2000Released
3:39

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Interesting facts and trivia about 3 Libras. By Songfacts®.

Maynard James Keenan, in the A Perfect Circle EPK stated regarding this song, "It's about being overlooked."

In the liner notes to the single, Keenan said: "Up until the mid twentieth century the mountain gorilla was considered a myth. Oddly enough, a legend not unlike Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster. The chance of actually seeing/experiencing this elusive shadow was as likely as finding one's soulmate. Rare. Precious. Even once discovered they seemed unapproachable. The only way to get close to this magnificent creature was to become empathetic. Abandon all pretense and preconceptions. To bare an open throat. To collapse into the arms of vulnerability. All but extinct, these beings/moments are threatened by the black hearted. The cold and oblivious. The empty eyed profit seekers that overlook these Rare. Precious."

Keenan shed some more light on this song in their aMotion DVD, where he explained that this is a song about parasitic-like people seeing something different or special about a person. Instead of nurturing that quality or helping that person grow, the "3 Libras" feed off of the energy in a bad way instead of using it for good.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of 3 Libras.
AKey
MajorMode
3/4Time Signature
144BPM

Album

The album 3 Libras is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released 3 Libras.
Virgin Records
© 2000 Virgin Records
℗ 2000 Virgin Records

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