Fear Inoculum

Tool

Immunity
Long overdue
Contagion
I exhale you
Naive
I opened up to you
Venom in mania

Now, contagion
I exhale you

The deceiver says, he says
You belong to me
You don't wanna breathe the light of the others
Fear the light
Fear the breath
Fear the others for eternity
But I hear them now inhale the clarity
Hear the venom, the venom in
What you say inoculated

Bless this immunity
Bless this immunity
Bless this immunity

Exhale, expel
Recast my tale
Read my allegorical elegy

Enumerate
All that I'm to do
Calculating steps away from you
My own
Mitosis
Growing through
Delusion from mania

Exhale, expel
Recast my tale
Weave my allegorical elegy

Forfeit
All control
You poison
You spectacle

Exorcise the spectacle
Exorcise the malady
Exorcise the disparate
Poison for eternity
Purge me and evacuate
The venom and the fear that binds me

Unveil now
Lift away
I see you
Running

Deceiver
Chased away
A long time
Coming


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Fear Inoculum Lyrics as written by Justin Gunner Chancellor Daniel Carey

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    My Interpretation

    To me this song is about a person overcoming a deep psychological fear of connecting with others and becoming immune to it, effectively growing and solving this issue.

    The fear is metaphorized as a contagion, a venom, a disease and a deceiver which tries to convince the person to fear others. The person then achieves clarity, growth and gains immunity to this fear.

    I like how Tool managed to keep their ominous vibe but deliver a profoundly positive message in this song.

    alex107360on August 09, 2019   Link

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