Disposition Lyrics

Lyric discussion by connor5919 

Cover art for Disposition lyrics by Tool

I feel like, personally at least, the lyrical intention is a mixture of a lot of what I've read here which ,given the arrangement instrumentally, may form the intended meaning in the piece in of itself.

Considering the album as a whole, and that Disposition runs rather smoothly into Reflection, the most logical step in interpreting the lack of lyrics in the former as juxtaposed to the latter would be that, as in life, personal opinion (or environmental disposition) is considered to come as more of a feeling or inherent gut reaction based entirely on the natural inclination of a person's psyche.

These are aspects of everyday life that appear to unify in their apparent fundamental hold over self-aware life. Essentially, these are aspects of the fundamentals of what we experience in life that provides analytical thought with direction. Emotion giving purpose and allowing for intellectual and introspective growth; The spiritual journey if you will.

Given this, we can assume that regardless of what is generally accepted to be considered as reality, reality (and obviously the seemingly random succession of events as experienced over time that we justify as our reality) is purely subjective based on our personal proportionate emotional reaction to external events and relationships; Our disposition.

This inherent disposition is felt in it's entirety, and feelings are non-quantifiable re-interpretations of events conceived irrelevant of passage of time, but altered massively over time due to culminated external events that we in turn quantify and interpret based on our inherent disposition. Cyclical in nature, as balance would suggest and as introspection should be by nature.

Considering the tracks once again, in succession (because that is the way we experience events over time) I feel Disposition to focus primarily on any undisclosed, fundamentally moving experience in a person's lifetime, quantifiable only in terms understood emotionally by the individual's disposition to the event. This is mirrored in the entirely supplemental, cryptic and sparing lyrics used to push the FEELING of the track above all else. In literal reference to the lyrical content, it seams as though any possible event or interpersonal communicative action is given the ability to alter all perceived reality due to the individual's disposition at the time of experience.

After that, we make sense of these changes by 'reflecting' on the event and on our own disposition, hence providing the intellectual guidance in introspection through personal emotional disposition, further altering our perception of all reality; So think, and watch the weather change.

My Interpretation