Warning (Incubus song)
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| Single by Incubus from the album Morning View |
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| Released | 2002 | ||||
| Recorded | 2001 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 4:42 | ||||
| Label | Sony Records | ||||
| Producer | Incubus | ||||
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"Warning" (sometimes spelled as "Warning!") is the second single from Incubus's 2001 album Morning View. It is the 8th track from the album.
[edit] Music video
[edit] Synopsis
The video, directed by Marc Webb shows a girl in a hoodie, wearing a digital watch, who stares blankly ahead, apparently oblivious to anyone around her, even though she stands in the middle of crowded areas, namely:
- an airport terminal
- a school classroom
- a church sanctuary aisle
- a grocery aisle
- a busy urban intersection
- an office
However, at exactly 10:23 AM, she screams in an extremely shrill voice (which is, like most character dialogue in the video save for the band's singers, inaudible and subtitled), and screams for exactly one whole minute.
This process, according to the video, takes place over the course of three days. At the end of the video, it is revealed that exactly 10:24, all the places featured in the video are abandoned, as if the individuals who beheld the girl in any of these environments, and eventually, the entire city's populace, had suddenly vanished or were abducted. This is exemplified by:
- an inner-city public bus whose drivers and passengers have disappeared, but eventually runs onto the sidewalk.
- a dropped coffee mug
- a still-moving cart in the grocery store
The band itself is playing the song in a loft; they also disappear at the end of the video.
[edit] Debate
The meaning and significance of the time 10:24 has become a subject of debate among fans of the band. Among the hypothesis presented are:
- 10:24 is the time on December 21, 2012 that the world and its inhabitants is supposed to go through a great cataclysmic change (see 2012 and the Long Count calendar)
- 10:24 is a reference to the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which initially took place on Black Thursday (October 24, 1929)
- 1024 is 210
So far, neither the director of the video nor the band members have discussed the meaning of the cryptic time.
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