Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.
Respect the structure
Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.
Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)
Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.
Don’t mix versions
If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.
Let the lyrics be lyrics
This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.
Edit lightly
If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’
When in doubt, ask the crowd
Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.
IDIOTS, you screwed up with just writing (Instrumental), its not, all they did to create this song was put a microphone in a mans mouth, then they rung his neck over and over. Thats right, this song is just a man gasping for air. This is reflecting on the song Ticks and Leeches "I hope you choke"...they put it there to complete the fibannacci seqeunce of the album...
makes sense maynard squeezing a cat cmon hes definelty joking, maynard extremely secretive about tools song. he wants us to find out our own indiviual meanings to the music.
use your third eye
makes sense maynard squeezing a cat cmon hes definelty joking, maynard extremely secretive about tools song. he wants us to find out our own indiviual meanings to the music.
use your third eye
who cares if he squeezed a damn cat? maybe he likes his pussy to be tight? LOL! Get it? squeeze a cat cuz he likes tight pussy?!? Man I crack myself up sometimes.....ok so it wasn't that funny.
Mantra: A sacred verbal formula repeated in prayer, meditation, or incantation, such as an invocation of a god, a magic spell, or a syllable or portion of scripture containing mystical potentialities.
The noise you hear in this track is actually made with Adam's guitar. He has some kind of sustainer he must have the same shit I got 'cuz I can do it, too.
Heres what Mantra really is: Tool fan Yaz (yazkuge@hotmail.com) found a 2001 interview with Maynard in the Japanese magazine "Buzz" where MJK stated for the first time in public ("a treat for the Japanese fans," he says) that the track "Mantra" is the sound of him squeezing one of his Siamese cats. The cat made such a weird noise that he immediately recorded this, played it real slow and made a track out of it.
Krusty: BZZZZTTTT!!!1 It's the sound of Maynard James Keaton Squeezing his cat.
Bart: You Mean Maynard James Keenan
Krusty: Who is he?
Bart: Lead singer of the greatest band on earth, Tool.
Krusty: oh, boy.
Krusty: BZZZZTTTT!!!1 It's the sound of Maynard James Keaton Squeezing his cat.
Bart: You Mean Maynard James Keenan
Krusty: Who is he?
Bart: Lead singer of the greatest band on earth, Tool.
Krusty: oh, boy.
No, Asz is correct. It's Maynard's siamese cat after being squeezed, then the sound produced being distorted and slowed down. I did exactly what you said using GoldWave, and even after trying 5 or 6 different speeds, it sounds closer to a cat. I almost hear occassional hisses, grunts, and "sighs" from it.
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I'm going to go with what Asz said, makes a lot of sense. Doesn't sound anything like a guitar, more like a voice or a kitty.
IDIOTS, you screwed up with just writing (Instrumental), its not, all they did to create this song was put a microphone in a mans mouth, then they rung his neck over and over. Thats right, this song is just a man gasping for air. This is reflecting on the song Ticks and Leeches "I hope you choke"...they put it there to complete the fibannacci seqeunce of the album...
makes sense maynard squeezing a cat cmon hes definelty joking, maynard extremely secretive about tools song. he wants us to find out our own indiviual meanings to the music. use your third eye
makes sense maynard squeezing a cat cmon hes definelty joking, maynard extremely secretive about tools song. he wants us to find out our own indiviual meanings to the music. use your third eye
although this song has no lyrics, there is a meaning behind it
wich you can read on http://www.toolpantheon.com/lateralus_meanings.htm
(just scroll down until you see this song)
who cares if he squeezed a damn cat? maybe he likes his pussy to be tight? LOL! Get it? squeeze a cat cuz he likes tight pussy?!? Man I crack myself up sometimes.....ok so it wasn't that funny.
Mantra: A sacred verbal formula repeated in prayer, meditation, or incantation, such as an invocation of a god, a magic spell, or a syllable or portion of scripture containing mystical potentialities.
The noise you hear in this track is actually made with Adam's guitar. He has some kind of sustainer he must have the same shit I got 'cuz I can do it, too.
Heres what Mantra really is: Tool fan Yaz (yazkuge@hotmail.com) found a 2001 interview with Maynard in the Japanese magazine "Buzz" where MJK stated for the first time in public ("a treat for the Japanese fans," he says) that the track "Mantra" is the sound of him squeezing one of his Siamese cats. The cat made such a weird noise that he immediately recorded this, played it real slow and made a track out of it.
I believe Mantra is a Buddhist form of meditation also in which you relax and say certain words over and over again.
this is a recording of a (elderly) woman humming a small song... do your homework ; reverse it and speed it up 60% or so
Krusty: BZZZZTTTT!!!1 It's the sound of Maynard James Keaton Squeezing his cat. Bart: You Mean Maynard James Keenan Krusty: Who is he? Bart: Lead singer of the greatest band on earth, Tool. Krusty: oh, boy.
Krusty: BZZZZTTTT!!!1 It's the sound of Maynard James Keaton Squeezing his cat. Bart: You Mean Maynard James Keenan Krusty: Who is he? Bart: Lead singer of the greatest band on earth, Tool. Krusty: oh, boy.
No, Asz is correct. It's Maynard's siamese cat after being squeezed, then the sound produced being distorted and slowed down. I did exactly what you said using GoldWave, and even after trying 5 or 6 different speeds, it sounds closer to a cat. I almost hear occassional hisses, grunts, and "sighs" from it.
Asz's post comes directly from here, I think it's safer to say it's true: http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html