| Interpol – Say Hello to the Angels Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| To me this song means having an inextricably intense connection with someone, where the chemical attraction is beyond comprehension and impossible to ignore. Once you start a relationship but, you find that even though you're having the best sex of your life and you want to be with this person every single precious second, there's something missing that you can't quite put your finger on. You both have different interests, different spirituality, different ways of expressing yourself and viewing the world, so when you have conversations there's always that feeling of 'I don't think you quite understood what I was trying to say'. But you can't deny animal attraction - sometimes its worth the lack of mental compatability. Besides which, the best way to learn tolerance and to expand your values and beliefs is to live your life with someone completely different to yourself. FUCKING GREAT song to shag too ; p | |
| Tool – Parabola Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Sorry but I haven't read any of the other posts as there are SO MANY!!! I love the community of thought Tool provokes. I see this song as being about recognising that everything we search for our entire life is actually internal, and always has been. Think about it, all that we ever possess is in reality is only rented because once we die, it just goes to someone else. That God that so many people want to meet when they die, is actually residing in our body (reminding me that I am not alone) and there for instant access, but only when we are able to recognise it as exactly that. Our ego is the "devil" that challenges us and tempts us to not take up that challenge of seeking divinity within ourselves. You guys should check out an amazing lady called Marion Woodman - she described an incredible experience of, after many years of hating being a woman, starving herself and all kinds of self inflicting hatred, being near death with disease and havng an OBE. Once floating on the ceiling looking down at her pathetic body she thought "finally, I am free of you, you stupid body" and she actually tried to kick it in hatred! Then she looked at this poor faithful thing lying there, hardly breathing, waiting paitently for its 'master' to return and live with it in unision, and she describes an overwhelming compassion and love that she never felt before. It was only then that she realised that our body is a vehicle that assists in completing those necessary tasks, paths and acts that help us and humanit as a whole move towards the great unkown. She chose to go back to it, and look after it... to respect it for what it is - a divine vehicle or "tool" that we should never take for granted. God I wish I could heed my own advice!! |
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| Tool – The Grudge Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Definitely Saturn Returns. I turned 28 last November and since then there has been one big shite storm after another. But on the other hand, my life has always been very difficult and full of trauma, illness, accidents yaddah yaddah the list goes on. Let's just say that since Christmas (one month into my Saturn return) I have discovered an underlying mental problem, skeletal problem, and made peace with past grudges with family. Lets just say that I still have about 18 months left of my saturn thingie, and I'm going to pay attention to every damn message and symbol he throws at me, because the thought of living another 30 years with this constant struggle is worth than a death sentence. By the way, my main point was that without studying The Grudge when I first got Lateralus, I would never have been aware of the Saturn Return, and thus would have dealt with all these "tests" right now in a very "ostrich with its head in the ground" type way. They are a tool - use them! |
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| Tool – Schism Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song actually saved my relationships - we both met on very strange and coincedental terms, and fell instantly in love. Within one day we were enlightened and believed we were the "chosen ones" and could save the world - all kinds of crazy stuff. Everything about our relationship was like what you would read in a utopian romance. After 3 weeks everything started to fall apart - all of a sudden we couldn't communicate; it was almost as if we were speaking a different language and instantly thought it wasn't meant to be and should just split up. At the time i had been a dedicated Tool fan for a good 7 years and was listening to Lateralus like crazy. Schism seemed to explain our situation perfectly and it did make me realise that sometimes it is necessary for things to break down in order for them to be rebuilt in a stronger, more solid fashion that will pave the way for greatness and evolvement. So many people are brought together for a greater purpose, but at the smallest signs of a crack, they run for the hills. To me this song is saying stick with it, work together, remember that the pieces did fit once and obviously that was for a reason - lets explore that reason and work on it together. Another thing that comes to mind (and a hell of a lot of experience with crappy luck) is that so many great things come from really horrible situations. It's all about building strength, tolerance, and facing death only to realise it isn't the hideous monster we have all been brought up to believe it is. |
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| Tool – Pushit Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Wow, it is so amazing reading everyone's interpretations, and of course there is no right or wrong answer - the music can have a particular meaning to a particular person, thus highlighting the sheer talent of the band and the fact their media is like a work of art that one person sees joy in yet the other sees fear. Personally I have always seen this song as being about really coming to terms with some form of trauma that occurred as a child. The whole album of Undertow, to me, screamed with peadophilic connotations and Aenima seems to be a slow and painful journey of actually grabbing that bullshit trauma that destroys so many lives, pulling it into the open, and finally making peace and saying goodbye forever. 46 & 2 and Jimmy to me coincide with this as well - it is completely about "shedding skin" and throwing off the shackles, but first one must look it in the eye, forgive it, then say goodbye. I have had debilitating experiences with my father (not sexual) and it wasn't until the age of 24 that I could really gather where his actions were coming from because I myself was mimicking them in my own relationships and dealings (who is this but my reflection?). Then of course it leads to "so what was my grandfather like, and great grandfather" and so on and so forth. What's the fucken point of finding someone to blame and "point the finger" - its about acceptance, forgiveness and ultimately moving beyond. The pheonix from the flames. To me I see Lateralus as cathartic - the first three albums had quite a bit of anger to them, but Aenima, by the end, that anger does seem to have been worked through quite intently. I see Lateralus as a reference point as to how to move on after trauma in a way that is not only beneficial to you, but to everyone. It is like Maynard (or possibly another band member) has finally had release from a very long term repression, and wants to share with others how important it is to let go and move on, otherwise it is only yourself you hurt in the end. Hope this makes sense (am a bit drunk and listened to Wings Part 2 way too much today). Cheers! |
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