I have been listening to this song ever since I heard it on the first cinematic trailer for Transformers Fall of Cybertron. Anyways, I believe this song is about a man who has conquered anything and everything. In the first part before the angel, he is talking of his great feats but how he can't cross the river. Then it seems to shift, he is actually asking a question. He tells the Angel that he has done all these amazing things, but why can't he cross this river? during the next part, when you hear the womans voice in the song, its the angel telling him that it can't be done by riches and muscle, not all the wealth and strength in the world can help you cross it. Instead, the only way to cross this river is by becoming one, no racism, no hatred, no xenophobia, nothing, just everyone considering themselves as one people, joined hand in hand. "the hands of the many must join as one", the lead singer of Puscifer is the lead singer of Tool and A Perfect Circle. The lead singer is very well known for speaking of unity and putting our beliefs, religion, race, etc. aside to love each other because we are all human beings. I believe this song is amazing and it is his best work yet as far as unity goes, the next one besides that is Tool's Schisim.
So the songs meaning is......We as a Human Race, have conquered many things. We build buildings to withstand quakes, we can put out fires, we have conquered stone with steel, iron, and diamond, we have conquered over floods, we have gained the throne as a dominate species, yet there is one thing that holds us back, one thing we can't seem to overcome. Our differences, our racism, our hatred for each other, our religion, our beliefs, our limitless capability to see only the flaws in each other but never the beauty. The river is this hatred, and the only way to cross it, to over come it, is by joining hand in hand, loving every human being, its the only way to cross the river!
This is a great explanation. I don't think the river is hatred however. If you read the book "Nothing In This Book is True but it is Exactly the Way Things Are" which Tool alludes to in the album Latralus, you will be lead to think that Maynard is talking about the entire human race jumping forward into the next dimension or state-of-being . Crossing the river is crossing the boundary into our next evolutionary state.
This is a great explanation. I don't think the river is hatred however. If you read the book "Nothing In This Book is True but it is Exactly the Way Things Are" which Tool alludes to in the album Latralus, you will be lead to think that Maynard is talking about the entire human race jumping forward into the next dimension or state-of-being . Crossing the river is crossing the boundary into our next evolutionary state.
I have been listening to this song ever since I heard it on the first cinematic trailer for Transformers Fall of Cybertron. Anyways, I believe this song is about a man who has conquered anything and everything. In the first part before the angel, he is talking of his great feats but how he can't cross the river. Then it seems to shift, he is actually asking a question. He tells the Angel that he has done all these amazing things, but why can't he cross this river? during the next part, when you hear the womans voice in the song, its the angel telling him that it can't be done by riches and muscle, not all the wealth and strength in the world can help you cross it. Instead, the only way to cross this river is by becoming one, no racism, no hatred, no xenophobia, nothing, just everyone considering themselves as one people, joined hand in hand. "the hands of the many must join as one", the lead singer of Puscifer is the lead singer of Tool and A Perfect Circle. The lead singer is very well known for speaking of unity and putting our beliefs, religion, race, etc. aside to love each other because we are all human beings. I believe this song is amazing and it is his best work yet as far as unity goes, the next one besides that is Tool's Schisim.
So the songs meaning is......We as a Human Race, have conquered many things. We build buildings to withstand quakes, we can put out fires, we have conquered stone with steel, iron, and diamond, we have conquered over floods, we have gained the throne as a dominate species, yet there is one thing that holds us back, one thing we can't seem to overcome. Our differences, our racism, our hatred for each other, our religion, our beliefs, our limitless capability to see only the flaws in each other but never the beauty. The river is this hatred, and the only way to cross it, to over come it, is by joining hand in hand, loving every human being, its the only way to cross the river!
Your interpretation gave me goosebumps..well said sir!
Your interpretation gave me goosebumps..well said sir!
This is a great explanation. I don't think the river is hatred however. If you read the book "Nothing In This Book is True but it is Exactly the Way Things Are" which Tool alludes to in the album Latralus, you will be lead to think that Maynard is talking about the entire human race jumping forward into the next dimension or state-of-being . Crossing the river is crossing the boundary into our next evolutionary state.
This is a great explanation. I don't think the river is hatred however. If you read the book "Nothing In This Book is True but it is Exactly the Way Things Are" which Tool alludes to in the album Latralus, you will be lead to think that Maynard is talking about the entire human race jumping forward into the next dimension or state-of-being . Crossing the river is crossing the boundary into our next evolutionary state.