| Tool – Rosetta Stoned Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This is about the fallacies and ignorance and narcissism of certain psychedelic enthusiasts. It's a masterfully humorous song, and full of truth. The part where he says "Me, the chosen one. They chose me, and I didn't even graduate from fucking high school...." It's a sort of slap in the face to all the psychonauts and self appointed mystics and shaman who walk around acting as if, or believing, that they have been granted special access to the mysteries of life. That they have tapped into some fount of knowledge about all the Big Questions that have eluded mankind since day one. Never mind the fact that many, more powerful, minds have been unable to give us definitive answers to these questions... they have been granted special access to the answers because...why? Because they took acid and believe in ufo's? No, because they are special, they have been chosen. It's a sort of narcissism, to think that you are so important that you get to know the mysteries of life that nobody else gets to know, and that you should simply be granted this knowledge and responsibility because you were wise enough to ingest a chemical that has been experimented with for most of the last century, by millions of people, some of them likely much more talented and intelligent than you. The "Rosetta Stoned" feeling is a common occurance on lsd. I had it happen a few times when I used to take it as a teenager. You get this overwhelming feeling of having discovered some deeper, hidden meaning about life, a major revelation of some kind. But somehow, by the time you are sober again, the feeling is gone. Some faint echo of it nags at you, because it felt so real, what was it? Should have written it down...shit the bed... Ok, so next time you take acid, and it happens again, but this time you are prepared, you brought your pen! So you write down the essence of your revelation, this refinement of knowledge that has eluded mankind, but now you, the chosen one, can tell everyone, because you wrote it down! Good thinking! You come down, and later feel that tug in your mind...what was it... oh yeah, the piece of paper! You pull it out of your pocket and read: " A circle and a square are really the same thing!!!!" " "Pink should be cherished and respected, it s here to mitigate aggression." " If I try hard to honor you, you will try harder to honor me." " The important number is 3!" Huh? Is this some gibberish, and some paraphasing of ancient and well know pieces of advice like the golden rule masquerading itself to you as something you invented on your own? What happened, it doesn't feel as overwhelming to read it sober, does it? Hell, none of these ideas are new, and all of them have been descibed and debated in much clearer and understandable language than this psychedelic obscuritan drivel anyhow... |
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| Tool – Rosetta Stoned Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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No it isn't. Rosetta Stoned is a reference to the narrator thinking they've been given the key to understanding the purpose and fate of humanity. It is a common occurance in lsd trips especially, for one to feel as though they've discovered some kind of higher understanding of the world, some great revelation about the mysteries of life, only to come down later and not be able to recall the details of the revelation or make sense of any possibly recorded details. It's a humorous take on the culture and fallacies of the psychedelic enthusiast. Absolutely awesome and funny as hell. |
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