| Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The meaning of the phrase 'right in two' is straight from the bible: 1 kings 3 16-28: King Solomon, the wisest man to ever live is holding court. The case is that of a child, and two women claim to be the mother, each saying that the child of the other died in the night, and her own live child was stolen. The king said bring a sword, and orders that the living child be 'cut in two', and half be given to each woman. The real mom immediately gives up her claim, willing to give up her child rather than see it killed. Fake mom says, sure, this seems a fair settlement. Solomon then correctly awards custody to the rightful mother. We silly monkeys are like fake Mom, fighting to the bitter end, willing to divide things in two, destroying them in the process, in the interest of 'fairness', but without regard for the end result. This seems a departure for Tool, using the bible with out sarcasm, but the song is about human nature, not biblical truth. In this case, the story from the bible happens to fit perfectly. |
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