Lyrics for Stinkfist as interpreted by implode

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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Maltese
10-15-2006

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Maynard said in an interview that it definitely wasn't about fist-fucking. I think it's about desensitization.

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orphaned_shadow
10-11-2006

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punkrockgroopie, what the fuck are you thinking? your the fag if you dont realise that this is a tool song, so of course theres going to be a deeper meaning than fisting!

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lushco
10-06-2006

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this songs all about overconsumption in the consumer culture, whether its drugs, violence in the media, videogames, sexual gratification etc. the more we get the more we need, forcing us deeper and "deep(er) inside the borderline".

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Mr.Celine
09-29-2006

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Yes, I guess youre right, I mean every Tool song seams to be a riddle but actually you have discovered that they're all that simple. You're a genius....fag

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punkrockgroupie
09-29-2006

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I'ts about two fags,trying new fag thing (in this case FISTing) It's as simple as that. Why else do you think it's called "Stink Fist", think about it,if you FIST someones arsehole then your FIST is more often than not,going to STINK. DUH!!!

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punkrockgroupie
09-29-2006

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Stink fist is about a couple of guys,who are gay and/or bi/curious. It is about fisting. It's really not that difficult people.

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Mr.Celine
09-28-2006

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I actually didn't read all of the stuff on this aight paiges so I don't know if this was said befor me but I think this song is -more or less obvious- about the 'Borderline-Syndrom', an sickness which symptoms are for example beeing addicted to hazardously sex-operations. (one of the many, many symptoms of these sickness). And, Borderline-Syndroms describes an walking on the Borderline between anger and happiness so the Word 'Borderline' has actually 3 meanings; the first is the Borderline itself, the Border between pain and comfort; the second meaning is the 'Borderline-Syndome' and the third is the word Borderline for the word vagina(or something like this, language-problems). So the parts with '...deep inside the Borderline' describe every meaning of 'Borderline', getting deeper and depper onto the Borderline itself, getting more and more in the Borderline-Syndrome, and getting deeper and depper into this sexuell actions. The Text is a masterpiece song-lyric-history, its certainly one of my favorites.

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jadius
08-17-2006

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It's about disapointment over the loss of a culture, how TV and mass stimulation have destroyed our sense of societal responsibility, and how he wants to bring it back around, hence the fisting. We as a culture have lost our integrity. He knows it's in there somewhere and he won't stop digging until it's right again. It's also one of a few Tool songs with an optimistic outlook, in a roundabout kinda way.

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QOTSAEnthusiast
08-08-2006

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Well I only read the first few pages of opinions here and got tired of the same ol' "it's about drugs you dumb perverts" and the "oh man fisting this fisting that". It should be pretty obvious that it's about general desensitization and how it leads people to push farther and farther. And it uses different ways to show that, the fisting is obvious as the song is titled after it (hence why mtv censored the name) and how it goes further and further (finger-->knuckle-->elbow-->shoulder) and how each level they reach and get accustomed to and eventually dig deeper, and of course the use is exxagerated, show me a woman who can accept shoulder deep.
Secondly drug use is also alluded to in the song, with tons of the other things that he says mentioning stimulation (which can double as sexual) and all sorts of other things like the media oversaturation. But again it isn't limited to these 2, its just a general overstimulation leading to searching for a new action to stimulate you.

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CaveatEmptor
08-06-2006

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This song is missing some lyrics. From what i've heard they are secretive lyrics whispered in the song right after" Relax.Slip Away". the lyrics are in portugese "Chupa minha pica pichu
Chupa minha pica pinto", but i'm not sure what they mean. Can anyone provide a definition please?

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badreliginbad
07-29-2006

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Ahhh tool is the greatest band of all time, they are so inspiring. But to me this song speaks so clearly about borderline personality disorder. There are many different aspects to Bpd, but first boredom seems to overcome you, extremely not just because you have nothing to do but because you are never satisfied you can't be. Then it goes on to talking about loving or wanting someone and you just want to know that they care but no matter what you don't belive that they do, its never enough.You start to feel nothing, complete emptiness, numbness although theres still the sadness somewhere there, you get used to it. The pain becomes comfortable a common thing, and noone seems to understand or be there....I suppose i can't reli type that much about it but i am sure of this song meaning. I feel it every day.

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catsgrace
07-28-2006

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i'm with Matt, but i think it's about embraceing sin.

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catsgrace
07-28-2006

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i'm with Matt, but i think it's about embraceing sin.

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lizardking5225
07-23-2006

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this song could honestly mean several things. we cannot actually say "this song is about drug addiction" or "this song is about love". the only person who can make that distinction would be maynard himself. but i feel that music, is not just what tha artist meant to convey, but how we percieve it as individuals. to one, it may mean love. to another, it may be about a sex addict. whatever the case, anyone who has ever read any of Maynards writings, or heard him in interviews, would know that he is a very intelligent man. he probably constructed this set of lyrics knowing that there would be this amount of confusion. also, music is a form of expression, so he meant to express something through it. but considering his amount of intillect, we probably havent even gotten close to the actual meaning of the song. all we can do is try our best to understand what it means to each of us as individuals.

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cabbagesoup
06-24-2006

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Obviously, everyone who tries to fit this song into one absolute concept doesn't know the first thing about tool lyrics: they're always multi-leveled.
Try interpreting tool songs as universally as you can. For exemple, I believe that this song is not about drugs, not about love but about the lack of satisfaction in general. It's a part of being human. We can never be satisfied. There are always higher goals, always a next step, always the choice of getting better kicks from different things. But here's the catch: with dissatisfaction, there exists exaggeration. And this is all that the song is trying to tell. Fisting is a great exemple for this, it might be ok to finger a girl, but it's absolutely not ok to put your arm through her vagina. But there's always a time when you want to put that arm through when you can't get the kick you used to get by just fingering her.

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Blindrider
06-22-2006

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Yeah...he's whispering:

Chupa minha pica pichu
Chupa minha pica pinto
This feels, theis feels
Right

The first part is something in Portugeuse.

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mayonniase&mustard
06-22-2006

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I'm not sure if this has been discussed, but, can anyone tell me what he is whispering before the last verse...
"Something kinda sad about
the way that things have come to be
Desensitized to everything
What became of subtlety?"

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TheRulnig
05-22-2006

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My favorite song by Tool.

I think it sums up Tool's ideas quite nicely in an honestly brilliant metaphor.

You can take the song into the context you personally need it in (Drugs, Love, all the things talked about here), but really isn't the point the same? I think its important for a song to be taken into so many angles without losing its overall message.

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Zan
05-19-2006

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This song is not about fisting, cause it makes no sense. i think the song is more of a love/hurt song, because MJK is always making references such as: "Show me that you love me and that we belong together" and "'til you will not want me any other way".

I think MJK wrote this song when he was hurt by some one, or something (like the record company, Tickes and leeches). since the parts i said above and "Relax, turn around and take my hand." are the clearest lyrics in the song, it would make sence that he is trying to reach out to someone.

it would seem that he is also trying to reach out to people who feel the same way about being hurt and are constantly being hurt. ("Something has to change/Undeniable dilemma/Boredom's not a burden/Anyone should bear" and " can help you change/Tired moments into pleasure/Say the word and we'll be/Well upon our way")

otherwise it is an amazing song. one of my favorites

PS: You cant really lead to the conclusion that the video is about drugs, but its been a while since i seen it. i remember the woman's arm falling off, and the part were the lump falls of the guy. it would seem that the smoke could represent something else.

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sailingallalone
05-08-2006

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..it's about addiction...to anything..you have to go further and further to be stimulatied. the fisting reference is both literal and metaphorical. Sex addicts aren't just satisfied with misionary, after a while and drug addicts aren't satisfied with a little, after a while. "Moderation is masterbatiion"

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Blindrider
05-04-2006

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when he says "and something kinda sad about..." it gives me chills.

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bigsneeze
04-08-2006

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Like many tool songs, the meanings of Stinkfist may be complex and open to interpretation. But its great how there is this humour in the lyrics, going from a finger to a shoulder deep within the 'borderline'. In terms of fisting, the borderline being the anus! its strange how many interpret homosexuality from this, some might say for obvious reasons. It would be funny to find out that Maynard intended no more than simple sexual connotations, finding his own laughs from the fact that so much thought can and has been put into exploring the possible deeper meaning of a song purely about fisting. many may be reluctant to believe that this is the case, including myself, but its a possiblity.

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wakeandskate_girl
04-05-2006

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I just want to say...if you think Maynard wrote this about fisting and wants you to think that...you are stupid. MJK is a brilliant man. He writes about things that are meaningful and deep. So why would he write about fisting? You have to look for symbols and little details in lyrics. You have to think about it to get the meaning. Songs that don't make you think about them aren't very good - most of the time. It makes a song so much better if you have to find the meaning...it's no fun when the meaning just jumps out at you.

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fishboy77
03-29-2006

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If you watch the video it becomes clear that this song is a dialogue between a drug addict and the drug. Actually, the addiction could be to anything destructive, e.g. gambling. At the beginning of the video the guy takes a hit from a massive bong-like contraption and then coughs up a big plume of smoke. No mysteries there. Then when the lyrics "I can change tired moments into pleasure" kick in you see a woman. She represents the drug. Notice that her arm falls off. She's the one who is doing the fisting (blend and balance pain and comfort deep within you til you will not want me any other way).
Then you see the woman playing with an electrical plug in a socket. On the other side of the wall there is a kid with no legs, and there is a wire coming out of him. Perhaps the kid represents a person who's physical and psychological growth has been stunted by drugs. Anyway, when the woman vibrates the plug, the kid starts shaking. When she pulls the plug out he stops shaking. Pretty clear that she is overstimulating him, then leaving him numb. Two thirds of the way through the song, when there are no lyrics, you see the images of tormented addicts, their heads distorted by the effects of drugs. The you see the main guy using a razor to shave the skin from his head, and the woman emerging from a cocoon. I think this is where the guy realizes he needs to get away from his addition. Change/evolution/growth is the theme of the whole album and the idea of shedding/molting is more directly dealt with in Forty six & 2. When the lyrics resume both the guy and the woman have color patters on them, representing some sort of change. And the lyrics go "there's something kinda sad about the way that things have come to be. Desensitied to everything, what became of subtlety." Confirm that the guy is having second thoughts about the drug. But the woman still wants to be in him - she is behind him caressing his face, but then the guy puts up his hands in a way that says "get offa me, beotch!!" At the very end the guy has a larvae like worm growing out of his shoulder. I think this is just to represent the change he has made in his life - his abandonment of the drug. He has evolved to a better, stronger person who can resist the drug, who continues to beckon to him in the last line of the song.

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GuitarKing_27
03-27-2006

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I think this is the ADD song. Think about it. 'Something has to change, Undeniable dilema, -bordom's not a burdon anyone should bear-'
Society will get into something, and get bored with it quicker than they got into it.
what about -constant overstimulation numbs me but I would not want you anyother way- we basically divulge in intertainment at other people's expenses.
This is also supported by -this may hurt a little but its something youll get used to-
Its about society's exponential decay in entertainment => desensitization, no subtelty, due to peoples constant bordom in the latter, and growing desire for more, which ends up not only being a finger, but knuckle, elbow, and shoulder until theres nothing left to give.

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