Welcome to the House of Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum

'Chrono-Synclastic Infundibulum' is an interplanetary phenomenon from the 1959 Kurt Vonnegut novel The Sirens of Titan. The 1972 Japanese translation by Hisashi Asakura for Hayakawa turned it into an all-kanji term, 'Jikantou Kyokuritsu Jougo' (時間等曲率漏斗). The official translation of the song's title uses a literal word-for-word translation of Asakura's localization, "Time's Leaking Through Equal Distance Curve". The 'house" is a planetarium displaying the phenomenon.

Connections

 * This is Hirasawa's second song influenced by The Sirens of Titan, following on "Harmonium".

Trivia

 * The synth beeps that reoccur throughout the song spell out "dai" (大) in Morse code.