-10-8----|-7--------7---10-5-6------o||
|----------------------------10-|---------------------5-----||


 Guitar Break
  N.C.
  Gtr III
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------0----3--6--7----7---6--3-|
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| Gtr IV
|-------12-------12-------12---------12----------------|
|-15b17----15b17----15b17----15b17------15b17---(15)---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


  N.C.
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------------0-----3--6--7--7--6--3-|
|
|-------12------------------------12-12-12-------|
|-15b17----15b17r(15)-12-------12----------12----|
|------------------------14b16----------------14-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


  N.C.
  Gtr III
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------0--3----6--7-7--6-3-|
|
| Gtr IV
|--------------------------12-------------------------|
|----12-----------------------15-12-------------------|
|-14----14-12-14b16-14b16-----------14b16---12---14---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


  N.C.                                              N.C.
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|--0--------------------------0--3--6--7--7--6--3-|--0--------|
|
|----12-17-12-15-12-17-12-15-12-17-12-15-12-17-12-|-15--------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-12----------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|


   1st Verse
    N.C.                                 N.C.
    Gtr III
    PM-----------------------------------|   PM-------------------|
                                                                             4x
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||--------8-x-8-x----------------------|---x-8-x-8-x------------7-7-[7]b7.5--||
||o-7-7-7---------7-8h10-10-10-10-8----|-7-----------7-10p9-----------------o||
||----------------------------------10-|--------------------10---------------||


  N.C.                 N.C.
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0----0-3-6-7-7-6-3-|-0----0-3-6-7-7-6-3-|


|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0----0-3-6-7-7-6-3-|-0----0-3-6-7-7-6-3-|


  Em                     N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr III
|---12-----------------|----------------------|
|------12----12----13--|----------------7-----|
|---------12----12-----|------------8-------8-|
|----------------------|---9---10-x---x---x---|
|----------------------|-6---7----------------|
|-0--------------------|----------------------|


  N.C.
|---7----------------------|-----|
|--------------------------|-----|
|------------7-7-----------|-----|
|-----9----9-----7b9r(7)-5-|-----|
|-7-----10-----------------|-----|
|--------------------------|-----|


 Pre-Verse
  N.C.
  Gtr III
  PM----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------8-x-8-x-----------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7----------7-----8h=10--10--10---10--------8------------|
|----------------------------------------------------10-------|
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|               Gtr IV
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------12-------(12)----(12)-(12)-----(12)---------|
|---------------14b16====(14)r===(14)-(14)b16==(14)r(14)p12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|


  N.C.
 -------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----x--8-x--8-x---------------7-7-7b7.5---|
|--7---------------7--10p=9-----------------|
|---------------------------10--------------|
|
|                  ~~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----12------12---------------------------|
|-14----14--------14-(14)-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


  N.C.
  Gtr III
    PM-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8--x--8---x-------------------------------------|
|---7--7-7-------------------7---8h=====10--10-10-10--8------|
|-------------------------------------------------------10---|
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| Gtr IV
|   ~~~~
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------14-(14)b16r==(14)b16-(14)----12-------12-|
|-(14)-----(14)-----------------------------14-------14----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


  N.C.
 ------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--------8-x-8-x---8------------5----|
|--7-x-7---------7---10--5-6---------|
|----------------------------5-------|
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|  ~~
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-12-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


   2nd Verse
    N.C.                                 N.C.
    PM------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                           4x
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||--------8-x-8-x----------------------|---x-8-x-8-x------------7-7-7b7.5--||
||o-7-7-7---------7-8h10-10-10-10-8----|-7-----------7-10p9---------------o||
||----------------------------------10-|--------------------10-------------||


  N.C.                 N.C.
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0----0-3-6-7-7-6-3-|-0----0-3-6-7-7-6-3-|


  N.C.                 N.C.
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0----0-3-6-7-7-6-3-|-0----0-3-6-7-7-6-3-|


  Em                     N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr III
|---12-----------------|----------------------|
|------12----12----13--|----------------7-----|
|---------12----12-----|------------8-------8-|
|----------------------|---9---10-x---x---x---|
|----------------------|-6---7----------------|
|-0--------------------|----------------------|


  N.C.
|---7----------------------|-----|
|--------------------------|-----|
|------------7-7-----------|-----|
|-----9----9-----7b9r(7)-5-|-----|
|-7-----10-----------------|-----|
|--------------------------|-----|


 1st Chorus
  Em                      A5/D5Bm
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-------------------|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|--------------8----|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|------7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-14-7-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-12-5-x------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-12-5-7------------|


  Em                      B A D  B
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-------------------|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-8-6-11-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-7-5-10-7-7-7-7-7--|


  Em                      A5/D5Bm
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-------------------|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|--------------8----|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|------7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-14-7-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-12-5-x------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-12-5-7------------|


  Em                      D            B
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-------------------------------|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|-------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-11-11-11-11--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|--x--x--x--x--x-7-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|


   Pre-Verse
    N.C.
    PM-----------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||--------8-x-8-x------------------------|
||o-7-7-7---------7-8h10-10-10-10-8------|
||----------------------------------10---|


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  N.C.

Cygnus Vismund Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Guitar Master Wanna Be	#1 by Guitar Master J at Oct 18, 2005 at 10:15 AM EST
	03/01/2005 motherfuckers. BUY IT!!!!

No Picture eddy Lead Player	#2 by eddy blade at Dec 18, 2005 at 6:50 AM EST
	This song is fn amazing and the solos are awesome. Also have you guys heard the ending where in the background you here the streets. Maybe their trying to give us a vision of the persons surroundings. But it's just my guess.

No Picture Chris Average	#3 by Chris Essery at Sep 25, 2006 at 7:39 AM EST
	Thank you thank you thank you. You've totally helped me out in figuring out this album. Again thanks

No Picture Vezy Professional	#4 by Vezy at Dec 26, 2006 at 12:05 PM EST
	This song, along with their whole new album, is absolutely amazing. Recently, the band had an interview that sort of explains this whole album. "The story is inspired by a diary that Jeremy found in the backseat of a car while working as a repo man," singer/lyricist Bixler-Zavala. "He discovered he had a lot in common with its author. He kept it and let us in on it. The diary told of the author being adopted and looking for his real parents. The names of each song are named after people in the diary. Each person he meets sort of points him in the direction of his biological parents. This definitely explains the last verse better, but otherwise, it is difficult to interpret these lyrics. Still, an amazing song.

No Picture silent Rhythm Player	#5 by silent support at Jan 1, 2007 at 6:24 AM EST
	man, Mars Volta lyrics are so subjective ... when you chrome something you protect it, reinforce it, and make it attractive (or in this case maybe socially acceptable?), Fetal - of or related to a fetus, Mirage- an optical illusion; something illusory and impossible to attain.....It may relate to the psychological impact that being "born of rape" must have had on Vismund Cygnus which could have to do with why she/he became a prostitute and become infected with AIDs?? or a coping strategy? Almost like convincing yourself you weren't born out of these horrible circumstances....or VC herself is pregnant or wants to get pregnant or is pretending to be pregnant (i.e. Mirage)??? ...ahh hell...I don't fuckin' know......

No Picture brent Rhythm Player	#6 by brent west at Jan 26, 2007 at 11:54 PM EST
	TommyDar, "Volta" in the band name has nothing to do with this song's meaning. Neither does "Mars". If you tool around on www.thecomatorium.com, I'm sure you can find the topic about the naming of the Mars Volta. Unlike everything else TMV does, their name has no meaning. It just sounds cool. Mars is a planet, and volta is a European term for a certain type of church music, the name of which they thought sounded cool. "The" was added to distinguish themselves from an identically-named group in Europe. Now you know. So to answer joe joe's question, absolutely nothing. I still don't know how you fished Africa out of "damaged." Anyway, I think the last verse shows Cygnus battling within himself, with his fear of his past being pitted against his desire for knowledge: .....Will they feed us the womb? Literally, will these people fill in the gaps of the story of my birth? .....Chrome the fetal mirage Chrome covers something, protecting it and also making it look prettier than before. Cygnus wants to sanctify the story of his own birth in his mind, denying that is was abnormal and amoral. He wants to hold on to his chrome mirage instead of seeing the ugly truth. The most significant part of the song, I think, is the ending in Con Safo, where a barely audible scene takes place to the background of highway noises [it's not the ocean, you can hear a large truck go by at 9:37 and again throughout the section]. Considering the odd conditions of Cygnus' birth, it was probably about Cygnus and the relationship between his father and mother. Regardless, here are the few lines I could decipher: At 9:52 the scene starts: woman: [scream] man: "listen, listen, listen to me" woman: "[I?] don't play that game!" man: "baby..." woman: "get off!" This ends at 10:04, when a screen door slams. At 10:36, a car engine starts. At 10:41 the woman says: woman: "You have to get out right now." At 10:47 the baby screams again, followed by more white noise and indecipherable conversation for the remainder of Con Safo. the interesting comment [which i'm not quite sure I heard] was "baby" by the man right before Cygnus' mother [Frances?] leaves. was it a term of endearment for Frances, or expressing concern about Cygnus' fate? I think the former, but either would be interesting to consider. with that context, "Con Safo" probably refers to cygnus' parents' refusal to take care of the baby. they were both looking for a way out of caring for it. thanks to dreadpirate for looking up all the lingo! fascinating stuff. also, apologies if i screwed up some big part of the plot, I'm not quite as familiar with Cygnus' story as I am with Cerpin's. :-D

No Picture micheal Lead Player	#7 by micheal mceachern at Mar 9, 2007 at 12:57 AM EST
	03/01/2005 motherfuckers. BUY IT!!!!

No Picture little Average	#8 by little emo at Jun 1, 2007 at 1:40 PM EST
	and the wrinkle hand in mine could be the shape of the two conjoined rivers

No Picture Ashley Rhythm Player	#9 by Ashley 666 at Jun 10, 2007 at 3:56 PM EST
	In the second half of the final verse of "Umbilical Syllables," the "speaking" character, presumably Cygnus, says "umbilical syllables left to decode, there was no cradle i can taste it." The umbilical cord is the main anatomical device that connects mother to child during pregnancy. So, "umbilical syllables" could very well mean an explanation of Cygnus' connection to his mother. However, "left to decode" tells us that he has yet to receive the answers he craves. Although he has none of the facts, he is sure that he was not wanted and that his conception was by no means planned. This is made apparent by the following line: "there was no cradle i can taste it." "Taste" in this context meaning that he can simply feel that it is the truth. He needs no proof.