Pink Floyd – Eclipse Lyrics | 11 years ago |
Eclipse is often paired with the song Brain Damage preceding it; on the radio, they are rarely ever played separately and almost always played together like on the album. To me, the meaning of Eclipse builds off the meaning of the song Brain Damage, just as the whole album (being a concept album) builds off itself to form a central theme. The song Brain Damage is a song about, well, brain damage.. or psychological disorders.. the song is a nod to Syd Barret, the original lead singer who basically went insane and the band had to kick him out. During the line in Brain Damage where it says "I'll see you on the dark side of the moon", it basically means "where the mind of the insane resides until it can reconstruct sanity, that's where I'll meet you, some day, maybe after death" Eclipse, then, means to me that nothing is wrong in life. Everything is working just as it should, and the world only seems to be upside down due to circumstance; it will pass like clockwork. |
Nine Inch Nails – The Line Begins to Blur Lyrics | 11 years ago |
For those of you who don't understand, this whole album is about viewing yourself as the only being in existence, and the external world is just a product of your imagination |
The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black Lyrics | 11 years ago |
It's about shutting the world out - seeing a "red door" (a path that only leads to pain) and "painting it black" (shutting it out completely) |
The Smashing Pumpkins – Cherub Rock Lyrics | 12 years ago |
to me this song is about drug addiction, "let me out" |
Tool – Aenema Lyrics | 12 years ago |
"learn to swim", its time to learn how to survive and quit fucking about in this sea of commercialistic bullshit |
Tool – Aenema Lyrics | 12 years ago |
Iiiiiiii Fuckinggggggg Looooooveeeeeeeee this song!!!!! I wish this site wasn't so inactive |
Dio – The Last In Line Lyrics | 12 years ago |
to Grozny: Why does there have to be an apocalypse? We can make it work right now, we just have to try hard... For our future, we need to try hard. Balance it, don't let us fall into oblivion. We can do it |
The Doors – When The Music's Over Lyrics | 12 years ago |
This song is SO deep! "When the music is your special friend", just blows me away |
Van Halen – Tattoo Lyrics | 12 years ago |
not a bad song but nothing like their old stuff, but what I really want to know is what the hell "mousewife to momshell" means. Anyone got any guesses? |
Q Lazzarus – Goodbye Horses Lyrics | 12 years ago |
This song is simply about moving on. "Goodbye horses" (the ways of the past, horse and buggy, etc) "I'm flying over you" (the ways of the present/future, airplanes, whatever, etc) |
Tool – Lateralus Lyrics | 12 years ago |
Its a philosophical song about overcoming nihilism -- the same task that Nietzsche set out to do, but failed. |
Tool – Lateralus Lyrics | 12 years ago |
Aenema was intentionally printed that way. The album name is "Aenima", the song name is "Aenema", are you schizo enough to figure out why? |
Sixx: A.M. – Lies of the Beautiful People Lyrics | 12 years ago |
While on the surface, the lyrics to this song appear to be a simple build off of the cliche "beauty is on the inside", the chorus suggests a more abstract sociological meaning: that 'beautiful' people have created a veil over the eyes of 'ugly' people, making them think that the reason their life is so unsatisfying is because of personal faults or something they're doing wrong - when in reality, their life is unsatisfying because they're not good looking, and people instinctively treat unattractive people poorer than attractive people. |
Lil' Wayne – We Be Steady Mobbin Lyrics | 12 years ago |
The line "you niggas softer than roseanne's son" is just more evidence that this was written by some middle-aged white guy |
KoЯn – Here To Stay Lyrics | 12 years ago |
I think its about discovering that you hate yourself, then realizing that the self you hate is here to stay |
Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone Lyrics | 13 years ago |
I think you're absolutely right, that is exactly the feeling the lyrics gave me when I first listened to them |
Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone Lyrics | 13 years ago |
A song about growing up |
Alice in Chains – Again Lyrics | 13 years ago |
This song is a slap in the face to anyone who's insane or trapped in their own delusions. |
KoЯn – Make Me Bad Lyrics | 13 years ago |
I don't buy the whole sex thing. How do you extrapolate the meaning as "sex" from these lyrics? It's just as logically justifiable then to say the song is about golfing or shopping; I think the lyrics are much more straightforward, and there isn't some "hidden subject" that he's referring to. |
KoЯn – Make Me Bad Lyrics | 13 years ago |
I think this song has a lot to do with losing your freewill in a psychosis, "I feel the reason as its leaving me, no not again" - the short term memory loss and sudden derailment of one's train of thought, commonly associated with psychosis and schizophrenia. |
Green Jelly – Flight Of The Skajaquada Lyrics | 13 years ago |
Hilarious song, and some pretty cool guitar riffs as well |
Elton John – Bennie And The Jets Lyrics | 13 years ago |
this song is definitely about amphetamine.. when you do speed for long enough on a regular basis, you gain a sort of ability to recognize other speed users. Almost as if your thoughts are operating on the same frequency. |
Elton John – Bennie And The Jets Lyrics | 13 years ago |
Does anyone else think this song is about amphetamine? And "bennie" stands for benzedrine? |
System of a Down – Radio/Video Lyrics | 13 years ago |
The breakdown in this song sounds like a Barmitzvah in the Bahamas |
Tool – Schism Lyrics | 13 years ago |
The line "the circling is worth it - finding beauty in the dissonance" is about nihilism; or remedying nihilism |
System of a Down – Spiders Lyrics | 13 years ago |
A song about controlling everything.... that, and amphetamine |
Tool – Jimmy Lyrics | 13 years ago |
I disagree. Given that this song is referencing "Light keepers", 11 most undoubtedly represents "Father and Son" - the 10 and the 1... |
Tool – Jimmy Lyrics | 13 years ago |
No, the liner notes are definitely about ketamine (special K) and not dimethyltryptamine (DMT). DMT is mostly a 5-HT2a agonist psychedelic hallucinogen. Ketamine is mostly a NMDA antagonist dissociative hallucinogen known for producing out-of-body experiences, and is used in medicine as a dissociative anesthetic. |
Tool – Jimmy Lyrics | 13 years ago |
Also, "ELEVEN I HAVE FOUND YOU": Ever since getting his ass kicked during the battle in Heaven, Lucifer has been looking for a way to get revenge on Michael. He is constantly looking for him. Both of them have the ability to bend light and reality itself through the manipulation of relativity - which makes it difficult for them to locate each other. |
Tool – Jimmy Lyrics | 13 years ago |
This song is about losing your free will as the result of black magic. Apparently Earth is a rehabilitation center for fallen angels. |
Queens of the Stone Age – The Fun Machine Took A Shit And Died Lyrics | 14 years ago |
I think this song is about having an ego death, similar to Everybody Knows That You're Insane |
Tool – H. Lyrics | 14 years ago |
I always thought "H" stands for Heroin ("Days away I still feel you touching me, changing me" sounds like a heroin withdrawal), but a lot of the song seems to be more about the nature of the human ego, such as "...recalling all the times I have died, and will die" - I don't think that line is about reincarnation, I think it is about the death of our ego; how it constantly readjusts itself and our sense of "self" never really existed as we like to think it did. |
Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 14 years ago |
I agree with Mountainman112358. Also, it should be worth noting that the Bible has its fair share of... eh... 'questionable' verses, like that bit in Exodus after the Ten Commandments where it talks about the etiquette of owning slaves.. |
Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 14 years ago |
Lol you can't seriously blame the Holocaust on christianity. Christianity was a catalyst for Hitler, at most. If christianity wasn't there, he would have exploited some other religion. If I remember correctly, Mein Kampf only had a few sections detailing his anti-semitism and perceived presence of a "Jewish problem". Most of that book was an autobiographal account of his plans and attempts to take control of the German government. As well as some methamphetamine-induced delusions regarding what he thought the goal of all human society was (to achieve one supernational state with global dominance). |
Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 14 years ago |
I hope you're simply using the word "Fascist" derogatorilly and not literally, because you would be incorrect considering the actual definition of fascism. In fact, most professionals on the subject would note that Capitalism (the economic layout of the USA) is the complete opposite of Fascism. One of the key aspects of fascism is supernationalism - and the USA (and most other capitalistic societies) have a deficit in this aspect. You could almost consider the USA's economy and system of government to be anti-supernationalist. In a fascist state, all industry is operated by government-owned corporations. Varying social classes are accepted as an honorable duty, and a necessary evil. In a capitalist state (especially those with a laissez faire mentality), the structure of the government does not integrate corporate affairs into its duties. Social classes in a capitalist state are never definite and fluctuate often (for example, a poor man invents something popular and becomes rich). Arguably, one could say that corporations are intertwined with the USA's government, especially considering that the overwhelming majority of US Politicians are corporate business owners. However, the mechanics in which the government integrates these aspects is considerably different from a fascist government. I know thats probably not what you meant when you were talking about America being fascist, but still. Without even considering the stance you were trying to take, you were just blatantly incorrect on a technical level. I agree that America is selfish, war-mongering, and most of those other adjectives you listed in that run-on sentence. But are you really any better than the people you are criticizing? You are falling victim to the same arrogance that you despise. The issue is not as black and white as you make it seem: "The big bad nation of pigs known as the USA, and the innocent helpless victims known as Everyone Else." - this is wrong. Elitist? As far as individual personalities within the population go, I'd say that European nations are far more elitist. Not to mention China and the other Asian communist nations. It seems that you were strongly implying that America's population is apathetic, but you can't claim that somebody is apathetic and then claim they are an elitist - those two words contradict each other. An apathetic elitist? If you think about it, a better label for a person like that would be "liar". If you really want to make an impact in the world for the ideals you stand for, you should try intelligent debates instead of masturbating your ego. Rants such as yours are becoming quite cliche. You could probably find dozens of identical arguments from different people on the internet. |
Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 14 years ago |
What is a higher being? A God? Why is it personified? If a God exists, his existence is clearly metaphysical, and his personification in scripture was nothing more than an aid for understanding (since it was far easier to refer to a personified God rather than have to explain that God is some sort of abstract metaphysical Aether). Maybe God -perhaps existing only metaphorically- was the big bang, the process of evolution, and his skeleton forms the structure for all logic and reason. Perhaps he is a primordial archetype - forming a set course of actions in the inherent layout of existence, such that it met anthropic necessity. |
Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 14 years ago |
This song was also part of Tool's effort to fight mass-ignorance. Hence, they make references to both evolution and creationism. The lyrics about "monkeys" are clearly referencing evolution. The lyrics about angels and "Father" are clearly referencing religion. Basically, Tool is trying to tell us "neither side is right or wrong. Perhaps the religious individuals in this world should be more open-minded about considering evolution, and perhaps all the christian-bashing believers in evolution should try to view religion symbolically." The Bible really isn't the result of some "mass brainwashing scheme to control the population", although I used to like to think it was. In reality, I think the Bible is a literary masterpiece. The books Ecclesiastes and Job in the Old Testament are perhaps the most nihilistic, pessimistic, and philosophical works ever written. I also believe in darwinian evolution - I am not a Christian (I have taken multiple stances on religion throughout my life: believer, non-believer, critic, skeptic, and even the occult. Before I would be presumed a christian in disguise, I'll have you know that I am very huge fan of Nietzsche and have read his works thoroughly - if you knew anything about the criticism of religion, christianity, and the western judeo-christian ideals, you would know that Nietzsche is perhaps the most revered critic of the church. He was the one who proclaimed "God is dead", and wrote a book entitled "The Antichrist" referring to himself. Wow I sort of got off track, but this is still all relevant to the song's meaning. |
Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 14 years ago |
The whole "Right in two" line of lyrics might be referring to metaphysics - and the creation of the universe. |
Tool – Right in Two Lyrics | 14 years ago |
I love this song. Anyone who's interested in the meaning of the lyrics should watch the first 15 minutes of the movie "2001: A Space Oddysey" (the one made by Stanley Kubrick, not the newer one)... It might give you some insight into the meaning of this song, as well as Tool in general. The first 15 minutes of the movie takes place at the "Dawn of Mankind" - there are two packs of primitive humanoid apes (apparently representing our ancestors). One pack of apes is drinking at a watering hole, and then the other pack invades their territory and scares the first pack away. Later on, the first pack of apes (the one that had been evicted from their own watering hole) encounter a strange black monolith that had suddenly appeared in the middle of their den. After being frightened at first, they all reach out an touch the smooth black monolith. Afterwards, the first pack of apes is suddenly gifted with the curiosity of technology, and one of the apes discovers that he can use animal bones as a club to fight off the second pack of apes. Him and his posse all arm themselves with femurs from some dead animal, and proceed to beat the shit out of one of the rival apes. In doing so, they scare off the second pack of apes, and win back their watering hole. There is no real explanation of the mysterious 'black monolith' throughout the movie, but perhaps it is merely symbolic of "technology", or simply a metaphor for the concept of a "Tool". Its presence in the minds of the apes caused them to begin thinking abstractly, such that they were able to develop their own tools. |
Tool – Sober Lyrics | 14 years ago |
Sorry that this reply is long, but it explains in detail why my view of the song is the way that it is. Have you listened to 46&2, The Grudge, Schism, or Reflection? I'm sure you have, but have you read the lyrics to them? Maynard went through a duality. It is likely that it started by him reading a lot of the occult, esoterica, and philosophy. When he start reading Jung (or some other psychologist, although 46&2 suggests it was Jung), he start digging into his own unconscious mind, which is where he discovered his shadow. He realized that his desire to read philosophy, his beliefs, the music he listens to, and everything that he's ever done was for the purpose of feeling superior to other people. In the shadow, he also encountered knowledge pertaining to all of his own insecurities and shortcomings - information that the healthy mind is able to successfully hide from itself. Once an individual opens up their shadow, there is no stopping the perpetual Hell that will flow out of it - as Maynard more than likely found out. After its happened, you find yourself unable to talk to another person with confidence, because you can no longer be confident with yourself after you realize just how much you lie to yourself. In this song Sober, when he says "There's a shadow just behind me, shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty. Pointing ever finger at me", the meaning of this line is literally what the words are telling you. His psychological shadow is preventing him from being able to communicate with anyone, because everyone subconsciously interprets anything he says as a lie or an empty promise. Because of his knowledge of his own insecurities, people can literally hear the lack of confidence in his voice and see it in his face. I'm not talking about your standard generic store-bought Social Anxiety, I'm talking about a full-blown psychosis where everything is surreal, and the fact that you are completely unable to communicate with people begins to shatter your concept of reality. Things begin to collapse on you, when you discover the boundaries of human rationality. Other people's reception of you is determined by nothing more than the confidence in your voice - created by a pattern of frequencies within a certain range that we can pick up on subconsciously, but can't replicate ourselves. So many people bought into Hitler's bullshit because methamphetamine gave him the ability to speak to others with an unparalleled level of confidence. However, for most 'good' people, they find that the self-revelation that amphetamine gives them actually ends up frightening them. It brings people to the inescapable conclusion that all of our thoughts and actions are ultimately fueled by our desire for power - and there is no escaping this. Whenever we act "friendly" or "considerate" towards other people, it is only because we know in our unconscious mind that two people working together will be stronger than one person on their own. "Love" only exists because it was necessary for survival - and it is only present to the extent that it is needed for survival, and no more than that. Its easy to acknowledge this as true, but not truly integrate its implications into our perspective. Amphetamine users find that they are able to truly integrate this knowledge into their perception of the world around them, and they are only capable once they have asserted "absolute truth" as the motive of their thoughts, and purged themselves of as much selfishness as they can. I experienced this after abusing amphetamine for a long time. I would use it to motivate me and give me the concentration needed for reading philosophy and psychology. When you're using amphetamine as your philosophical Tool, it can take you to places within your own mind that people normally aren't supposed to go, and it can show you things you're not supposed to see. Maynard described the process as "prying open [his] third eye". I don't know whether or not Maynard's tool was amphetamine or some other drug... Lyrics in other Tool songs seem to suggest that Tool's tool was psychedelics like DMT or LSD. However, the amphetamine molecule is very similar in structure to some psychedelics (2C-B for example, or other molecules in the 2C-? family) that achieve their psychoactive effects by binding to the same receptors (the 5-HT2a receptors, or called the Serotonin Subtype 2a receptors) that LSD and DMT bind to. I've talked to other meth/speed addicts and they all agreed that Tool's lyrics are at such a similar level as their own thoughts while on meth/speed, too similar to deny the possibility that Maynard used to use speed frequently. I'm not talking about a bunch of tweaked out psychotic junkies who think "woah man, maynard must have been tweaked out of his mind when writing this shit!", I'm talking about a legitimate and logical theory. There is a certain way of thinking, a certain style of cognitive processing, that only frequent amphetamine users are familiar with. I'd describe it as "overly-logical" and "over-analyzing", but there is no real way to describe it to someone who hasn't experienced it. It is so distinct, and I have talked with other speed users too who have described to me the exact same thing, so I really have no doubt in my mind about its existence. This song isn't just criticizing Christians, but also criticizing people who criticize Christians. This song is about a pessimism so deep, that not even the minor pleasure of embracing pessimism and feeling sorry for one's self is allowed to exist. Pure, unbridled frustration with one's self and all existence. The "Will" working against itself. Cognitive dissonance, a duality, a schism of the mind. The ego and the Anima battling against each other for supremacy. The total collapse of rationality and reason. |
Tool – Reflection Lyrics | 14 years ago |
I've read Thus Spoke Zarathustra too, and a lot of other books by Nietzsche. I think you're right, but you're also missing something. This song is about the narrator realizing that he is NO BETTER than those very people he has criticized. |
Tool – No Quarter (Led Zeppelin cover) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Tool are my three favorite bands of all time. I can't say that one is better than the other. They are both so good in their own right. Honestly, I'd say Tool has more technical ability, but you can have all the technical ability in the world and still make shitty music. The three are tied in terms of being "The Best Band". But how can you say that "Tool copies Floyd and Zep because they can't do that good themselves"? Just because they are more than 20 years older than Tool doesn't automatically mean they are better - if you think that, you are trying to appeal to maturity by making people agree with you for fear of being considered "immature" if they disagree with you. Thinking "age means quality" is a fallacy. I'm not saying that you're wrong, or that you're right, but give me a fucking break - you're full of shit and you've even become a professional at hiding it from yourself. |
Tool – No Quarter (Led Zeppelin cover) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
My apple is better than your orange |
Tool – Jerk-Off Lyrics | 14 years ago |
A lot of your explanations of the song's meaning are straying away from what the song actually means. The song is just about morality in general - Tool is telling you their stance on it. The meaning is pretty much exactly what the words tell us - except for a few verses that are being said sarcastically. |
Godsmack – Serenity Lyrics | 14 years ago |
If you stay up for days on amphetamine, you'll know what this song is about... |
Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth Lyrics | 14 years ago |
ROFL |
Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth Lyrics | 14 years ago |
This song is about how women are succubi. See Led Zeppelin's 'Dazed and Confused'..... "Soul of a women was CREATED BELOW!" |
System of a Down – Violent Pornography Lyrics | 14 years ago |
I think the "Violent Pornography" they are talking about is Life. They are basically saying that all the "shit you get on your TV" can be found in real life too, you just have to turn off your TV and go look for it. |
Tool – Disgustipated Lyrics | 14 years ago |
The "carrots" he is talking about can be viewed metaphorically, but he literally is talking about carrots, which is supposed to be kind of ironic. Carrots are technically living, they might even have a soul, but that doesn't matter when it comes to their harvest - they are eaten by species that are higher in the food chain. If life did not feed on life, then all life would die. The irony of "carrots" is that they obviously do not have a nervous system, and to the best of our scientific knowledge, they do not feel pain or suffering or anything at all. But if we do not care about carrots, why should we care about flies and insects either? Flies have a very simple nervous system, and arguably, they do not feel any complex amount of pain. If we do not care about the flies, then why care about the birds who eat the flies? Birds have a relatively simple nervous system, and they most likely do not feel any complex amount of pain. But if we do not care about the birds, then why care about the cats that eat the birds? And why care about the dogs that eat the cats? The deer that eat the grass? The pigs that eat their own shit? The humans that eat the pigs? Pain is just a sensation - an electric signal sent along a sequence of organic tissue that is all essentially composed of just ordinary matter: single molecules; protons, electrons, neutrons, etc.. All of which ultimately feels nothing, and the sensation of pain was hollow and empty.. It would seem that this song (as well as the entire album) presents us the duality that They/He/It (whether it was Maynard, other members of the band, or just Tool in general) has been afflicted with - the paradox of morality. How can we claim to be for good and against evil, and how can we claim to be righteous, if we have to inflict pain on an innumerable amount of other creatures simply in order to survive? What if it turned out that we were all unknowingly on a farm as well, and aliens came to Earth one day to harvest us -- and feed not on our flesh, but torture us and feed on the tragedy produced from our cries of agony and torment? Without that tragedy to feed on, the aliens would enter a state of unbearable nihilism due to the lack of any purpose - but when they torture us, it reminds of them of the temporary nature of existence, even their own, and the ultimate mortality of all things. It makes them thankful to exist. Without it, they would die. Was there ever a difference between these hypothetical aliens and the species (whatever it may have been, the song suggests rabbits) that ate the carrots? Where do we draw the line between right and wrong? There is no possible way to draw an absolute line between "when it is right, and when it is wrong", since right and wrong are relative to their observer. Morality is a human invention. But subjectivity does not necessarily imply fallibility. The notions of "right and wrong" exist, because we make them exist - but that is it. However, considering morality in the case of humanity alone and amongst itself, it can be stated as a fact that our survival requires some degree of unconditional cooperation with each other. Mothers have to love their baby and feed their baby, or else their baby dies. Members of society have to cooperate with each other, or else humanity's more complex desires (such as the arts, technology, higher knowledge, science, etc) would be impossible to achieve. You're reading this on a computer right now. Do you know how to make a computer from scratch? I don't mean buying the parts and putting it together - I mean harvesting the raw resources from bare earth with your bare hands and no tools besides what you can find for yourself, and then assembling those resources into a computer? I highly doubt anyone on this planet is capable of that. Your charade of a lifestyle automatically drafts you as a member of society's morals and ethics. Do morals and ethics get out-dated from time to time? Yes. Do we need to revise them? Yes. It's far from perfect, and its highly unlikely it will ever reach perfection. All you can do is find out for yourself through experience what YOU think is the best way to improve the world, and then REPRESENT these ideals of yours by integrating them into your individual persona. It is NOT possible to predict these changes/fluctuations in morality and ethics by using logical sciences and measurements alone. There are too many variables involved in the fine-tuning of morality, and breaking it down mathematically is impossible, and even if we could do it, the results would be beyond human comprehension. You have to use your intuition gained from experience in conjunction with logical sciences and measurements in order to come up with the best representation you can. Many people do not know it, but most people are already finely-synchronized with morality via their intuition, and they do not even have to worry about it - the perceived disruption occurs when individuals try to exploit the rhetoric and structure of morality for their own personal gain that is unrelated to morality. So to basically sum it all up: Based on our subjective experiences, we must use our intuition to participate (with as much effort as we care to put into it) in refining society's morality to resolve to see what we perceive to be its current flaws. When we do this, our persistence and humility will eventually bring us to satisfactory results that we can at least be content with. Some people have it easier than others - and from my perspective, yes, it is morally correct to crash these types of people down whenever they are acting cocky to someone who has to deal with more than them. Maybe that isn't the same for you, maybe it is, and that's the beauty of it I guess. Our experience here will be worthwhile - but that doesn't mean you are automatically guaranteed satisfactory without having to work for it at a level past your comfort zone. We can improve our lives, to whatever extent we allow ourselves to. However, it is unknown whether or not we can improve the state of all humanity. This might be as good as it gets as far as our world goes, but that's only because society can't hold everyone's hand and wipe their asses for them - they know themselves the best, and only they know how to fulfill their needs the best. The sky is the limit for improving our own lives, because whatever you consider the definition of "improvement" to be is up to you.. Wow this is a long ass comment okay I'm done. There's Tool in a nutshell for you ladies and gentlemen |
Megadeth – Sweating Bullets Lyrics | 14 years ago |
By the way, I have no doubt that this was his intended meaning for the song.. |
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