| Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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lol, again, I've read through all the interpretations and they only skim the surface of this song. I think we need to go deeper. Has it occured to anybody that the angels in this song could be a reference to aliens or extra-terrestrials? It fits the description doesn't it? Watching mankind from the sidelines? I don't think a person like MJK would write such a straightforward song. |
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| Tool – Rosetta Stoned Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Thanks Blindrider and Anti Social. Speaking of the album cover, it's actually pretty creative. It's suppose to symbolize hypocrisy, which is represented in Vicarious and The Pot. Don't look me at like I am a monster Frown out your one face But with the other Stare like a junkie Into the TV Stare like a zombie People say one thing in their "one face" but later reveal their true hypocritical selves by contradictin themselves with their "other face". You bring up a good point about the Aztecs. I've always wondered why they chose that style for the cover and I may have a theory why. I'll try to post them later when I gather my thoughts. |
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| Tool – Rosetta Stoned Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Hmm, I think everyone took the interpretation of this song in the wrong direction. Instead it's become one big drug discussion. I don't even think that this song has anything to do with drugs. How hard is it to believe that the speaker is not on drugs and is simply recalling an alien encounter of the Fifth kind? Wikipedia's defination: A close encounter of the fifth kind involves direct communication between an extraterrestrial intelligence and a human being. This is the rarest and most controversial form of close encounter Where on Lost Keys/Rosetta stoned does it indicate the use of hellucinogens? I don't do drugs but from the nurse's description of the speaker (No obvious signs of physcial trauma and Vital signs are stable), he seems fine to me. My interpretation of the song also ties in with the idea that greater, otherworldy powers have been watching over human beings ever since the beginning and have played a major part in our growth and progression. The speaker gets abducted by extra-terrestrials and they give him information that can save the future of mankind from an impending danger. People who are abducted don't remember the experience and pass it off as merely a dream. Most of the time, people who claimed to have been abducted by aliens can actually recall the experience with the help of hypnosis. In some instances, people can remember it vividly on their own and it's usually a traumatic one, such as the speaker of the song. Going back to the point, I don't see any evidence in Lost Keys/Rosetta stoned that the speaker is on an LSD trip. I mean seriously, think about it. Say the same thing happens to you and you go to the doctor and tell them that aliens abducted you, chose you to be the bearer (chosen one) on information that will save mankind. Do you think they'll believe you? No, cause it sounds ridiculous and they'll simply come to the conclusion that you've been doing drugs or on an LSD trip. Hence the title "Blame Hofmann". Just to add one more thing, we all know what the Rosetta stone is right? I've read somewhere in one of the posts saying that that LSD is the Rosetta stone for "extra-terrestrial messages". IMO, the speaker IS the Rosetta stone but he sounds more like he's been doing drugs, hence the "Stoned" part. |
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| Tool – Vicarious Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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davewah3, I think you nailed it right on the head. I saw that same interview and I think what MJK was implying with this song is how human beings in modern society have become too dependent on Television, Movies and the media. And I think the song does have flow once you kinda figure out the theme of the album. |
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