In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Are you really gonna kiss my floor, son
Are you really gonna keep me a fighter
Are you really gonna get my shoes off
Are you really gonna get my Chinza
I've had enough
Let them pretend I have a dorsal
This is him and there's a siren turnin'
And holds a dark'nin' center
And your death will profit off me
And I'm goin' and I'm goin' and goin' and I'm runnin' I'm goin.
I went away
And nothin' violent passed my fist
And the tomatoe just gone to peel fruit
And none of me remember all or nothing
They had to understamp us
I've got a church bomb and a download
And don't forget y'all to run away
Agree to the thing now that you'd never say
Let them pretend I have a dorsal
This is him and there's a siren turnin'
And holds a dark'nin' center
And I know that I'm runnin' hard
[Conversation between Buzz and Maynard from Tool]
BUZZ: what about Ryan?
MAYNARD: no, he blew it, he lost the number for the girl he met down here.
BUZZ: oh,and Adam said she's a beauty.
MAYNARD: she's the one who has that fucked up voice.
BUZZ: is she a rocket scientist?
MAYNARD: the fuckin...she has a voice like a fuckin' modem dude!
BUZZ: (laughs) sounds perfect!
MAYNARD: imitates a chick with a voice like a modem sayin' some weird
gibberish...(you have to hear it)
BUZZ: (laughs heavily)
MAYNARD: then he got to work up there, you know Ryan gets off at work,i
guess to show that he has a dick.
BUZZ: (laughs again)
Are you really gonna keep me a fighter
Are you really gonna get my shoes off
Are you really gonna get my Chinza
I've had enough
Let them pretend I have a dorsal
This is him and there's a siren turnin'
And holds a dark'nin' center
And your death will profit off me
And I'm goin' and I'm goin' and goin' and I'm runnin' I'm goin.
I went away
And nothin' violent passed my fist
And the tomatoe just gone to peel fruit
And none of me remember all or nothing
They had to understamp us
I've got a church bomb and a download
And don't forget y'all to run away
Agree to the thing now that you'd never say
Let them pretend I have a dorsal
This is him and there's a siren turnin'
And holds a dark'nin' center
And I know that I'm runnin' hard
[Conversation between Buzz and Maynard from Tool]
BUZZ: what about Ryan?
MAYNARD: no, he blew it, he lost the number for the girl he met down here.
BUZZ: oh,and Adam said she's a beauty.
MAYNARD: she's the one who has that fucked up voice.
BUZZ: is she a rocket scientist?
MAYNARD: the fuckin...she has a voice like a fuckin' modem dude!
BUZZ: (laughs) sounds perfect!
MAYNARD: imitates a chick with a voice like a modem sayin' some weird
gibberish...(you have to hear it)
BUZZ: (laughs heavily)
MAYNARD: then he got to work up there, you know Ryan gets off at work,i
guess to show that he has a dick.
BUZZ: (laughs again)
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i found the lyrics on toolshed.down.net this is my favorite song EVER
Actually those lyrics are not entirely correct...
Buzz: what about Ryan? Maynard: no, he blew it, he lost the number for the girl he met down here. Buzz: oh, Adam said she's a beauty. Maynard: I was...she's the one that has that fucked up voice. Buzz: is she a rocket scientist? Maynard: shes the one that sounds like, the fuckin...she has a voice like a fuckin' modem dude! Buzz: laugh sounds perfect! Maynard: Modem noise Buzz: laugh Maynard: then he got to work up there, and you know Ryan gets off at work, and he forgets, that like, I dunno, forgets that he has a dick Buzz: laugh
umm.... what about the rest of the lyrics? hello? what's the point of this if you can just go right to toolshed and find the same exact thing there?
xBILLYx
@monticello added the lyrics now
That is the only vocal thing in the whole song... plus, my version is corrected.
@MountainJew no there are lyrics prior to the conversation
there're lyrics. buzz sings a lot before that part.
@monticello I have added them for you now
This song was written and recorded by the Melvins, however Tool produced the track.