Sober (72826 version)

This version of Sober, along with the rest of 72826, can be downloaded here:

http://tooldemo.net

in case your confused about 72826 ,..well that is SATAN on a phone number pad thing.

kewl :)

Looks like these are the exact same lyrics as the regular version. Why is this here?

uh bill i tried going to the site to download but couldnt download anything upon listening though i noticed a distinct difference

well i found a site for a live version of tool 72826 heres the site: http://tinyurl.com/3aakvr

I think that the most of the song means that it sucks that history repeat's itself, but he wants another chance to do something. I bet he guesses that no matter what he would do, it has already has been done, so he just wants to sleep forever, and not die of boredom and retoricness.

I could be way off, but I’ve always thought of his lyrics to be asking why we can’t start humanity over it get second try (start over) from the beginning of time, starting with the Garden Eden. I feel like Jesus blow your whistle, is similar to a referee in sports. Jesus lived among us and saw how bad it was, the game we were playing, the struggles, so Maynard is saying blow your fucking whistle, aggressively begging for a “timeout”, asking Jesus to help stop this. Asking why can’t you ask God to start this over. Maynard seems to be pointing out all the miseries and pains humans endure, and the fact that we feel the need to have to be intoxicated or high to feel good, so Jesus step in, or why can’t Mary whisper this to her son, put a bug in his ear help this cause. He seems to also note the shadows behind him, the sin, the devil provoking us, so why can’t that devil be put to an end. When we’re on drugs or alcohol we feel good, so Maynard is asking why can’t this be the way we always feel. So he’s speaking to Jesus and Mary, put an end to this nonsense and try persuading God to give us that fresh start to avoid temptation, sin and pain. Again, this is just what I took from it.