Sober

Tool

There's a shadow just behind me
Shrouding every step I take
Making every promise empty
Pointing every finger at me
Waiting like a stalking butler
Who upon the finger rests
Murder now the path of must we
Just because the son has come

Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but the past and done?
Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but the past and done?

Why can't we not be sober?
Just want to start this over
And why can't we drink forever?
I just want to start this over

I am just a worthless liar
I am just an imbecile
I will only complicate you
Trust in me and fall as well
I will find a center in you
I will chew it up and leave
I will work to elevate you
Just enough to bring you down

Mother Mary, won't you whisper?
Something but what's past and done
Mother Mary, won't you whisper?
Something but the past and done

Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start this over
And why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over
Why?

I am just a worthless liar
I am just an imbecile
I will only complicate you
Trust in me and fall as well
I will find a center in you
I will chew it up and leave

Trust me
Trust me
Trust me
Trust me
Trust me

Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start things over
And why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over
Why?
I want what I want
I want what I want
I want what I want
I want what I want


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    ChaDMcBaDD first off i wanna laugh at you for the name. but dont post anything if you dont like the band. and if you like the song but like a shitty band that leeches off of the "x" generation like Stained. than dont say it, cuz theres a lot of tool fans that would shoot you for a dumb comment like that. anyways,

    I always go for the meanings I and I alone got from the song and not what the author was thinking. I felt it meant that theres a religious part of us that is looming over our heads because we as humans secretly have doubts about what we believe in. I felt "murder now the path called "must we" was about how jesus's sacrifice makes the old testiment meaningless. and christianity and judism ect.. a hypocrisy. I agree with the interpretations about the jesus whistling part. Every time i have drank i have felt like the chorous of this song the next day. its a good reference for how we feel about intoxication spanned over our lives. i think the second verse is about the depression or self hating tied into alchoholism. sorry this is long but i really love this song. finally what i interpret from this song is how alot of religions have a tie to intoxication and how religion is a hypocrisy and how we all wish we could stay in the "euphoria" feeling during intoxication forever. Tool is awesome

    Piznipyon June 10, 2008   Link

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