| Matisyahu – Silence Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I love this song. It speaks to me very deeply, and I think its lyrics are pretty straightforward. I'd love to hear other people's take them though. | |
| Tool – Jimmy Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| It's obviously about a particular moment in Maynard's life, but I get a general "face your demons" sort of vibe from it. | |
| A Perfect Circle – Brena Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is a beautiful song. Maynard always finds a way to match the lyrics to the overall mood of the music. When he says, "Heal me, Heal me" I feel it. He's amazing. |
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| Tool – Vicarious Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Very direct song, it's about human nature. We love tragedy, we enjoy seeing people do dangerous things because, deep down, we want to see them be injured. The Romans had the coliseum, we broadcast wars on television. The last two lines of this song are amazing. | |
| Tool – H. Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I love this song, but it's one of the few that I just can't grasp the meaning behind. The opening lines are great. Maybe I should get into heavy drugs. It seems like every song can be described by some drug! | |
| Tool – Eulogy Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I don't know enough about L. Ron Hubbard to connect him to the song other than the fact that TOOL isn't a fan of his and he's the leader of an unmistakably ignorant group of people...but I'm sure he's at least indirectly described here. Between the ranting, standing above the crowd, cross references, and mentions of death (as well as the title), I'm leaning towards a broader meaning. I think the song is about people with unjustified positions of power, or leaders who are leading for the wrong reasons...in general. Jesus didn't rant and point fingers. Hubbard didn't have anything to do with a cross. I don't think the song was meant for a particular person. You could apply it to religious figures, you could apply it to Hitler, you could apply it to terrorism, and a you could apply it to a lot more. I particularly like the parts that question the subject's faith. He's a martyr, he's supposed to welcome death...so good fucking riddance. We'll miss you (sarcasm). Wish you well (sarcasm). When you hear your own eulogy, you shouldn't care. You want death, here it is. I love that. I also like the part about fickleness here: "No way to recall What it was that you had said to me, Like I care at all But it was so loud You sure could yell You took a stand on every little thing And so loud Standing above the crowd, He had a voice so strong and loud and I Swallowed his façade 'cause I'm so Eager to identify with Someone above the ground, Someone who seemed to feel the same, Someone prepared to lead the way, with Someone who would die for me" Most people just want to be lead around like sheep. They need to answer to someone, to identify with someone in power and be part of a cause...whether it's just or not doesn't matter, because they want to be convinced as much as the leader wants them to be. |
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| Tool – (-) Ions Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| After I heard this "song" for the -who knows how many-'th time, I got curious about it and looked it up. I never knew anything about negative and positive ions. Probably one of the more interesting or at least the most practical thing I've learned from music. I love TOOL for that. This band will keep your mind open and keep you learning whether you like it or not. | |
| Tool – Forty Six & 2 Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| The song obviously takes a lot from Jungian Theory, if not literally describing it. On the outside, it's just a great song about making change or advancing. This is TOOL at their best for me. I love the songs with heavy philosophical undertones like this and Lateralus. This song hits me well if I hear it as a desire to advance or improve oneself instead of actually growing a couple of chromosomes. It's a very optimistic song to me. It makes me feel like something better is ahead, and if I try hard enough I can achieve it. One of my favorites. | |
| Tool – Aenema Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Very straightforward song to me. It's about society and how superficial it is. If we can delve any deeper at all, it's here; the song is about LA specifically, but I like to think it's commenting on cultural decay as a whole and not just one city. The apocalyptic lines about comets, etc. support this. The world would be hit by a comet, not LA. "Learn to swim." could have more meaning than the most obvious, swimming from a sunken LA to "I'll see you down in Arizona Bay." It could also be about thinking for oneself, and seeing past the superficial society described in the song. Mom is obviously Mother Nature, etc. etc. Pretty straightforward. Love the song, love the lyrics, and love the meaning. | |
| A Perfect Circle – Judith Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think this song's meaning is as obvious as it seems. Judith refers to the faithful character from the Bible, and the lyrics are directed to all people of faith (like her) who accept what they are told without having ever truly thought about those beliefs. I don't think he's necessarily attacking all Christians here, just those (many) whose faith is based only in tradition and who haven't put any actual thought into what they believe. They never thought to question. Also, going on what Maynard said, "It's a real person named Judith. She doesn't know about it. And she never will. Just because of the nature of the song and what I'm speaking about, she won't know... because she won't listen." I think by "a real person named Judith" he means all of those people that the song describes. THEY won't listen because they choose to remain ignorant. They will never know the song exists because they wouldn't listen to something like this. |
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| A Perfect Circle – Judith Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think this song's meaning is as obvious as it seems. Judith refers to the faithful character from the Bible, and the lyrics are directed to all people of faith (like her) who accept what they are told without having ever truly thought about those beliefs. I don't think he's necessarily attacking all Christians here, just those (many) whose faith is based only in tradition and who haven't put any actual thought into what they believe. They never thought to question. |
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