Intolerance - Tool

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I don't want to be hostile.
I don't want to be dismal.
But I don't want to rot in an apathetic existance either.
See
I want to believe you,
and I want to trust
and I want to have faith to put away the dagger.

But you lie, cheat, and steal.
And yet
I tolerate you.
Veil of virtue hung to hide your method
while I smile and laugh and dance
and sing your praise and glory.
Shroud of virtue hung to mask your stigma
as I smile and laugh and dance
and sing your glory
while you
lie, cheat, and steal.
How can I tolerate you.

Our guilt,our blame ,
I've been far too sympathetic.
Our blood, our fault.
I've been far too sympathetic.

I am not innocent.
You are not innocent.
No one is innocent.

I will no longer tolerate you
Even if I must go down beside you.
Because,
No one is innocent.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Intolerance
• Tool

[danzig5]

man, if you've ever done drugs, whether that be smoking a joint or chewing magic mushrooms and then played guitar or written under the inlfuence, then you'd understand the insane ideas that come to your head.

i sing and play bass and my best friend plays guitar and we always smoke a joint before jamming, because it gets us into creative open minded mode haha

[MacMan282]

Everyone else has been listening to your verbal shit for a lot longer I bet. Your welcome. Calm down...

[zlotki]

@unbornanddeathless finally some common sense.

[formusicplaylist1]

bong hits at the beginning

[unbornanddeathless]

@danzig5 we've done this too... no point. you can't pull out the rabbit from the box if it's not there primarily... the thing that you feel you are doing high can never beat the true catharsis of the clear mind (i am not saying im through and done with the process or ever will. i just say drugs won't make you any more artistic/inspired/talented)

[cedelong5]

I always assumed the intro was a double-meaning thing the sound of a water bong or Whitney Houston's last words...

[godisaspirit]

This song feels so good when you experience some assholes practise evil iniquity.

[awmadderra11]

its the noise you hear as you run out of oxygen while diving. the theme of drowning is visited throughout the album.

[HBK1337]

@danzig5 that is a bunch a bull. im in a band myself and if you think you need to be under the influence of drugs to be able to write music, then you know nothing about music.

[PizzaHunter2011]

@Lake1771 "The Pot" IS NAMED AFTER POT dude. I know the song itself is more about hypocrisy or something, but that doesnt change the fact that 'pot' was part of the double meaning of the song. Wait a min u must be kidding me or something cuz I just remembered the lyrics are "who are you to wave your finger"..."YOU MUSTA BEEN >HIGH<".

[Lake1771]

@PizzaHunter2011 the pot has nothing to do with drugs. jezus.

[PizzaHunter2011]

IS THAT WHAT THAT NOISE IS AT THE BEGINNING? a water bong? I always thought it was some kind of lawn mower or weed whacker engine sort of stalling out... Can anyone please confirm this opinion? I would really like hard evidence that tool does drugs...Actually who am I kidding... "the pot" should be my answer to that question...but is this sound really a water bong? Ive never used one. Also that picture in the video is AWESOME I really want it...dunno how to capture images...