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| Tool – The Gaping Lotus Experience Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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The debate about this perticular band and whether or not they use drugs is real simple. Listen to how insightful and spiritual these lyrics are. These songs come from within, without any false pretenses that would be caused by drugs. I think they dabble a bit from time to time with what I have been told are entirely "organic" sbstances(mushrooms, weed, peyote, etc.), but I believe that first and foremost they are ARTISTS (not rockstars, not gods) and that is why they leave their actions ambiguous and open to interpretation. I mean think about it, isn't that alot cooler than saying "I gets high like, everyday?" Of course it is, that's what makes them the best. They are so humble that most people wouldn't recognize them on the street if the passed them. They are just people who let their art speak for itself, and it works. Besides, we all know that the bands main motto is "think for yourself". That's why I think that If Tool would actually visit this site and read some of these interperatations (which are usually pretty f-ing good, by the way), I think they would be pretty impressed at what some of their fans say, with the exception of the MJK is God kind of people. They're clueless. KILL THE EGO! |
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| Tool – Mantra Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I believe Mantra is a Buddhist form of meditation also in which you relax and say certain words over and over again. |
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| A Perfect Circle – Orestes Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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OK, everyone who is really into Tool has probably heard their whole view stating that the only way to achieve any kind of advancement is through physical and emotional pain, to recognize it, and embrace it (that's where the whole lachrymology gag comes in). With that in mind, I believe that this song may be a reflection on some of the unpleasant feelings Maynard may have for his mother. Maynard lost his father at a young age and his mother remarried a complete A-hole. For purposes of this song, his stepfather assumes the role of Aegisthus, his mother is Clytemnestra, and Maynard himself is Orestes, in which a part of him wants to avenge his father. As many of you know, Maynard has obviously read up on the psychology of Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, who was also privy to the whole mythology and religion thing. Half of the names used on APC's album are what Jung would call ARCHETYPES (original ancient stories with morals after which every new story since then has been inadvertantly patterned. That's just one of the many definitions). Anyone who is really into Tool or APC should read up on this, it explains damn near every word out of Maynard's mouth. I also personally think that this song relates more to "Jimmy" that in does to "H." In Jimmy, Maynard speaks about himself as a boy, coming home, coming back to where this all began (under a dead Ohio sky) Where the spirit of the boy still resides, waiting to be freed by the grown man, so they can come together and grow. |
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