Thats how i got my ex to beat the shit out of me by whipping me with her fishing pole & bashing me in the nuts with the reel. Cold Silence works great.
It's also about the alchemical principle of the primordial androgyne, the communication between mind and matter, the recombination of opposites, the sexes. Res Bina, Rebis, Hermaphrodite. Jakin and Bohas /Jachin and Boaz/, Mercury and Sulphur. The Androgyne or Hermaphrodite, the pillars, the Res Bina, signify the prerequisite to the creation of the Great Work.
No, It's about LEGO!. "I know the pieces fit cuse i watched them fall away", "I know the pieces fit because i watched them tumble down", Hello! How about, It's just a cool song that we all like?
The video has a very alchemical and/or esoteric background to it, there was this whole text written about it, I will link to it if I find it again, but basically the woman is mind and the man is the body, they must be one in order to "square the circle". To square the circle is an idiom which originated from alchemy, it basically means to perfect something. The whole video focuses on what both mind and body do before they become one in the very end. Edit: This is one of the best explanations btw if you are interested diginterpretations.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/schism-by-tool/
My dad would crank this jam to full blast in his "green turd" truck. And we'd just drive. I lost him two weeks ago. This song will always be a piece of him in my heart. "I'll see you later man."
I first heard this song and the line “I know the pieces fit because I watched them fall away” when I was in a really tough time of my life and very young, so I had always thought that the meaning of this song was about a broken soul in a broken person. Now reading the lyrics and comments here, I see it’s about a broken relationship. Still, this idea of one’s internal brokenness really resonated with me then and now, so the song I guess will always mean that to me. “I know the pieces fit” yelled angrily over and over at the end was like a rallying cry for me to come back to oneness within and to heal, making me believe that with enough willpower I might be able to reform. And for me, eventually, I did.
I always thought similarly. I ,of course can see the relationship torn view intended, but I still feel as if it was our own person becoming changed and removed from the perfected self that we had been. I always felt that if our own pieces would fall away, then the us we were meant to be would be lost and the inner being would be significantly lessened and desperate to become truly whole again. Dang! Music can be so many things that I'm sure even the writing hadn't even seen as possible.
It's actually a heartfelt piece about how a relationship erodes over time and communication breaks down, and the urge to tear it all apart and throw it away at times, when all your soul really wants is to make things whole and well again, and to reestablish the understanding you once shared.
I love the way you described the feeling the song gives. The eradication of the modern relationship due to both individuals lack of understanding what the other really wants.
All 4 of these guys could be successful solo artists, but luckily for us they decided to play music together. Incredible just doesn't say enough about the overall talent of every individual member of Tool.
Born in '73. Hard/metal fan, just discovered tool. A bit unsettling at first but realizing the beauty of these rhythms, growing on me big time, coming back daily to listen/discover 😊😊
Born in '70. Been passionate with tool in my soul since early 90s. But, it took almost four to six months casually hearing it before I became what I am now because of it's depth and lyrical perfection. It's as if the DNA i have has intertwined with the tool double helix. I wish you joy and emotions that are purely framed within you as you become an opened soul that is what Tool can seem to be a part of. Enjoy your journey! Try A Perfect Circle also maybe the other too. Tool has spread their gifts and each band plays a part in different times of my life
The old Tool videos alone are goosebump-worthy, even without the music. There is so much talent in the designs, the choreography, lights, practical effects. Those videos were one-of-a-kind. I wish there were more.
I typically tell people not to watch the videos at first, nor even live performances, as great as they are. Too distracting. Just the music, and if you must, have the lyrics to hand.
@@joshshrum2764 I respect it. Haha. I mean, there really is zero denying they are about as amazing as god allows. It’s about what moved me. If it’s purely sound then you can’t get better than Dream Theater. But they do lack any soul to me. Unless I’m on mushrooms. But not anymore. Therefore.
they started a lot of glorious fucking around with polyrhythmy in this album.. though there were moments of it in earlier music, this is when it landed front and center.
I remember when this song debuted on MTV. I was sitting in my buddies living room while he was getting ready. They announce the debut of this song. I was only a very casual Tool fan at the time. By the time it ended I though "holy shit, this is going to be massive!" one of those random vivid memories. Thanks music!
Back when Mtv actually played videos. And it wasn't all mainstream yet. I'm so old I remember when late night Mtv would play "X-rated" versions of popular videos
The poetry of this song is so eloquent and precise for describing the deterioration of relationships (of any kind really). It’s perfection. Every time I hear it I can relive any break up. It’s a masterpiece. Where once the pieces fit, through lack of communication and a crumbling of compassion they no longer do. Isn’t that the truth?
It is indeed a sad truth. I'm in it right now and trying to explain to my partner as to why it's happening, but it feels like he only wants to dig a deeper hole and keep on blaming. :/ What can I do?
Yup. Just got over with a relationship with an incredible gal, and at the end is was just like the last verse on the song. After all was said and done All I could do was to remember this song and laugh like a maniac.
Listening to Tool for the first time here. They just popped up on TH-cam. I’ve got to say this is the first time in a long while music has truely grabbed my attention. This is good. 😊
Why must thou laugh in the face of curiosity and anger? To cast by thy name shall set us unto thee atmosphere of inner senses. Thy must not speak of the truth, Aristotle taught, but thou must speak by thy's name rather than thy's thighs. Truth is only truth if truth is a truthfully truthful truth. Sad days begoneth, sadly thou shall not cast away what thy's mother has engulfed; as this act contributes to the melancholy of inner sense. In modern times, the only thing thou must be concerned with, is the.. erm.. width of thy's belly; as a hugeth belly could possibly awaken thou. Thou is an entity not known to thy but not known to thou or thigh either. The art of reason is not within reason, as reasonable reason would not be reasonably reasonable, but rather unreasonably unreasonable, and thou does not beg to differ from thy's thighs. One could only imagine a possibility of a rather unreasonable reason to reason with unreason; thou must start the next ice age! Speaking of ice age, thy must not speak of ice; as the only ice of reason is that of thy's thighs. Why art thou not a tool, but rather a weapon? Thy must consider a "weapon" a tool; as weapons are known to begoneth of untools, but thy must understand that the weapon must not disposeth of thy's thighs; but the weapon must only be used to begoneth of thou's pet uncle. Using thy's weapon with intentions of disposing of thy's thighs shall only be viewed as unreasonably unreasonable reason.
This album got me through such a crazy time I was deep in addiction and living in a car but we had this cd we would listen to every night it's been a long time since I have listened to any Tool I saw them live in NC and will never forget it iam 7 years sober and doing great very thankful for the little things wonderful artist 🙏🖤
My ex was obsessed with this band. After I finally sat down and listened to them I feel like I understand her better … truly awesome band without a doubt one of the Greatest !
@@cicolas_nage ehh, I've got a restraining order against her and weed eases my mind a bit. Still get an unfortunate amount of flashbacks, but aye she'll be aight mate
Hello lovely !Thank you very much for your love and support over the years, we appreciate every effort and we love you wholeheartedly. Send us a mail contactustool@gmail.com
I was too young to appreciate the serious artistry at work here. It was just a catchy riff at the time. Now as an old man, I can appreciate the genius.
My step-dad introduced me to Tool about a year or 2 before he passed. Everytime I hear this song I think about that crazy mf. Miss you man, see you in heaven some day.
so sorry for your loss. It is a really great song. Sorry I'm almost 65 and my husband of 40 yeas died almost 7 years ago and my dad died when I was 16. The video is a bit creepy but I do love the music.
Of course tool has been doing magic way since then I was there I know it 😜just turned 51 and still love them the same I don't think my generation knows how to grow old it was generation X after all😏❤️
Yeah well Undertow is almost 30 years old. I remember Sober being on this channel on tv where you could order a song and wait for them to play it. It was the first time I ever heard it and I was amazed. I think it was the same year that Nirvana came out with Nevermind. It was a really good year for music. The year prior?… Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer.
The essential parts of building a healthy relationship is communication along with intimacy,open mindedness, honesty and trust. Tool seems to explore on these things in many of their songs. I love it. This reality of life and love.
Well said. Um...like...way easier said than done. I definetly have seen , done, the wrong ways. Think I'm bout done with them. Now if only to find her on the same page, book, fucking galaxy!
“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 I know the pieces fit”
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 seem 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 I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit
@@diogeneslantern18 I'd argue the most pretentious crap is your contrarian approach in what is essentially a tool circlejerk, under a tool song, replying to a tool shill.
[The Lyrics] Schism I know the pieces fit 'cause I watched them fall away Mildewed and smoldering, fundamental differing Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lover's 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 I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit I know the pieces fit
Paradice, i've liked this song ever since I first heard it, years ago. Being able to finally understand the lyrics, because of you, the true greatness of the song really hit me. The full impact of that, since I've *lived* this song, especially the 3rd to last stanza, hit me so hard that I was too stunned to communicate my gratitude to you for supplying the lyrics.
actually copyrights are put into place the moment something is put into a finalized, reproduced form. you don't need to go through the government or anything. look it up.
Tool, Chevelle, Deftones to name a few just bring out this sense of well being. There’s nothing happening around, I’m just enjoying this incredible creation. My family, friends, hockey, backpacking, and music are the only things that bring this incredible piece of mind to me!
This song still blows me away. I remember being a young paratrooper buying this album the day it released from the Fayetteville Best Buy and driving around the Ft Bragg, NC area enough to listen to it three times. Love it! Airborne!
The lyrics are far more deeper and beautiful. Relationships tend to fall apart due to lack of communication. Which comes from anger, resentment, blaming the other and ultimately giving up due to no longer giving effort. Which is sad bc they could've saved it, bc there was really love. "I know the pieces fit cause I watched them fall apart, due to crumble unless we rediscover communication" I fkn worship tool.
Seer - a person endowed with profound moral and spiritual insight or knowledge; a wise person or sage who possesses intuitive powers. Maynard James Keenan.
The human connection is a symbiotic relationship of communication not a straight line, but a circle. The failure is not a disconnection of feeling but speaking the"truth"dwelling in the past and not living in the present.
Born in 83. My mom, 53. She’s since passed in 2013. But I will never forget. Going through the cassettes in the old school Bronco. Tool! Get the TOOL cassette! She says, don’t ever forget TORRYE, we are all just a fool for TOOL!! :,)
Spiritual yes, enlightenment no. Spiritual enslavement more like it. Schism only serves to separate you from God and embrace the gospel of demons aka aliens
For me it’s the musical k-hole to externally represent my internally chaotic mind, which has a very calming effect as silence and traditionally viewed tranquility is exhausting and blaringly loud. But this music is so relaxing to my mind.
Now let's get deep. Tool’s Schism isn’t your typical there’s nae cliché “boo-hoo, they left me” pish. It’s raw, cerebral, and forces ye to confront the bigger picture. The song dissects the collapse of communication, the chasm that opens between two people when understanding crumbles. It’s no just about love - it’s about human connection itself. Schism reminds us that a breakup isn’t always a single, dramatic moment; it’s the slow erosion of something sacred. The lyrics, “I know the pieces fit,” hit like a gut punch. They’re nae lament - they’re a desperate acknowledgement of what’s been lost and a yearning for what might never be rebuilt. This is how breakups should be written about. Not as some self-pitying drivel but as the visceral tearing of two intertwined lives. It’s the art of a breakup, peeling back the emotional layers, makin' you feel the pain but also seein’ the beauty in the breakdown. A Tool-style breakup song makes ye think, makes ye bleed a bit inside. It’s nae just for wallowing - it’s for confronting the mess, the complexity, the fuckin’ humanity of it all Now that's fuckin deep
I'm 46 years old, I know a lot about music, I've listened to everything there is, all genres of music, I'm a big fan of Metallica, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Faith No More, and a lot of electronic music, from Jazz, Drum n Bass, Bands like Massive Attack, Stero MCs, Depeche Mode and I won't go on because I could do it until tomorrow. It's interesting that I knew about Tool all the time and it's one of the few bands I never heard or gave them a chance. I listen to Fear Inoculum since the first day when it came out, I haven't moved away from it.. Until 10 days ago when I decided to listen to the other albums while walking on the street or in the countryside.. What I want to say is that I was speechless by the quality of the rhythms, passionate and infectious riffs and of course the technique and production itself. I want to say that regardless of the lost time, I am so happy and excited that at the age of 46 I have the privilege of listening to Tool as my dearest music that accompanies me day by day even in my dreams, I am totally obsessed with music ..Absolute perversion and art.. Now of course my mission is to transfer my experience to everyone who does not know the miracle called Tool.. Thank you life!
Love Tool. I fell in love with the technical time signatures on the drumming when i first heard them. Now i have seen them live, i fell in love with the psychedelic back drop video they have running throughout the gig. Love them.
This song communicates to that part of you that you never notice. The subconscious bit that determines your reactions and decisions. You can actually feel the relationship Maynard is talking about in the music and lyrics without being able to describe your thoughts in any kind of explicit detail
4:35 mark and beyond...I'll never forget hearing this song for the first time and that part of the song just hitting my soul. I replayed that part a few times, had the volume up on my CD player..I was living with my 65 year old aunt at the time and her bedroom was directly above where I was playing this song. I came upstairs a little while later and the first thing she said to me was "whatever you were playing downstairs earlier was absolutely beautiful..what is it?" I told her it was a Tool song and album. She really liked it. Also in my sophomore year of highschool I had a friend that had never really listened to Tool, I gave them my Lateralus cd to borrow and told them to go home and listen to the whole thing They came back to school the next day, looked almost dazed and told me that album was life changing. It truly is.
@@beezybeez7231 That's a awesome recommendation! Just heard the song and it blew my mind. Love that type of music. One Way Trip to the Sun by Ditch and Eclipse by Arenna has a same stoner vibe ✨️
As a young girl growing up in what seemed like a hopeless situation, trying to navigate the intricacies of life... I latched onto Tool after hearing them on my local rock station. Little did I know that they would be instrumental in my discovery of more than the status quo! They helped open my eyes to a world in which I was not a victim, a world in which I could take control and never settle. I sit here as a 32 year old whom has achieved so much and again, am amazed at how this song can have a new meaning for me now as I attempt to join my being with another. Tool truly transcends time with their words and significance and I look forward to seeing what new truths I discover in their music when I'm nearing the end of my life. :)
This used to be constantly on MTV2 in the mornings back then... My routine was to watch the whole thing then I'd be out the door for school.. Along with mudvayne, incubus, alien ant farm, good ole 2001.. pre 9/11 summer.
Remember, I think the channel G2 or MTV2 would make music videos for current popular music but instead they would use current popular video games? I remember seeing one for MCRs I'm not ok, it was hilarious. Wish I remembered the title...
"Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion...between supposed lovers" That's writting lyrics. Period. In case you want to listen a new band, we just released our first EP for free download. It's more rock vibe, but there's a metal vibes hidden All the best! And TOOL forever!
" I've done the math enough to know, the danger of our second guessing. Doomed to crumble unless we grow, and strengthen our communication". Love it.❤ Thank you Maynard .
The best thing about Tool, imho, is how unique their sound is. There has never been a band that sounds like this, and there most likely will never be again.
@@customkiller0107 of course you Would need some form of schooling or at least learning music first hand to even really notice or see it for what it truly is.
@Akilleus Before Tool uploaded their own video, I remember the video for this that was posted to TH-cam had that "MTV Buzz-worthy" logo in the upper corner.
@@DarkenedSilhouette I'm stoned, so this might not make sense lol. I think the two beings in the video are trying to figure out reproduction. By the end, they figure it out, but since humas are kind of garbage, the fire is a representation of us.
I was in middle school and used to stay up watching MTV and the commercials late night for the album were snippets of this video and it would always spook the shit outta me.
Jan 2024 I am 60 and saw my 1st TOOL show lat night..WTF. How did I never experience them before now? Some said you don’t find TOOL they find YOU! 🎶🤟🏻 Last night was nothing short of a mind blowing journey. I am on the bus ride.
Cold silence has A tendency to Atrophy any Sense of compassion Between supposed lovers Between supposed lovers Maybe my favorite part of any song ever.. chills every time
The precision and musical communication between the members of Tool are other worldly. Only ever saw them once at Ozzfest 2001 in Milton Keynes where a trance like state came over the audience
How TooL is not in the rock and roll hall of fame is totally fucking beyond my comprehension. There is no other band that has their sound. They are unique like no other. Best. Band. Everrrrr...
Cus they suck. Most overrated band ever. Literally a thousand metal/rock bands better than them. Only people that say they are goodi s because you're a sheep. losers.
I had a dream I started flying, then I drowned (in the air still), then I was birthed from the sun into an apartment building. What is that supposed to mean?
I first heard this in 2001 when I was 15. I was in the kitchen and had the radio on XFM (London) and I just stopped what I was doing and listened. Never heard anything like it and been a fan since.
Same here. Was 16 in alabama. It was the commercial on mtv advertising the premier of the album. The beat was so different I bought the album blindly because this was the strangeness in music I never knew I was lookin for.
Hello lovely !Thank you very much for your love and support over the years, we appreciate every effort and we love you wholeheartedly. Send us a mail contactustool@gmail.com
5:10 his voice is so beautifully hurt, having been through the hardest side of relationships that part ruins me emotionally its incredible the whole song is just an utter masterpiece
Saw them in 2001 and 2002 on the Lateralus tour. They had the two alien folk come out on stage during this song, walking and swinging the heads like the video. It was wild!
The way I feel when I listen to Tool is beyond understanding. It can’t be explained, there are no words. Same shivers, same goosebumps and it’s been like that for more than 20 years. Everything around me just stops existing when I listen to them. It’s just me, the whole of me, the real me.
Now that's the way you articulate. Talk about communication...you conveyed that exquisitely. I normally give people hell on here for the stupid pretentious garbage they spew. Not you. Good shit. Bravo
Reading so many commenters completely confused, baffled and sadly ultimately dismissive of all the juicy aesthetic meaning of the video that I wanna throw my 2 cents in. To many the video is purely abstract, but I see it as quite relevant to the message. The whole concept of the song is about COMMUNICATION and how the pitfalls of it breaking down can tear apart relationships (Miscommunication=Schism). Starts out with the creature's feet sinking in the ground below them, and appearing somewhere else upside down like "wormhole quicksand"; as if, your foundation has disappeared and your center of gravity is completely off. Then one of the creatures is seen attempting to almost "write" using the other creatures head as their pen/pencil (as if they were imposing their views on the other). It gets so bad that we go into the EAR (the listening tool) and inside the blood of the creature we see small "cancer-like" creatures. They come out into the real world (inner fear manifesting outward) and torment their previous hosts with their BIG MOUTHS (speaking tool) biting, clinging, as if "if we can't figure out how to communicate properly, its gonna come back to bite us". Then it all ends with the nightmarish shot of the 2 creatures blended into 1, as if maybe that's what it looks like when communication really fails and people become co-dependent and cant get out of it; unlike when the pieces really FIT. ....just my surreal interpretation. Do with it what you will. I LOVE all of their videos, LOTS to chew, digest and communicate about.
cam0techunks Well, yea, I have fun also when I’m creating any kind of art with a good budget. Art is fun. Why wouldn’t it also be fun to analyze art? It is for me.
@@g.danielvelazquez7494 you're probably right, but do you expect every audience understand the "art"? most of those who dnt understand will see the fun/ weird side of it. that's probably normal. if you understand the art side of it, good. but if your able to understand both side of the equation, then much better😉 and yeah. i didn't stumbled here for nothing, i too dig tool and bored with today's music scene😁. i see a lot of these fun side comments they're mostly from kids who didnt get to know the music scene of our time. just let them be
"Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion."
Truth absolute.
"BETWEEEEN SUPPOOOOSED LOVEEEERS!"
My favourite line....
Bender is a fan of Tool?!
Thats how i got my ex to beat the shit out of me by whipping me with her fishing pole & bashing me in the nuts with the reel. Cold Silence works great.
@@SKYNET9er AGAHAHA
This song is about two hard headed egos who can’t grow together, until they communicate. Communication is the answer to the schism.
No it’s a safety seminar on why acid is bad
It's also about the alchemical principle of the primordial androgyne, the communication between mind and matter, the recombination of opposites, the sexes. Res Bina, Rebis, Hermaphrodite. Jakin and Bohas /Jachin and Boaz/, Mercury and Sulphur. The Androgyne or Hermaphrodite, the pillars, the Res Bina, signify the prerequisite to the creation of the Great Work.
No, It's about LEGO!. "I know the pieces fit cuse i watched them fall away", "I know the pieces fit because i watched them tumble down", Hello!
How about, It's just a cool song that we all like?
The video has a very alchemical and/or esoteric background to it, there was this whole text written about it, I will link to it if I find it again, but basically the woman is mind and the man is the body, they must be one in order to "square the circle". To square the circle is an idiom which originated from alchemy, it basically means to perfect something. The whole video focuses on what both mind and body do before they become one in the very end.
Edit: This is one of the best explanations btw if you are interested diginterpretations.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/schism-by-tool/
@@kayyumamcaoglu8671 yeah, so, what I said.
My dad would crank this jam to full blast in his "green turd" truck.
And we'd just drive.
I lost him two weeks ago. This song will always be a piece of him in my heart.
"I'll see you later man."
We love you man, may your father rest in peace and be always in your heart. Hang in there.
Keep on rockin man 🤘🏼
God bless you, your dad, the green turd and the way a great piece of music can bring solace in this world. RIP pop and peace be with you my man❤
You’re more than likely making that mf proud. Also fun fact we’re all going to be okay
Crank iT. The pieces will fit.
I first heard this song and the line “I know the pieces fit because I watched them fall away” when I was in a really tough time of my life and very young, so I had always thought that the meaning of this song was about a broken soul in a broken person. Now reading the lyrics and comments here, I see it’s about a broken relationship. Still, this idea of one’s internal brokenness really resonated with me then and now, so the song I guess will always mean that to me. “I know the pieces fit” yelled angrily over and over at the end was like a rallying cry for me to come back to oneness within and to heal, making me believe that with enough willpower I might be able to reform. And for me, eventually, I did.
I always thought similarly. I ,of course can see the relationship torn view intended, but I still feel as if it was our own person becoming changed and removed from the perfected self that we had been. I always felt that if our own pieces would fall away, then the us we were meant to be would be lost and the inner being would be significantly lessened and desperate to become truly whole again. Dang! Music can be so many things that I'm sure even the writing hadn't even seen as possible.
It's actually a heartfelt piece about how a relationship erodes over time and communication breaks down, and the urge to tear it all apart and throw it away at times, when all your soul really wants is to make things whole and well again, and to reestablish the understanding you once shared.
Incredibly well put
I love the way you described the feeling the song gives. The eradication of the modern relationship due to both individuals lack of understanding what the other really wants.
Was looking for this comment. I'm inexperienced in the Tool world, but's that's the same feeling I get with the meaning behind the song.
That's literally the best example of how to interpret this wonderful work of art.
I didn't know the meaning behind the lyrics. Hmmm!
435 years old and still jamming out to this treasure! Thanks tool!
Its hard to tell where the bots end, and the NPC's start.
No idea what compells people to post someone else's comment for meaningless internet clout.
@@The_Noticer. my penis hurts
@@The_Noticer.I see you’ve noticed that as well.
@@smn8620 obviously the OP is making fun of the idea of posting a comment like that, but there are definitely still people that make it unironically.
@@festan3651bro what 💀
Cold silence has
A tendency to
Atrophy any
Sense of compassion
Between supposed lovers
Between supposed lovers
I’m living this
The way the lyrics roll in - c c c c c c c cold silences..... Its crazy goood
@@MrSodium271 this lyric is the truest lyric I have ever heard about a relationship
Truth
Welcome to life
I’m living this too, with the first time I feel in love
All 4 of these guys could be successful solo artists, but luckily for us they decided to play music together. Incredible just doesn't say enough about the overall talent of every individual member of Tool.
3:31 THIS is how you headbang to TOOL!
😄
Damn straight!
lmaooo
ahahaahha
LOLOLOL
"Babe come over"
"I cant, Im an abstract humanoid creature in a conceptual Tool music video"
"But my parents arent home"
3:02
This comment deserves my liking
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That was really funny
Puck approves of TOOL.
He be like: i must return home, my babe needs me *floats away from reality*
63 years old and still loving every minute of each song Tool sings. Such great music and lyrics.
Still rocking from the nursing home...that's awesome!
53 here and I couldn't agree more!
56
Dude, I was 59 when I was enlightened. Better late than never.
62 and totally agree with you!
Born in '73. Hard/metal fan, just discovered tool. A bit unsettling at first but realizing the beauty of these rhythms, growing on me big time, coming back daily to listen/discover 😊😊
Born in 63 but tool has kept me alive lately especially descending ❤
See them live
My dude, check out the Howard Jones era of Killswitch Engage. 🤟 I don't even know if it's possible to NOT like his voice lmao.
Same here, 1970 , and just discovered this and the other 2 bands Maynard formed. They're brilliant 👌
Born in '70. Been passionate with tool in my soul since early 90s. But, it took almost four to six months casually hearing it before I became what I am now because of it's depth and lyrical perfection. It's as if the DNA i have has intertwined with the tool double helix. I wish you joy and emotions that are purely framed within you as you become an opened soul that is what Tool can seem to be a part of. Enjoy your journey!
Try A Perfect Circle also maybe the other too. Tool has spread their gifts and each band plays a part in different times of my life
The old Tool videos alone are goosebump-worthy, even without the music. There is so much talent in the designs, the choreography, lights, practical effects. Those videos were one-of-a-kind. I wish there were more.
I know!
I hadn't seen this video in 15 years, and was randomly telling my wife about the headbanging-on-all-fours creatures last week
This one and Sober, just:
Chef’s kiss
You are like totally right fam
I typically tell people not to watch the videos at first, nor even live performances, as great as they are. Too distracting. Just the music, and if you must, have the lyrics to hand.
The genius of Tool is everyone plays their solo at once.
Dream Theater does this too… but their music is… meh. Technically superior to anyone. But no where near as awesome as tool.
Yup! My air guitar. 🎸
Well that wouldn’t really be a solo then, now, would it?
@@WrathofArminius I love them both though, like pull me under, and as i am are pretty badassery.
@@joshshrum2764 I respect it. Haha. I mean, there really is zero denying they are about as amazing as god allows. It’s about what moved me. If it’s purely sound then you can’t get better than Dream Theater. But they do lack any soul to me. Unless I’m on mushrooms. But not anymore. Therefore.
The individual pieces of this song aren’t hard to play. But, the timing, and the way they fit… it really is genius. What glorious weirdos.
they started a lot of glorious fucking around with polyrhythmy in this album.. though there were moments of it in earlier music, this is when it landed front and center.
In other words... "I know the pieces fit" 😂
@@aarongaffney725 I do want them to do another Undertow type album.
@@michagabo8819 this was fun
@@michagabo8819 man, can I have some of what came out of that little baggy?
"I know the pieces fit, because I watched it fall apart" powerful lyrics that have helped me through a lot of rough times
I'm so happy for Tool official uploads! Thank You.
JohnM I finally convinced them to do it!
I remember when this song debuted on MTV. I was sitting in my buddies living room while he was getting ready. They announce the debut of this song. I was only a very casual Tool fan at the time. By the time it ended I though "holy shit, this is going to be massive!" one of those random vivid memories. Thanks music!
💓👍
Yeah, that was so long ago, but feels like yesterday.
Back when Mtv actually played videos. And it wasn't all mainstream yet. I'm so old I remember when late night Mtv would play "X-rated" versions of popular videos
🐍
1:37 me helping my homie do a handstand in the pool
Funny asf
hahahhaahhahahhahahahhahhahah
😂😂
Lol so stupid
Andorra
Si
3:02 My unbuckled son in the back of the car when I hit a speed bump drunk going 80 mph.
*sigh* I miss my dad. Good times amir ight
Your a Poes
Wat the fuck
did this guy just admit to child neglect in a youtube comment?
@@aflowerispower Dawg I’m a minor I don’t have a kid LMAO, it was just an attempt at dark humor.
3:33 me and the bois headbanging at a Tool concert but one of us lost their keys
🤣🤣🤣
lol
Hoffman?
Jeroen Verbeeck Blame Hofman
Lmao
The feeling I get every time I hear pretty much any TOOL song is undescribable. One of my favorite bands of all time.
One of the most complex peices of modern music. The tempo and pace, the timing changes, how when they happen. Amazing piece of music, hypnotic really.
does it count as modern if it came out about 8 year ago though?
@@sassafrasofficial3695 try 18 years ago
Lmao @ 8 years. I was listening to this in HS like 20 years ago
Very ironic considering how the guitar and base parts are relatively simple, I can’t speak for the drum part.
try the dance of eternity by dream theater 😓
Once a Tool fan, Always a Tool fan ! Welcome to the Tool Army, newcomers…
When I was in orchestra In middle school and high school I was so obsessed with learning this on my violin.
Did you? If so, have you uploaded it yet?
I’ve been trying on cello and it isn’t going great 😂 I can play Invincible though
@@inthedream9127 rock on on that cello bro 🤘
Yes it would be neat on banjo or harmonica as well.
That's Amazing. Pure Incredible....
Entire discography getting uploaded on top of new album🔥
Proof there is a God who loves us and wants us to be happy.
@@carolyntalbot947 even though i am satan himself, i will let that comment slide..
They went open source!
Biman kashyap
Although I’ll need time to ponder, my consciousness is quite certain that it sees what you did there.
@@bimankashyap3942 Much appreciated;-)
The poetry of this song is so eloquent and precise for describing the deterioration of relationships (of any kind really). It’s perfection. Every time I hear it I can relive any break up. It’s a masterpiece. Where once the pieces fit, through lack of communication and a crumbling of compassion they no longer do. Isn’t that the truth?
It is indeed a sad truth. I'm in it right now and trying to explain to my partner as to why it's happening, but it feels like he only wants to dig a deeper hole and keep on blaming. :/ What can I do?
@@laitan3615 Uuummm... I don't think Tool spells their name with a zero. Nice try
To really love is to really listen
@@loganocchionero6621 what zero?
Yup. Just got over with a relationship with an incredible gal, and at the end is was just like the last verse on the song. After all was said and done All I could do was to remember this song and laugh like a maniac.
Listening to Tool for the first time here. They just popped up on TH-cam.
I’ve got to say this is the first time in a long while music has truely grabbed my attention. This is good. 😊
You have such a rabbit hole to explore.
Have you ever raged against the machine? 🪨🎸🤘
6:06 me trying to learn the newest vape tricks
💀
🐍
🌐
French inhale dab rig man
Vaping is for wankers
I’m 678 years old and I’ve been waiting for Tool since I was 5. I’m glad they came to fruition in my lifetime!
Bet
So young...
Do you know Nicholas Flamel & St Germain?
Im so High right now... and this coment... it was almost a trip really.
I am 612 years younger than you and i thought i was old WOW I Am So Young!!!
Tool was so ahead of their time. I was terrified of this video when I was younger, but it’s actually a piece of art.
Coming back to watch this at 30 this video is very good haha
the video cracked me so much up in early 2000's
Me seeing this for first time: tf is this?
Me seeing it now: i don't know tf is this, but i like it
Why must thou laugh in the face of curiosity and anger? To cast by thy name shall set us unto thee atmosphere of inner senses. Thy must not speak of the truth, Aristotle taught, but thou must speak by thy's name rather than thy's thighs. Truth is only truth if truth is a truthfully truthful truth. Sad days begoneth, sadly thou shall not cast away what thy's mother has engulfed; as this act contributes to the melancholy of inner sense. In modern times, the only thing thou must be concerned with, is the.. erm.. width of thy's belly; as a hugeth belly could possibly awaken thou. Thou is an entity not known to thy but not known to thou or thigh either.
The art of reason is not within reason, as reasonable reason would not be reasonably reasonable, but rather unreasonably unreasonable, and thou does not beg to differ from thy's thighs. One could only imagine a possibility of a rather unreasonable reason to reason with unreason; thou must start the next ice age! Speaking of ice age, thy must not speak of ice; as the only ice of reason is that of thy's thighs. Why art thou not a tool, but rather a weapon? Thy must consider a "weapon" a tool; as weapons are known to begoneth of untools, but thy must understand that the weapon must not disposeth of thy's thighs; but the weapon must only be used to begoneth of thou's pet uncle. Using thy's weapon with intentions of disposing of thy's thighs shall only be viewed as unreasonably unreasonable reason.
My mates and I were all high when we first saw this video when it came out in the early 2000's. We freaked the fuck out hahah
Masterpiece. The grooves, the rythms, the melodies, the lyrics, the tension, the release...
You know the pieces fit.
Unless you bought from KIA
This album got me through such a crazy time I was deep in addiction and living in a car but we had this cd we would listen to every night it's been a long time since I have listened to any Tool I saw them live in NC and will never forget it iam 7 years sober and doing great very thankful for the little things wonderful artist 🙏🖤
Woot woot on 7 yrs clean love. This song helping me currently....kepe ur head up
Same. Tool and A Perfect Circle brought me through early on in recovery. 🙏🏻
Keep it up, the rest of your life will thank you. Good for you!
Wow congrats on recovery so beautiful!!!!
Best damn band live I have ever seen amongst Marilyn Manson, Sonic Youth, Pantera, Cradle Of Filth and Korn
TOOL haters: *this is so weird*
TOOL fans: *this is so weird*
Tool fans: my dad showed me this when I was six and I am traumatized
🤝🏽
Slight correction.
TOOL fans: "This is so weird. But goddamn is it for me"
You stole this comment from the comments section of "My Name Is Mud" by Primus and we all know you're guilty
this is so true
I used to stay up late just to catch this song and video on MTV. It was only played after midnight.
and I can see why
Or very early in the mornings
all day is after midnight
Much love bro
Understandable.
I miss the era of music videos being basically works of art
💯🧩🧩
FITNESS COACH: alright, we are just gonna start off with simple LEG LIFTS. You’ll be fine, it’s easy.
FITNESS COACH: 1:40
😂😂
MooseMan lmaoo
LOOL,LMFAO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. O man thats a good one HAHA😂😂😂😂😂
ROFL!
That made me laugh so hard hahahhahaha
"I know the pieces fit cause I watched them fall away..."
Boom, Tetris.
I love it when I read a comment that quotes a part of the song that is playing as I read the comment
More like the comment about IKEA !
more like jenga
Especially “cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of communication “ ouhahou. So true so beautiful. Masterpiece.
For jeff
How deep is a eternal cut in your heart
I'd say it's infinite
So true
My ex was obsessed with this band. After I finally sat down and listened to them I feel like I understand her better … truly awesome band without a doubt one of the Greatest !
Rosetta stoned man
It's hard to find a tool head who happens to be a girl. You probably gave up on a keeper
@@cicolas_nage All too true. My ex was into a lot of great music, yet that didn't stop her from trying to murder me on multiple occasions..
@@cicolas_nage ehh, I've got a restraining order against her and weed eases my mind a bit. Still get an unfortunate amount of flashbacks, but aye she'll be aight mate
Awesome discovery... I'm sure...
“Like the song?”
“Dude, I’m feeling so many different emotions. I don’t know weather to headbang, or reflect on life.”
“That’s Tool. You’re welcome.”
and not a small inspiration, it must be mentioned - from King Crimson. e.g. "Lark's Toungue In Aspic Pt. II.
Both tbh
Rock Beatles
Dude you hit the nail right on the head. It's one of the many reasons I really like tools music
basicly
Firenze Rock Festival, Arrivo. Tool, Bentornati in Italia! 🇮🇹
1:48 When you are making sure the floor is made out of floor.
Lmaoooo also at 3:31
Undarrated comment
Sometimes it's not entirely clear ;) lol
@@Ghostly-00they’re nodding their head like, yes this is certainly made out of floor
Then you realize it isn't, can't figure out why the water in this pool won't let you in, and try to dive in head first.
I love this song. It's my favorite song to listen to when I'm frustrated with puzzles.
Hello lovely !Thank you very much for your love and support over the years, we appreciate every effort and we love you wholeheartedly. Send us a mail contactustool@gmail.com
"I know the pieces fit..." Hahaha!
Dignigad....hm...
No cuz I seriously had a slow long giggle about this comment
How dare you.
Never thought I’d see the day where tool post their music videos on TH-cam
Their*
@@LiquidSpartan117 Tool*
Masterpieces*
We had to rely on the fans to upload.
I know. This is insane !
I was too young to appreciate the serious artistry at work here. It was just a catchy riff at the time. Now as an old man, I can appreciate the genius.
My step-dad introduced me to Tool about a year or 2 before he passed. Everytime I hear this song I think about that crazy mf. Miss you man, see you in heaven some day.
so sorry for your loss. It is a really great song. Sorry I'm almost 65 and my husband of 40 yeas died almost 7 years ago and my dad died when I was 16. The video is a bit creepy but I do love the music.
Knowing this song is 20 years old is just... wow.
I agree fully
Of course tool has been doing magic way since then I was there I know it 😜just turned 51 and still love them the same I don't think my generation knows how to grow old it was generation X after all😏❤️
Holy shit that's how old i am damn no wonder this is how i grew up with
Just goes to show how young I am
Yeah well Undertow is almost 30 years old. I remember Sober being on this channel on tv where you could order a song and wait for them to play it. It was the first time I ever heard it and I was amazed. I think it was the same year that Nirvana came out with Nevermind. It was a really good year for music. The year prior?… Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer.
The essential parts of building a healthy relationship is communication along with intimacy,open mindedness, honesty and trust. Tool seems to explore on these things in many of their songs. I love it. This reality of life and love.
Well said. Um...like...way easier said than done. I definetly have seen , done, the wrong ways. Think I'm bout done with them. Now if only to find her on the same page, book, fucking galaxy!
Every time I come back to this band I absolutely lose my mind they're so good. Thank you for the music, hope to see you live soon!
“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
I know the pieces fit”
My brother made me watch this when I was young and it traumatized me for years but I can finally appreciate it
One best bass riffs ever
so glad to hear that, cheers!
notchjohnson1 the fuck was that for..?
It still creeps me the fuck out... almost like the Roswell alien autopsy footage.
@@stixxhuguley8930 it's ok. check out "Blackened" by metallica for a really amazing bass riff. WINTER IT WILL SEND
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 seem 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
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
its true, it is about Ikea furniture xD
Thanks
@@gogofuntime_yt BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! This made me laugh so hard
Thanks for this
Sometimes I get in one of those Tool moods and there's nothing for it. But to belt it out until I get my sanity back.
This helped
@@gogofuntime_yt you got that shit right
If you cant relate your life to TOOL your lying to yourself or have never actually been alive to begin with GET BORN
The most irritating thing about tool fans is thst they write such extraordinarily pretentious shit like this.
@@diogeneslantern18 I'd argue the most pretentious crap is your contrarian approach in what is essentially a tool circlejerk, under a tool song, replying to a tool shill.
[The Lyrics] Schism
I know the pieces fit 'cause I watched them fall away
Mildewed and smoldering, fundamental differing
Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lover's 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
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
I know the pieces fit
Love tool always will Halloween Rankin and Bass
Between supposed lovers
Between supposed lovers
...
isn't it
Between supposed lovers
Between supposed Brothers
???
Paradice , I really appreciate you supplying the lyrics. They stand alone too, as an elegy.
Paradice, i've liked this song ever since I first heard it, years ago. Being able to finally understand the lyrics, because of you, the true greatness of the song really hit me.
The full impact of that, since I've *lived* this song, especially the 3rd to last stanza, hit me so hard that I was too stunned to communicate my gratitude to you for supplying the lyrics.
AuberJean 68 no problem man i love this song on a different level to i agree with you have a nice day :)
It took them 9 years to finally put a copyright on the Tool music on TH-cam.
Tool: *Stonks* 💰
Tool before that: not stonks
actually copyrights are put into place the moment something is put into a finalized, reproduced form. you don't need to go through the government or anything. look it up.
Stoolks 📈
@@herculesbrofister265 I'm pretty sure he's talking about the fact that Tool music wasn't registered with youtube's copyright system
3:33 how people be headbanging at Tool concerts
LMFAOOOOOOOOOO
Best coment of the section👏
You just do it. Whatever timing you use will eventually hit a beat.
😂😂😂😂
@@DeadgirlAli XDDDDDDDDDDDD
Stop asking who's still listening, we never stop listening.
Never ever ❤
Right on!!! 🤙🏼
🌻🌻
Who’s reading this comment in 2024? 🤚
@@danieles6684everyone there is only Tool 🫡
No profound life story here, I just like how it sounds.
That's deep, wish you the best man
The swag on this comment is through the roof.
All jokes aside I would die 4 u
Same
#respect
Tool, Chevelle, Deftones to name a few just bring out this sense of well being. There’s nothing happening around, I’m just enjoying this incredible creation. My family, friends, hockey, backpacking, and music are the only things that bring this incredible piece of mind to me!
Omg i love Chevelle, Deftones and Tool too.
Dido.
dead soul tribe
I can relate to what you posted.
ditto@@crotalusatrox7931
This song still blows me away. I remember being a young paratrooper buying this album the day it released from the Fayetteville Best Buy and driving around the Ft Bragg, NC area enough to listen to it three times. Love it! Airborne!
Thank you for your service.
I remember getting my first military check at Aberdeen proving grounds and buying all the cd’s I wanted.
Thank you
@@CullinsService Thanks to you as well. Yeah, it was like being rich!
@@CullinsService I did exactly the same thing every Saturday on my weekend pass.
Watching this on shrooms is one hell of a trip😂
The lyrics are far more deeper and beautiful. Relationships tend to fall apart due to lack of communication. Which comes from anger, resentment, blaming the other and ultimately giving up due to no longer giving effort. Which is sad bc they could've saved it, bc there was really love. "I know the pieces fit cause I watched them fall apart, due to crumble unless we rediscover communication" I fkn worship tool.
Seer - a person endowed with profound moral and spiritual insight or knowledge; a wise person or sage who possesses intuitive powers.
Maynard James Keenan.
The human connection is a symbiotic relationship of communication not a straight line, but a circle. The failure is not a disconnection of feeling but speaking the"truth"dwelling in the past and not living in the present.
This hit hard mate. I was with a girl and she wasnt talking to me and i straight up coupd not listen to tgis song
Absolutely, well fuckin said, you’ve nailed it.
Unlike these other dumbasses
This song literally makes me cry almost every time I hear it. I'm not a guy that usually cries.
Born in 83. My mom, 53. She’s since passed in 2013. But I will never forget. Going through the cassettes in the old school Bronco. Tool! Get the TOOL cassette! She says, don’t ever forget TORRYE, we are all just a fool for TOOL!! :,)
Ur mom rocked..
R.I.P to Torrys Mom 🙏🤘
Born in 93, but your mom is the reason we are friends today. Rock on man!
I am sorry for your loss ❤
Sorry for your loss. 🙏✝️
Tool is the kind of band you will listen to when your mad and calms you down to A point of spiritual enlightenment
Spiritual yes, enlightenment no. Spiritual enslavement more like it. Schism only serves to separate you from God and embrace the gospel of demons aka aliens
Yeah kinda
Mantra in furious moments like cold water
For me it’s the musical k-hole to externally represent my internally chaotic mind, which has a very calming effect as silence and traditionally viewed tranquility is exhausting and blaringly loud. But this music is so relaxing to my mind.
Now let's get deep.
Tool’s Schism isn’t your typical there’s nae cliché “boo-hoo, they left me” pish. It’s raw, cerebral, and forces ye to confront the bigger picture. The song dissects the collapse of communication, the chasm that opens between two people when understanding crumbles. It’s no just about love - it’s about human connection itself.
Schism reminds us that a breakup isn’t always a single, dramatic moment; it’s the slow erosion of something sacred. The lyrics, “I know the pieces fit,” hit like a gut punch. They’re nae lament - they’re a desperate acknowledgement of what’s been lost and a yearning for what might never be rebuilt.
This is how breakups should be written about. Not as some self-pitying drivel but as the visceral tearing of two intertwined lives. It’s the art of a breakup, peeling back the emotional layers, makin' you feel the pain but also seein’ the beauty in the breakdown.
A Tool-style breakup song makes ye think, makes ye bleed a bit inside. It’s nae just for wallowing - it’s for confronting the mess, the complexity, the fuckin’ humanity of it all
Now that's fuckin deep
I'm 46 years old, I know a lot about music, I've listened to everything there is, all genres of music, I'm a big fan of Metallica, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Faith No More, and a lot of electronic music, from Jazz, Drum n Bass, Bands like Massive Attack, Stero MCs, Depeche Mode and I won't go on because I could do it until tomorrow. It's interesting that I knew about Tool all the time and it's one of the few bands I never heard or gave them a chance. I listen to Fear Inoculum since the first day when it came out, I haven't moved away from it.. Until 10 days ago when I decided to listen to the other albums while walking on the street or in the countryside.. What I want to say is that I was speechless by the quality of the rhythms, passionate and infectious riffs and of course the technique and production itself. I want to say that regardless of the lost time, I am so happy and excited that at the age of 46 I have the privilege of listening to Tool as my dearest music that accompanies me day by day even in my dreams, I am totally obsessed with music ..Absolute perversion and art.. Now of course my mission is to transfer my experience to everyone who does not know the miracle called Tool.. Thank you life!
💓☺
good grief send it to a publisher 😭
yeah... it happens... welcome to the spiral
this one reminds me of RONALD JENKEES' work. that boy was amazingly autistic!!
th-cam.com/video/oLybNuk_Lpo/w-d-xo.html
I grew up as a kid listening to this on tape. Its now 2022, I'm 35 and still jamming to this song. Thank you Tool.
🙌🙌
I'm 62 & still making my ears bleed from this 😂🇺🇸
A cassette tape for a 2001 album?
@@FACEL1FT I was wondering about this too.
Tape? Must've been a sparse childhood.
Nobody:
The Shampoo bottle in my shower: 3:02
THANK YOU
i lost my shit to this comment lmfao
JAJAJAJAJAJA
You got it
Shampoo bottles liked this video so much that it inspired them to fall like that. Amazing!
Love Tool. I fell in love with the technical time signatures on the drumming when i first heard them. Now i have seen them live, i fell in love with the psychedelic back drop video they have running throughout the gig. Love them.
This song communicates to that part of you that you never notice. The subconscious bit that determines your reactions and decisions. You can actually feel the relationship Maynard is talking about in the music and lyrics without being able to describe your thoughts in any kind of explicit detail
what
This is why people hate tool fans my guy
@@epyonmetal7208 bro you're right but when that shit hits you have to reach into a new fuckin dimension to explain it
@@billiondollardan listen to some Death my guy their lyrics are pretty deep although depends if you like death metal
it has far more to do with enlightenment than is given credit for
4:35 mark and beyond...I'll never forget hearing this song for the first time and that part of the song just hitting my soul. I replayed that part a few times, had the volume up on my CD player..I was living with my 65 year old aunt at the time and her bedroom was directly above where I was playing this song.
I came upstairs a little while later and the first thing she said to me was "whatever you were playing downstairs earlier was absolutely beautiful..what is it?" I told her it was a Tool song and album. She really liked it. Also in my sophomore year of highschool I had a friend that had never really listened to Tool, I gave them my Lateralus cd to borrow and told them to go home and listen to the whole thing
They came back to school the next day, looked almost dazed and told me that album was life changing. It truly is.
I hope you didn't let her watch any of the videos.
@@glenndowdy4180 no. This was just the audio from the album
My Great Grandma, who was in her 90s, loved when I played Tool for her 😊
Tool is da best 🤘 but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🎧🎸🔥🎶🥁!!!
@@beezybeez7231 That's a awesome recommendation! Just heard the song and it blew my mind. Love that type of music. One Way Trip to the Sun by Ditch and Eclipse by Arenna has a same stoner vibe ✨️
As a young girl growing up in what seemed like a hopeless situation, trying to navigate the intricacies of life... I latched onto Tool after hearing them on my local rock station. Little did I know that they would be instrumental in my discovery of more than the status quo! They helped open my eyes to a world in which I was not a victim, a world in which I could take control and never settle. I sit here as a 32 year old whom has achieved so much and again, am amazed at how this song can have a new meaning for me now as I attempt to join my being with another. Tool truly transcends time with their words and significance and I look forward to seeing what new truths I discover in their music when I'm nearing the end of my life. :)
How the f did you deduce all that from rhythmic sound lol
@@Suraj-su5up do you not listen to their lyrics??
I think you might be one of us. We go way beyond this world in a very metaphysical and American Indian way.
@@Suraj-su5up It's not about deduction, it's about connection. Maybe you could try to perceive the nuance of experience and see where it takes you.
Hello 🚪
I am the stage where ..
The Poetry that comes from the squaring off...
Between...
And the circling is
WORTH IT
This used to be constantly on MTV2 in the mornings back then... My routine was to watch the whole thing then I'd be out the door for school.. Along with mudvayne, incubus, alien ant farm, good ole 2001.. pre 9/11 summer.
Ahh the good ole days before today's version of society and freedom.
More than two towers Falling fell that day
well now i feel old because I remember when I was 12 and sober came out and then when I was 15 and seen Aenima which was amazing
I remember those days. Don’t forget MTV2 Gorillaz Clint Eastwood, Drowning Pool Bodies (this song was banned from radio AirPlay after 9/11).
Remember, I think the channel G2 or MTV2 would make music videos for current popular music but instead they would use current popular video games? I remember seeing one for MCRs I'm not ok, it was hilarious. Wish I remembered the title...
"Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion...between supposed lovers" That's writting lyrics. Period.
In case you want to listen a new band, we just released our first EP for free download. It's more rock vibe, but there's a metal vibes hidden
All the best! And TOOL forever!
Probably one of the best lines ever sung in a metal song
@@rodtaylor5476 Hope with spotify they get more attention
You guys apparently have never listened to Li'l Pump
@@brandoncamp9804 time to tool not that
@@rodtaylor5476 true shit tho
" I've done the math enough to know, the danger of our second guessing. Doomed to crumble unless we grow, and strengthen our communication". Love it.❤ Thank you Maynard .
chilling. accurate. simple. crucial.
What a masterpiece! 🔥🔥🔥
The best thing about Tool, imho, is how unique their sound is. There has never been a band that sounds like this, and there most likely will never be again.
Aerials system of a down
@@customkiller0107 of course you Would need some form of schooling or at least learning music first hand to even really notice or see it for what it truly is.
Can’t agree more . need a dose of their unique sound sometimes
Have you ever given A Perfect Circle a listen? Tool and A Perfect Circle share a few members.... Boyh bands are awesome!
@@angelmacdougall9604 I agree completely. Puscifer is also another band that MJK plays with. Kinda weird but good. Worth checking out.
Who remembers seeing the debut of this video on MTV back in the summer of 2001? I remember it being a really big deal, as it should have been.
Yes! I was a freshman in hs then and that video and album really introduced me to this band. Good times
years later i still cant make sense of this damn video though
@Akilleus Before Tool uploaded their own video, I remember the video for this that was posted to TH-cam had that "MTV Buzz-worthy" logo in the upper corner.
@@DarkenedSilhouette I'm stoned, so this might not make sense lol. I think the two beings in the video are trying to figure out reproduction. By the end, they figure it out, but since humas are kind of garbage, the fire is a representation of us.
I was in middle school and used to stay up watching MTV and the commercials late night for the album were snippets of this video and it would always spook the shit outta me.
This song brings out a lot of emotions out of me. Been listening for 20 years and still hits me.
Me too.
@@HelennaRose yes!
Same 🖤
Tool is da best 🤘 but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” by SLT 🎧🎸🔥🎶🥁
Imagine how relevant this is to someone today who heard it for the first time and is smart enough to understand what they are saying.
We are all things, we are all around you. We stand as one. Suffering has long ended, be not afraid.
TH-cam is now 10,000 times better.
Amen
10,000 days better
@@durt9872 We appreciate the effort, but that makes no sense.
TH-cam will still suck until they allow users actual free speech.
YouTool
Jan 2024 I am 60 and saw my 1st TOOL show lat night..WTF. How did I never experience them before now? Some said you don’t find TOOL they find YOU! 🎶🤟🏻 Last night was nothing short of a mind blowing journey. I am on the bus ride.
I saw them in Birmingham recently and it was definitely the best concert I've ever been to.
@GambitWilson-ql4nx I'll be seeing them in Birmingham (Alabama) on 1/26. Can't wait!
Saw them in Charlotte last Sunday… Amayzing
Welcome aboard young man
On my way to see them for the first time right now. I'm 46 and they've been on my bucket list forever.
Cold silence has
A tendency to
Atrophy any
Sense of compassion
Between supposed lovers
Between supposed lovers
Maybe my favorite part of any song ever.. chills every time
this
my soul weeps
The breakdown guitar will silence the riots and cure the corona
The Bass is definitely the best part of this song for me though.
Me too
Definitely my favorite part. So perfectly haunting
5:03 when i'm looking for the switch in the night
Tool are giving us right now both the memory and the experience!
The precision and musical communication between the members of Tool are other worldly. Only ever saw them once at Ozzfest 2001 in Milton Keynes where a trance like state came over the audience
How TooL is not in the rock and roll hall of fame is totally fucking beyond my comprehension. There is no other band that has their sound. They are unique like no other. Best. Band. Everrrrr...
They can t dig deep. Fab band ❤
How Tool is so adored is totally fuckin beyond my comprehension !
They will be bro trust me and if they are not inducted then we should definitely fucking protest
@@RikusRedBlackfor fucking real.
Cus they suck. Most overrated band ever. Literally a thousand metal/rock bands better than them. Only people that say they are goodi s because you're a sheep. losers.
Therapist: All dreams have a meaning
My dreams:
I had a dream I started flying, then I drowned (in the air still), then I was birthed from the sun into an apartment building. What is that supposed to mean?
@@laslw it means u have the big gay
@2026.Nate Currie that's bad news, cause I'm 15...
@@cursedcliff7562 nah, just the little gay
@@laslw maybe... About feeling out of control, confused, unstructured then the transformation/renewal into something comfortable, safe and familiar?
This song is about what it's about period . Know one ever !!!!!!
I first heard this in 2001 when I was 15. I was in the kitchen and had the radio on XFM (London) and I just stopped what I was doing and listened. Never heard anything like it and been a fan since.
Same here. Was 16 in alabama. It was the commercial on mtv advertising the premier of the album. The beat was so different I bought the album blindly because this was the strangeness in music I never knew I was lookin for.
@@ekzoX0 "this was the strangeness in music I never knew I was lookin for." hell yeah I love that, perfect way to describe TOOL
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@@laitan3615 😦 ur not the real tool
If u understand Maynard u are smarter then u think
My dad would always play this song when I was really young, I just found this band again and I love everything about it
5:10 his voice is so beautifully hurt, having been through the hardest side of relationships that part ruins me emotionally its incredible the whole song is just an utter masterpiece
F**k, just realised that this is a love song.
Saw them in 2001 and 2002 on the Lateralus tour. They had the two alien folk come out on stage during this song, walking and swinging the heads like the video. It was wild!
This video scared the shit out of me when I was a kid lmfao
I saw them 4 times during this album and have seen them every time since they came out just was at the last show in Cleveland wow
Do they still tour?
@@cloud_9894 yes. I just saw them again in February
envious! literally saw them three days ago and it was fucking great
The way I feel when I listen to Tool is beyond understanding. It can’t be explained, there are no words.
Same shivers, same goosebumps and it’s been like that for more than 20 years. Everything around me just stops existing when I listen to them. It’s just me, the whole of me, the real me.
Now that's the way you articulate. Talk about communication...you conveyed that exquisitely. I normally give people hell on here for the stupid pretentious garbage they spew. Not you. Good shit. Bravo
Thats deep bro.
Same..
Parent: Why don't you play with the neighbour's kids?
The neighbour's kids: 3:32
Best comment ever
Haha wtf
😂😂😂
Bukvalno!
@@petarniciforovic6543 Da
I'm a "person of faith"... and this song is gut-wretching, and haunting, and TRUE. Deep stuff... scary video. 😅
Reading so many commenters completely confused, baffled and sadly ultimately dismissive of all the juicy aesthetic meaning of the video that I wanna throw my 2 cents in. To many the video is purely abstract, but I see it as quite relevant to the message. The whole concept of the song is about COMMUNICATION and how the pitfalls of it breaking down can tear apart relationships (Miscommunication=Schism). Starts out with the creature's feet sinking in the ground below them, and appearing somewhere else upside down like "wormhole quicksand"; as if, your foundation has disappeared and your center of gravity is completely off. Then one of the creatures is seen attempting to almost "write" using the other creatures head as their pen/pencil (as if they were imposing their views on the other). It gets so bad that we go into the EAR (the listening tool) and inside the blood of the creature we see small "cancer-like" creatures. They come out into the real world (inner fear manifesting outward) and torment their previous hosts with their BIG MOUTHS (speaking tool) biting, clinging, as if "if we can't figure out how to communicate properly, its gonna come back to bite us". Then it all ends with the nightmarish shot of the 2 creatures blended into 1, as if maybe that's what it looks like when communication really fails and people become co-dependent and cant get out of it; unlike when the pieces really FIT. ....just my surreal interpretation. Do with it what you will. I LOVE all of their videos, LOTS to chew, digest and communicate about.
Love it. So happy tool made it to 2019 so we could have these discussions outside the toolshed.
Jane Lane Sure thing! I’ve always loved their videos and love how layered they are with subtext and meaning.
theyre just having fun man. no explanation needed
cam0techunks Well, yea, I have fun also when I’m creating any kind of art with a good budget. Art is fun. Why wouldn’t it also be fun to analyze art? It is for me.
@@g.danielvelazquez7494 you're probably right, but do you expect every audience understand the "art"? most of those who dnt understand will see the fun/ weird side of it. that's probably normal.
if you understand the art side of it, good. but if your able to understand both side of the equation, then much better😉
and yeah. i didn't stumbled here for nothing, i too dig tool and bored with today's music scene😁. i see a lot of these fun side comments they're mostly from kids who didnt get to know the music scene of our time. just let them be