what i got out of the song is that when we first start finding out about life and when we are actually old enough to understand some of the things that go on, we realize that life is brutal. we always here about what is wrong and what is right and we are never able to make choices for outselves without getting crap from at least 1/3 of the people you know. everyone is so overwhelmed about trying to be politically correct that we lose ourselves. i think that "cries of the carrots" is just an anology for how much we have lost. kind of a metaphor for all the little things we take for granted. and we don't really see how important some things (or people) are until we are put in a desperate situation. when i first heard this song my brother said that it was "amazingly kickass, who else [but tool] could make a song about carrots!?" but after i listed to the song more, and heard more of the lyrics i saw so much more. i guess this may be a little far fetched to some, but the main reason i love tool (and maynard james) is that their songs are the ones that can truly make me think. its like a verbal rubix cube. i always have to try to find hidden meaning, and try to find something that is significan to my life.
what i got out of the song is that when we first start finding out about life and when we are actually old enough to understand some of the things that go on, we realize that life is brutal. we always here about what is wrong and what is right and we are never able to make choices for outselves without getting crap from at least 1/3 of the people you know. everyone is so overwhelmed about trying to be politically correct that we lose ourselves. i think that "cries of the carrots" is just an anology for how much we have lost. kind of a metaphor for all the little things we take for granted. and we don't really see how important some things (or people) are until we are put in a desperate situation. when i first heard this song my brother said that it was "amazingly kickass, who else [but tool] could make a song about carrots!?" but after i listed to the song more, and heard more of the lyrics i saw so much more. i guess this may be a little far fetched to some, but the main reason i love tool (and maynard james) is that their songs are the ones that can truly make me think. its like a verbal rubix cube. i always have to try to find hidden meaning, and try to find something that is significan to my life.