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  • the guy is talking about his dad cuz he died

  • I never thought it was about Jesus, Sounds like it could be about L. Ron Hubbard. Or some other douche-bag, maybe a Dictator.

  • Maynard hinted that this was written about L. ron in part and Bill Hicks...

  • as much as I appreciate what you have done with the lyrics.. at NO stage does MJK say FUNK... Don't sensor the words to this song, you are putting this song on the level of the mainstream who follow such people that the very song is about, it is the point of the song..

    funk has nothing to do with the anger or frustration that is being conveyed in these lyrics.

    for fuck sake

  • some people here are so dumb (like pinkwhiteoranges) that don't know what metaphors are.

  • Khmm,I think's it's about Adolf Hitler.

  • its clearly about jesus christ.

  • if its about hubbard then why does he say get off your fucking cross?

  • @pinkwhiteoranges because as a self lablebe martyr he is saying L ron Hubbard saw himself as someone who was like jesus, believe me tool is not that literal

  • just here for the music.. thanks for uploading,, love you

  • thx dude..huge fan of them but its hard to know everything he says sometimes..got it now tho

  • lol funkin?

  • T̩̦͎̰̤ͅh̥̰̟͈ͅi͔̯̜̝̦̫s̗̟͕͔͈̘ ̼̫̟̗̜̳͖s̬̥o͍̘̬̼ng̞̜ ̠͙̺̪̟i̙̻̞̟̬̗s̥̙̹̲̞̗ͅ ̬̬͓̝̬s͇̹̤͖͈̻o ̫̖̦̭g̬̗o͍̮͙͚̳̥o͈͙̪̥͓̗̠d͓̝̥͚,̝̲­͔̤̝̦ ͚͔t͙̫̼h̹̦̻̦a̮̩̜̗̫t̰ ͈͚̼͙m̞̲̪̜y̫̟͙̳̘̹̮ ͚k̟̖̜e͖̰̻y̪̪̠̯̬̖ͅb̭͖̥͔̦̬͓o͈̫̝̠­̬ḁ̗̬̰ṟ̝͍ͅd ̖͚l͎͎o͔͎̣̥̝s͙t̥̞͈ ͎̪m̩̠̪̜͎o̳̞̬̭̝̜̠s͖̻̭t̙̲̠ ̺͙͕̟̙̯o̬̖̰͓͎̮̩f̙ ̗̥i͈̜̭̳̖ts͍ ̥̪͎͇c̰̟̗͓o̩͖̹̜͈n̯̘̳͈̫ce͎nt̝͕͍r­a͍͖̱̦̝̥t̯i͉oṉ̭ͅ ̖̤o̳̤̮̣̹̬̝n̦̦̤̘ ͚͈ty̠̰̖p̮i̳̯̞̙̣̪̩ṉ̖̪g̠̦ ̮̦̤̗c̤̩̫̻̞̩̗o̦̜̦rr͔e̮͓͎͔̖̬͎c̖͎­̳̮̬̻ͅt̫̠̫̪̤l̻̮̹̦̤y͖͕,͚̭ ̤̯t̲̪̯̙o̭̗͍̠̩ ͉̤̹l͓̣is̥̥̦t͎̖̰̩e̙̭͖͍n͍̯͔ ͓͈̘͎t̖͙o̲͈̼͇̩ t̩͇̠͇̺͚̩h͇̮̘̦̫̯e̫͇̯͇̹ ṣ͔͉͕o̪͔ng

  • @descendent6667 do back to dub step :/

  • @HxCdrummer100 go back to dub step

  • The song is about Bill Hicks.

  • Easy peeps... It makes more sense if you Fuck L Ron Hubbard and live in his spatial realm. Know what I mean? An orgasmic netherworld/featherwold...

  • I cant get enough of this song

  • Best damn intro ever.

  • I love this song so much... the intro is just so. bad. ass .

  • 2 people fucking lied xO

  • and also in the war you cant step out of line or lie also the people in the war well die something for there partner or so and the part where it said "he had alot to say" mean he wanit to say something but in the war you can talk back so he had nothing to say

  • this song is about the end of the world, about a war. the why he said

    "theres no way to recall" {from the war}... 

  • @ apc6483 THE SONG IS NOT ABOUT L SCUMBAG RON DOUCHEBAG HUBBARD... <--- YES ALL FUCKING CAPS - may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your crotch and may your arms be too short to scratch.. and that goes for the 7 fuckheads who liked your trolling comment...

  • This is a song about a girl that became a WHORE

  • My interpretation, this could be dedicated to the recording manager that held them hostage with the contracts from Volcano Entertainment

  • no comment

  • Great Song..Pissed Off that they did not play it last Week at TD Garden

    Boston

  • @MrGoodtogo55 In all the times I've seen Tool, I don't think they've played this song once. It is disappointing, but then again, I wish they would just play every album from start to finish. I'd pay a pretty penny for that for sure.

  • im pretty sure this sogns about ya know the dude they use in alot of songs they made

  • uf yalls where as drunk as i was last night you would understand the true meaning of this song. im pretty dam sure i agreed with all of you

  • This song is NOT about Jesus, for crissakes (haha)!! This song is about ANYONE who has a BIG MOUTH and is PREACHY and self-righteous....judgemental.­...and tells everyone else how to live.... Jesus was none of those things, btw....I am hardly religious but I do know that Jesus preached love and forgiveness and didn't judge others. You are clueless if you think it's about him just because the lyrics reference a cross, and the words "crucify" and "martyr" It is about religious fundamentalists.

  • Who spells ABOVE wrong!!??

  • i love when everyone like us, actually speaks of the song, and not how it can be compared to others.

    Hail toolarmy!

  • FUCK L RON HUBBARD

  • @MrBloodybullet Why? what has he done to you, how does Scientology affect you? or do you just hate on someone you know nothing about just because someone in a song told you to. Think man, for yourself if listening to Tool has taught you anything it!!!!

  • i was always told is was about jesus

  • @Sovereign420i Nope, the band themselves said it was about L Ron Hubbard. I guess some parts may make you think it's about Jesus, but there are some lyrics that don't fit that theory too well, like "You took a stand on everything". Also, Tool are against religion, not against god.

  • @ biggercitydreamz this Saturday I'm going to see them! I saw them years ago also.... They are awesome

  • Don't you "funkin" lie!

  • I haven't listened to Tool in literally two years.

    Jesus H. Christ, this is amazing.

  • @MaraquanWocky1 Down voted just because you haven't listened to Tool in 2 years.

  • I'm missing the concert that's playing right now in town!!! I wish I could be there I'm so bummed so I'm playing their songs all night pretending like I'm there...it works lol...but not the same at all!!

  • Who's the dumbass who hit his head on the mouse and clicked the dislike button while he was headbanging???? Be more careful, we all know that shit was an accident. ;)

  • Seeing them next Saturday night in Boston!!!

  • @Qpd1971 - How was it? I am seeing the 2/7 in Orlando.......... Fuck I can't wait.

  • My friend is going to see Tool tonight in concert. T_T

    Lucky bastard.

  • Basically I found tool out by APC through the connection of Maynard being in them both, and i'm loving all the songs i've heard by them so far, They make quite a few songs over 5 minutes! :D

  • well the ending kinda points that it is about Ron Hubbard.. really no way of knowing though.

  • Maybe this will play at my funeral

  • lmao it would be funny to play this at a funeral..

  • This song is about whoever the fuck i want it to be about at the time i listen to it.

    If i happen to connect with a good "my girlfriend is a cheating whore song" I don't give a fuck which girlfriend the artist wrote the song about, it automatically becomes about my cheating whore girlfriend.

  • Regardless of what it's about, this song would be removed by SOPA!

  • Guys: I have to say this. Why do so many people say who they thought the song was about or state who the song most likely ISN'T even related to. Tool is on a different plane than the rest of us so seriously don't even try, just let the music wash over you instead of trying to understand it when you never will

  • @AgileDisease L. Ron Hubbard has been dead for decades.

  • It's about L. Ron Hubbard assholes.

  • @apc6483 Well, if you put it that way, I guess you're right -.-

  • @MeteoraCyst love the sarcasm.

  • @apc6483

    L. Ron Hubbard must die.

  • @apc6483 i thought it was about bill hicks man

  • @apc6483 wtf its about comedian bill hicks, who is fuckin awsome and a brilliant man, l. ron hubbards a bitch.

  • @apc6483 Considering Maynard writes songs about either himself, family, former lover, son etc I would say this song is about himself. He wrote his own eulogy to get over his own arrogance, ego, etc.......listen deeper...think deeper.......I know you're gonna hear they said in an interview that they said it was about Bill Hicks....I'd say the same thing if I didn't want to explain my art and life to a bunch of simpletons.

  • @apc6483 ITS ABOUT HOW RELIGION GO WORSHIP WHO YOU WANT ....FOR SOME REASON TOOL BASHING A RELIGION THAT MADE ME POST THIS ...TOOL MUSIC IS GREAT FUCK IT

  • @apc6483 was it directed at him or from his perspective, yeah i didn't listen to the lyrics, kill me.

  • @a11mykn33gr0w5 fu die dont you get it

  • @neddiboo you're right, i haven't heard of the L. ron hubbard guy before, i was hoping that you could steer me off my path of ignorance.

  • @apc6483 good job! most people dont know that. ha ha ha. damn scientologist! fuck L Ron Hubbard and all his clones!

  • @apc6483 - My guess is that it's about Bill Hicks. He died right before this album came out and he was a friend of the band's... also he was a political comedian, so 'he had a lot to say.'

  • @apc6483 Thought it was about Bill Hicks. Heard them mention it once in fact.

  • well this kind of poetic rock is not really about what the singer is trying to say its open for interpretation. this song to me is about my highly religious father. im an athiest and we could never have a real relationship because ultamately he believed i was going to a place of eternal torment because i didnt't think the same. its really about a person with absolute views in a world where we need to be comfortable with not knowing. give this some thumbs up :D

  • @grumpers2000

    that's the beauty of progressive rock.

    it's not about just one member being extraordinarily talented.

    it's not about how heavy the band is.

    it's not about what the band looks like.

    it's simply about the music and the meaning you can find in it.

  • @apc6483 WHO THE FUCK IS THAT ?

  • @apc6483 Maynard himself has given so many differing interpretations of what many of his songs mean, The best thing about Tool is how we can relate their songs to situations in our own lives, even if that is not the meaning that Maynard intended. So just share the love with all these people who recognize how great this song is!

  • @apc6483 fuck L ron hubbard and fuck all his clones

  • @apc6483 So elaberate. If it IS about L. Ron Hubbard then please explain the meaning

  • @apc6483 I just read like 3 pages about hubbard and scientology, it seems pretty decent in the sense of finding spiritual freedom (in a sense, the way he put it was pretty far out there, and not like the "into the wild" sense which seems more right to the human being), but the rest seems pretty put to give a hopeless human hope, like bull shit put on display, what are you thoughts on it? (i am not at all a ferm believer in religion, not trying to offend any one)

  • 4:34..."you could be the one who saves me from my own existence"

  • ITS ABOUT GEORGE CARLIN?

  • the best part of the song (6:34-6:56)

  • @HxCdrummer100 No, the whole song is the best part.

  • @MeteoraCyst yes that is true, this is my fav song, but tool is good in general. they are the most musically inclined people ive ever listened to. have you ever hurd a band quite like this

  • @MeteoraCyst tired of people saying NO the whole song is the best part or 0:00 to 8:29 is the best part.. if the whole song is the best part of a song then its not a part. nor would it be better then somthing.

  • @HxCdrummer100 That's the poly-rhythm part :)

  • @Gamexdominator hahaha see what i did there?

  • I think all that Maynard wants us to do is listen to the fucking music; and decide for ourselves the meaning of the song...you know, have our own meaning of it. It could mean different things to different ppl, -Thats why its ART!!

  • im cathlic and i love this song its a little offending though but who gives a crap TOOL FOREVA

  • I love bill hicks

  • kurt cobain is my fucking hero man, i also love tool..... but nirvana is my life. if im not listenin to nirvana im listenin to Tool.

  • LAFAYETTE RONALD HUBARD the founder of the church of scientology

  • Well done (but the misprints are fucking annoying!)

  • Sounds like a song about martyrs in general.

  • Is it more disappointing that even 1 person dislikes this or that only 125 people like this?

  • R.I.P Bill Hicks, you will never be forgotten

  • I thought this song was about Hitler

  • @norge8423 I can see the relation in that.

  • it is about Bill Hicks...that's it.

  • BILL HICKSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @HammerDave

    I thought it was a reference to his profession as comedian, people took it as jokes, he spent his life trying to spread a positive message to people who would just overlook his words or didn't want to hear them and in all died for nothing, with little notoriety, making him a 'fool martyr' who didn't reach an elevated state of divinity in the hearts and minds of the globe.

  • @dcshoeskank VERY WELL SAID YES THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD NOTION FOR THIS SONG

  • It's about L Ron Hubbard according to Danny. That's why it has such a negative under current. I could never understand the Bill Hicks connection as it seemed so disrespectul. "a lot of nothing to say" never sat with me.

  • Not saying I don't recognize myself as part of the unified structure, just that when it is time for my ego to fully dissolve it will. Now is the time for learning and contributing to the consciousness in an individual manner, a more unified yet 'unseen' existence awaits me after this.

  • @Gorfeind

    Most Tool fans fancy themselves as more enlightened individuals. Problem is right there, individuals. They get stuck in the ego, as someone who fills his free time with exploring anything I can, I can honestly say the hardest part about learning new things is you're ingraining them into your individual identity and it gets increasingly harder to consider yourself 'of the whole' when you see no one else thinking as you do.

  • It's about Bill Hicks. /discussion

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  • lol its funny cause people think its about jesus ^.^

  • I think that any Tool song will eventually end up meaning whatever you need it to mean. I have sure seen a lot of people argue over Tool lyrics. That's I have stopped Ranting and pointing my finger over it and just listen

  • Im a Christian and I love Tool. No matter what you believe, you cant deny the talent that Tool has.

  • WHY WOULD YOU SKIP THE INTRO!!!???

  • why then are you so suprised when you hear your own eulogy.......i can only think of one person in history that was around to hear ther own eulogy.

  • ive got alot of fucking nothing to say but fuck you in a nice way

  • "come down get off your fuckin cross. we need the fuckin space to nail the next fool martyr" who else will claim there saviors? and have people follow them with a blind, uneducated mind pittied for sympathy of hope. listen to the anger of his tone in this song compared to the others, this is Maynards Eulogy to Jeus saying you shouldve been dead long time ago. because he had alot of NOTHING to say. and being sarcastic saying we are going to miss him. he didnt want to listen but he was SO LOUD.

  • also. back in the "bible" days they, who im pretty sure were Jewish, crucified alot more people than Jesus, and thats what i get from this song when Maynard says " will you die for me, dont fuckin lie, you must be crucified" because there were more than one person walking around in those times claiming to be "Mesiahs", "Saviors" etc... clearly why "jesus" didnt have any accountability. but all in all you get what you want from the song till Maynard shoots you with a noted bullet of his meaning.

  • uhhhh clearly theres ALOT of unedecuted people popping off at the jaws and dont mind if i join, but with the little knowledge i have i can tell you Bill Hicks was a "idol" of Maynards and he wouldnt have this anger in his lyrics towards him calling him a martyr and so on... oh and Definately wasnt crucified on a cross, This song is clearly talking about JESUS being that Maynard has a past and present resentment towards Religion becuase of for one his mother being paralyzed all of his life.

  • Whuh?? Skip the intro? Un-fucking heard of. Blah what a waste of music!! The intro's my favorite part. And so is the middle....and the end. Oh,damn that's the whole song,isn't it? ; ) I stand by my words.

  • Thought he was talking about Jesus. Any why is it that Tool fans are so...rude? I'm sure Mayna wouldn't aprove of you people who think you know evething.

  • @blackopsrule I agree

  • @blackopsrule They all hate their fans, and now you know why.

  • @blackopsrule Its not only Tool fans but people on YouTube in general.. Trolls all around us, do not feed them for more will come. Anyways I love this music and I love the fact so many people get so many different interpretations :) Thats what makes Tool the best in my opinion.

  • @blackopsrule maynard* sorry as a fan i must correct that XD

  • @themousemaster No problem....My key board sucks and doesn't put in all th letters I want it to sometimes.

  • @blackopsrule Ah yes keyboards they're are on my hate list is all i can say haha

  • @blackopsrule Tool is music that caters more toward the inteligent. The inteligent tend to ah, 'look down' apon the uninteligent.

  • @XA55A55INX You do see the irony in your statements on 'inteligence', don't you?

  • @empireofblood I would hope so because that was the entire point of the comment.

  • @blackopsrule point that fucking finger up your ass xD

  • @blackopsrule I agree...while debating things can be fun, some take it too far and become uncivilized.

    Though for me, I dont think its about jesus necessarily. Think about it. "not all martyrs seek divinity"...that assumes that it is possible to attain divinity. But who? How do you tell the real from the fake? You really can't, but cult leaders exploit that all the time from gullible followers.

  • @blackopsrule Sorry, i meant "see divinity", not seek

  • I'm not rude. At least I don't think I am. And besides I listen to Tool's music because it's good music, not because I'm seeking approval from them.

  • MISS YOU BILL HICKS :(

  • MISS YOU BILL HICKS :(

  • LIKE IF U DIDN'T SKIP THE INTRO!!! :)

  • Don't you funkin lie

  • sounds like it about hitler to me but what do i know

  • this is a great song from tool because its making you all think

  • @tbnabf Ahh.. that makes sense. I remembered watching that video once.

  • @tbnabf actually maynard has said its about bill hicks ...educate yourself before you state a fact ...plus this was written before kurt blew his face off....maynard has no sympathy for junkies

  • @robpavi1 Technically, since you shot it down, it wasn't in fact a fact, bro. So, before you tell someone to educate themselves, make sure you are well educated yourself, love. ♥

  • @robpavi1 actually its dedicated to bill hicks (a close friend of maynard) and its about L Ron Hubbard.

  • @morzan383 You're 100% correct. Maynard dedicated it to Bill Hicks. They both held contempt for Hubbard, and this song is so clearly about Hubbard if you read anything on Scientology.

  • @morzan383<------------ find this guys comment and thumbs it up cuz this is wat its about

  • @robpavi1 You just said don't be ignorant and then you go and say Kurt Cobain is a junkie...*facepalm*

  • @Aerotallica2500 uh what would you call a heroin addict i was one and i was a junkie most of us die with a needle or a shotgun i was lucky

  • @Aerotallica2500 cobain was certainly a junkie dude. I loved him and he pulled that cowardly emo bullshit. fuck him.

  • @robpavi1 Try not to be a dick.

  • Goddamn masterpiece.

  • @robpavi1 typical tool fan

  • @robpavi1 Maynard has also stated hedoesn't "...not listen to music by junkies or people so weak that they kill themselves". Wether he was joking or not is hard to tell. Nope, nevermind it's about Hicks and I agreee with you.

  • @robpavi1 1996 came after 1994, just so you know.

    @blackopsrule That's simple. Tool's songs are full of meaning. To the individual & to the collective. There are deeper meanings hidden within various songs that only if you're "Smart enough" will you understand. For instance there is a lot of astrological geometry in Danny's drumming patterns, but what that means I cannot begin to tell you. Basically Tool fans cannot seem to let their egos go. Hmmm, now where does that sound familiar from?

  • @robpavi1 I would say its a tribute to Bill Hicks religious opinions then about him, but to each his/her own I suppose.

  • @robpavi1

    didnt kurt disrespect maynard and his band?

  • @robpavi1 Why don't YOU educate yourself before stating something as fact. Maynard did an interview with Kurt Loder where he expressed sorrow for the passing of Layne Staley - who, as we all know, was a "junkie" that died of an overdose - and stated that he has an urge "to help other people who are on that borderline....". So, please, shut up, you arrogant, heartless fuck.

  • @pencilinablender

    layne staley preformed with tool on numerous occasions. i think maynard did a whole tour with alice in chains sometime after layne died... if not it was atleast a couple of concerts.

  • @robpavi1 HAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @robpavi1 yeah his personality is like woah unique

  • @robpavi1 This song is NOT about kurt cobain and it's NOT about Bill Hicks either. They were friends. I'd like to see where maynard said that. and not in print either. his own voice

  • @tbnabf noooo its about the ledgendary comic that died, bill hicks!!!!

  • @tbnabf its about bill hicks dude

  • @tbnabf Its actually the Eulogy for Bill Hicks, he was Matnards best friend, he was a comedian hence "he had alot of nothing to say"

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  • Just because the song sounds like its about jesus, dos'n make it about him, Iv heard a list the lenght about the lenght of my arm who's it about, A true tool fan wouldnt give a fuck and just enjoy the song, So put the handbags away and enjoy!

  • hahahaha i dont give a fuck what a songs ABOUT if its sounds good then it sound good

  • billlll hicks, rip </3

  • if ignorance is bliss ... this band must be ecstatic... God Bless Them... soberchildofgod@yahoo.com