Lyric discussion by M-Opiate-A 

Cover art for Ticks and Leeches lyrics by Tool

to me this song has nothing to do with record companies or any of that i think its directed more towards the people and things that tend to be an alternate route for thoughts and energy and maybe even distractions..even though its very vaugue..try interpreting it with the theme of the album instead of just the song inself see what you come up with

I don't know what you mean by that. Thoughts and energy? Yeah I don't get what you're talking about.

@M-Opiate-A Well, here I am replying to your post from 15 years ago and I agree with you. Ive been looking at this album compared to the tree of life and its definitely about the "energy" being consumed by those on this earth.