@JellayToasT wow...idk, how to respond to that but it sounds like an insult to me. tool is leaps and bounds better than that "band". tool is real music
@demonzrock666 when you go from schism to this, u notice the difference, i like it a lot, it just sounded weird at first compared to his other style of singing
This song has a dual meaning, as confirmed by the band. One meaning is cardinalbaseballer5's and the other IS about marijuana the ridiculousness of its illegality.
hell yeah brother Chad Grey and Maynard for president and vice pres i dont give a fuck who gets what but either one has more knowledge than the mother fuckers in either office since well fuck a long time ago is it bad that id prefer a musician of so called "devil music" to the fucking old retards that run this country?
The pot in the song is the judicial kangaroo courts/lawyers mentioned "looking in the mirror" and the accusing "the kettle" (other ppl that may not necessarily be guilty) of what they themselves are actually guilty of :P
@CamelotFitzpatrick Basically. Not all lawyers and judges abide the law completely..and that is the way it seems in the song, except that they're in charge of putting others in jail, which wouldn't be right if they happened to be the same or worse
Very good interpretation :D ohh and "pot calling the kettle black" is an old expression where someone calls out/criticizes another for something that they themselves are guilty. Pots are normally black and the pot sees its reflection in the kettle (which are usually reflective) therefore concluding that it is instead black.
@ThisDanceScaresMe The song isn't about marijuana, it's about Kangaroo courts and their hypocrisy towards pot dealers and pot smokers. Exact words from the description, you'd know if you read past the title.
@blueeyedsoldier100 Apparently, *you're* the idiot, who posts insulting comments without knowing correct grammar, not to mention your interpretation of the lyrics are simple-minded and nescient. I believe that makes you the dumb ass. Nice interpretation, cardinal. Thanks for the insight.
Yeah....I feel yuh.. It's the truth alright. I'll admit. He's sending a message, and it got to me. And many others, opens eyes and shows me what I know I really am inside.
i love your videos! although i must say, some of the comments that they cause are quite interesting :p i like what you think the song is about and one thing i like bout the band is it seems that they write their songs so they may be interpreted however it may pertain to your life. (not sure if im right, just seems that way) KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!
@Bauermayers those who have not herd tool, and those who are only now being introduced to their music do not have experience with their lyrics, writing styles, and the meanings, so videos such as this tend to help them understand more and determin if want to continue listening to the music. Think before you speak.
lol i'm pretty sure Maynard has been molested. I'm just saying it's kinda funny. Or mabey i'm just trying to get people mad... or both lolololololol.... Sigh im such a troll
members of the band confirmed the song is about Hypocrisy. The title comes from the saying 'the pot calling the kettle black' and the 'high' parts refer to feeling morally superior.
members of the band confirmed the song is about Hypocrisy. The title comes from the saying 'the pot calling the kettle black' and the 'high' parts refer to feeling morally superior.
members of the band confirmed the song is about Hypocrisy. The title comes from the saying 'the pot calling the kettle black' and the 'high' parts refer to feeling morally superior.
heroin crazy fckin drug alrite. did it 2 times. shot up and snorted. crazy either way. lets just say i was balled up in a dark corner for a few days and robbed a gas station lmao!. ima pothead though. im not stupid either.
@TheTacticalGamer1 No you just don't see life at the perspective we do... Maybe because were on a different level and it all ties in to who you are... But saying that I agree a bit with this being said I mean that "SOME" pot heads are dumb. Peace and love person
this song fuckin rocks. if you woudnt have put the meaning, i wouldve thought it was just about bud,but this song makes alot of sense now,great job with the meaning.
if there is one thing i love more than messing with people on xbox live it's litsening to music that makes you think p.s. fuck mainstream & fuck whitey peace
well one does have a stick up ones arse doesn't one lol, its just a song and its a damn good one to but nobody needs to be force fed that crap cheers :)
"rob the grave to snow the cradle and burn the evidence down" ... is that not a reference to the theft of Mary's body to protect the myth of her being a virgin?
"who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me" ... Fat fingers of the church.
Just Maynard being his usual dogma hating self. The very reason i love him :)
lyrics are about today's court systems being blinded by their own perceptions and shunning those that break the law, even they themselves break the law constantly with little things and cheat their lives for their own gain. With his references to drugs and being stoned, he is actually saying, "what the fuck are you kidding me? you must have been high!"
@mprior93 There's that , but it's much larger than that. The "weeping shades of indigo" is a reference to the udjet eye and the new agers. "eyeballs deep in muddy waters" is a reference to the new age concept of the "muddy waters of materialism", with hypocritical new agers claiming to renounce such things while, in reality, being fully immersed in them.
@Tsadi9Mem9Khet9 Nicely put. Not knowin much about new ager's or anything i just felt it was a way of saying 'you hypocrites are full of shit' - stemming from the term 'your so full of shit your eyes are brown'.
@101mckraken That's completely understandable. If I hadn't become aware of the terminology and symbolism used by Theosophists, etc., it would've remained ambiguous to me as well. Your conclusion as to what is being conveyed is completely correct, it's just a matter of not having been aware of the identity of those being addressed.
I met Maynard at an after-party for A.P.C. While there, he encouraged my friend and I (who had brought pot to the party) to "stop using that sh*t," that it was a "waste of our brains."
I'm not sure of the explanation of the lyrics of this song, but the idea that they are not about pot rings true to my experience with the artist.
While in kangaroo court innocent people are guilty before they get a real trial here in my shit country (Romania) young teenagers with rich mom and dads who drive while drunk and kill innocent peoples on roads are not considered a danger to society and are set free from jails.
@dreacul It is the same way here bro, cash is king. USA sucks too, I am no longer proud of my country, not the way they are running it these days. My eyes have been opened to many truths lately.
The phrase "The pot calling the kettle black" is an idiom used to accuse a person of being guilty of the very thing of which they accuse another.This may or may not be hypocritical or a contradiction.A kangaroo court is "a mock court in which the principles of law and justice are disregarded or perverted".
@kllyrichwine Well, seeing as how it's Tool you're entitled to your own opinions. I'm just saying that's not what I think he's saying. You can if you want.
When it comes to lyrics Tool does not even publish them with the album of really discuss them at all so people who try to say that they know these song meanings or the message of the song are very mistaken and really just full of shit.
For how much Maynards fans respect and rever him he shows almost no appreciation as a singer Maynard is the best but as a human being he is really smug either that or he is just afraid of his fans.
There is wide debate about the meaning of alot of Marynard's poetry...I like the fact that you can listen to a song get one meaning and listen again at a later date and take another message..Tool is one of the best bands ever..and they have some of the best vidios ever.......PERIOD....ROCK ON!.......
Without a doubt TOOL is the best band around too bad Maynard is a really smug person to his fans.I can see being smug towards the media but not to your fans i've seen TOOL six times and out of all six Maynard showed the least appreciation out of all the band members towards the fans Danny,Justin and Adam all do bows and throw stuff into the crowd(In Las Vegas Danny threw his drum skin into the crowd and I hit it as it flew over my head then one second later it had twenty people on top of it)
Actually dude, Tool have come out saying that this song actually has two seperate meanings, and low and behold one of those is about the legalization of marijuana. Though you are correct as well, they have also confirmed that this song is about the foolish justice system as well. Tool are a highly structured band, and as mechflesh said, they also write alot of their songs to accommodate to the listener and allowing him/her to essentially hear what they want from the song.
"Rob the grave to snow the cradle" could be interpreted as a child (innocence applied) being missing from the cradle (truth is missing) so instead you "rob the grave" to put something in there instead of the child (the truth) a.ka. you "snow the cradle" to cover up that the emperor indeed wears no clothes.
In order to go through that much effort to show to the world that you are just another hypocrite you must have been high.
"Rob the grave" from what you put there to "Snow the cradle" cover your own crimes by replacing the truth with fake leads and then you "Burn the evidence". Society robs the graves of the innocent to cover its own guilt and hide the truth from the generations to come. Like digging up a mass grave in order to burn the remains in order to hide the crime. This may also reflect that you can never entirely or forever hide the truth. Someone at some point will expose you as the hypocrite you are.
You are paying way to much attention to what every little thing means rather than the point that this guys has been horribly wronged by practically everyone he has made contact with!
Then there was the time she stole all my jewelry, including my cross, and my checks, so the dope dealers wouldn't shoot up the house with the kids in it. Or the time I had her arrested for stealing my car , debit card, and her sisters cell phone. They found her in the parking lot of Wal-mart with some guys she does not know, used syringes in her purse. You should maybe shut up!
The only " box" I was waiting for was the one I was going to pick out to bury my daughter in. It's called Oxycontin, and it's nothing to play with~ 3YEARS OF WAITING, BEING RIPPED OFF, You don't have a clue! What was I waiting for? The cops to come tell me they found her dead so I could get to tell the two little girls she left that thier mother is dead.
ballin' description. pin-point. anyone with any type of common knowledge should have no problem translating the practical meaning of the song. i like how you went beyond just that though by sharing the knowledge that many might question.
keep spreadin' the knowledge to awake the ignorant
tool goes deeper into music.. they go beyond what people believe to be music.. they rip through the barriers and jab silently at the fucked up concepts in life and just throw in some guitar and drums. KICK ASS ILY TOOL! <3
Wow! u were right! a kangaroo court sucks! I mean who tells a person he or she is guilty before you are proven in a court.
Remember, in the show COPS, the announcer says "all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law." that being said, there should be no kangaroo courts
I think instead of head it's hair. Listen really closely
Albunctious 12 hours ago
This song has more than 1 Meaning.
Maynard's Song-Writing Style is based around more than person/subject.
tickedoffnow 16 hours ago
Some douche stole your video and COPY PASTED your explination for the meaning of the song.
GodsmackFTW 1 week ago 2
Love the meaning, love the song, love the band, everything!!! (Especially the Base! :> )
98MoonMask19 1 week ago 3
4:14?
heather5172 1 week ago
i thought this was a rock version of maroon 5
JellayToasT 1 week ago
@JellayToasT wow...idk, how to respond to that but it sounds like an insult to me. tool is leaps and bounds better than that "band". tool is real music
demonzrock666 1 week ago 2
@demonzrock666 when you go from schism to this, u notice the difference, i like it a lot, it just sounded weird at first compared to his other style of singing
JellayToasT 3 days ago
@JellayToasT o.O you fucking kidding me?
JobForaBlackDahlia 3 days ago
Adam Jones is bad ass
ru2388 1 week ago
im waiting for 4:14. but love it all.
Throrine 2 weeks ago
Maynard James Keenan for prez seem the only twice but WOW
tracybuddha 2 weeks ago
4:14 This moment always gives me a fucking shivers on my whole body!
ForgottenSpeedcore 2 weeks ago
love this fuckin song!
vileguy1979 2 weeks ago
"ganja, please" ? not about weed? it is about hypocricy, legal hypocricy towards weed smokers
xTheAngryBiKidx 2 weeks ago
@xTheAngryBiKidx
Totally
d3c0d3junky 1 week ago
"reefer save your shitty inferance"
It's not about weed people! lol...
ClassicRockMan95 3 weeks ago
This song has a dual meaning, as confirmed by the band. One meaning is cardinalbaseballer5's and the other IS about marijuana the ridiculousness of its illegality.
IW2GIN 3 weeks ago
i agree he has to be one of the best songwriters out there. keep that lemon juice out your eye kiddies
Throrine 3 weeks ago
thanks so much, i loved your work./
AnthonyDaluzC8 3 weeks ago
@ariansajadi No, 'full of it' means you think to highly of yourself, where 'fool of it'... doesn't make any sense.
SanityIsForTheWeak0 3 weeks ago
hell yeah brother Chad Grey and Maynard for president and vice pres i dont give a fuck who gets what but either one has more knowledge than the mother fuckers in either office since well fuck a long time ago is it bad that id prefer a musician of so called "devil music" to the fucking old retards that run this country?
jonesd5o 3 weeks ago
The pot in the song is the judicial kangaroo courts/lawyers mentioned "looking in the mirror" and the accusing "the kettle" (other ppl that may not necessarily be guilty) of what they themselves are actually guilty of :P
Javo2357 3 weeks ago 15
@Javo2357 So.. basically, they're being hypocritical?
CamelotFitzpatrick 5 days ago
@CamelotFitzpatrick Basically. Not all lawyers and judges abide the law completely..and that is the way it seems in the song, except that they're in charge of putting others in jail, which wouldn't be right if they happened to be the same or worse
Javo2357 5 days ago
Very good interpretation :D ohh and "pot calling the kettle black" is an old expression where someone calls out/criticizes another for something that they themselves are guilty. Pots are normally black and the pot sees its reflection in the kettle (which are usually reflective) therefore concluding that it is instead black.
Javo2357 3 weeks ago 4
Hahahhahahahhahahah
blueeyedsoldier100 4 weeks ago
@Dragsooth Ignorant comment, Sir. This song has nothing to do with Marijuana. It's sending a message about hypocrisy.
ThisDanceScaresMe 4 weeks ago
@ThisDanceScaresMe The song isn't about marijuana, it's about Kangaroo courts and their hypocrisy towards pot dealers and pot smokers. Exact words from the description, you'd know if you read past the title.
Dragsooth 3 weeks ago
Fucking potheads.
Dragsooth 4 weeks ago
@Dragsooth Your an idiot....hahhahahahha The song is a Metaphor, your stuck in a Pot. Dumbass.
blueeyedsoldier100 4 weeks ago
@blueeyedsoldier100 Apparently, *you're* the idiot, who posts insulting comments without knowing correct grammar, not to mention your interpretation of the lyrics are simple-minded and nescient. I believe that makes you the dumb ass. Nice interpretation, cardinal. Thanks for the insight.
ThePoisonedpallid 3 weeks ago
@ThePoisonedpallid okay.
blueeyedsoldier100 3 weeks ago
Yeah....I feel yuh.. It's the truth alright. I'll admit. He's sending a message, and it got to me. And many others, opens eyes and shows me what I know I really am inside.
Real shit uh?
blueeyedsoldier100 4 weeks ago
@blueeyedsoldier100 i feel you, its good to see there is others out there with intellectual ideas
Mikekarrosdrum 4 weeks ago
@Mikekarrosdrum Exactly, haha. It's pure poetry. Philosophy call it what you will it's Art!
=]
blueeyedsoldier100 4 weeks ago
I'm so jealous (and amazed) he can sing like that -.-''
SanityIsForTheWeak0 4 weeks ago
brillant fucking...just brilliant
Nathanb6424 4 weeks ago
i love your videos! although i must say, some of the comments that they cause are quite interesting :p i like what you think the song is about and one thing i like bout the band is it seems that they write their songs so they may be interpreted however it may pertain to your life. (not sure if im right, just seems that way) KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!
fallenartangel 1 month ago
It's about hypocrites.
The pot is the pot calling the kettle black.
Of course the title can be related to how they must of been high to been the one to talk.
emmgirlie 1 month ago
I don't think tool fans need to be schooled about their lyric's meanings.
@skitzobrazy you're either a troll, an idiot or an attention whore, STFU dude.
Bauermayers 1 month ago
@Bauermayers those who have not herd tool, and those who are only now being introduced to their music do not have experience with their lyrics, writing styles, and the meanings, so videos such as this tend to help them understand more and determin if want to continue listening to the music. Think before you speak.
fallenartangel 1 month ago
lol i'm pretty sure Maynard has been molested. I'm just saying it's kinda funny. Or mabey i'm just trying to get people mad... or both lolololololol.... Sigh im such a troll
APerfectTOOL9999 1 month ago
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members of the band confirmed the song is about Hypocrisy. The title comes from the saying 'the pot calling the kettle black' and the 'high' parts refer to feeling morally superior.
SonOfHighValour 1 month ago
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members of the band confirmed the song is about Hypocrisy. The title comes from the saying 'the pot calling the kettle black' and the 'high' parts refer to feeling morally superior.
SonOfHighValour 1 month ago
members of the band confirmed the song is about Hypocrisy. The title comes from the saying 'the pot calling the kettle black' and the 'high' parts refer to feeling morally superior.
SonOfHighValour 1 month ago
This song reminds me of that movie called "Se7en". That part from the movie when John Doe explain why he killed those people.... /watch?v=D30mjWsC8C4
dreacul 1 month ago
@dreacul I love that movie. That, IMO, was the best part of the movie.
MrShyguy0 4 weeks ago
heroin crazy fckin drug alrite. did it 2 times. shot up and snorted. crazy either way. lets just say i was balled up in a dark corner for a few days and robbed a gas station lmao!. ima pothead though. im not stupid either.
masterguy68 1 month ago
I have one thing to say to all of you if you have never been addicted to herion you have no clue what this song is about so SUCK IT
skitzobrazy 1 month ago
Best songwriter ever
BFMVHeadbanger 1 month ago 45
@BFMVHeadbanger see few people can spot lyrical genious like you,me, and a few others. I'm glad someone else shares my oppinion
zendetta424 4 weeks ago
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7Aenima 1 month ago
hey nice one, can you make one for ''schism'' ? :D
atzenn66 1 month ago
Ganja, PLEASE?!?!?!?? <3
rovion11 1 month ago
Can I just hit you? I mean it's not about marijuana, you probably are a pot head who loves weed. >_>
Pot heads are idiots... (Most of them)
TheTacticalGamer1 1 month ago
@TheTacticalGamer1 No you just don't see life at the perspective we do... Maybe because were on a different level and it all ties in to who you are... But saying that I agree a bit with this being said I mean that "SOME" pot heads are dumb. Peace and love person
allenmoses 1 month ago
this song fuckin rocks. if you woudnt have put the meaning, i wouldve thought it was just about bud,but this song makes alot of sense now,great job with the meaning.
thebigbuzz024 1 month ago
Very cool!
MrPetercar1 1 month ago
west memphis three
toolcat973 1 month ago
Good job with the lyric video. But lets be honest, your 'meaning' is only somewhat true. People may take other meanings for this song.
Alumitt 1 month ago
@Alumitt THANK YOU!
canninmac87 1 month ago
awesome job! two thumbs up!
wolkenstrahl 1 month ago
if there is one thing i love more than messing with people on xbox live it's litsening to music that makes you think p.s. fuck mainstream & fuck whitey peace
BWN81394 1 month ago
New favorite song. Can't get enough of this.
wolfie0890 1 month ago
dear interpreters:
who are YOU to wave YOUR fatty fingers at them, you must've been OUT YOUR MIND.
datoaronia 1 month ago
awesome song broisf
CanadainElmo 1 month ago
This one brings me down to earth. "He's guilty as the government"
kroovyandcal 1 month ago
Soapbox house of cards and glass/ don't go tossin' your stones around
orangesugarcube 1 month ago
well one does have a stick up ones arse doesn't one lol, its just a song and its a damn good one to but nobody needs to be force fed that crap cheers :)
FreedomTorch1 1 month ago
excelent
Riattal 1 month ago
This song is not ABOUT marijuana but makes numerous Marijuana references as part of the argument.
kata09701 1 month ago
Love Tool <3
JessMariano77 1 month ago
I wouldn't say it's directly about pot or kangaroo courts. pot just happens to be one of those issue that's predecided in most taboo societies
HiyoruMikiyazoya 1 month ago
"rob the grave to snow the cradle and burn the evidence down" ... is that not a reference to the theft of Mary's body to protect the myth of her being a virgin?
"who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me" ... Fat fingers of the church.
Just Maynard being his usual dogma hating self. The very reason i love him :)
colins6969 1 month ago
My boyfriend showed me this band now I'm in love with them. I love the meaning of his songs. Keep em' coming! (:
iloveyouforever1968 1 month ago
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iloveyouforever1968 1 month ago
Now I see the "Ganja please" as a sort of phrase similar to "Bitch please."..
imagnome1 1 month ago
Nice job with this man.
TheDroog88 1 month ago
That bass....words can't explain.
jack7ish 1 month ago
Man, I LOVE your meanings videos! Keep them coming
aicdethfan84 1 month ago
lyrics are about today's court systems being blinded by their own perceptions and shunning those that break the law, even they themselves break the law constantly with little things and cheat their lives for their own gain. With his references to drugs and being stoned, he is actually saying, "what the fuck are you kidding me? you must have been high!"
mprior93 1 month ago in playlist More videos from cardinalbaseballer5
@mprior93 There's that , but it's much larger than that. The "weeping shades of indigo" is a reference to the udjet eye and the new agers. "eyeballs deep in muddy waters" is a reference to the new age concept of the "muddy waters of materialism", with hypocritical new agers claiming to renounce such things while, in reality, being fully immersed in them.
Tsadi9Mem9Khet9 1 month ago
@Tsadi9Mem9Khet9 Nicely put. Not knowin much about new ager's or anything i just felt it was a way of saying 'you hypocrites are full of shit' - stemming from the term 'your so full of shit your eyes are brown'.
101mckraken 1 month ago
@101mckraken That's completely understandable. If I hadn't become aware of the terminology and symbolism used by Theosophists, etc., it would've remained ambiguous to me as well. Your conclusion as to what is being conveyed is completely correct, it's just a matter of not having been aware of the identity of those being addressed.
Tsadi9Mem9Khet9 1 month ago
Grooviest fucking bassline
SoulManCK 1 month ago
muscs perveved by the lstener
disturbed1420 1 month ago
if ratings weren't disabled i'd have given this a thumbs up, i thought u did a good job. so ill just comment so instead.
kapwns 1 month ago
this song made me love this band with a passion
ViperStudioHQ 2 months ago
I met Maynard at an after-party for A.P.C. While there, he encouraged my friend and I (who had brought pot to the party) to "stop using that sh*t," that it was a "waste of our brains."
I'm not sure of the explanation of the lyrics of this song, but the idea that they are not about pot rings true to my experience with the artist.
ThePerfectJeans 2 months ago
they must of been HIGH writing that
jacobnguns 2 months ago
While in kangaroo court innocent people are guilty before they get a real trial here in my shit country (Romania) young teenagers with rich mom and dads who drive while drunk and kill innocent peoples on roads are not considered a danger to society and are set free from jails.
Man, i'm so fucking tired of my country.....
dreacul 2 months ago
@dreacul It is the same way here bro, cash is king. USA sucks too, I am no longer proud of my country, not the way they are running it these days. My eyes have been opened to many truths lately.
ravenwolf1488 2 months ago
Lol i made it snow:D
MsFungirl10 2 months ago
Horse
bojan1981ogi 2 months ago
amazing bass line
GreekAnimal1 2 months ago
Ty Max for showing me this band. It's sick.
tootie5011 2 months ago
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just one correction, he doesn't say asshole, he says ass, so. I know it's trivial but they cut that part out on the radio because it sounds so close.
confront5 2 months ago
The phrase "The pot calling the kettle black" is an idiom used to accuse a person of being guilty of the very thing of which they accuse another.This may or may not be hypocritical or a contradiction.A kangaroo court is "a mock court in which the principles of law and justice are disregarded or perverted".
aducimeH 2 months ago
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vanessawirthlin 2 months ago
hmm, interesting, i've heard of kangaroo court cases but have never understood what they actually were...
phil198711 2 months ago
They made there point and will rock on to that!!!!!!!!! any one THAT HAS A PORBLEM WITH THEM CAN GO BLOW UP!
Gary032268 2 months ago
nicely done. very in depth but simple for the idiots on here at the same time.
TheSwitchblade2112 2 months ago 20
@TheSwitchblade2112 johnkennedythethird's simple comment shits all over the OP's explanation.
canninmac87 1 month ago
but isnt that that what hes saying through the song N P as we'll now call it
kllyrichwine 2 months ago
@kllyrichwine Well, seeing as how it's Tool you're entitled to your own opinions. I'm just saying that's not what I think he's saying. You can if you want.
XA55A55INX 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
Do you think at the end Ganja Please is really a politically correct way of saying nigger please im just saying with the utmost respect to all...
kllyrichwine 2 months ago
@kllyrichwine No. I don't think that's what he's saying. Think of in terms of the rest of the song and how it fits in at that time.
XA55A55INX 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
IT IS AN ORGASM FOR THE BRAIN I FEEL COMPLETE AND SATISFIED AND LEFT WITH CURLED TOES AND A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE.......
kllyrichwine 2 months ago
When it comes to lyrics Tool does not even publish them with the album of really discuss them at all so people who try to say that they know these song meanings or the message of the song are very mistaken and really just full of shit.
showerofgore 2 months ago
For how much Maynards fans respect and rever him he shows almost no appreciation as a singer Maynard is the best but as a human being he is really smug either that or he is just afraid of his fans.
showerofgore 2 months ago
There is wide debate about the meaning of alot of Marynard's poetry...I like the fact that you can listen to a song get one meaning and listen again at a later date and take another message..Tool is one of the best bands ever..and they have some of the best vidios ever.......PERIOD....ROCK ON!.......
215toonz 2 months ago
Without a doubt TOOL is the best band around too bad Maynard is a really smug person to his fans.I can see being smug towards the media but not to your fans i've seen TOOL six times and out of all six Maynard showed the least appreciation out of all the band members towards the fans Danny,Justin and Adam all do bows and throw stuff into the crowd(In Las Vegas Danny threw his drum skin into the crowd and I hit it as it flew over my head then one second later it had twenty people on top of it)
showerofgore 2 months ago
*like*
92Garrus 2 months ago
Wonderful job!!!
HomegrownRedneck3 2 months ago
i love these guys vids (-)
TheKIRKisKING 2 months ago
zar ovo, ne slusati i ne razumjeti . zar to nebih bio GREH ???
TheProleter 2 months ago
i love the pot thumbs up if you agree!
calebhewlett 2 months ago
if i could i would thumbs up ur comment thousands and thousands of times my good friend (-)TOOL(-) FOREVER (friend me;)
TheKIRKisKING 2 months ago
Actually dude, Tool have come out saying that this song actually has two seperate meanings, and low and behold one of those is about the legalization of marijuana. Though you are correct as well, they have also confirmed that this song is about the foolish justice system as well. Tool are a highly structured band, and as mechflesh said, they also write alot of their songs to accommodate to the listener and allowing him/her to essentially hear what they want from the song.
johnkennedythethird 2 months ago 16
@johnkennedythethird in other words, their songs become a psychological "tool" to the listener, with each listener using that tool differently.
alnajina 1 month ago
@johnkennedythethird awesome information/interpretation thank you for that ;) thumbs up
dangboof 1 month ago
@johnkennedythethird I was going to say something, but that was incredibly well-said. I will say one thing:
DOUBLE ENTENDRE! Tool loves 'em! Lol.
IceburgFanell 1 month ago
@johnkennedythethird Thank you for this. I can solve a couple of arguments with friends now haha
canninmac87 1 month ago
this song is sooooo powerful i love it
LeakedKorre 2 months ago
Popular with girls 13 - 17. Why can't I ever find one of those girls???
XA55A55INX 2 months ago 4
love this song
japaneseladysamurai 2 months ago
tool doesn't really have that many fans because 300,000 of these views are mine
Collard183 2 months ago
this is the like bar
TheSkirmishes 3 months ago 2
The oot re fers to the old saying: "The pot calling the kettle black"
LabRat4680 3 months ago
@LabRat4680 *pot and *refers
LabRat4680 3 months ago
"This may also reflect that you can never entirely or forever hide the truth. Someone at some point will expose you as the hypocrite you are."
And thus you must have been high to even try it.
Snetigeren 3 months ago
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"Rob the grave to snow the cradle" could be interpreted as a child (innocence applied) being missing from the cradle (truth is missing) so instead you "rob the grave" to put something in there instead of the child (the truth) a.ka. you "snow the cradle" to cover up that the emperor indeed wears no clothes.
In order to go through that much effort to show to the world that you are just another hypocrite you must have been high.
Snetigeren 3 months ago
"Rob the grave" from what you put there to "Snow the cradle" cover your own crimes by replacing the truth with fake leads and then you "Burn the evidence". Society robs the graves of the innocent to cover its own guilt and hide the truth from the generations to come. Like digging up a mass grave in order to burn the remains in order to hide the crime. This may also reflect that you can never entirely or forever hide the truth. Someone at some point will expose you as the hypocrite you are.
Snetigeren 3 months ago
You are paying way to much attention to what every little thing means rather than the point that this guys has been horribly wronged by practically everyone he has made contact with!
CMWalkeresq 3 months ago
@CMWalkeresq What?
XA55A55INX 2 months ago
u must have been high?? its a little tiny bit bout pot lol
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mojosarmyband 3 months ago
"The idea of this song is not marijuana."
(Near the end) "Ganja PLEASE"
Its a bit about weed.
glynhoyland 3 months ago
It means you are fuckin high to not see the truth. We are all hypocrites. Love it or hate it Cozened Indigo (a lie,a manipulation)
calzone2112 3 months ago
It means you are fuckin high to not see the truth. We are all hypocrites. Love it or hate it
calzone2112 3 months ago
i love meaning of this song. good job explaining it :]
fshutchinson 3 months ago
Then there was the time she stole all my jewelry, including my cross, and my checks, so the dope dealers wouldn't shoot up the house with the kids in it. Or the time I had her arrested for stealing my car , debit card, and her sisters cell phone. They found her in the parking lot of Wal-mart with some guys she does not know, used syringes in her purse. You should maybe shut up!
loriannedc 3 months ago
If you ever dealt with someone on drugs, you can relate to this song. All the bullshit, stealing, lies, fake tears, it' sucks! Just sayin!
loriannedc 3 months ago
@loriannedc Because all drug users are complete monsters. Yeah. Live in your box.
xedgewhitetrashx 3 months ago
The only " box" I was waiting for was the one I was going to pick out to bury my daughter in. It's called Oxycontin, and it's nothing to play with~ 3YEARS OF WAITING, BEING RIPPED OFF, You don't have a clue! What was I waiting for? The cops to come tell me they found her dead so I could get to tell the two little girls she left that thier mother is dead.
loriannedc 3 months ago
@loriannedc you have never listened to third eye.
downwithjedward 3 months ago
wow totally killed my liking for this song thanks for fucking nothing
eagleyexxxxx 3 months ago
this song is not about pot!!!!! i hat people who think tht!!!!!
alexandriamerrifield 3 months ago
It's all totally about pot! :D
Hakudohshi 3 months ago
The lyrics are both about hypocrisy and cannabis. It's kind of a double entendre.
NinjaRodent 3 months ago
best composed song ever, lyrics complement the music. unparalleled
trapdet 3 months ago
Nice work, thanks for the lyrics. Tool is amazing and the artistry of their video creations should not be missed.
TheBwazaa 3 months ago
this song is about potxD
DeathByClown137 3 months ago
6 people didnt go to catholic match
awsd0123456789 3 months ago
ballin' description. pin-point. anyone with any type of common knowledge should have no problem translating the practical meaning of the song. i like how you went beyond just that though by sharing the knowledge that many might question.
keep spreadin' the knowledge to awake the ignorant
jackasskid001 3 months ago
tool goes deeper into music.. they go beyond what people believe to be music.. they rip through the barriers and jab silently at the fucked up concepts in life and just throw in some guitar and drums. KICK ASS ILY TOOL! <3
master0fgaming 3 months ago 19
5:40 and after best moment in music history GANJA PLEASEEEE :D
MiShO132 3 months ago
I just love the fricking song!!!!, i cant care less about the meaning.
elpaisacriollo 3 months ago
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tushar6231107 3 months ago
Lyrics..perfect timing ...man you must have been high
tushar6231107 3 months ago 2
@tushar6231107 nice
TheBwazaa 3 months ago
this song is about people who try to come up with true meanings to TOOL songs.
saganemc2 3 months ago
this song isnt just about weed its about how shitty the government is and how they say the shit we do is wrong when they are jus as guilty as us
mymyncherish 3 months ago
Just WOW i`m speechless great job
WeSkate4food 3 months ago
Wow! u were right! a kangaroo court sucks! I mean who tells a person he or she is guilty before you are proven in a court.
Remember, in the show COPS, the announcer says "all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law." that being said, there should be no kangaroo courts
Rigicai05 3 months ago
shut up, the songs called 'the POT" let me believe it's about weed... assholes
apatheticbrutality 3 months ago
Ive listened to this song countless times and i just now realized its 6 min and 25 sec long!...time flies when your rockin to a great song
Collard183 3 months ago
@Collard183 I've only just realized it because you mention.
pitbrand 3 months ago
@Collard183 That's totally how all Tool's music is! Plus you still wanna replay it a million times
Hydrofobic2001 3 months ago