A friend asked me recently regarding the quote from the one-armed man,  "In the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.  Once chance outs between two words...fire, walk with me."

Should it read "one chants out?" or is there supposed to have a double meaning?  I never thought about it until now.

I would appreciate it if someone could set me straight.  Thanks.

Keep your eye on the doughnut, not on the hole -- DL

Keep your eye on the doughnut, not on the hole -- DL

for as ling as I can remember, this has beed disputed.

Personally, I think it is "once chance out", but I have seen the same interview B mentioned

that's all i can offer. 

I think it's "Chants out..."

One chants out...between two worlds...'Fire Walk With Me'...

If it's "chants," then what was chanted?

Chance just makes more sense.  You guys have written interviews where David says it's "chants?"

Keep your eye on the doughnut, not on the hole -- DL

 I've always thought it was "chants out"..."between two worlds" cause it made sense to my opinion that Mike and Bob are just states of mind, illustrating the good/evil duality of man.

Could be wrong though - better take some chemicals to avoid boinking!

http://twinpeaks.org/faqeps.htm#e25

Whenever I've got a common question about Twin Peaks, I check out twinpeaks.org.  It's a HUGE resouce of information, and most of it was compiled doon after the series, so time and faded memories dont' factor into play. :)

The faq mentions the shooting script for Episode 2 as just about the only written source for the word being "chance." All other souces point to chants.  The funny part is that I'm not sure why the shooting script for episode 2 would have the poem in it.  They had already filmed the footage back when they did the pilot.  It could just have been a transposition error.  Plus, I'm not sure how legit the shooting script that the person found is.

So basically, 90% of signs point to chants. The intereview with Al Strobel is even mentioned in that link that I posted for twinpeaks.org above.

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I have many different tasks, but the one that most interests me is the study of UFO's.

I think it is "one chants out between two worlds...fire walk with me"

The spoken words "fire walk with me" are the special invitation the spirits need to cross from one world to the other.I think  these spirits are given the oppurtunity to leave the Black Lodge and enter our world through this chant.

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

His theory is that the red room is not only a middle room, but that at some point it is also the black lodge....

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

As MSA said, it's the Waiting Room. A point between the Black Lodge and the White Lodge.

Beware of BOB

When I call out no one can hear me,when I whisper he thinks the message is for him only..my little voice inside my throat,I always think there must be something that I've done or something I can do...But no one no one comes to help,he says,a little girl like you...

When TP aired in Sweden it was translated in the subtitles as chance out. I still think that it is chants out. "One chants out.....referring to Fire walk with me.

      Among the living  -  Follow me or die    

Fire walk with me...

Well guys,from the Eastern  "and, plus and " logic approach, instead of the Aristotilian "either, or" logic set applied to this case , it is cool because one indeed has one chance out ( between two worlds), and that one chance out  is  if one chants out... FWWM.

I guess it would be a little long and cumbersome to be : " .In the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see... one chance out between two worlds, and that one chance out is --if one chants out ... F W W M."

Doesn't really roll off the tongue and I may have gone 'round the bend on this one.  Maybe I'll go lie down for a little while.

all the transcripts i can find for the pilot and episode 2 say : "chants"
this has been debated since the beginning.
and both ways have some merit
yet i really believe it's "...one chants out between two worlds : FIRE WALK WITH ME!"

 Is it "in the darkness of future past"? I always thought it was "Through the darkness of future past".

I have many different tasks, but the one that most interests me is the study of UFO's.