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Stinkfist Lyrics
Something has to change
Undeniable dilemma Boredom's not a burden Anyone should bear Constant over stimulation numbs me But I would not want you any other way It's not enough I need more Nothing seems to satisfy I don't want it I just need it To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive Finger deep within the borderline Show me that you love me and that we belong together Relax, turn around and take my hand I can help you change Tired moments into pleasure Say the word and we'll be Well upon our way Blend and balance Pain and comfort Deep within you 'til you will not want me any other way It's not enough I need more Nothing seems to satisfy I don't want it I just need it To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive Knuckle deep inside the borderline This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to Relax, slip away Something kinda sad about the way that things have come to be Desensitized to everything What became of subtlety? How can it mean anything to me If I really don't feel anything at all? I'll keep digging 'til I feel something Elbow deep inside the borderline Show me that you love me and that we belong together Shoulder deep within the borderline Relax, turn around and take my hand
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12-07-2008
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12-10-2008
Key line: Constant over stimulation numbs me
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12-19-2008
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12-19-2008
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01-08-2009
ok, in a way, any way u interpret the song, it is correct. whether u look at it as dirty filthy fisting, drug addiction, or love clinginess all depends on your life and what u have been through. they all have the same meaning, which follows suit with this amazing tool song.
Fear Over Compassion. Doing anything to get high and not fearing the damage that could be down to your body. being in love with someone and feeling as though u cannot live unless u have them and not caring about the pain u may have to go through to be with them. or being a crazy sex addict who has gotten bored with his or her old sexual practices so they move to fisting or any type of freaky stanky hanky panky to get horny off of and ignoring the pain of their anal cavity being ripped or watever pain the sexual item may bring
01-11-2009
01-11-2009
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01-11-2009
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01-14-2009
The song goes through stages..
First, he sees the problem:
"Something has to change
Undeniable dilemma
Boredom's not a burden
Anyone should bear"
^
So, instead of being bored, he looks to a addiction for something to do:
"Constant over stimulation numbs me
But I would not want you any other way"
^
Constant over stimulation cures bordem last time I checked..!
"It's not enough
I need more
Nothing seems to satisfy
I don't want it
I just need it
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive"
^
Here is where the addiction really starts to set in.. Where its not enough to just do it when hes bored, but he craves it, needs it.. Does it to 'feel alive'..
"Finger deep within the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
Relax, turn around and take my hand"
^
There is a thin line between 'fun' drugs, sex, alcohol, and gambling.. Then there is a 'borderline' that you dont want to cross.. At this point in the song he is finger 'deep' across that line.. Asking the addiction to love him back, and be with him..
"I can help you change
Tired moments into pleasure
Say the word and we'll be
Well upon our way"
^
I think this part is the addictions 'response' to Maynard.. Any addiction, will ALWAYS cure tired moments, and turn them into pleasure for the time being... All you got to do is start it, and you'll be on your way
"Blend and balance
Pain and comfort
Deep within you
'til you will not want me any other way"
^
The addiction telling him that soon it will be part of his life, and he will live with it, in pain, and comfort.. And he wont want it anyother way.. Anyone who has been deep in any addiction will understand this line
"It's not enough
I need more
Nothing seems to satisfy
I don't want it
I just need it
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive"
^
Same as before
"Knuckle deep inside the borderline
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to
Relax, slip away"
^
He is slowly being consumed by the addiction
"Something kinda sad about
the way that things have come to be
Desensitized to everything
What became of subtlety?"
^
Anyone knows once you do something long enough, you will get desensitized to it, for example.. I have a gambling addiction.. To me, when I started.. Winning or losing $100 dollars was INSANE amounts of money to me.. Now, I need to win // lose $5000 or more to feel any emotion toward gambling
"How can it mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all?
I'll keep digging 'til
I feel something"
^
An addiction rarely gets better, only worse.. Because the more you do it.. The more you get used to it, and you lose the emotional swings and highs off of it.. So most of the time, you will either do it more often, switch to more potent drug, maybe more dangerous drug.. Bet more, have sex in random places, try new things.. Anything to get that high back..
"Elbow deep inside the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
Shoulder deep within the borderline
Relax, turn around and take my hand"
^
Once again the addiction is consuming him more and more
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01-20-2009
It uses Anal fisting as a metaphor, because anal fisting is an extreme form of sex/pornography.
"Something has to change
Undeniable dilemma
Boredom's not a burden
Anyone should bear"
We're bored with things that we're frequently exposed to, this is saying that we're bored.
"Constant over stimulation numbs me
But I would not want you any other way"
Blood and gore are frequently used in horror movies, if you'd never seen any of this, seeing a man get torn to peices would Shock you. The song's stating that you wouldn't want to do/see this if not for the over-stimulation (hardcore sex, Blood&Gore)
"It's not enough
I need more
Nothing seems to satisfy
I don't want it
I just need it
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive"
Stating that what used to work is now inneffective because it's mundne. "Over-stimulation numbs me"
"Finger deep within the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
Relax, turn around and take my hand"
The first exposure
"It's not enough
I need more
Nothing seems to satisfy
I don't want it
I just need it
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive"
Over-stimulation made you numb, now you need something stronger, something more
"Knuckle deep inside the borderline
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to
Relax, slip away"
Evolution of the first exposure. Now, after being de-sensitize, you need more. Finger, to fist.
"Something kinda sad about
the way that things have come to be
Desensitized to everything
What became of subtlety?"
Realization that you've just had to do something extreme for the same rush you got from your first exposure, the same first exposure that now bores you.
"How can it mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all?
I'll keep digging 'til
I feel something"
Fist isn't good enough, so you jump on to the next extreme
"Elbow deep inside the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
Shoulder deep within the borderline
Relax, turn around and take my hand"
and here the song comes to an end, but the cycle goes on. Desensitized to everthing leaves you searching for something new, something more extreme, and when you find it, you'll exploit it's extremity as well.
08-10-2009
I still think i said it better though! ;)
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02-17-2009
I think its more pointing towards the progression of getting used to something. Anything. Drugs, life, the search for adrenaline/dopamines, video games, sleep, masterbation, eating, arguing to pull love out of your lover, a foot on the gas pedal, anything at all a person could become addicted to. Think of the steps. It could begin innocently in the vag, on the dick, whatever. It could begin with a hug, a kiss, a caress of sin on your penis to full blown sex. After that frontier has been crossed many a times you may want more because I know after a while my own orgasms stop feeling as good when I have too many of them. So maybe next I'll need a new line to cross and that would be fisting. Again it could begin with a finger and progress to two fingers, then three, then one of those vibrating shavers, and then eventually an entire fist. But even then
I may need more.
08-09-2009
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02-28-2009
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03-04-2009
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03-19-2009
Ever think about Freuds theory of the Id,Ego,and Super ego? well you should look it up cuz this song fits frueds theory. The id being drivin by the pleasure principle meaning the wants, needs, and desires that6 life throws at us.the lines:
its not enough
i need more
nothing seems to satisfy
i dont want it
i just need it
to breath,to feel,to know im alive
i think these lines are talking about the id how it needs more to satisfy to know that it is alive then the ego comes in. the ego. the ego which is basically the reality part of the mind. the ego sometimes gives the id what he wants.i really think this song is the id talking to the ego.But anyway Maynard is fucking awesome, a freakin lyrical genius .Well i think everyone should look up Freuds theory and try to put it with this song and see if it makes since.It makes since to me
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03-21-2009
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06-05-2009
How can it mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all?" )
2nd its about fingering to fisting a girl.... stink fist... c'mon people think about it.... think of the expression, "go get your dinky stinky".... any interpretation of love is wrong completely wrong
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06-25-2009
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07-07-2009
my relationship is currently at the point where it's all about sex, the love's gone
so the part "Constant over stimulation numbs me but I would not want you any other way" fits perfectly
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07-12-2009
"Finger deep within the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
Relax, turn around and take my hand"
But also has another meaning to it. About what some people are reduced to just to get a thrill (in short).
"Something kinda sad about
the way that things have come to be
Desensitized to everything
What became of subtlety?
How can it mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all?"
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07-26-2009
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08-06-2009
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08-09-2009
As for love and h/drugs, the relation is the same, in one case it is the affection of a substance abuser to his drug, in the other case, it is romantic affection (as seen in the video maybe). In both cases one seeks to either enter a deeper level with his "love" of whatever nature it may be or enhance the emotional expirience itself. Concider the borderline syndrom, too: Borderliners are people who generally are very anxious and unhappy with themselves who seek comfort from somebody who won't be able to meet their demands for emotional intimacy or will fail to project the role of the protector onto the borderliner. Thus he turns more depressed about his true emotional distance to others. Because of that sense of distance and the need for intensive attention by others, borderliners also are said to cut themselves. I've cut myself too in the past, which had been both easening in situations of much anxiety (I'm scared of crowds) and frustrating when failing to meet the beforementioned state of relaxation.
And here you go, the phrase "finger deep inside the borderline" may as well just refer to the disorder itself, which you may wanna read about. To reiterate, I have a friend who was massively bullied in his old school which ultimately lead to extremely catatonic states when confronted with bullies. In order to tackle his unawareness of his own body, he began to exercise massively (that's by his own words) to again "feel [himself]". Again, in some way, sensitivity is worn down and tried to be regained, which may result in the decision to increase the sensual input, as with drugs for example, but maybe when you look at the song it's simply about the effort to break free from it. So you have drugs, sex and love...And in all cases the *basic concept* is, that the subject has grown indifferent and desentisized and needs overstimulation to expirience the desired effects of whatever it is he wants to expirience.
You may now apply this concept of a subjective undercurrent of stimulation to whatever it is you think...Partnerships having developped routine, the ever increasing dosage of a drug as tolerance increases, a boredom with sex or longing for intimacy and trust by others.
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08-10-2009
Anyway, yes, taken literally that is what it is on the surface. And im not one to generally overthink these things as i prefer to think that the artist will make it obvious if they want us to have a certain idea of what the song is about, otherwise it can mean a multitude of things. But look a little deeper.
Take a look at these lines...
Boredoms not a burden anyone should bear
Constant over stimulation numbs me
Desensitized to everything
What became of subtlety?
Now a good analogy for the last two lines is family guy. Don't get me wrong, im as much a supporter of the show as the next guy, possibly more lol. But the truth is, when looking at shows like family guy or even just looking at the news (shootings, murder, rape) we have desensitized ourselves. Nothing has shock value anymore. No sense of propriety or subtlety. We (or at least some of us) have therefore become bored with everything, even life in general. Constantly searching for some sense of stimulation. I know i personally look towards massive amounts of sex, drugs, music, skating, and shocking comedy (family guy, south park, etc.)
Now think of the things i listed... which do you think maynard looks to? ;)
Here, i'll give you a hint in the lyrics... lol
Blend and balance
Pain and comfort
Deep within you
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to
Painful sex. Sex is one of the greatest feelings a hominid can achieve. And pain is one of the few surefire ways to know you're still alive. And for those who feel like they're living a hollow existence- not sure if this can truly be considered "living," or if this is merely "existing,"- pain can make you feel alive. I personally don't like painful sex lol, nor do i condone emo kids cutting themselves. The true way to feel pain and feel alive is to skateboard. give blood, go skateboarding.
Anyway, in summation of much too long a rant: This is about becoming desensitized to life, constantly searching for some form of new and better stimulation, and looking for it in sex.
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08-17-2009
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09-03-2009
a) It is boring and needs to get kinkier and kinkier to keep it intresting
b) She is getting looser and looser so requires more than just fingers up her to satisfy
It is about him resigning himself to the fact that this is all that there is to hope for in the relationship. He is unwilling to leave because there is really nothing wrong, he's getting lots of sex and its not like they hate each other. They just have a shallow, meaningless relationship with lots of sex and he knows its wrong but would rather be with a hot chick that fucks him all the time that he doesn't love than risk being alone.
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09-10-2009
"Something kinda sad about
the way that things have come to be
Desensitized to everything
What became of subtlety?"
This song, while it may have sexual reference, is almost certainly not about sex but rather using sex as an image for an idea they are trying to portray. Tool rarely if ever put things on a surface level and reducing them to "oh stinkfist it is about sex and being bored" is pretty weak.
The song I think isn't directly about sex or drugs or a relationship or anything in particular but more about the idea of these things and how we become slaves to them. Plug in your drug, whether it be sex, or heroine, or TV or hey maybe even popular songs (wink wink). I think Maynard later follow-ed up with a more direct, easier to handle metaphor with a perfect circle when he wrote The Hollow. You get the same gist in that song, temporary satisfaction... It just doesn't stay and need to do something to bring back that feeling.
Of course, if I were gonna plug in to something, I would say it is a direct attack on anti-intellectualism in the USA (world?). People in our time cannot STAND being "bored" or being in their own minds. Always got to have something to make us happy(er). Grass is greener mentality, through and through. We find something to entertain ourselves but then it stops working, so we have to find something else... All at an attempt to never have to deal with ourselves, with our own thoughts and lives.
Anyways, long rant just to say be careful at taking a Tool song for surface value. It is more likely that this song has NOTHING to do with sex/relationships than it is that ALL IT IS ABOUT is sex/relationships. I think he is using the imagery for a metaphor for "insert your drug here." -- in a sense calling us out on our inability to live in our own heads and depending on things, people or substance to make us feel alive (when we should be focused on how alive we are).
Remember, Maynard asks us a lot to focus on our existence and importance of being alive (46+2, Third Eye, Parabol(+a), Lateralus, Disposition, Reflection, to name a few) and NOT on the superficial bullshit that people put on us (Aenima, The Hollow (APC), Stinkfist?).
My $0.02 cents...
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09-23-2009
Now I don't think Tool could be talking about that, but I think it is either slicing or drugs...finger could be a metaphor for the knife...who really knows except for the band? I came to this conclusion when I heard Maynard say: "I'll keep digging til, I feel something" . . .
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