Tools new CD

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OOOOOOOOO the new Tool really kicks ass..That is if you like them they are kind of wierd at times and may not be everyones cup of tea..The first song is 7 mins long and the average song length is 6 mins..One song is over 11 mins..

Anyone bought it yet? what do you think???

Vicarious is s such a great song..lol

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 the poison in his tea
and he kissed her goodbye"
That's my kind of story
It's no fun til someone dies

Don't look me at 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 cryin,
"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 us the story so
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 fallin' down
[Drown on grave and ground / ?? grave ??]

Part vampire
Part warrior
Carnivore and voyeur
Still have the
[transmittal, sing / transmitter, sing / trance, mental sync]
to the death rattle

La, la, la, la, la, la, la-lie (x4)

[Incredulous / Credulous] at best
Your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men.
But pull your head on out
[Your head please / ??] 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.
 
I agree Maynard is the man.... I plan on buying Tool's CD come payday.
 
Dig deeper

Look into what relevance 10000 days has to MJK. It ties a lot of things together from the other CD's including the APC ones. It can give you goosebumps!
 
Albert said:
Look into what relevance 10000 days has to MJK. It ties a lot of things together from the other CD's including the APC ones. It can give you goosebumps!

hmm what do you mean by that?
 
Well APC's Judith is about Maynard's MOM who had a stroke. There are 2 songs on the 10,000 days CD about his moms death.. Maynards mom died in 2003 approx 10,000 days after she had the stroke. Wings for Marie (part 1) and 10,000 days (wings pt. 2) are the songs about his mom after she died. I think they all tie in and really hit home. Tool is a thinking mans band and Maynard is a genius.



Judith
from APC
You're such an inspiration
for the ways that I will never ever choose to be.
Oh, so many ways for me to show you how your
savior has abandoned you.
**** your God, your Lord, your Christ.
He did this, took all you had, and
left you this way still you pray never stray never
taste of the fruit you never thought to question why.

It's not like you killed someone.
It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side.
Pray for one who left you broken down and paralyzed.
He did it all for you.

Oh, so many ways for me to show you how your
dogma has abandoned you.
Pray to your Christ, to your God.
Never taste of the fruit, never stray, never break.
Never choke on the lie, even though he's the one
who did this to you, you never thought to question why.

It's not like you killed someone.
It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side.
Talk to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why.
He did it all for you.


Wings for MARIE-TOOL
You...
You believed ...
You believed in moments [none could see / God conceived]
You believed in me

A passionate spirit
Uncompromised
Boundless and open [??] A light in your eyes that
[?? / Could end all lies]

[Vacant / Broken], broken
Fell at the hands of this moment so that I wouldn't see
It was you who prayed for me so
What have I done
To be a son to an angel?
What have I done
To be worthy?

Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescence
Difficult to see you in this light
Please forgive this selfish question, but
What am I to say to all these ghouls tonight
She never told a lie,
... well might have told a lie,
But never lived one.

Didn't have a life
Didn't have a life
But surely saved one
So I'm alright
Now it's time for us to let you go.



10,000 DAYS-TOOL

Listen to the tales and romanticize,
How we follow the path of the hero.
Boast about the day when the rivers overrun.
How we rise to the height of our halo.

Listen to the tales as we all rationalize
Our way into the arms of the savior,
Fading all the trials and the tribulations,
None of us have actually been there,
Not like you.

Ignorant fibbers in the congregation,
Gather around spewing sympathy,
Spare me.
None of them can even hold a candle up to you.
Blinded by choices, hypocrites won't [seek / see].

But, enough about the collective Judas.
Who could deny you were the one who
[would have made it, / illuminated]
You'll have a piece of the divine.

This little light of mine, the gift you passed on to me;
I'll let it shine, to guide you safely on your way,
Your way home ...

Oh, what are they going to do when the lights go down
Without you to guide them all to Zion?
What are they going to do when the rivers overrun
Other than tremble incessantly?

High as a wave, but I'll rise on up off the ground.
You [are / were] the light and the way, they'll only read about.
I only pray, [Heaven / God] knows when to lift you out.
Ten thousand days in the fire is long enough, you're going home.

You're the only one who can hold your head up high,
Shake your fists at the gates saying:
"I have come home now!
Fetch me the spirit, the son, and the father
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.
It's time now!
My time now!
Give me my, give me my wings!"

Give me my wings!

You are the light and way, that they will only read about.

Set as I am in my ways and my arrogance,
Burden of proof tossed upon the believers.

You were [the / my] witness, my eyes, my evidence,
Judith Marie, unconditional one.

Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescence.
Difficult to see you in this light.
Please forgive this bold suggestion:
Should you see your Maker's face tonight,
Look Him in the eye, look Him in the eye, and tell Him:
I never lived a lie, never took a life, but surely saved one.
Hallelujah, it's time for you to bring me home.
 
wow, ok, now i understand.

Judith always confused me. i liked it, but confusing, now it makes much more sense.
 
You can tie in Jimmy from Aenima to it all, too. MJK's real name is James Herbert Keenan, so there's Jimmy ... Look at the lyrics:

Jimmy

What was it like to see
The face of your own stability
Suddenly look away
Leaving you with the dead and hopeless?
Eleven and she was gone.
Eleven is when we waved good-bye.
Eleven is standing still,
Waiting for me to free him
By coming home.
Moving me with a sound.
Opening me within a gesture.
Drawing me down and in,
Showing me where it all began,
Eleven.
It took so long to realize that
You hold the light that's been leading me back home.
Under a dead ohio sky,
Eleven has been and will be waiting,
Defending his light,
And wondering...
Where the hell have I been?
Sleeping, lost, and numb.
So glad that I have found you.
I am wide awake and heading home.
Hold your light,
Eleven.
Lead me through each gentle step by step
by inch by loaded memory.
I'll move to heal
As soon as pain allows so we can
Reunite and both move on together.
Hold your light,
Eleven. Lead me through each gentle step by step
By inch by loaded memory
'till one and one are one, eleven,
So glow, child, glow.
I'm heading back home.

His mother had her stroke when he was ELEVEN.
 
10,000 days = ~27 years = the length of time in which his mom (maybe stepmom???) had to live after a stroke leaving her paralyzed
 
I love this album. Tool has always had a TON of meanings buried deep within they're songs. Lateralus, Aenima, Opiate, Salvial, Undertow......they all are a little different as the band itself has defined its sound through the years. Still i think the dedication to Maynards mom was really cool. I LOVE every song on the album except for track 11....its just noise.
 
Breeegz said:

me too me too

the 3d glasses give me a headache sometimes though haha

10,000 days was the first Tool album I ever purchased.. I'm going to have to go back and buy the previous albums to see what I missed out on.
 
Laterlus, undertow, and AEnima... in that order
 
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