| Tool – Jimmy Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The repetition of Eleven is perhaps more relevant, think about hypnosis. The hypnotherapist counts to ten, but you fall into unconciousness before ten, Maynard seems to be suggesting he's gone beyond and seen Eleven? Just a thought Though I like the description of how he lived with his stepdad at 11 because his mother grew sick, the song definately reaches out to his mother, because Ohio with his stepdad isn't home to lil Maynard so he wants to go home. Though I think most of you are right, Tool songs also try and allow the listener to grasp something, I can't think of a totally introspective Tool song. So it must have some more universal meaning, though it's impenetrable to me. Any thoughts drop me a PM |
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| Opeth – Coil Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is one of Opeth's most beautiful and evocative songs, thanks in part to Nathalie Lorichs' voice and to the imagery of the line 'Riding through the fields of sorrorw' Though to me the lyrics remain fairly impenetrable, I feel like there's a missing verse or something that I can't quite grasp. I'm confused by the line, "Always take care of this " I don't really understand it's place in the song. But then I nearly always listen to the song on its own. Maybe the meaning is hidden in the other songs on the album. Any thoughts? |
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| Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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To ASlave2Audio To refer to God as 'Father' in a song doesn't necessarily mean MJK has become a Theist. He is almost certainly not talking in the guise of himself as the character voice of the song. If you knew about Tool mythology you'd know the band was formed out of anger and hatred of oppression. All of the members of Tool, including MJK, hate anything which sets itself up as a guiding voice or someting to be followed blindly (and the big beardy guy is up there) [P.S. I don't mean Santa Claus]. That's why the band delight in misinforming their own fans, to remind them not to take Tool as a religion either and think for themselves. Tool are very aware that a band who claim to be anti-authority can hypocritically demand fans to follow them just as the forces they preach against do, Tool aren't those bands... --- I love Tool and I love this song. Most Tool songs have layers of meaning. Layer one is pretty apparent, it is almost a lamentation by 'Angels' between themselves, or one Angel to itself, about how God created humanity, and humanity seems bent on destroying and fighting with itself. I adore the lyrics here just for their evocative use of words, MJKs word choice is almost scalding of humanity, and his voice echoes through Tool's dulled down sound, evoking for me even more Angel imagery. Though there is and irony in one of the lines "Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to live tonight in heaven" MJK cleverly sets the Angel(s) up as hypocrites, rejecting the 'silly' monkeys (at first we think rightly, for they are self destructive) but then we realise God gave the monkeys free will, yet the Angels mock when the monkeys don't choose to do the same as they have done. MJKs view on God for me, in this song is neuteral, but he does use the monkeys and Angels as a microcosm. Perhaps he is referring to the monkeys being given free will, in the hope they will justify the Angels belief in themselves, and when the monkeys begin to destroy each other the Angels find it more difficult to justify themselves. Just thoughts here, I'm brainstorming. Feel free to drop me a PM. I love talking about music =D |
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| Opeth – The Leper Affinity Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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In this song I believe, first of all, the first person character is a sadist "Spurring me with those tears" Has anyone ever considered that the seasons described (winter and spring) refer to chronology surrounding the event of the song, rather than literal seasons? The song definately has sexual connotations to me, being perhaps about a rape and murder or necrophilia, but I also thought that the first person character repents or at least realises what he is doing is wrong, "Such a tragic sight you are Slave under my creed" and "Keep the beast inside Shackled within my hide Screaming out too late Losing to my hate" suggests maybe the character realises what he is doing is wrong, or maybe doesn't want to do it but is overtaken by his impulses? Just ideas people. Feel free to drop me a PM, I love to talk about music Fantastic song, though I prefer Still Life as an album =D |
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