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*SoBeR~STiNKFiST*
05-11-2002

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although this song has no lyrics, there is a meaning behind it

wich you can read on http://www.toolpantheon.com/lateralus_meanings.htm

(just scroll down until you see this song)

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King Nothing
05-12-2002

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The noise you hear in this track is actually made with Adam's guitar. He has some kind of sustainer he must have the same shit I got 'cuz I can do it, too.

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Asz
05-17-2002

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Heres what Mantra really is: Tool fan Yaz (yazkuge@hotmail.com) found a 2001 interview with Maynard in the Japanese magazine "Buzz" where MJK stated for the first time in public ("a treat for the Japanese fans," he says) that the track "Mantra" is the sound of him squeezing one of his Siamese cats. The cat made such a weird noise that he immediately recorded this, played it real slow and made a track out of it.

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kroche14
07-11-2002

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I'm going to go with what Asz said, makes a lot of sense.
Doesn't sound anything like a guitar, more like a voice or a kitty.

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Eleven
07-19-2002

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I believe Mantra is a Buddhist form of meditation also in which you relax and say certain words over and over again.

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cakemeat
07-28-2002

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this is a recording of a (elderly) woman humming a small song... do your homework ; reverse it and speed it up 60% or so

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Mechar
08-11-2002

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No, Asz is correct. It's Maynard's siamese cat after being squeezed, then the sound produced being distorted and slowed down. I did exactly what you said using GoldWave, and even after trying 5 or 6 different speeds, it sounds closer to a cat. I almost hear occassional hisses, grunts, and "sighs" from it.

Asz's post comes directly from here, I think it's safer to say it's true: http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html

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Greensaint
08-11-2002

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a cat huh...well it makes a nice and tranquil intro to the Schims video...

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undisturbed
08-30-2002

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maynard squeezed a cat........WHY THE HELL?.....

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PhoenixXx
09-03-2002

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cat squeezing should be a new sport.

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riot4life
09-05-2002

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who cares if he squeezed a damn cat? maybe he likes his pussy to be tight? LOL! Get it? squeeze a cat cuz he likes tight pussy?!? Man I crack myself up sometimes.....ok so it wasn't that funny.

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undisturbed
09-07-2002

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maynard shud be sent to jail for cat abuse..lol !

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hobitt420
09-10-2002

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Mantra: A sacred verbal formula repeated in prayer, meditation, or incantation, such as an invocation of a god, a magic spell, or a syllable or portion of scripture containing mystical potentialities.


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hobitt420
09-10-2002

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Mantra: A sacred verbal formula repeated in prayer, meditation, or incantation, such as an invocation of a god, a magic spell, or a syllable or portion of scripture containing mystical potentialities.


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CrmlDn
09-24-2002

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A cat? Where the hell do you guys get that from?! Please, don't ruin the song for me! I love it, it has great music, so don't make me think of a poor cat being squeezed every time I listen to it. I would very much rather think it is a sort of prayer or whatever.

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TheTwoWMU
03-04-2003

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I squeeze cats all the time when I recite prayers. L-O-L. actually I don't, but the thought of Maynard squeezing a cat is kinda funny. We probably won't ever know what exactly created the noise, but it's a really great intodruction to schism.

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Darktoss
03-05-2003

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I hope MJK killed that cat. I hate Siamese cats. And kudos to riot4life for his tight pussy joke.

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MountainJew
03-07-2003

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I have just figured out the way around metal detector things in schools... bring in a kendo stick! No damn detector can detect wood!

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Darktoss
03-15-2003

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guess i'll just have to build a wood detector

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hirotheavitar
03-25-2003

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Yeh, it is the cat.

Look through old toolband.com newsletters...theres one around Halloween or so where Maynard had fussed on him for telling what Mantra was...and he convinced Maynard to let him give a multiplechoice answer.

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darkpop2Dzombie
04-06-2003

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this song sounds like a bunch of dark blue corpses all stuck together maoning in hell and agony, if u saw that movie with robin williams when he goes to heaven then hell or something ull kno what i mean

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VivaHate95
04-20-2003

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squeezing cats is not nice

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aholyelk
04-25-2003

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he must have slowed it down quite a lot coz i listened to it @ double speed and it didnt sound like a cat.

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hsingarajah
04-27-2003

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riot4life

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hsingarajah
04-27-2003

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riot4life lol PROPS man. that was MAD JOKES!!!!!!!!

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