The Pot

Tool

Who are you to wave your finger?
You must have been out your head
Eye hole deep in muddy waters
You practically raised the dead

Rob the grave to snow the cradle
Then burn the evidence down
Soapbox house of cards and glass
So don't go tossin' your stones around

You must have been high
You must have been high
You must have been

Foot in mouth and head up ass
So what you talkin' 'bout?
Difficult to dance 'round this one
Till you pull it out, boy

You must have been so high
You must have been so high

Steal, borrow, refer
Save your shady inference
Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent

Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You must have been high, high
You must have been high, high

Who are you to wave your finger?
So full of it
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Fucking hypocrite

Liar, lawyer, mirror show me
What's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent

Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You must have been

So who are you to wave your finger?
Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me?
You must have been out your mind

Weeping shades of indigo
Trapped without a reason
Weeping shades of indigo

Liar, lawyer, mirror for you
What's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned
He's guilty as the government

Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle

You must have been high, high, high, high

Eyeballs deep in bloody waters
You're balls deep in muddy waters
Ganja? Please
You must have been out your mind


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    I'm not sure if I'm right, but here's my two cents:

    I think it's about how the government bans pot. But behind closed doors, they smoke it themselves, and Tool is calling them hypocrites because they do exactly what they made illegal. And they're saying that the government "must've been high" when they decided to make what they use illegal. And "Who are you to wave your finger?" sort of sums it up, "Why are law officials pointing their fatty fingers at us? They do the same stuff." And "Kangaroo be stoned; he's as guilty as the government" sounds like the kangaroo (kangaroo being used as a figure of speech) gets 'stoned' like the government and that makes the kangaroo just as guilty as the government officials that get stoned. And the "muddy water" is what color pot is in water: dark brown? I dunno, I've heard that somewhere. And the "lemon juice" part talks about how the government is blind, as it's hard to see with lemon juice in your eyes.

    I might not be right, I'm honestly not sure if I am myself... but I'd love to hear if I'm even close. :)

    NoPrideon June 30, 2010   Link

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