| Tool – The Patient Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Also, I love xEeyAhm's take on the first three Tool albums working together. But how do "Opiate" and "10,000 Days" work into this? Withut giving it much thought, I think "10,000 Days" is more of a social commentary than anything, like Maynard saying, "Why doesn't everyone aspire to a state of being like the one illustrated in 'Lateralus?'" With songs like "Vicarious," about an era of TV-driven zombies, "The Pot," about a corrupt and hypocritical authority, and "Right In Two," about humanity's pointless squabble over everything, I think it's a safe bet. |
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| Tool – The Patient Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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SPOILER ALERT: We may never know. Knowing how Maynard writes, it's probably something that affected him at the time that we may never know about. I like to think that "the patient" refers to those willing to wait whatever it is out, as well as a patient in hospital. Patience can be as tedious as being bedridden in a hospital. The drawn-out nature of the music itself (which must always be taken into account when considering song meanings) seems to draw out this point. On a sidenote, I'm seeing Tool at Amway Arena tomorrow. It's gonna be fuckin' ACE. |
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| Aphex Twin – 4 Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It's ABOUT tea-time. Teatime's four o'clock, where the world stops and has a spot and some nibbles (or, in my case, a Mountain Dew). But it's also about the philosophy behind it, if you could call it as much. It's a time for reflection. Spending time with your family. Having a dekko at the world and it's workings and being able to see the beautiful (represented in this piece by violin-like sounds and soft synth-tweaking), along with the grotesque (represented by wicked snares and bass), and it all just seems to make sense and work in some kind of harmony. |
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| Lo Fidelity Allstars – Battle Flag Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Pilk: You're right. More people should listen to Lo-Fi's. "Vision Incision" was the best track on that album, IMO. | |
| Aphex Twin – To Cure A Weakling Child Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It's loosely about child abuse. The title: "To Cure a Weakling Child" denotes a harsh attitude toward a child, from which one can infer the "cure" not being a positive thing. The lyrics, a child's voice talking about his body parts connecting with "your feet," further hints at an abusive theme. The percussion starts off slow, connotation of the earlier, "more precious" years in life. The further it goes on, the the more menacing the beat becomes, until the 2:10 mark, where the song completely shifts from an innocent, albeit creepy tone to a ravaging of percussions reminiscent of a life-threatening beating. After which, the child's voice is played backwards, denoting that nothing could be the same. The song continues as before the pounding drums, but fades out, leaving the haunting voice as the last thing to flicker out, suggesting either future beatings, or the rekindling of scars from the past. Leastaways, that's how I see it. I could just be talking out of my arse, but that's what it means to me past the scarce lyrics. |
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