Our memories are very limited, but they create a story of our "selves" despite that. It's just an illusion, the song tells us to focus on the now(a common theme in spirituality) and that our bodies are just a temporary form of being.
The other songs on Lateralus all focus on different aspects of the main spiritual truth that Reflection tries to convey.
The Grudge/Schism are about our relationships with other beings and how futile it is to separate ourselves from them. We are, after all, all one mind.
The Patient/Ticks and Leeches are about dealing with the struggles that come along the path to spritual enlightenment. The incredible amount of patience it requires, the negative influences from the outside world, etc.
Lateralus is about the exploration of ourselves and just the general size and scope of what there is to discover.
Many people call Tool hard to understand, but they actually convey very simple messages in their music. That's part of what makes them so great, their universal applicability to almost all situations.
Even looking at their discogtaphy as a whole sort of shows a cool trend. Opiate was very "me and them", the ideas are very typical of an individual angry at society and at himself.
Undertow and Aenima show a more inward approach, especially on Aenima. Third Eye is sort of like the precursor to Lateralus, the final understanding of truth.
Lateralus is sort of climax of their work.
10,000 Days is sort of like Opiate, in that it includes lots of societal criticism, but from a new perspective. It criticizes it in terms of "we", rather than "they."
Do I really think Tool's discography is like one big concept album? No, but the trend is definitely there.">
Parabola Meanings & Lyrics Discussion | SongMeanings
Our memories are very limited, but they create a story of our "selves" despite that. It's just an illusion, the song tells us to focus on the now(a common theme in spirituality) and that our bodies are just a temporary form of being.
The other songs on Lateralus all focus on different aspects of the main spiritual truth that Reflection tries to convey.
The Grudge/Schism are about our relationships with other beings and how futile it is to separate ourselves from them. We are, after all, all one mind.
The Patient/Ticks and Leeches are about dealing with the struggles that come along the path to spritual enlightenment. The incredible amount of patience it requires, the negative influences from the outside world, etc.
Lateralus is about the exploration of ourselves and just the general size and scope of what there is to discover.
Many people call Tool hard to understand, but they actually convey very simple messages in their music. That's part of what makes them so great, their universal applicability to almost all situations.
Even looking at their discogtaphy as a whole sort of shows a cool trend. Opiate was very "me and them", the ideas are very typical of an individual angry at society and at himself.
Undertow and Aenima show a more inward approach, especially on Aenima. Third Eye is sort of like the precursor to Lateralus, the final understanding of truth.
Lateralus is sort of climax of their work.
10,000 Days is sort of like Opiate, in that it includes lots of societal criticism, but from a new perspective. It criticizes it in terms of "we", rather than "they."
Do I really think Tool's discography is like one big concept album? No, but the trend is definitely there." />
This whole album deals with spiritual enlightenment(with the climax at the end of Reflection). Parabola specifically deals with the illusory nature of the self.
"We barely remember who or what came before" -> Our memories are very limited, but they create a story of our "selves" despite that. It's just an illusion, the song tells us to focus on the now(a common theme in spirituality) and that our bodies are just a temporary form of being.
The other songs on Lateralus all focus on different aspects of the main spiritual truth that Reflection tries to convey.
The Grudge/Schism are about our relationships with other beings and how futile it is to separate ourselves from them. We are, after all, all one mind.
The Patient/Ticks and Leeches are about dealing with the struggles that come along the path to spritual enlightenment. The incredible amount of patience it requires, the negative influences from the outside world, etc.
Lateralus is about the exploration of ourselves and just the general size and scope of what there is to discover.
Many people call Tool hard to understand, but they actually convey very simple messages in their music. That's part of what makes them so great, their universal applicability to almost all situations.
Even looking at their discogtaphy as a whole sort of shows a cool trend. Opiate was very "me and them", the ideas are very typical of an individual angry at society and at himself.
Undertow and Aenima show a more inward approach, especially on Aenima. Third Eye is sort of like the precursor to Lateralus, the final understanding of truth.
Lateralus is sort of climax of their work.
10,000 Days is sort of like Opiate, in that it includes lots of societal criticism, but from a new perspective. It criticizes it in terms of "we", rather than "they."
Do I really think Tool's discography is like one big concept album? No, but the trend is definitely there.
This whole album deals with spiritual enlightenment(with the climax at the end of Reflection). Parabola specifically deals with the illusory nature of the self.
"We barely remember who or what came before" -> Our memories are very limited, but they create a story of our "selves" despite that. It's just an illusion, the song tells us to focus on the now(a common theme in spirituality) and that our bodies are just a temporary form of being.
The other songs on Lateralus all focus on different aspects of the main spiritual truth that Reflection tries to convey.
The Grudge/Schism are about our relationships with other beings and how futile it is to separate ourselves from them. We are, after all, all one mind.
The Patient/Ticks and Leeches are about dealing with the struggles that come along the path to spritual enlightenment. The incredible amount of patience it requires, the negative influences from the outside world, etc.
Lateralus is about the exploration of ourselves and just the general size and scope of what there is to discover.
Many people call Tool hard to understand, but they actually convey very simple messages in their music. That's part of what makes them so great, their universal applicability to almost all situations.
Even looking at their discogtaphy as a whole sort of shows a cool trend. Opiate was very "me and them", the ideas are very typical of an individual angry at society and at himself.
Undertow and Aenima show a more inward approach, especially on Aenima. Third Eye is sort of like the precursor to Lateralus, the final understanding of truth.
Lateralus is sort of climax of their work.
10,000 Days is sort of like Opiate, in that it includes lots of societal criticism, but from a new perspective. It criticizes it in terms of "we", rather than "they."
Do I really think Tool's discography is like one big concept album? No, but the trend is definitely there.
Spot on
Spot on
Quabala....
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