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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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01-30-2005
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02-08-2005
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02-17-2005
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02-19-2005
i agree with legomancer's comment completely, and i also agree with the idea that this song is about drugs. Drugs are believed to be a tool that can be used to reach our inner, spirtual selves.
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02-19-2005
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02-22-2005
anal penetration..
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03-04-2005
An odd sort of love/obsession (gawd I hate using that love word for song meanings lol) with being -one- with this other person.
Again, very rarely is Tool so base in their songs (I don't know why I say this with such conviction as I have absolutely no 100% clue as to what any single one of their songs means).
Other parts in the song take me to the words of this -acceptee- saying, and not entirely too convincingly: I don't want it, I just need it, etc. etc.
So yes, to me, this song is about a relationship. Though in many ways it describes such a gruesome physical representation of what many people -do- expect in a relationship ... some sort of union and oneness that can only truly be accomplished by either lying to yourself or by crawling up their ass.
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03-10-2005
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03-19-2005
Also ive always had this assumption that Maynards lyrics are from the perspective of someone who is carrying out the lyrics in this song i think maybe a women or a man is expecting not just sex but love with it but it isnt happening. very cleva lyrics possibly the best TOOL song
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03-22-2005
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03-22-2005
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03-25-2005
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04-08-2005
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04-11-2005
In my opinion the key lines here are
"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? "
It's about how the society has become so desensitized, so void of any feelings, that you need a damn fist up your ass to feel anything at all. We ignore the issues that are important and it's time to wake the fuck up. It might be painful, but with it comes the recognition of what's around you.
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04-11-2005
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04-12-2005
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04-17-2005
Undeniable dilemma
Boredom's not a burden
Anyone should bear"
He's saying he has to feel something or he's going to lose his mind. Nobody should have to feel as misriable as he is.
"Constant over stimulation numbs me
But I would not want you any other way"
I think he has a sex addiction. He's always pushing himself further. Nothing to care about just fuck the rest of the world there is nothing to care about.
"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"
Obvisouly he has an addiction to something. I think he has an addiction to sex. He NEEDS it.
Stimulation dosn't even work anymore he's so used to it.
"Finger deep within the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
Relax, turn around and take my hand"
He has his finger somewhere on her body and he's saying show me you love me. He's saying show me your having a good time that your enjoying this.
"I can help you change
Tired moments into pleasure
Say the word and we'll be
Well upon our way"
He's saying he can pleasure her anytime she wants it. Alls she has to do is say the word.
"Blend and balance
Pain and comfort
Deep within you
'til you will not want me any other way"
He's saying sex is like an art, blend and balence pain and comfort until it feel perfect. Deep within her till she couldn't live without him.
"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"
He's just not feeling it anymore from her like he used to. He needs it to feel something. Like on matter what he does or how he tries she seems to be losing intrest and so is he.
"Knuckle deep inside the borderline
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to
Relax, slip away"
So he starts to forceably have sex with her, it might hurt but she should get used to it. "It's something you'll get used to" He's saying just feel me and slip away into nothingness.
"Something kinda sad about
the way that things have come to be
Desensitized to everything
What became of subtlety?"
He's saying it's sad that it's coming to only sex in the relationship. He was at a point where he would do anything for her to make her feel happy. He just dosen't feel anything anymore.
"How can it mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all?"
How can the relationship mean anything if he can't feel the bond anymore. What's the point if it's all only for sex.
"I'll keep digging 'til
I feel something "
He's just keep going harder until he feels her again the way he did.
"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"
Well he's asking her if she still loves him. He's asking her to turn around and look him straight in the eyes and tell him that she loves him.
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05-01-2005
"what became of subtlety"
people are no longer entertained by simple things, we need giant extravagant things just to keep us entertained. i also agree with the multiple point of view idea.
"boredoms not a burden anyone should bear"
that is from the point of view of the desensitizer, telling us its not enough.
the only problem is that this topic itself doesnt seem like something tool would cover, just because tool doesnt seem to do anything remotely political, its just not their style. singing about the media would be somewhat political. in fact ive even read in interviews that their lyrics are more atmospheric than meaningful, and maynard comes up with lyrics to go along with the music. i guess we'll just have to ask maynard himself on this one.
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05-01-2005
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05-08-2005
Long Live MJK!
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06-02-2005
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06-02-2005
well you are mistaken. had the supposed group al quaida gotten their hands on nukes or hydro bombs
we would all be dead. i don't want to seem heartless but had they not died we probably all would have
think about it. the terrorists would have layed low until god knows when and would have launched a large scale assault on american soil
50000 or a few million i would sacrifice the few to save the many any day
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06-05-2005
"Finger" deep within the borderline
Show me that you love me and that we belong together
and then finger changes to "Knuckle", then "Elbow" and finally "Shoulder"! i think it means that we must increase our sense of love, little by little!
TOOL=THE MOST POPULAR BAND AMONG THE PERSIANS (AFTER NIRVANA)
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06-28-2005
This is one aspect (perhaps the most repugnant and devestating) of media saturation that MJK outlines in many of his songs (in stinkfist not so much, but it's touched upon) - the fact that people have come to view our collective constructed memories (ie. society, and more specifically the media) as reality, and any ridiculous psycho babble that gets repeated ad nauseaum on the boob tube implants itself in our psyches and is perceived as an objective truth, when in reality it is more usually simply a subjective opinion (if we're lucky). All too frequently it's actually much worse - a blatant lie to sway public opinion in favour of the man and his current mission du jour.
Anyone remember this one?: Let's go smoke iraq in the name of national security... no wait, liberation... no wait... saddam's a jerk... no wait... anything but rapidly depleting fossil-fuels and the resulting american interests in the middle east, since noone would get behind a cause so self-serving, no matter how much they love good old GWB and his oil-barren ilk.
WMD's people... they're there, and that's why we've go to go a killin'... total BULL. And most people BOUGHT it... what a world. But really, can you blame them - they haven't been taught to think for themselves... they've been TRAINED (quite literally) to accept television's recipes as insta-truths.
One of tool's most persistent themes is that everyone should try to find themselves, and THINK for themselves, and to not to allow some government sponsored media whores to think for you.
That last bit is probably the most destructive evil, as it leads to all things bad on a large scale, such as wars, genocide, racism, hate-crimes, and incidents of terrorism such as 911, which you've hastened to deem a non-large scale disaster (for better or worse). I for one would not call the near-simultaneous deaths of 50000 people a MEDIUM scaled disaster, and I would certainly never go so far as to label their demise a necessary pre-requisite to the US' subsequent "improvements" in national security.
Listen to the song again, my friend. Then listen to all of tools albums again. Smoke something if you feel like... it can't hurt (surprisingly in contrast to public... ahem MEDIA... opinion).
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07-01-2005
So basically hes looking to satisfy himself with harder and harder sex (namely fisting), but never can. This is also why people are getting confused with drug addiction etc - a lot of things in life are exactly the same - you keep needing more but it never satisfies.
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