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- For the Televators single released in Australia, see Live EP.
"Televators" is a single from the album De-Loused in the Comatorium by the band The Mars Volta. The cryptic lyrics most likely represent the moment at which the character "Cerpin Taxt" (based on a real life friend of the band, Julio Venegas) decides to take his own life. It is very much a ballad, and its overall quiet nature stands in stark contrast to the hard rock of the rest of the album (especially that of the immediately-following closing track "Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt.")
[edit] Music video
The song's music video takes place in a tropical rainforest and features extensive computer animation, showing various animals interacting in their environments. Keeping with the theme of the song itself, the video culminates in a scene where a tarsier commits suicide by leaping from a tree branch (tarsiers are known to kill themselves while in captivity due to stress). It also parallels to Cerpin Taxt jumping off a bridge to his death. [1]).
[edit] Track listing
- "Televators" (Edit)
- "Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt" [Live XFM Session]
- "Televators" (Video)
