| A Perfect Circle – By and Down Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I like the idea of the song being about MJK thru the eyes of a fan. It makes more sense that way. | |
| A Perfect Circle – By and Down Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I made a post for this song a while ago: "I think we need to look harder at the choice of the word allocution. It has a legal meaning as well. "Allocution: The formal inquiry by a judge of an accused person, convicted of a crime, as to whether the person has any legal cause to show why judgment should not be pronounced against him or her or as to whether the person has anything to say to the court before being sentenced." I think this choice of words is important to the meaning of the song. To me it sounds like the writer is confronting the reality of a person he idolized. He has confronted the illusions he created about this person and gotten to the truth of the matter. Now with the truth in hand he is ready to pass judgement on said person and this song is the judgement (sentence) he passes. The sentence is essentially a goodbye, see you by and down the river so to speak (the river being the constant passage of time). But like most folks he ends up trying to cling to the past and the memory of how he pictured that beloved person but it's so hard to do so knowing the truth about this person. We can apply this idea to many different areas of life. Some might think it's about a relationship, some may think its about a job, or drugs, or self-identity. But in the end he song is just a metaphor. It's about finding truth and reconciling that truth with the illusions we have created for ourselves. " I heard the song again today and am beginning to wonder if the song is meant to look at MJK through the eyes of an APC fan? A fan who idolized him and has been waiting years for a new APC album, only to get a another remix album with 1 new song? |
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| Tool – Stinkfist Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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MJK was recently a guest on the WTF podcast with Marc Maron. He discussed the meaning behind this song during the interview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDRzYsLQM2U (link to interview) Maynard said the anal fisting reference is the "throw away joke" and that the song is about being over stimulated to the point that we feel nothing and the only way to feel anything, is to push the stimulation further. He then goes on to joke about "pull your fist out of that a**, and pick up a snow shovel. But be sure to wash your hands first, I don't want to get sh*t on my hands when i pick up the shovel after you." |
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| A Perfect Circle – By and Down Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think we need to look harder at the choice of the word allocution. It has a legal meaning as well. "Allocution: The formal inquiry by a judge of an accused person, convicted of a crime, as to whether the person has any legal cause to show why judgment should not be pronounced against him or her or as to whether the person has anything to say to the court before being sentenced." I think this choice of words is important to the meaning of the song. To me it sounds like the writer is confronting the reality of a person he idolized. He has confronted the illusions he created about this person and gotten to the truth of the matter. Now with the truth in hand he is ready to pass judgement on said person and this song is the judgement (sentence) he passes. The sentence is essentially a goodbye, see you by and down the river so to speak (the river being the constant passage of time). But like most folks he ends up trying to cling to the past and the memory of how he pictured that beloved person but it's so hard to do so knowing the truth about this person. We can apply this idea to many different areas of life. Some might think it's about a relationship, some may think its about a job, or drugs, or self-identity. But in the end he song is just a metaphor. It's about finding truth and reconciling that truth with the illusions we have created for ourselves. |
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| Tool – Pushit (Live) Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think there is a missing line from the lyrics above. "And I'm slipping back into the gap again I feel alive when you touch me... I feel alive when you hold me... ...down Slipping back into you *Slipping back in two*" (I think this is the missing lyric) I also think it points to the meaning of the song being about the self divided. Just another opinion, I suppose... |
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| Tool – Jambi Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think the last 2 lines of the lyrics are incorrect. I believe he say: "Silent legion, Save your poison Silently just stay out of my way" At least thats what it sounds like to me. |
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| Tool – Forty Six & 2 Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"They were two perfectly insignificant and incapable individuals, whose existence is only rendered possible through the high organization of civilized crowds. Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities, and their audacities are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings. The courage, the composure, the confidence, the emotion and principle, every great and every insignificant thought, belongs not to the individual, but to the crowd: to the crowd that believes blindly in the irresistible force of its institutions and of its morals, in the power of its police and of its opinion. But the contact with pure unmitigated savagery, with primitive nature and primitive man brings sudden and profound trouble to the heart. To the sentiment of one's loneliness, to the loneliness of one's thoughts and one's sensations. To the negation of the habitual, which is safe, there is added the affirmation of the unusual, which is dangerous. A suggestion of things vague uncontrollable and repulsive, whose discomposing intrusion excites the imagination and tries the civilized nerves of the foolish and the wise alike." Joseph Conrad "An Outpost of Progress" 1898 Let go of your preconceived notions and inform yourselves... |
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