Tool

[DarkPoet]

Tool often deals with a lot of different psychology topics in their music, their artwork comes from the very spiritual Alex Gray, my avatar comes from Mr. Gray.

Also my signature, dealing with Jung's theory of the shadow, is from Tool's song "46 & 2"

Anyone else here a fan of Tool?

[liza123]

No, I have never heard of Tool before. And I like your avatar very much. Thanks for your information about Tool and Alex Gray. Will check it out.

[DarkPoet]

Awesome, you won't be disappointed with Alex Gray his artwork is mind-blowing. As far as Tool goes, it depends on your musical preferences but I hope you like them.

[SWM]

never heard of tool until now, i like vmuch

[liza123]

Awesome, you won't be disappointed with Alex Gray his artwork is mind-blowing. As far as Tool goes, it depends on your musical preferences but I hope you like them.

i find your avatar to be mind-blowing. so, i am expecting that  with his other works as well;) thanks.

[pert -5]

Tool kicks ass!  Jambi, Sober, Aenima...  Come on, forget about it.

[pert -5]

Aenima
------------
Some say the end is near
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fuckin' 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 LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fuckin' day.
Learn to swim, I'll 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 dip shits...

And some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon.
I 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've a suggestion to keep you all occupied:

"Learn to swim.
"Learn to swim.
"Learn to swim."

Mum's gonna fix it all soon.
Mum's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

"Learn to swim.
"Learn to swim.
"Learn to swim."

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all these gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

"Learn to swim.
"Learn to swim.
"Learn to swim."

Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.

"Learn to swim.
"Learn to swim.
"Learn to swim."

Fuck smiley glad-hands,
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

"Learn to swim.
"Learn to swim.
"Learn to swim."

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mum 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.
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.
Come down.
Suck it down.
Flush it down.

[SWM]

wow. thats pessimistic. is LA really so bad?

[pert -5]

wow. thats pessimistic. is LA really so bad?

Not sure, I've never been there.  Maynard definitely thinks so though. 

[pert -5]

Eye on the TV
'Cause tragedy thrills me,
Whatever flavor
It happens to be like:

"Killed by the husband"
"Drowned by the ocean"
"Shot by his own son"
"She used a poison in his tea
And kissed him goodbye"
That's my kind of story,
It's no fun 'til someone dies.

Don't look at me like
I am a monster.
Frown out your one face,
But with the other
Stare like a junkie
Into the TV
Stare like a zombie
While the mother holds her child,
Watches him die
Hands to the sky crying,
"Why, oh why!"

Cause I need to watch things die
From a distance
Vicariously, I
Live while the whole world dies
You all need it too - don't lie.

Why can't we just admit it?
Why can't we just admit it?
We won't give pause until the blood is flowin'
Neither the brave nor bold
Will write as the stories told
We won't give pause until the blood is flowin'

I need to watch things die
From a good safe distance.
Vicariously, I
Live while the whole world dies...
You all feel the same so
Why can't we just admit it?

Blood like rain, come down
Drum on grave and ground

Part vampire
Part warrior
Carnivore and voyeur
Stare at the transmitter
Synched to the death rattle...

Credulous at best;
Your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men.
Pull your head on out
Your hippy beliefs and give a listen
Shouldn't have to say it all again

The universe is hostile,
So impersonal.
Devour to survive:
So it is, so it's always been...

We all feed on tragedy,
It's like blood to a vampire...

Vicariously, I
Live while the whole world dies!
Much better you than I.

[pert -5]

Parabola
-------------
We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment,
We are choosing to be here right now. Hold on, stay inside
This holy reality, this holy experience.
Choosing to be here in

This body. This body holding me. Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion.

Alive, I

In this holy reality, in this holy experience. Choosing to be here in

This body. This body holding me. Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion.

Twirling round with this familiar parable.
Spinning, weaving round each new experience.
Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing.

[pert -5]

Jambi
--------
Here from the king's mountain view
Here from the wild dream come true
Feast like a sultan I do
On treasures and flesh, never few.

But I, I would wish it all away.
If I thought I'd Lose you just one day.

The devil and his had me down,
in love with the dark side I'd found.
Dabble in all the way down
up to my neck soon to drown.

But you changed that all for me.
Lifted me up, turned me round.
So I...
I...
I...
I...
I would
I would
I would
Wish this all away

Prayed like a martyr dusk to dawn.
Begged like a hooker all night long.
Tempted the devil with my song.
And got what I wanted all along.

But I,
And I would,
If I could,
And I would,
Wish it away,
Wish it away,
Wish it all away,
Wanna wish it all away,
No prize that could hold sway,
Or justify my giving away,
my center.

So if I could I'd wish it all away.
If I thought tomorrow would take you away.
You're my peace of mind, my home, my center.
I'm just trying to hold on,
One more day.

Jab my eyes...
Jab my eyes...

Jab my eyes if they should compromise
our fulcrum what you need divides me then
I might as well be gone.

Shine on forever.
Shine on benevolent son.

Shine down upon the broken.
Shine until the two become one.

Shine on forever.
Shine on benevolent son.

Shine on upon the severed.
Shine until the two become one.

Divided I'm withering away.

Divide and I'm withering away.

Shine on upon the many, light our way
Benevolent son.

Breathe in union.
Breathe in union.
Breathe in union.
Breathe in union.
Breathe in union.
So as one survive.
Another day and season.

Silence leeches, save your poison.
Silence leeches, stay out of my way.

[pert -5]

The Pot lyrics

Who are you to wave your finger?
Ya' must have been out your head.
Eye hole deep in muddy waters.
You practically raised the dead.

Rob the grave, to snow the cradle,
Then burn the evidence down.
Soapbox, house of cards, and glass,
So don't go tossin' your stones around!

You must have been high.
You must have been high.
You must have been...

Foot in mouth, and head up asshole,
Whatcha talkin' 'bout?
Difficult to dance 'round this one
'til you pull it out! Boy,

You must have been, so high.
You must have been, so high.

Steal, borrow, refer, save your shady inference.
Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent.

Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your...EYE!

When you pissed all over my black kettle
You must have been high, high
You must have been high, high

Who are you to wave your finger?
So full of it.
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Fuckin' hypocrite.

Liar, lawyer, mirror, show me:
What's the difference?

kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent.

NOW!!
You're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your high eye.
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You musta been!

So who are you to wave your finger?
Who are you to wave your fatty finger at me?
You must, have been, out your, mind!

Weepin' shades of indigo
Shed without a reason
Weepin' shades of indigo

Liar, lawyer,
Mirror for ya,
What's the difference?
kangaroo be stoned
He's guilty as the government

NOW!!
You're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your, eye!!
Eye!!

Now when you pissed all over my black kettle.
You musta been high, high, high, high.
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Your balls deep in muddy waters.
Ganja, please, you must have been out your Mind!!!!

[pert -5]

Schism lyrics
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I know the pieces fit cause I watched them fall away
Mildewed and smoldering, fundamental differing,
Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers souls in motion
Disintegrating as it goes testing our communication
The light that fueled our fire then has burned a hole between us so
We cannot see to reach an end crippling our communication.

I know the pieces fit cause I watched them tumble down
No fault, none to blame it doesn't mean I don't desire to
Point the finger, blame the other, watch the temple topple over
To bring the pieces back together, rediscover communication

The poetry that comes from the squaring off between,
And the circling is worth it
Finding beauty in the dissonance

There was a time that the pieces fit, but I watched them fall away
Mildewed and smoldering, strangled by our coveting
I've done the math enough to know the dangers of our second guessing
Doomed to crumble unless we grow, and strengthen our communication

Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion

Between supposed lovers
Between supposed lovers

And I know the pieces fit (x8)

[pert -5]

She's Leaving Home lyrics
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Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
Silently closing their bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside she is free.

She (We gave her most of our lives)
is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
home (We gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye

Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do this to me.

She (We never thought of ourselves)
is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
home (We struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye

Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor trade.

She (What did we do that was wrong)
is having (We didn't know it was wrong)
fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied
For so many years. Bye, bye
She's leaving home. Bye, bye

[pert -5]

Eulogy lyrics
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He had a lot to say.
He had a lot of nothing to say,
We'll miss him.
I'll miss him.

He had a lot to say.
He had a lot of nothing to say,
We'll miss him.
I'll miss him.
We're gonna miss him
We're gonna miss him

So long.
We wish you well.
You told us how you weren't afraid to die.
Well then, so long.
Don't cry
Or feel too down.
Not all martyrs see divinity,
But at least you tried.

Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice that was strong and loud.
We'll miss him.
We'll miss him.

Ranting and pointing his finger
At everything but his heart,
We'll miss him.
I'll miss him.
We're gonna miss him.
We're gonna miss him.

No way to recall
What it was that you had said to me,
Like I care at all.

But you were so loud.
You sure could yell.
You took a stand on every little thing
And so loud.

You could be the one who saves me from my own existence.

"I'm too smart when you're invisible by the bone and the symbol on you. So he bashes his skull through the window while over looking the sea. Twilight amber ego. We were amused by this"

Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice that was strong and loud and I
Swallowed his facade 'cause I'm so
Eager to identify with
Someone above the ground,
Someone who seemed to feel the same,
Someone prepared to lead the way, and
Someone who would die for me.

Will you? Will you now?
Would you die for me?
Don't you fuckin' lie.

Don't you step out of line.
Don't you step out of line.
Don't you step out of line.
Don't you fuckin' lie.

You've claimed all this time that you would die for me.
Why then are you so surprised when you hear your own
eulogy?

He had alot to say.
He had a lot of nothing to say.
He had a lot to say.
He had a lot of nothing to say.

Come down.
get off your fuckin' cross.
We need the fuckin' space to nail the next fool martyr.

To ascend you must die.
You must be crucified
For our sins and our lies.
Goodbye!!!

[pert -5]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07pLGIgyfjw[/youtube]

Stinkfist
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Something has to change.
Undeniable dilemma.
Boredom's not a burden
Anyone should bear.

Constant over stimulation numbs me,
But I would not want you
Any other way.

Just it's not enough,
I need more.
Nothing seems to satisfy.
I don't want it.
I just need it,
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.

Finger deep within the borderline,
Show me that you love me and that we belong together.
Relax. Turn around and take my hand.

I can help you change
Tired moments into pleasure.
Say the word and we'll be
Well upon our way.

Blend and balance,
Pain and comfort,
Deep within you
Till you will not want me any other way.

But it's not enough,
I need more.
Nothing seems to satisfy.
I don't want it,
I just need it,
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.

Knuckle deep inside the borderline,
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to.
Relax. Slip away.

Something kinda sad about
The way that things have come to be.
Desensitized to everything,
What became of subtlety?

How can this mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all?

I will keep digging till I feel something.

Elbow deep inside the borderline,
Show me that you love me and that we belong together.
Shoulder deep within the borderline,
Relax. Turn around and take my hand.

[TheSandman]

Tool is a great philosophical band, their lyrics are unique.

[pert -5]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8[/youtube]

Sober
--------
There's a shadow just behind me,
shrouding every step I take,
making every promise empty,
pointing every finger at me.
Waiting like a stalking butler
who upon the finger rests.
Murder now the path is must we
just because the son has come.

Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
something but the past and done? (x2)

Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start this over.
Why can't we dream forever?
I just want to start things over.

I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an imbecile.
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
I will find a center in you.
I will chew it up and leave,
I will work to elevate you
just enough to bring you down.

Mother Mary won't you whisper
something but the past and done. (x2)

Why can't we not be sober?
I Just want to start this over.
Why can't we sleep forever?
I Just want to start things over.

I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an imbecile.
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
I will find a center in you.
I will chew it up and leave.

Trust me. Trust me. Trust me. Trust me. Trust Me.

Why can't we not be sober?
I Just want to start things over.
Why can't we sleep forever?
I Just want to start this over.

I want what I want.
I want what I want.
I want what I want.
I want what I want.

[pert -5]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tja6_h4lT6A[/youtube]

Forty Six & 2
------------------
My shadow's
Shedding skin and
I've been picking
Scabs again
I'm down
Digging through
My old muscles
Looking for a clue

I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been
I've been wallowing in my own confused
And insecure delusions
For a piece to cross me over
Or a word to guide me in
I wanna feel the changes coming down.
I wanna know what I've been hiding in

My shadow
My shadow
Change is coming through my shadow
My shadow's shedding skin
I've been picking
My scabs again

I've been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could've been
I've been wallowing in my own chaotic
Insecure delusions

I wanna feel the change consume me,
Feel the outside turning in
I wanna feel the metamorphosis and
Cleansing I've endured in
My shadow
Change is coming
Now is my time

Listen to my muscle memory
Contemplate what I've been clinging to
Forty-six and two ahead of me

I choose to live and to
Grow, take and give and to
Move, learn and love and to
Cry, kill and die and to
Be paranoid and to
Lie, hate and fear and to
Do what it takes to move through

I choose to live and to
Lie, kill and give and to
Die, learn and love and to
Do what it takes to step through

See my shadow changing,
Stretching up and over me
Soften this old armor
Hoping I can clear the way
By stepping through my shadow,
Coming out the other side
Step into the shadow
Forty six and two are just ahead of me

[pert -5]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iXMhphebGI[/youtube]

H.
----
What's coming through is alive.
What's holding up is a mirror.
But what's singing songs is a snake
Looking to turn my piss to wine.

They're both totally void of hate,
But killing me just the same.

The snake behind me hisses
What my damage could have been.
My blood before me begs me
Open up my heart again.

And I feel this coming over like a storm again.
Considerately.

Venomous voice, tempts me,
Drains me, bleeds me,
Leaves me cracked and empty.
Drags me down like some sweet gravity.

The snake behind me hisses
What my damage could have been.
My blood before me begs me
Open up my heart again.

And I feel this coming over like a storm again now.
And I feel this coming over like a storm again now.

I am too connected to you
To slip away, fade away.
Days away I still feel you
Touching me, changing me,

Considerately killing me.
Considerately killing me.
Considerately killing me.
Considerately killing me.
Without the skin here,
Beneath the storm.
Under these tears now,
The walls came down.

And as the snake is drowned
And as I look in his eyes,
My fear begins to fade
Recalling all of those times.

I could have cried then.
I should have cried then.

And as the walls come down
And as I look in your eyes
My fear begins to fade
Recalling all of the times
I have died
and will die.
It's all right.
(I don't mind)
I don't mind.
I don't mind.
I don't mind.

I am too connected to you
To slip away, fade away.
Days away I still feel you
Touching me, changing me,

Considerately killing me.
Considerately killing me and
Considerately killing me.

[pert -5]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGdAz8xvcDA[/youtube]

Sweat
----------
Sweating and breathing
And staring and thinking
Sinking deeper and it's almost like I'm swimming.

Your sun is burning hot again
On the hunter and the fisherman,
And I'm trying to remember when,
But it makes me dizzy

Seems like I've been here before.
Seems so familiar.
Seems like I'm slipping
Into a dream within a dream.

It's the way you whisper.

The sun is setting cool again.
I'm the thinker and a fisherman
And I'm trying to remember when
But it makes me dizzy

And I'm sweating, and breathing,
And staring and thinking
And sinking
Deeper and it's almost like I'm swimming.

Seems like I've been here before.
Seems so familiar.
Seems like I'm slipping
Into a dream within a dream.
It's the way you whisper.
Drags me under,
Takes me home.

[stickels]

I have been a huge tool fan for years. Been my favorite band since 8th grade. I am suprised that nobody has posted lateralus lyrics. That is most likely their best song.

[SWM]

Lateralus by tool with some explanation about the composition of the music in relation to
The Fibonacci Spiral

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS7CZIJVxFY[/youtube]

[pert -5]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UokTE-njLRA[/youtube]

Pushit
--------
I saw the gap again today
While you were begging me to stay
Take care not to make me enter
If I do we both may disappear

Know that I will choke until I swallow...
Choke this in from here before me.
What is this but my reflection?
Who am I to judge or strike you down?

But you're
Pushing me, shoving me
Pushing me, shoving me
Pushing me, shoving me
Pushing me, shoving me

Pushing and shoving me
Pushing and shoving me
Pushing and shoving me
Pushing and shoving me

You still love me
You still love me
But you didn't think, pushit on me
You still love me
You still love me
But you didn't think, pushit on me

Rest your trigger on my finger,
Bang my head upon the fault line.
You better take care not to make me enter.
'Cause if I do we both may disappear.

But you're
Pushing pushing me
Pushing pushing me
Pushing and shoving me
Pushing and shoving me

You still love me
You still love me
But you didn't think, pushit on me
You're pushing and shoving me
Pushing and shoving me

I'm slipping back into the gap again.
I'm alive when you're touching me,
Alive when you're shoving me down.
Yeah

But I'd trade it all for just a little peace of mind.

Pushit on me
Pushit on me
Pushit on me
Pushit on me
Your pushing and shoving
And I'm scrambling
To keep my feet flat on the ground.

I am somewhere I don't wanna be: here.
Push me somewhere I don't wanna be.
Put me somewhere I don't wanna be.
Seeing someplace I don't wanna see.
Never wanna see that place again.

Saw that gap again today
While you were begging me to stay.
Managed to push myself away,
And you, as well...my dear.

If when I say I might fade like a sigh if I stay here,
You minimize my movement anyway,
I must persuade you another way.

Pushing and shoving and pushing and shoving, pushing me.

There's no love in fear.

Staring down the hole again
Hands are on my back again
Survival is my only friend
Terrified of what may come.

Remember I will always love you,
As I blow your fucking throat away.
It will end no other way.
It will end no other way.

[pert -5]

She's Leaving Home lyrics
--------------------------
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
Silently closing their bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching her handkerchief
Quietly turning the backdoor key
Stepping outside she is free.

She (We gave her most of our lives)
is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
home (We gave her everything money could buy)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye

Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown
Picks up the letter that's lying there
Standing alone at the top of the stairs
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly
How could she do this to me.

She (We never thought of ourselves)
is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
home (We struggled hard all our lives to get by)
She's leaving home after living alone
For so many years. Bye, bye

Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
Meeting a man from the motor trade.

She (What did we do that was wrong)
is having (We didn't know it was wrong)
fun (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
Something inside that was always denied
For so many years. Bye, bye
She's leaving home. Bye, bye

Oh, the irony.  Almost a year and a half! 
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Opiate
---------
Choices always were a problem for you
What you need is someone strong to guide you
Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow
What you need is someone strong to guide you
Like me, like me, like me, like me

If you want to get your soul to heaven, trust in me
Now don't judge or question
You are broken now, but faith can heal you
Just do everything I tell you to do

Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow,
What you need is someone strong to guide you
Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow
Let me lay my holy hand upon you

My God's will becomes me
When he speaks: he speaks through me
He has needs like I do
We both want to rape you

Jesus Christ, why don't you come save my life now?
Open my eyes, blind me with your light now
Jesus Christ, why don't you come save my life now?
Open my eyes, blind me with your light now

If you want to get your soul to heaven, trust in me
Now don't you judge or question
You are broken now, but faith can heal you
Just do everything I tell you to do

Jesus Christ, why don't you come save my life now?
Open my eyes, blind me with your light now
Jesus Christ, why don't you come save my life now?
Open my eyes, blind me with your light now

Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow,
Let me lay my holy hand upon you

My God's will becomes me
When he speaks, he speaks through me
He has needs like I do
We both want to rape you

[pert -5]

Undertow
--------------
Two times in!
I've been struck dumb by a voice that
Speaks from deep
Beneath the endless water
It's twice as clear as heaven,
Twice as loud as reason
Deep and rich like silt on a riverbed
And just as never ending
The current's mouth below me, opens up around me
Suggests and beckons all while swallowing
Surrounds and drowns and wipes me away

But I'm so comfortable... so comfortable...

Shut up shut up shut up shut up
You're saturating me
How could I let this bring me
Back to my knees?

Third time in!
I've been baptized by a voice that
Screams from deep beneath the cold black water
It's half as high as heaven
And half as clear as reason
It's cold and black like silt on a riverbed
And just as never ending
The current's mouth below me, opens up around me
Suggests and beckons all while swallowing
Surrounds and drowns and wipes me away

But I'm so comfortable... so comfortable...

Shut up shut up shut up shut up
You're saturating me
How could I let this happen?

Why don't you kill me,
I am weak and numb and insignificant,
How could I let this bring me back to my knees?

Euphoria
Euphoria
Euphoria
Euphoria

I'm back down
In the undertow
I'm helpless and awake
I'm in the undertow
I'll die beneath the undertow
There doesn't seem no other way out of the undertow

Euphoria

[pert -5]

The Patient
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A groan of tedium escapes me
Startling the fearful.
Is this a test?
It has to be.
Otherwise, I can’t go on.
Draining patience, drain vitality;
This paranoid, paralyzed vampire acts a little old.

But I’m still right here:
Giving blood, keeping faith.
And I’m still right here.

But I’m still right here:
Giving blood, keeping faith.
And I’m still right here.

Wait it out...
I’m gonna wait it out.
Wait it out.

If there were no rewards to reap,
No embrace to see me through,
This tedious path I’ve chosen here,
I certainly would’ve walked away, by now.

Gonna wait it out!

If there were no desire to heal,
The damaged and broken met along
This tedious path I’ve chosen here,
I certainly would’ve walked away, by now.

And I still may...
And I still may...

Be patient.

I must keep reminding myself of this...

If there were no rewards to reap,
No embrace to see me through,
This tedious path I’ve chosen here,
I certainly would’ve walked away by now.
And I still may
And I still may
And I still may
And I may...


Gonna wait it out.
Gonna wait it out.
Wait it out.
Gonna wait it out.

[pert -5]

Lateralus
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Black then white are all I see in my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be
Reaching out to me, lets me see

As below so above and beyond I imagine
Drawn beyond the lines of reason
Push the envelope, watch it bend

Over-thinking, over-analyzing,
Separates the body from the mind
Withering my intuition,
Missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines

Black then white are all I see in my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be,
Reaching out to me, lets me see
There is so much more and it beckons me to look through to these,
Infinite possibilities

As below so above and beyond I imagine,
Drawn outside the lines of reason
Push the envelope, watch it bend

Over-thinking, over-analyzing,
Separates the body from the mind
Withering my intuition, leaving opportunities behind

Feed my will to feel this moment,
Urging me to cross the line
Reaching out to embrace the random
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come

I embrace my desire to...
I embrace my desire to...
Feel the rhythm
To feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow,
To feel inspired,
To fathom the Power,
To witness the Beauty
To bathe in the Fountain

To swing on the spiral,
To swing on the spiral,
To swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human

With my feet upon the ground
I lose myself between the sounds and open wide to suck it in
I feel it move across my skin
I'm reaching up and reaching out
I'm reaching for the random, or whatever will bewilder me;
Whatever will bewilder me
And following our will and wind,
We may just go where no one's been
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been

Spiral out! Keep going.
Spiral out! Keep going.
Spiral out! Keep going.
Spiral out! Keep going.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism#As_above.2C_so_below

"The microcosm is oneself, and the macrocosm is the universe. The macrocosm is as the microcosm, and vice versa; within each lies the other, and through understanding one (usually the microcosm) you can understand the other." (From Wiki, above)