| Tool – Stinkfist Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| there is never anything obvious about a Tool song. Their work is primarily ambiguous as to allow the listener to extract various meanings and interpretations from any single piece of their work. that's the beauty of it. Tool is the musical equivalent of a Stanley Kubrick film. | |
| Tool – Stinkfist Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I definitely agree. and I think Maynard also laments that that form of sado masochistic relationship, on an emotional, psychological, and a physical level, has become something that has been accepted to maintain excitement in a relationship or for an individual. It is my belief that he sees modern relationships as something more carnal that require a form self-mutilation in some shape or form to keep the interest, to quell the boredom. Hence "there's something kind of sad about the way that things have come to be. Desensitized to everything. What became of subtlety?" What happened to just being happy with either yourself or someone else? "Boredom's not a burden anyone should bear" comes across as sarcastic to me because it's not so bad but it's hyped up as something intolerable. That way that things have come to be is pitiable because simple pleasures no longer cut it to keep the interest. Of course there are so many ways to look at this song because there are so many elements to it: sado-masochism, addiction, desensitization, complacence, the treadmill theory, love and even hate as well. This is irrelevant, but I'm currently studying film (not in school mind you, but I just have a camera and some equipment and my own collection of movies and literature on the subject) and my absolute dream is to make films loosely based on the themes that Maynard writes into his lyrics. I believe these themes can come together to make as interesting a character as Charles Foster Kane, Jake La Motta, or even Daniel Plainview. Sorry for rambling, but I wanted to share the inspiration I've drawn from Tool with you guys. |
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