Culling Voices Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Terrible.shogun 

Cover art for Culling Voices lyrics by Tool

I think that this song relates to the mentality of psychopaths and more specifically the majority of individuals that perpetrate mass shootings or acts of violence. A lot of their stories are similar about hearing voices in their heads.

When Maynard says Judge, Codem and banish i feel that it refers to these criminals being rushed through the justice system and never talked about again after the media hype.

In Verse 2 Maynard says

Heated altercations we’ve never had So I’m told, yet guided by them all Every single one

This sounds like what a lot of the perpatrators says once they go through with these horrible crimes. They don't remember but voices in their heads guided them. I wont get in to conspiracies about MK ultra but im sure most people looking for Tool song meanings are pretty far down the rabbit hole to know where that discussion leads.

The refrain Dont you dare point that at me could either mean blame of the parents, blame of video games, blame of access to guns or just literally Don't point that gun at me.

Interesting song. Maybe a little on the nose. But intriguing none the less.

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