Lyrics for Ænema as interpreted by implode

Ænema Lyrics
Some say the end is near
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon
I certainly hope we will
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call L.A.
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away
Any fucking time, any fucking day
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latté and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your Prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car

It's a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call L.A.
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away
Any fucking time, any fucking day
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay

Some say a comet will fall from the sky
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves
Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dip-shits

Some say the end is near
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon
I certainly hope we will because
I sure could use a vacation from this

Silly shit, stupid shit . . .

One great big festering neon distraction
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied

Learn to swim

Mom's going to fix it all soon
Mom's coming around to put it back the way it ought to be

Learn to swim

Fuck L. Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones
Fuck all those gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes

Learn to swim

Fuck retro anything
Fuck your tattoos
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory

Learn to swim

Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas
Fuck these dysfunctional
Insecure actresses

Learn to swim

Because I'm praying for mayhem
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I want to see the ground give way
I want to watch it all go down
Mom, please flush it all away
I want to see it go right in and down
I want to watch it go right in
Watch you flush it all away

Time to bring it down again
Don't just call me pessimist
Try and read between the lines

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend

I want to see it all come down
Suck it down
Flush it down

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SenselessNoise
04-13-2002

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Lol Meredith... just what I'd expect from an 11 year old. You're not even old enough to purchase the cds, let alone comment on the music. Even if it was true, what's wrong with Tool hating the world? If you knew anything about Tool, you'd know it's not a one-person band. Obviously you have no clue, since you refer to Tool as "he."

I laugh at your opinion in music, Meredith, and disregard it with the same attitude as I would disregard the opinion of any idiot that listens to the music you do. Thanks for making me laugh, even if but for a brief moment.

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joshthack
04-19-2002

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You guys pretty much summed up what this song is about. I was wondering if anyone read the article in the newpaper about a piece of one the Hawiian island may fall off in the near future. If this happened it is a big enough chunk that it would cause a tsunami. This stunami would reach from Australia to North and South America. L.A. would be in its path and the wave would be almost at full height when it hit.

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themosquitogod
04-19-2002

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ooooooh man i wish that would happen. i hate this planet

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toolapc
04-25-2002

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MHR and Meredith seem like a good couple, they both have no brains whatsoever.

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korngurl13
04-25-2002

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i think this is about , well obviously california eventaully falling into the ocean. but its also about how all the people in LA are too materialistic and worry about too many senseless things and are completely oblivious to any of the real problems. manyard wants to see it go away because he's just sick of the bullshit thats there.

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xaco
04-26-2002

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This song applies to the whole f****** world!
not just LA, not just California, the whole world is this way!

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imNOTaPUNKimME
04-27-2002

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this was the most interesting song I'd heard in a long while. Still is. He's talking about how much bullshit there is in LA (and presumably the rest of the world). He concentrates on the theory of California detaching itself from america cause it sucks shit and hed like to see it slip away, by tidal wave and by the people themselves (watch you flush it all away). on the inside cover behind the cd there is shown a hologram of california. When he speaks of Arizona bay, there really is no arizona bay obviously, but there would be if california he sings learn to swim hes sayin you californians better be ready cause if california sinks away you'll all be floating. which kinda sucks cause I was plannin to move to CA. lol. ah well, great song

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themosquitogod
04-29-2002

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one time i walked to the store and these guys started giving me shit about being white and i lived in oakland, and they didnt touch me or anything i just went into the 7-11 and got some gummi worms. then when they came out they tried to sell me some illegal drugs and i said, "nu uh, no way that stuff makes you stupid" and they looked at me and said "you callin me stupid" and i said "maybe" and they said "so we're stupid just cuz we're black huh cracker" and i said "..................yeah" but im not racist, they were just stupid and they beat me up.

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joshthack
04-30-2002

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dude, is it just me or does it seem like every black person in America smokes weed

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Mr. Bojangles
05-03-2002

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themosquitogod and josh (Which is a gay name by the way) thack im not even black and im offended by those racist comments.

PLUS HOW THE HELL DOES THIS HAVE ANY RELATION TO THIS SONG GO BITCH SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!!!!

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angelgarbage
05-03-2002

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holy shit, bojangles, you are saying you are offended by the racist comments but then you go off and offend gays. that is not cool. it is all offensive.

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Mr. Bojangles
05-05-2002

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You stop ur bitchin to angelgarbage

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MerkaBa
05-05-2002

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For everyone who thinks TOOL is just flaming on LA or California, I believe you are wrong. The ocean is predicted to go over the united states very soon (10 to 20 years) and it is believed to start in california. California will be consumed by water. So on and so forth. Moving over the United States. Im sure someone can find something online about this prediction. Go look for yourself and find out. That of course is the best way.

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bizarre
05-07-2002

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Argh! I'm so damn tired of all these people complaining about their lives. "I wish this would happen to the whole damn world," they say. Or they criticize capitalism, or our government/economic system. The fact of the matter is, the government is paying your welfare, and our capitalist free market system lets your daddy own his run-down gun shop. Because it's always the ones who get screwed over by our system that complain about it. You don't see Bill Gates complaning, do you? And before you say that he had luck or something, that may be true, but he didn't have much else. He was a college dropout, remember? Would you rather try your luck in France, where they're about to elect a president who is nearly fascist?

As for you wishing the world was over, we aren't missing much if you leave anyways then.

As for the song, it is a nice tongue-in-cheek look at Los Angeles, even if it is a little bit over the top. Southern California is not that bad, and I love the weather.

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bizarre
05-07-2002

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Oh yeah, and I think it's closer to 10 thousand or 10 million years than 10 or 20 years. We are not in any great danger of being swallowed by the sea, my friend.

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bizarre
05-07-2002

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Sorry for the 3 posts in a row, but the line "learn to swim" means a lot more if you interpret it as, "Learn how to live a more complete life," rather than learn how to maintain a floating position in the water.

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joshthack
05-07-2002

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I did not mean my last comment as a racist remark, but as a huge problem in the black community. Many of them smoke weed and a little too much of it. I am not racist in any way. A lot of other people smoke too much weed too, like my brother (I am white by the way) and his friends and a lot of the kids in my neighborhood. I don't have a problem with black people, I have a problem with people using too many drugs, and yes weed is a drug.

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therymz
05-09-2002

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yo life hazard
he means this by arizona bay. Right now there is the whole Bay Area in Cali. But if Cali got flooded then this bay would extend to Arizona ...... Hence Arizona Bay

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therymz
05-09-2002

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I forgot to mention that they get the reference to Arizona bay from comedian Bill Hicks. Maynard's really into this guy....And Hicks has an album called Arizona Bay.

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vipergt196
05-09-2002

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This song is just talking about how everybody frets over the small shit in life and that people are way too fake

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Legomancer
05-11-2002

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Therymz is right. The inspiration for this song comes from the comedian Bill Hicks who, on his "Arizona Bay" CD, described how he wished California would sink into the ocean. After all the "fevered egos" were drowned and eaten by sharks, all that would be left would be Arizona Bay. Whatever other meanings you want to extract from the song, you can. I don't think Tool are about literal interpretations so much as opening your mind to new possibilities and thinking for yourself.

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torgrim
05-12-2002

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You're right about the Bill Hicks reference, Hicks spent a year or so in LA writing what were supposed to be a TV show, but everywhere he was met by people who A. did not understand him or B. were offended by him.

Fed up with the empty and shallow mass-culture, he was trying to make an alternative to the mainstream entertainment and it’s lack of any deeper meaning. And I guess the fact that spineless whores like Bob Saget are given airtime, while Hicks were labeled too controversial at the time, angered him. It's pretty much the same thing in music; spineless manufactured assholes like N'sync and Britney get attention and airtime, whereas music that requires something from the listener or doesn't mention "baby" or "love" twenty times per song gets less attention. If we’re too afraid to speak our opinion or offend and alienate possible customers, then what is the purpose of creating art? TOOL, like Hicks; is something for those of us who want something more than just empty clichés and streamlined art. I’d like to see N’sync address their own emotional problems inherited from paternal abuse (H). Guess not, more songs about cheesy teenage-love then.

Maynard is among many artists who enjoy Hicks’ material, others include Kyuss and Radiohead. I once read that Maynard cited a Hicks album as one of his five tourbus choices. Hicks is pictured inside the Ænema cover and provides the “real fuckin’ high on drugs”. On some versions of Ænema, California is missing from the US map.

And finally; I might be wrong, the distance from Norway to California is rather big both in ways of thinking and in space. Oh, and stay away from drugs, they’re bad for you.


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themosquitogod
05-14-2002

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IF ANYONE GETS OFFENDED BY WHAT I SAID OR BY WHAT ANYONE SAYS THEN THIS SONG IS FOR YOU. YOU SIT AND GET UPSET OVER SOME STUPID LITTLE COMMENT THAT ISNT GOING TO AFFECT YOU IN ANY WAY, YOU FRET FOR YOUR PEACE AND HARMONY WHEN CHAOS IS THE ONLY THING THATS GOING TO MAKE ALL THE VIOLENCE AND IGNORANCE IN THE WORLD STOP. BESIDES I SAID IM NOT RACIST, BUT YOU TRY GROWING UP THE ONLY WHITE PERSON IN AN ALL BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU DONT THINK I GET OFFENDED WHEN BLACK PEOPLE CALL ME HONKEY OR WHITE BOY? NO I DONT CUZ ITS JUST THEIR IGNORANCE. YOU SURE DIDNT GET OFFENDED WHEN I SAID THEY WERE GIVING ME SHIT ABOUT BEING WHITE DID YOU? THE WORD RACISM SHOULDNT EVEN EXIST ANYMORE BECAUSE THE TRUE ORIGINAL DEFINITION OF RACISM MEANS HATING EVERY RACE, NOT JUST ONE RACE OR ANY RACE THATS NOT YOURS, DISCRIMINATION IS MORE THE WORD HERE. YOU PEOPLE ALL NEED TO GO STUDY THE MOVIE FIGHT CLUB OVER AND OVER SO THAT WAY YOULL SEE HOW PATHETIC YOUR LITTLE ANGER FITS OVER HATE IS. LET GO

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themosquitogod
05-14-2002

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UGH

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themosquitogod
05-14-2002

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AND THIS FUCKING SITE BETTER NOT ERASE MY MESSAGES LIKE THEY DO WITH EVERY OTHER ONE I POST. I HATE THE DAMN CIA, ALWAYS MESSING WITH ME CUZ THEY KNOW IM RIGHT

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