| The XX – Crystalised Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Art involves metaphora so I guess any meaning is really in there... I think the dialogue indicates it really is about the back and forth of a developing romantic relationsship as NakedRobot pointed out, or simply the afterglow of intercourse (go slow, go slow) but it includes Meth-symbolism to visualize the whole concept. So I doubt the song's about meth but it can't be coincidence these analogies (lol anal) are there about glaciers melting and the like. Peace out suckers |
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| Tool – Rosetta Stoned Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It so totally does. I'll explain it to yo: 10 to 2 am, X [reference to MDMA], yogi DMT [reference to Dimethyltryptamine], and a box of krispy kreme's in my "need to know" pose [a reference to yoga exercise, whereas "need to know" is related to compartmentalization and cover-ups] just outside of area 51 [UFO-folklore, duh], contemplating the whole chosen people thingy [possibly an implication of end-times, as chosen people may be some religious reference] when just then a flaming stealth banana [Area 51 promises to house secret "stealth" planes] split the sky like one would hope but never really expect to see in a place like this. Cutting right angle donuts on a dime [right angle refers to maneuvers observed with flying saucers, where the trajectory of an object in the sky would radically change. Donuts on a dime mocks "donuts on a rope", a kind of contrail usually associated with something called "aurora", again, a stealth plane.] and stopping right at my birkinstocks, and me yelping "holy fuckin' shit!" Wachen sie auf! [german for wake up. This reminds me of Spielberg's Taken when the guy finds himself with nazi officers aboard a UFO. Nazis are sometimes are associated that way, look up "Aldebaran" or "Neu Schwabenland" for related folklore.] then the X file being, [TV reference] looking like some kinda blue green Jackie chan, with Isabella Rossellini [some actress] lips, and breath that reeked of vanilla chig champa, did a slow mo matrix decent outta the butt end of the banana vessel, and hovered above my bug eyes, my gaping jaw, and my sweaty L. Ron Hubbard [founder of scientology] upper lip and all I could think was, "I hope uncle martin here doesn't notice that I pissed my fuckin pants!!" so light in his way, like an apparition, that he had me crying out... "fuck me! It's gotta be the dead head chemistry. (the) blotter got right on top o' me. Got me seeing E mutha fuckin T! [Blotter is short for Blotter Acid] and after calming me down with some orange slices and some fetal spooning, E.T. revealed to me his singular purpose. He said. "you are the chosen one. The one who will deliver the message. A message of hope for those who choose to hear it, and a warning for those who do not." Me! The chosen one. They chose me!!!! And I didn't even graduate from fuckin' high school!! [self explanatory ^^] Then he looked right through me with somniferous almond eyes. Don't even know what that means. Must remember to write it down. [this for me is the stoned way of thinking. I keep remembering myself of what I wish to say, but I somehow procrastinate it in favour of something, that seems irresistably equal in importance.] This is so real. Like the time Dave floated away. See, my heart is pounding. cuz this shit never happens to me. [Tachychardia, possible somatic symptom of taking a psychedelic tryptamine.] Can't breathe right now. It was so real. Like I woke up in wonderland. [Literature referenced, alice in wonderland] all sorta terrifying. I don't wanna be alone while I tell this story. And can anyone tell me why y'all sound like peanuts parents? [Apparently the narrator cannot understand the doctors as parents always are displayed as talking only with a quaking sound in the TV version of the peanuts] Will I ever be coming down? [common paranoia when tripping on something. With the immense time-dilation [which can be intense. On DXM I so couldn't read the time anymore that I thought my watch had stopped.] that could occur you might start to think, that the drug isn't wearing off in time, so you start having a panic-attack because you think you've permanently changed your bodily functions.] This is so real. Finally it's my lucky day See, my heart is racing cuz this shit never happens to me. Can't breathe right now. [again, tachychardia!] You believe me don't you? Please believe what I've just said. See, the dead ain't touring and this wasn't all in my head. [something you should relate to when tripping. You start trying to relate your feelings to the possibly sober persons around you and start questioning the validity of your visions.] see they took me by the hand and invited me right in. then they showed me something. I don't even know where to begin. [that's because you're ridiculously high!!!] Strapped down to my bed, feet cold and eyes red. I'm out of my head am I alive? Am I dead. Can't remember what they said. God damn. Shit the bed. [a hospital scene] Overwhelmed as one would be placed in my position... Such a heavy burden now to be the one Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending. to write it down for all the world to see. But I forgot my pen. Shit the bed again. Typical. [inability to cope with the trip!] |
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| A Perfect Circle – Sleeping Beauty Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I feel very strongly for this interpretation! Been there! | |
| A Perfect Circle – Sleeping Beauty Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Ask her out, if she declines, tell her to sod off then. | |
| A Perfect Circle – Sleeping Beauty Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| It's about pitying people who lack self-esteem. I know this situation quite well I believe because I have a friend who thinks she is unattractive because she's a fatty and that's why she's always acting so defensive and has a vicious tongue I guess. But when she's drunk she opens up and shows you all her feelings and all the secrets and when she does, she kisses me, but she never remembers. And she's that sleeping beauty, but no matter how often I kiss her, I can't make it right for herself. | |
| Tool – Eulogy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Dragonflykey did an excellent job in proposing an analogy for this. Maybe it's interesting to hear "come down, get off your cross" as a reference of "coming down" from drugs. It also reminds me of Bill Hicks, who often ranted about society, is sampled on "Third eye" and used to talk about his loss of fear of death thanks to psilocybe-mushrooms. He died of pancreatic cancer, aged 32 I think. Maybe MJK goes to such lengths as to bring such self-notions of Hicks' to mind although I wouldn't get why MJK would know better about failed self-realization than Hicks did. | |
| Karnivool – Deadman Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is absolutely crazy I tell you...Such pieces of musically absolutely sublime pieces of art a rare to encounter, I agree...There's not many pieces that sound *this* unchallengable good! I'm not good at making out words in songs, and change pt 2 is only the second song I have listened to from this album, but for one it's amazing to see how they evolved from themata by making songs this long...Should be nice to listen to in bed ;) Also, the drumming is intangibly complex.. Well then, this is just to reiterate my personal appreciation..Not that you could care :) I guess the ablum's title "sound awake" could allude to "sound aware" as some sort of joke but sound awake also indicates that this character you guys speak of has found a new emotional clarity or maturity and realization. And yeah, it's probably all about a girl in the end :P |
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| Tool – Aenema Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| It reminds me of Joe Rogan's DMT-Rant: "You don't lose your mind, it makes you fucking sane..If you fly over Los Angeles you think 'that's fucking cancer!'" | |
| Tool – Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| "Lost Keys" to his mind? | |
| Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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That's exactely like in the matrix btw- The first matrix fails because humans don't accept the blissfull matrix without being given a choice- so they invent a version with misery and suffery because it's what humans long for- or what helps lessening the urge to attain a state of perfection beyond what already is a blissfull existence. So it's the same religious thing in the eyes of the Wachowskis really... |
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| Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Well it said something about man should conquer earth..Or rule it..Doesn't sound really harmonic to me. And in Islam man is meritted a higher status than animals. | |
| Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| But still haven't figured out what it is they're trying to battle. Some of the people exercising their faith, not the scriptures. | |
| Tool – Eon Blue Apocalypse Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Cool...Gonna try that out some time.. | |
| Tool – Die Eier Von Satan Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Well I'm just gonna say this again, in german, "eier" mean eggs but saying "you have no eggs" correlates to "you have no balls" so this actually could translate to balls in some way and not the ingredients itself. Or well basically it's just related to testicles, so keep that in mind, you nifty english folks ;D | |
| Tool – Die Eier Von Satan Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| yeah Hitler didn't have a fully developped nutsack which is to explain why he was so fucking mad but if this song were to explain that it would be implying the other ball I believe. Anyway, keine Eier is a reference to "no balls" so maybe it has something to do with pride or courage. | |
| Tool – Schism Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Our religion teacher also says that there was only one way to sin and that is if you break a relationsship (to god). In that sense maybe it still can be religiously themed because, paraphrasing what has been posted above, the "holy gift" or whatever is compromised by man's attraction to a religious meritocracy of heaven and hell. It could be like why depend on god when man has the ability to do the work he deems necessary by himself, despite concidering it to be a matter of faith? |
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| Tool – Faaip de Oiad Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Because it is. | |
| Tool – Faaip de Oiad Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Yeah I remember the first time I heard the tape on an italian UFO site I was impressed and seriously stung by the sound of it. But by now I I'm not sure about the genuinity, after thinking about it a longer time I'm not saying that maybe in fact there is an argument to support the genuinity of the caller's claims but as for now, looking at the transcription of the call I felt that it too much sounded like he was making it up as he went, for example I found it strange how he talked about the aliens but then corrects himself at one point and goes on to place the blame on the government..I don't know...It just felt like he was simply digging up all our fears at once. Anyway maybe he was lying but it still could be true that all this is going on anyway. It's just different layers of truth so for example he didn't lie but in fact was being played disinformation. Or he was simply lying outright. And yet this does nothing to tell wether what he said can be ignored. Anyway what's especially cool is that the satellite lost earth lock and the he maybe actually called thrice only to tell us he wasn't telling the truth when he said he weren't telling the truth xD Please tell us about the remainder of the call, I still need to make up my mind on this on (we always have to) |
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| Tool – Forty Six & 2 Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think the first section pins it perfectly! Kudos. I think this goes in hand with that people need to expirience or witness evil to think of it as what they don't inhabit. |
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| Tool – Forty Six & 2 Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| that's easy to say for somebody who doesn't have the occasional sexually themed compulsive thoughts xD | |
| Tool – Forty Six & 2 Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| randomness is a lie. | |
| Tool – Forty Six & 2 Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Hmmm...There seems to be a relation to matrix because the first version of the matrix didn't work out because people didn't have a choice, but here it's the same, he has to opt for passiveness because otherwise he is in a conflict with reality where he can't shape things by his own liking. | |
| Tool – Faaip de Oiad Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Crazy. Gotta try that out- maybe I can induce a psychosis like that haha ^^ | |
| Tool – Faaip de Oiad Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Thinking about it, maybe the last thing Maynard wants is followers... | |
| Tool – Stinkfist Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I perfectly agree with you. I hope my post way down here pointed that out. | |
| Tool – Stinkfist Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think in order to store different ideas coherently you need to simplify it a bit.. As for love and h/drugs, the relation is the same, in one case it is the affection of a substance abuser to his drug, in the other case, it is romantic affection (as seen in the video maybe). In both cases one seeks to either enter a deeper level with his "love" of whatever nature it may be or enhance the emotional expirience itself. Concider the borderline syndrom, too: Borderliners are people who generally are very anxious and unhappy with themselves who seek comfort from somebody who won't be able to meet their demands for emotional intimacy or will fail to project the role of the protector onto the borderliner. Thus he turns more depressed about his true emotional distance to others. Because of that sense of distance and the need for intensive attention by others, borderliners also are said to cut themselves. I've cut myself too in the past, which had been both easening in situations of much anxiety (I'm scared of crowds) and frustrating when failing to meet the beforementioned state of relaxation. And here you go, the phrase "finger deep inside the borderline" may as well just refer to the disorder itself, which you may wanna read about. To reiterate, I have a friend who was massively bullied in his old school which ultimately lead to extremely catatonic states when confronted with bullies. In order to tackle his unawareness of his own body, he began to exercise massively (that's by his own words) to again "feel [himself]". Again, in some way, sensitivity is worn down and tried to be regained, which may result in the decision to increase the sensual input, as with drugs for example, but maybe when you look at the song it's simply about the effort to break free from it. So you have drugs, sex and love...And in all cases the *basic concept* is, that the subject has grown indifferent and desentisized and needs overstimulation to expirience the desired effects of whatever it is he wants to expirience. You may now apply this concept of a subjective undercurrent of stimulation to whatever it is you think...Partnerships having developped routine, the ever increasing dosage of a drug as tolerance increases, a boredom with sex or longing for intimacy and trust by others. |
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