Tool Rocks! The Pot...

[SPKrazy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2F_hGwD26g
Tool - The Pot

Tool Pot Lyrics

Who are you to wave your finger?
You 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

Foot in mouth and head up ass
So whatcha talkin' 'bout?
Difficult to dance 'round this one
'til you pull it out. boy,

You must have been so high

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

Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
(Musta) got lemon juice up in your eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle.

You must have been high!

Who are you to wave your finger?
So full of it
Eye balls deep in muddy waters
F**kin' 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
(Musta) got lemon juice up in your eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle.

You must've been...

So who are you to wave your finger?
Who are you to wave your fatty fingers 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 you what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government.

Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
(Musta) got lemon juice up in your eye
Now when you pissed all over my black kettle.

You must've been high!

Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Ganja? P-lease!
You must have been out your mind

[Mary Tyler Moore]

1. The seed I planted...

has taken root!! My sweet, Lou or were you Rob?

I love this song, SPK, those lyrics are phenomenal.

I saw Tool twice this summer, and I LOVED it!

But you knew that didn't you.

[SPKrazy]

2. Tool Freak!

Mary Tyler Moore,

I think i do remember you saying you saw tool this summer. TWICE??!!!!

How are Rob and the little ones?



now where is Ted??? its time for the news!!!!!

:rofl:



:spray:

:rofl:

good to see you!

[Initech]

3. I saw Tool last week

Oh my fucking god - one of the most incredible shows I have ever seen live. When they played "The Pot", the audience was going fucking crazy!

[SPKrazy]

4. Wow!

I'd love to see them

love to see maynard go wild

[Initech]

7. Trust me - it's an experience

Tool's visuals are absolutely jaw-dropping. And their laser show is something that words cannot describe.

[SPKrazy]

9. id love to see them live

*sigh*

:hi:

[Initech]

13. Do it.

Tickets are a little on the pricey side (mine was $80 after Ticketbastard's fees) but it is worth every penny.

[bicentennial_baby]

22. it's truly unbelievable...

I saw them 3x on the Lateralus tour. The show a week after 9/11 was incredible...actually, they all were :D

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

26. Cool!

:hi:

[Initech]

46. I've been a Tool fan since AEnima came out.

I saw them once on the Lateralus tour - the last show of the tour in Long Beach. Then I saw them twice on the current tour - once at Staples Center and once at the Nokia Theater. All 3 times were simply fucking incredible. It's also a damn shame they work so slow - I'd love to see them put out another album in the next couple years.

[SPKrazy]

49. Wow...

that's a lot of tool :P

[SPKrazy]

53. kickin' it

for reality

[fizzgig]

5. i don't know that i've heard that song before

but the lyrics are good

i'll have to watch the vid when my computer isn't so grumpy x(

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

6. yeah!

it rocks

and it is

a pretty good video even though it isn't the official vid

that song is good

not my favorite, but very good!

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

11. the lyrics

are just right

:hi:

[porphyrian]

8. I'm listening to Parabola now.

I fucking love Tool.

[SPKrazy]

10. I love Parabola

This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment. Remember. we are eternal....Tool Parabola

love that line

used to be my sig line

:hi:

[porphyrian]

12. You've seen this, then...?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wS7CZIJVxFY

[SPKrazy]

14. no, but that is wild as hell

i love the song

but that video is an educational experience :woohoo:

fibonaci

amazing how the song is analyzed

very cool

thanks

:hi:

[porphyrian]

15. It blew my mind when my friend sent it to me.

Damn scientists...

;)

[SPKrazy]

16. really

interesting that the lyrics are written in that style

genius in a way

[XemaSab]

19. Too cool...

:D

[porphyrian]

20. And I don't even like math.

;)

[SPKrazy]

50. isn't it though

that whole thing is well, amazing :P

[Kat45]

17. So that's what he's singing...

I've heard that song a lot and the only line I ever deciphered is "you must've been high." I like the song, but as I read the lyrics my reaction is "huh?" Everyone here is talking about what great lyrics they are, but they make no sense whatsoever to me. What am I missing?

[SPKrazy]

25. i dunno

they make sense to me

but

it is not just straightforward lyrics,

:hi:

[porphyrian]

37. I'll take a stab at it.

First, I have no idea if I'm right or not, or even if there is a right answer. Good art requires the audience to bring part of the meaning. Anyway, here's my interpretation - it's about the hypocrisy of the "war on drugs." It's from the point of view of someone of my generation (X, which is where the band members fall, I think) or possibly younger calling out the Boomers-in-charge for going along with the propaganda and draconian punishments for drug users when they fucking know better and are just as guilty. "The pot" can then be either a reference to the drug, with the "the" being a kind of funny stab at people who aren't cool talking about it, or to the phrase "the pot calling the kettle black," which refers to the hypocrisy of one person pointing out another for something of which they themselves are guilty. Or, I could be completely wrong (though not high, I'm out).

Or, I could just be trying to start an intergenerational feud.
:evilgrin:

[Kat45]

38. Thank you for taking your stab.

That's an interesting take on it. You could be right, I don't know; as I said, I could make no sense of it at all. I thank you for your effort in trying to help me understand the song. Of course, I'm not of the X generation--I'm a boomer--so that might contribute to my not being able to make sense of the lyrics. :D

[porphyrian]

39. No problem. Like I said, that's just my interpretation.

More importantly, I think they like to make people think. They certainly don't seem to suffer stupid people in some of their other lyrics. Maybe the right interpretation is simply the one you thought about.

[SPKrazy]

40. I think you are right about this

"the pot calling the kettle black," which refers to the hypocrisy of one person pointing out another for something of which they themselves are guilty.

and you could be right about the war on drugs, it certainly has been a failure of the tune of 500 billion dollars and no reduction in the use of drugs at all.

:shrug:

[porphyrian]

41. I might just be thinking about drugs too much.

:evilgrin:

[SPKrazy]

48. mebbe

:shrug:

:rofl:

[RedCappedBandit]

18. I. Love. TOOL!!!

I've been to every concert in New York since they've been touring again. Wooo ! I even missed one to take a nice visit to the ER once! heh..

[SPKrazy]

24. Wow!!!

a super tool fan

:woohoo:

:thumbsup:

[RedCappedBandit]

43. Did you see the new Vicarious video yet?

[SPKrazy]

45. no, got a link?

[RedCappedBandit]

51. Yup!

edit: better link.. http://youtube.com/watch?v=kk6Yay0jLYg&feature=related

[SPKrazy]

52. i have seen that before

very cool

:thumbsup:

[hellbound-liberal]

21. As a child of the 70s, I have always felt that that was the premier decade for Rock music

but I don't know any band from the 70s that stretches the boundaries like Tool. I am in awe of Maynard James Keenan's songwriting skills and imagination. Thanks for posting this.

[SPKrazy]

23. i know

i am in the same boat, but he is a genius i think, and fun to watch (only in videos so far :( )

:hi:

[Strawman]

27. I like Maynard James Keenan's other band, Puscifer

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BY5in8JY0ao

[SPKrazy]

31. OMG!

:rofl: :rofl:

[Elidor]

36. I was just going to post that

It's my favorite song.

I fucked Randy Travis with a 12-inch plastic toy.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

47. Yes!

[SPKrazy]

54. that song is a hoot!

:rofl:

[redqueen]

28. Yeah... they're way up there.

Seen them a few times... one of the best live acts around.

[SPKrazy]

29. ah, i'm jealous

i want to see them live

[redqueen]

30. It's very much worth the price...

however, I hope you have a high tolerance for assholes.

They seem to attract a lot of those.

[SPKrazy]

32. meh

i still post i the lounge :P

i can imagine though they prolly do

[SteppingRazor]

33. Flame on!

Tool is pretentious art rock for people who don't understand pretentious art rock.

:popcorn:

[RedCappedBandit]

42. Oh no you di'int...

:mad: :argh: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :grr:

[SteppingRazor]

44. .

:rofl:

Love the all-smiley response. Pictures really are worth a thousand words. ;)

[ceile]

34. I absolutely hate that song.

I think it's the worst they've ever put out.

[SPKrazy]

35. okay

:shrug: