| Tool – Intolerance Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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This song reminds me of a time when I dated this semi-psychopathic liar. In the beginning I thought he was perfect but it turns out he lied all along. I didn't want to admit that my choice to enter this relationship was a failure so tried hard to make it work. I tolerated behavior I normally wouldn't have and believed his lies until my gut and intuition made me sick and told me otherwise. This guy was such a mind f-ck that I even started questioning my own beliefs and values. This guy is not innocent. I was. But if there is such a thing as karma, I hope bad things happen to him as a result. I don't feel so innocent anymore thinking this way, since I'd never wish anything bad for anyone prior to this. The message for me here is that some people claim they don't "lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate others that do" but they are actually liars, cheaters, and thieves themselves. These people should not be tolerated but sometimes it takes going through some sh-t to finally figure these people out. Tool's music has been the best therapy to help me get over that relationship. And has only cost me about $50 in CDs vs. many hundreds in "professional" therapy! I can't wait for them to start touring again. |
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| Guns N' Roses – Estranged Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[pbot:4185] love your interpretation. Definitely a break up for sure - relationship with someone or something or some feeling. I love how we relate to songs differently depending on what stage we are in our lives when we're listening to it. A couple years from now we could interpret this song completely differently. | |
| Guns N' Roses – Estranged Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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At first I thought it was about using your illusion/deceptive abilities to fool others into giving you what you want. being selfish. Then I realized it makes more sense that the deception is being used on oneself. Fool yourself into thinking one way vs. another way. It can be used for good - for example people fake self-confidence until they make it "fake it til you make it" vs. the bad - people that constantly tell themselves that they're ugly or too fat or too skinny or too whatever are only depressing yourselves. They just say these negative things to themselves for no good reason really. Then they start to believe this negative and ridiculous self accusations. When they have the choice to make changes and be happy. The person is at war with him or her self and his bad choices, thoughts, and decisions. He's got no one else to blame but himself. So he's got such an intense love/hate relationship with himself, almost like separate identities now. Then I thought about Axl and what he was told by the music industry how his life would be if he signed a record deal. It sounded great of course but with stardom comes its challenges. He sometimes felt too far gone, helpless, sometimes numb. He struggled trying to figure things out between himself - what he thought his life would be like, where he's been, where he wants to go, but fears where he might end up. He's lost trust in everyone. He only has himself to talk to but he feels like he's so mentally robbed that "no ones home" (meaning his mind feels completely empty and not "normal"). Feels fucking hopeless. You have the choice to die quicker - mentally or emotionally, if you chose so. But life would be so much better if you take that big first step on making that change in the way you think and do things. Your mind is capable of power things. |
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