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"Ænema" is a Grammy Award-winning song by rock band Tool, released as the third single from their second album Ænima. Adam Jones made a video for the song using stop-motion animation that appears on Salival. The song reached number twenty-five on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in August 1997.

The song makes extensive use of hemiola, a musical technique in which the emphasis in a triple meter is changed to give the illusion that both a duple and a triple meter occur in the song. For example, during the first verse, the beat appears to be in 12/8 timing, while toward the middle of the song when the lyrics from the first verse are repeated, the beat can be perceived as being in 6/8 timing. The double bass drums are in a shuffle pattern and are also alternated with a floor tom in the middle of the song making them seem twice the speed.

Keenan incorporates into the lyrics part of comedian Bill Hicks' sketch "Arizona Bay" routine (from Hicks' comedy segment album of the same name) by stating the line "learn to swim, see you down in Arizona Bay." Hicks appears in the liner notes/sleeve as a doctor, and a lenticular image below the case tray illustrates a large portion of California disappearing leaving only the Pacific Ocean, as is mentioned in the song. California falling into the sea is a prediction made by Edgar Cayce, also known as "The Sleeping Prophet," about the end of days in which California and New York are to sink into the ocean among a plethora of other devastating weather changes.

It also refers to the Church of Scientology with the line "Fuck L. Ron Hubbard and fuck all his clones"; this is because the band members of Tool are opposed to Scientology.

The video for "Ænema" was directed by guitarist Adam Jones with art design by Cam de Leon and features stop-motion animation. The video revolves around a humanoid figure with alien-like features. Throughout the video the character ventures through an aquatic world and is seen to have a hose-like organ (resembling an umbilical cord) protruding from its abdomen which squirts out water that fills the room the figure is standing in. Towards the end of the video the figure is seen being tossed inside a water filled box by a character wearing business attire.

Justin Chancellor -- bass guitar
Danny Carey -- drums, percussion
Adam Jones -- guitars
Maynard James Keenan -- vocals
Cam de Leon -- artwork, computer illustration


Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon.
Certainly hope we will.
Sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of...

Freaks here in this hopeless fucking hole we call L.A..
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your Prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a bullshit three ring circus sideshow of...

Freaks here in this hopeless fucking hole we call L.A..
The only way to glimpse it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim. See you down in Arizona bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.

And some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon.
Certainly hope we will
I sure could use a vacation from this stupid shit, silly shit, stupid shit.

One great big festering neon distraction,
I have a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim.

Cause Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Mom's coming round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and fuck all his clones.
Fuck all these gun-toting hip gangster wannabes.
Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and fuck your short memory.
Yeah, fuck smiley glad-hands with hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional insecure actresses.

Cause I'm praying for rain. I'm praying for tidal waves.
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Yeah, don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it come down.
Bring it down..
Suck it down.
Flush it down.

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• Aenema
• aenima
• tool
• Maynard James Keenan
• Adam Jones
• Justin Chancellor
• Danny Carey
• Cam de Leon
• Bill Hicks
• California
• Armageddon
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• Lluminari

[DoctorNarpasLoveless]

This is the coolest song any fucking time, any fucking day.

[Tompettylady601]

awesome video and i love that band soo much <3333333333333 you make cool videos all the time

[Staroth999]

It's coming down!

[SenorKraut]

As both musician and misanthrope I certainly do approve Ænema

fuck

[saints1199]

Awesome song and video!!!!