11. Lullaby - A Perfect Circle

[TheMirandawise]

There's a sick feeling I get when I hear this. It dwells up in me like the raising base and the shock and reality of the woman's voice. I feel scared and isolated like I'm losing myself as the song fades. I want to hear it over and over again. It's incredible. The feelings that this group is capable of enducing with their music is overwhelming and listening to it is like being on a drug itself. The entire album is wonderful, but this one has quite a hook on me.

[MsJessmndz]

Someone sent me this song yesterday to help me go to sleep....had the opposite effect :(

[kajakmk]

<3

[marly1996]

Lol...I just got done listening to "Pet" haha. I like Maynard :)

[thebestusernameeva]

Fun fact: the absurdly creepy voice heard throughout this song is done by Maynard's son, Devo, and was recorded when he was eight years old.

[NocturnalGuitarist]

@thebestusernameeva Seriously, 8? And.. Son? That's.. Creepier than the rest of the song, oddly enough.. o.O

[tnix80]

finally, relapse...then the nod...aaaaaahhhh.  Sweet blissful misery.

[Meestarcheez]

That squeeky ominous voice creeps the living fuck out of me dude.

[coreyhhh]

Hmm.. this is strange. I like the drums. 5/10.

[freddyfan951]

it's amazing how indistinguishable the voices of boys and girls are before puberty. I honestly thought this was a girl.

[jebedia7]

@freddyfan951 dude... hes like 30 something

[7MrMan7]

@jebedia7 I think he's talking about the kid singing

[jebedia7]

@7MrMan7 ... Maynard does all the lyrics

[TriadThree]

I use this song to put my child to sleep. xD

[TheKittenish]

@TriadThree AND YOU WONDER WHY THEY JUMP OUT OF BED EVERY NIGHT AND FORCE YOU TO LET THEM SNUG IN BETWEEN YOU AND HUBBY/WIFE.

[blackthorn2200]

good shit music



[Supervisor69]

Awesome!!

>:O

[jaderrbuggg]

this song kind of creeps me out. o.O but i love a perfect circle!!

[martenecho]

Is that pet he's humming?



[MeowQuen]

I listen to this song when I go to beddd! :D

[Steezums2]

@Sniper4900jb thats not a chick thats maynard's son

[gg14155]

@Steezums2 hahahahahahahahahaahaha i bet maynard wouldnt be to happy to see tht post lol.

[Squattingtiger9]

@Steezums2 You are frikken kidding me right!? This whole time since I got the album years ago, I too thought it was a woman! I'ma check this up.

[Steezums2]

@Squattingtiger9 its maynards son bro did a good job imo

[sniper4900JB]

is it me or is the chick in the song whispering the name of the song.....

[BeyourselfandIwillto]

First time listener for me, dude sings about some real shit! I am a fan!

[unnamedplayer007]

the worst thing about this song, is that it is only 2 min

[PenanceFail9]

This would go good with silent hill...

[resistance42]

Ironic how people talk about how they are either high or tripping when listening to this when the album is about drug addiction and getting over it hahaha

[FlipTheDish]

@resistance42 Well...Actually it's about drinking and the 12 step program of AA...But I agree lol.

[siphiemore]

@resistance42 I don't know why pple are so fixated ON THE LYRICS , instead of his amazing voice & beautiful music. If you listen toThe Outsider, his ex was always catatonic and asleep & Maynard, having a great heart tolerated until he couldn't any more. You have to have been through addiction & out of it to be affected watching some1 you love destroy themselve W/all the projects he has been so porlefic in contributions & business,you can't do that on drugs. No1 talks about using when

they use.

[siphiemore]

@siphiemore You can only talk about that subject when you have been through it to help others cause when you use, you can't help yourself. I NEVER watch videos unless live. I put the song on & APPRECIATE THE MUSIC. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC TO HIM. 13th step is after doing the 12 which means staying straight. Those are memories. It does not make me want to use.

[7headed10horned]

@siphiemore Did you really just reply to yourself?

[PrepossessingLiz]

Constant replay? I think yes ;)

[BlueOctober13th]

i. am. so. high.

[LivingInXile]

Creepy ass song!

[spooge4569]

aaaaaahhhhh i feel tierd

[purplelimes91]

I'd be scared shitless if I woke up in the middle of the night and this song was playing on my iPod.

[hennyy100]

This song is very eerieeee, but good. Maynards son does a good job.

[AliceNchainz011]

@hennyy100 I think it's Jarboe from the Swans

[BleakandDead]

*snores*

[PrepossessingLiz]

I love it. It's sensual... something new and beautiful that takes you away from all the monotony while at the same time hammaring it back down on you. It's like you fall asleep and when you wake up you don't know what just happened. I get drowsy after I listen to it, which I think is the point of the song.

[Exphyxia]

go back to sleep go back to sleep

[iamninjattack]

same lyrics as in a few of their other songs.. fucking beaut though. <3

[marquismyfriend]

maynard's son, devo, on vocals.

[BANDJAZZY]

that's his kid

[McADLib]

Damn... i remember i was trippin listening to a perfect circle (Amazing passtime) and this shit came on. Its crazy how quick the vibe will change when that little kids voice comes on. Its not a good look. If you've done acid you know.

[LoveIsOrgans]

@McADLib dude i know. shit gets real surreal real quick

[mewnekoiceichigo]

A KID VOICE IN THE MUSIC !!???!?!?!?!

[tclemente2010]

@mewnekoiceichigo supposed to be his 8 year old son. At least that is what I heard in an interview with Maynard.

[mewnekoiceichigo]

SCARY 0_0

[Theonewiththebighair]

i got the weirdest boner EVER right now

[chunchoe]

@Theonewiththebighair thats kind of weird since this is maynards song signing

[Theonewiththebighair]

@chunchoe again, WEIRDEST boner ever

[MinxtheStrange]

This is "Lay-On-The-Floor-Staring-Up-A­t-Your-Ceiling-Spacing-Out-Com­pletely-Mellow" kind of music and I totally dig it.

[trevsweet]

thats maynards kid doing that weird voice in the background

[61n9ne]

crazy bass !!!

[Diggity308]

This song slows my heart beat

[networknicole82]

einfach nur geil

^^

[JADEandKIBA]

I once fell asleep while listening to this CD on my iPOD, and I woke up during this song right when it said "Go back to sleep." Creepy as hell.

[thx210]

@JADEandKIBA What the fuck are you serious ?

[JADEandKIBA]

@thx210 Lol yep.I did it once with Counting Sheep to the Rhythm, too! XD

[DudePersonThingMan]

@JADEandKIBA I don't have one but I'm 90% positive IPODs power off if you don't touch them for a long time.

[JADEandKIBA]

@DudePersonThingMan It may be different depending on the iPOD but the one I have lets me choose in the settings whether it turns off on it's own or not, so I guess it just varies.

[nin666apcfan]

i play this fro my baby girl every night. puts her right to sleep

[darkness77k]

Oh yeah...As u wake up inth middle of the night,u hear this song and see a fat ugly clown pacing back and forth in the dark corner,arguing with him in whispers,as hes holding an ax..

[Babyslutproductions]

@darkness77k Dude...Thanks for the nightmares now... I'm sure he'll turn up in one now..

[britanij26]

Sounds like an enchantress, calling you to her bedchambers with her song... Very nice!!

[tylerabboud]

is this like a connection to counting bodies? or vice versa?

[TheCanadianSpy]

@tylerabboud Yep. And The Pet.

[tzDub92]

if anything its erie

[boyshowcry]

Epic ♥

[HomicidalNnyKip]

How the fuck is this creepy? It's relaxing if anything.

[GoldenHeartbeat]

the beginning is exactly the same as the ending to pet... listen to pet and then this right after another and it sounds SO COOL

[JDSNCB23]

@GoldenHeartbeat And counting bodies like sheep... I wonder which one came first?

[halloweenfan92]

i didnt know how was doing that moaning turns out its his son

[poetry551]

@halloweenfan92 poor kid this is the only song by them im not kickin wit

[Deathkhaos1]

this song is stuck in my head it has that thing in it that u cant just get rid of 

[TheWickedEnd2012]

Listen to this song right after "Counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums" and You'll never get to sleep.

[xxcityescape]

this song is scary as shit...but...i can't...stop...listening....

[biggrizz20000]

First listened to tool and affiliates while on shrooms for the first time. Listened to the ghost albums. if your not intouch with yourself . Don't ever do it!

[mrpeckster]

that end moaning freakin creeps me out

[MetalFPSC]

This is quite creepy but also very beautiful.

[Ernblastio]

I remember back before I started listening to Maynard's work I was at a friends house for then night and right as I was dozing off to sleep he started whispering "go back to sleep." I was scared shitless.

[pyramidheadgirl]

@Ernblastio Haha the same happened to me also. I was in one of those awake asleep type of state then i fell asleep and jumped wide awake when I heard Maynard all Go back to sleep. XD My heart was beating all fast cuz I though it was my dad that saw me awake and was telling me to go back to sleep haha!

[Frankie96QK]

@Ernblastio Yeah, the same thing happened to me fell asleep with my mp3 on .....

Fearful FUCKING.

I got up suddenly and I began to get really scared .... But now I think...it was Maynard, it's all ok ;)

[1y9b9b]

@Ernblastio

holy FUCK

you just fucking gave me goosebumps!!

[untitled06]

I heard a rumour that his son is on tis track? his voice at 24 seconds. Can anyone confirm?

[TheIntervurt]

@untitled06 it's his son indeed at a younger age

[untitled06]

@TheIntervurt Epic.

[lagging199527]

Has anyone ever went to sleep listening to this? Fucking nightmare fuel.

[CelestiusNexus]

Reminds me of my childhood :3 Good times

[boomershadow]

okay, i'm gonna go take a nap

[tulud]

is that a slug on her face?

[Salvis66]

Pay no mind to the rabble.

[defconmissilesystem]

listening to this one night (musta been like 2am) on a marine cadet exercise via headphones and heard someone shout 'STANDTO!' and gunfire erupted everywhere and this song started playing O_O fucking scary man:L

[BobbleWater]

Someone else feel like super high...? .__.

[tylo38]

it's maynard's son [:

[skulljoint]

Maynards son is good.

Very hypnotising.

[RavenKurama]

This is trippy.

[pein999000]

NEVER listen to this on LSD! XD

[Prymer55]

@pein999000 i dont know why youd want to either. dosent sound like fun at all. now being stoned as shit and listening to this, fuckin hell yea! every fuckin day yeah!!!!

[bdubs216]

Thanks Maynard, but I'll stay awake tonight and pray nothing snatches me in the dark

[ARTISTICLYSTUPID]

Beautiful shit in here.

[zangoose33]

Is this the one where Devo sings? Never heard this song before.

[HarperWolf13]

@zangoose33 Yes it is Devo sounds like a girl to me O_o but i guess he was little when he did this so..

[bosshallucy]

@zangoose33 Jarboe sings this..... everybody knows that

[zangoose33]

@bosshallucy Obviously not, or I wouldn't have to ask.

[bosshallucy]

@zangoose33 ....Im just saying Jarboe has one of the most iconic and recognizable voices out there... so its easy to tell that its Jarboe

[XilianX2010]

Go back to sleep. thats from Counting Bodies like sheep to rythm of the war drums

[thousandand1skeleton]

"go back to sleep"maynard

"yes master" me

[roxypen]

not good to listen to this in the car and with the heater on blast.

[Counterops34]

@roxypen Its soooo relaxing though

[roxypen]

@Counterops34 Exactly lol

[music8meup]

Am I the only one who doesn't think this is freaky?

[MsOpethlove]

@music8meup No, u're not :P

[ItsTheEJ]

@music8meup it's really freaky when you're high.

[heriticsfist]

sounds so scary but beautiful at the same time.

[ALilMayhem]

That is Maynards son.

[Shackon2Ts]

Im am not kidding i had never heard this song before but when i was small i would have a dream of a woman singing a lullaby like this with black eyes black hair and a black dress while i was in my bed, and i would wake up in a cold sweat and my dad would be whispering its alright go back to sleep.... i have not slept in 3 days since i heard this song....

[wysle]

@Shackon2Ts haha meth!

[JonEhBee]

This is Maynard's son from when he was what, like 8?

[dietrite123]

@JonEhBee It's actually a female artist by the name of Jarboe.

[challengeaccepted200]

@dietrite123 i think he means the small child humming towards the beginning, i think he dousnt mean jarboe singing towards the end

[dietrite123]

@challengeaccepted200 I was under the impression that that was Jarboe in the beginning as well(it's right up her alley, lol) but looking around Google I think you may be right. That makes the song even cooler.

[incrediblehulk180]

@dietrite123 the same Jarboe who was with swans?

[JonEhBee]

@dietrite123 Well who the fuck told me it was his kid? Im tripping

[dietrite123]

@JonEhBee You were right. I was mistaken. That's his kid.

[JayahnWard666]

Awesome!!

[MrAVENGER1001]

bloody scary when ur playing minecraft ur in ur hut and u see a creeper and this song plays...o.O

[Acicka14]

fucking amazing that's all :)

[TheDeathsick]

song sounds so cool keeped replaying it DAM!

[SuperTito22]

did anyone else read Lolbaby?

[wolfenstien1000]

@SuperTito22 no lol

[deragon76]

Freakishly awesomely wickedly kick ass,... My g/friend sorta sounds like this when we bed wrestle. Sounds killer on a system

[karishmo]

i feel like im going to hear this song in my head when i finally lose it and go insane O_o

[bbeboutuaa]

@karishmo What about those of us who have already lost it and gone insane? O_o

[karishmo]

@bbeboutuaa well do you hear it?

[bbeboutuaa]

@karishmo This and Space Oddity by David Bowie

[CassandraChimaira420]

sounds sick with a system!!!!

[Connorchaos]

is this before Counting Bodies Like Sheep To the rythym of the war drums?

[CassandraChimaira420]

@Connorchaos yes this was in 2003 counting bodies like sheep was 04 status. lol

[sopsterrr]

@Connorchaos You mean "Pet"?

[Connorchaos]

@sopsterrr no, its that "go back to sleep" sample in this song is a song in a later album

[NoataRikuSoraKairi89]

@sopsterrr "Pet" Was re-released, "Counting Bodies Like Sleep" is what they originally released. "Pet" is 'finished'...

[MrTex1987]

Why oh why of all times does there have to be a horrible grinding sound coming from a dark corner in my room

[JustinKaichiin]

xDDDD

[jmichaud061]

There is a song, off this album, that i cant find and it kicks ass!!!!

[McGradyBrendan]

@jmichaud061

Know any of the lyrics?

[ayoama]

I really, really like the vocals in this song.

[McGradyBrendan]

I just realised that the melodies his son sings in this song are the same melodies played on guitar in the song Pet. C:

[MyMoonLitDream]

Ah, now I kind of want to creep my roommate out in the middle of the night by waking them up (probably by a loud noise/ throwing something harmless at them) and playing this song while pretending to be asleep. ^^'

[MsDestinee14]

GO BACK TO SLEEP. GIVES ME CHILLS. EPIC

[IGITnBLACK]

for April fools, my brother came into my room with his radio. Pull it to full blast on the volume and I woke up to him with eye liner smudging down his cheek with his eyes rolled up. Dammit...

[mangatabby]

Imagine waking up to this in the night? I woke up a 3am this morning to hear this thinking someone was standing by my bed whispering it to me. STILL AWAKE NOW D8.

[FrameTheLetter]

Was looking for Lullaby by The Cure. Found something possibly better.

[dawnofdays2012]

@FrameTheLetter i believe you have stumbled on to a god my friend.

[FrameTheLetter]

@dawnofdays2012 I believe you are absolutely correct.

[NaThRocksMyWoRLd]

sinister sounding, creepy, gives me chills it s great.imagine waking up middle of the night and something fucked up, creepy looking and  out of this world was standing at your window staring through you and this song is playing in your mind....... oahahhh sweet lol

[1630RevelloDrive2]

I am SO gonna use this song as an alarm clock one morning!

[LezraGR]

@1630RevelloDrive2 but the problem is that you will never wake up because it says GO BACK TO SLEEP, lol

[1630RevelloDrive2]

@LezraGR Yeah, I know, that's kinda the best part, hahah!

[bjmzc]

This song is actually pretty damn scary. It's awesome!

[9TayldFox]

This is really something. The first time I heard this I thought, "Oh yeah, just another little creative thing Maynard did." Then I listened with my new Sennheiser HD 428's and I FELT the bass. Freakin unreal how it rumbles so much.

[BlackWolf5420]

So this song is the remix of the remix

[RSRatornra]

@BlackWolf5420 A remix within a remix?!?!

[SailorCybertron11223]

So Cool