When I was a 16 year old stoner I never realised how deep this song is and how much it means to me. I'm a 40 year old recovering alcoholic and addict and I've cried myself to sleep listening to this on repeat many times. Music is the best medicine
I don't think a single song really captures how alcoholism or addiction is like this one. Why can't I always feel good, I've been sober for 3 years now and this song just reminds me so much of the misery of it all.
I feel you man sobriety is pure hell. The hardest thing I'll ever do in this world is enjoy a day while sober. I was a meth addict because of my adhd and my reward system is so fucked
@@facile_dot3610 I can forgive the bad english, what I can't forgive is the bad understanding of music. A chord is a bunch of harmonic notes, not octaves. Don't chat shit if you don't know shit. The individual notes being used in the bass in this are;AAGG which is representative of the 7050 frets he plays on the DADG strings respectively. I don't know where you've got this stupid idea from.
My older Brother used to play this song but with the music video for us when we were just boys. He’s 10 years older, so you’d imagine as a young child this song horrified me so bad but now gives me some peace! I played this in the car today and my Dad sang it, his voice is just as powerful as Tools. Such a great song I love it
I've been fighting addiction for two decades, and since this song came out it has been a rallying cry. I can say that I have actually put together two years of recovery, not just sobriety, and songs like this have definitely helped in my darkest hours.
@@hastyhillfarmand4x480, I've been fighting addiction since the late 90's. Sober was released in '94. I'd get a few months or maybe a year, and then relapse again. During this last 3 years Sober, Breaking the Habit, Not an Addict, Its Been Awhile, Alcohol, and about a dozen other songs have been instrumental in helping me finally put together some actual clean time. #wedorecover #recoveroutloud
There's a shadow just behind me Shrouding every step I take Making every promise empty Pointing every finger at me Waiting like the stalking butler Whom upon the finger rests Murder now the path called "must we" Just because the Son has come Jesus, won't you fucking whistle Something but what's past and done? Jesus, won't you fucking whistle Something but what's past and done? Why can't we not be sober? I just want to start this over Why can't we drink forever? I just want to start this over I am just a worthless liar I am just an imbecile I will only complicate you Trust in me and fall as well I will find a center in you I will chew it up and leave I will work to elevate you Just enough to bring you down Mother Mary, won't you whisper Something but what's past and done? Mother Mary, won't you whisper Something but what's past and done? Why can't we not be sober? I just want to start this over Why can't we sleep forever? I just want to start this over I am just a worthless liar I am just an imbecile I will only complicate you Trust in me and fall as well I will find a center in you I will chew it up and leave Trust me Trust me Trust me Trust me Trust me Why can't we not be sober? I just want to start this over Why can't we sleep forever? I just want to start this over I want what I want I want what I want I want what I want I want what I want
When I was about 10 I moved my room into the basement of our house. My dad, who worked 3rd shift, gave me his alarm clock since the one in my previous room was my brother's. I was unaware that this song was his alarm so for a solid week I would wake up around midnight, frightened beyond belief, to a man screaming something about being sober and I had no idea where it was coming from so I'd just hide under my pillow until the scary yelling man went away. Good times.
"I will find a center in you. I will chew it up & leave. I will work to elevate you. Just enough to bring you down." -MJK One of the most fucked up verses I've heard in a song. I absolutely love it.
I just discovered Tool, I can't really understand why they sound so unique and emotional. Every riff I listen in one their songs sounds so much different than everything I ever heard before. When I listened to Pneuma I thought that it was their masterpiece and probably the other songs wouldn't be at this level, but oh boy.
Progressive Metal is the genre Tool falls within; it is known for breaking traditional music structure and Tool is a phenomenal Prog Metal Band Tool does things like having instruments fall in and out of alignment with each other alongside myriad other cool things that are 1, difficult to compose, 2 hellishly difficult to perform live properly due to their complexity, and 3; require an immense ability to compose, write, and perform music to get to sound so amazing
@@vitorbueno4301 if you've got the time listen to the entirety metropolis part 2. It's an amazing album. Also panic attack is one of my favorite songs by them
i think it is because they are all exceptional musicians on their instruments. like they dont get fucked up to live the rock n roll dream and die...but to get the best out of them to deliver and evolve. They sound live the same as on the album..for me thats a sign for great musicians.
This is one song that hits everyone who's been there. No quarreling between generations, races, fields of work, faith, addiction doesn't care. It just wants you.
Yes we felt the same way when they dropped this all-time great song (and atg album in undertow to boot) in an era where Seattle grunge and STP and Shoegaze had all been a pleasant surprise. Imagine our surprise when a "prog rock" band came along and carved a place outside of all that. That's Tool
"There's a shadow just behind me Shrouding every step I take Making every promise empty Pointing every finger at me Waiting like a stalking butler Who upon the finger rests Murder now the path of must we Just because the son has come" This song never gets old..!
I was sent to a psychiatric care unit when I was 16 for making an attempt on my life. When I got out my Dad showed me a ton of the music he loved while we sat around and talked late at night (His way of showing support). I can clearly remember this song and while I didn't and don't have a drug problem, the song still resonated with me because of what had happened at the time. My dad wasn't always a great parent, but sometimes he came through for me
There’s no way to express how much this song means to me. Some one I love very much struggles with addiction and every time I just can’t help but go ballistic for him. This one is for you Joshua, I’ll always love you.
I remember this song being the first one I listened of Tool. I was in my last year of middle school, 'bout to start high school... I was 14 years old, and dude I really loved it, still. It brings me sour memories.
Yeah, I was close to the same age. 13 and just starting 8th grade. I'll never forget my older cousin telling me to check out the music video after he had taped it off Headbanger's Ball. It was mindblowing and crazy visuals, and the song was just perfect and brutal. Whenever I hear "Sober", it takes me right back to that house and that time period.
I think of this song when I think of addiction. There's a desperation to the melody and lyrics that capture the emotion perfectly. "Mother Mary, won't you whisper?" Whoever's asking the question is screaming out to the divine for help. It ends with obsessive circular thinking: "I want what I want." It's a very powerful and meaningful song without being bloated and contrived, unlike some of Tool's later songs.
This was the first song I heard from Tool. I was around 9-10 years old. I remember Sleeping over at my cousin's house and she played this song. Now even at 31 years old, I still listen to this song.
This song hits different when you deal with depression, and not drug addiction. I’ve had days where I wish I’d sleep forever ( like the song says) and that no one would care if I died. A few times I thought about hanging myself or slitting my throat or overdosing on pills. But I’ve stayed firm in staying alive, I know that if I don’t feel understood that I should make an effort to be understood and liked. I can’t be quiet and expect people to listen to me. I need to be vocal. That’s why I have been more talkative an open. Having autism does things to you, like having people not get you and make fun of you. Which is why I am depressed and could relapse into suicide.
Find the highest quality B vitamins you can (specifically B12) and take a generous dose after eating a decent portion of fruit in the morning. This, sunshine, exercise and helping others is known to solve depression.
Nick Hayden They do change. Change is the key to progress. If you don’t change then you’re just like the boomers who are still here, trying to put their unchanged morals on us. You’ll be the same way in the future.
I miss my friend. We listened to Tool every time we chilled. Great times. I was a raver techno fan but hanging with him, this was the vibe. I miss him and that vibe.
I just have to say that for Maynard to be a frontman for two (2) awesome groups..."A Perfect Circle" and "Tool" hands down commands respect...PERIOD!!!😮
R.i.p to my brother who introduced me to every single band I've loved the first being tool at the age of 14 which was the most passionate to him and i....the alcohol fucked your head as did mine, never truly understood how horrible alcohol addiction is... he resented everything he loved at the end of his days except this song.... it sparked something up in his head where he wouldn't call me a tool(literally lol) for listening to music he loved..ive been addicted to heroin for 6 years and thankfully havent touched that for 3 years......now i am 2 years addicted to alcohol and i would never wish alcoholism on my worst enemy..(beside myself)..its the devil physically and mentally . 2016 was a terrible year for my family.. they say it goes in threes and i never believed that superstition and still don't but my mother lost her firstborn, her mother and our dog of 9 years. I dont want to continue this cycle im going to detox on Tuesday i have a bed lined up.. i just dont know what will happen when I get out
I'm fighting alcoholism. It's been 4 long years. Today after this last beer I will start my sober road. The shakes, nausea, puffy face, weight gain, diarrhea, and depression will end. No more.
TOOL is one of my all time favorite bands! Epic in concert! Last time my hubby and I took our daughters to see them with Primus! BEST show ever🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
"There's a shadow just behind me, shrouding every step I take" No words capture the gnawing, ever-present burden of addiction and guilt quite like that
Spiral out yall. Tool finally releasing their discography digitally on all platforms, and watch, because a whole bunch of people are gonna be thinking this is a new band not realizing how influential and legendary Tool is. Anything that MJK and co make is gold. A Perfect Circle and Puscifer included.
They never got their due justice. SO MUCH more talented and creative than so many bands. It's amazing when guys get together and the magic happens. There are hundreds of thousands of bands for each one that is this incredible spiritual experience. And that's cool too cause garage bands that never make it but rock thier ass off rock too. You feel this shit deep. Awesome
I can understand the feeling... I've recently got into tool and there's something magical and psychedelic about their songs... It is truly an experience...
I am fully aware that this song is meant to be about addiction, but i cant help but connect it to the experience of someone with BPD. You get angry at or do wrong things to people you love that you never want to hurt. You realize what you've done and feel guilty, unable to stop yourself or fix what youve caused. It causes major depression spirals and manic episodes. But you know it will happen again. You distance yourself from the people you love to protect them. You engage in some kind of substance abuse or risky behavior constantly to live with yourself.
I was fortunate enough to finally see Tool on February 23rd at the UBS arena in New York, and the packed house (18,000 people and beyond) went absolutely mental when the band started this song.
When I started playing with my final band, this was one of the tunes we played together just to get a feel of how we worked as a group. The drummer, sadly, later had a major relapse into addiction. I hope he's okay today.
I know it's about alcoholism, but it hits me in another way. Demons that have haunted you etc. That self doubt in the back of your mind that you can't seem to shake. The failures you can't escape. Trying to better yourself and it just won't happen no matter how hard you're trying. It's always creeping like the "shadow just behind me." Idk. For everyone battling out there. I hope you find your peace and happiness. 💯
I discovered Tool once they opened to upload their music on digital platforms. I understand their belief of "purest form of listening to music is with the physical formats" but I'd never knew of them if they kept like that. Thanks so much Tool, you have a big fan since then.
@@blahthebiste7924 Well, alone, it doesn't mean much. But with "Jesus, won't you fucking whistle something but what's past and done", it's kind of an exclamation of torment from somebody haunted by their past. As in, "I can't bear to be reminded of what I've done." That's my take, anyway
@@blahthebiste7924 to me it's saying for Religion to say something other than what may have happened thousands of years ago, to offer something new other than "what's past and done" meaning religion has lost its meaning
Amazing. After all these years. Incredible. Tool is in another dimension - above looking down / outside looking in. The emotion that is evoked when I listen is nearly unbearable.
I heard this song for the first time in rehab/psychiatric hold about 10 years ago. Blew my mind. And it speaks to me a lot now because I'm trying to become a recovering alcoholic
"I want what I want"
Such a point of shame to grow from ❤️; teachable moments
a fair lyric but something painful
When I was a 16 year old stoner I never realised how deep this song is and how much it means to me. I'm a 40 year old recovering alcoholic and addict and I've cried myself to sleep listening to this on repeat many times. Music is the best medicine
Yes it is...
No lie brother
God bless
True man
You can do this, I wish the best for you ♥️
The voice of Maynard is a voice you’ll never forget once you hear it.
Same with Marilyn Manson,Gg allin,Kurt Cobain
You don't hear his voice. You hear his pain. His struggles. Battles. You hear his SOUL and HEART
My favorite rock singer.
True
Undertow. France 2011
I don't think a single song really captures how alcoholism or addiction is like this one. Why can't I always feel good, I've been sober for 3 years now and this song just reminds me so much of the misery of it all.
Sounds like you need a drink. Just saying
@@jimcreasser7720 Yeah, after rereading that I think I worded it wrong. I was talking about how shitty it WAS.
I feel you man sobriety is pure hell. The hardest thing I'll ever do in this world is enjoy a day while sober. I was a meth addict because of my adhd and my reward system is so fucked
@@supernova2432 I hope you stay clean brother, Its hard as fuck to stay sober but I hope for you, you can
"sober" by P!nk is my anthem.
Hands down one of the most badass opening chords I’ve ever heard in a song
what about schism? or Lateralus? or Aenima? or FortySix and 2? or Right in Two? or Jambi? or Pneuma? or Invincible? or Flood? or Bottom?
@@jagrulez885 I guess having a personal favorite isn’t allowed anymore
@@billyparr3901 same thing happens whenever I comment on a Yes or Mars Volta song
@@jaysherman724 lol
Sounds like call of duty black ops
I don’t care if it’s a single note, that baseline is absolutely NUTS
it's a 4 note chord which you dont see often
My guy it really is not just one note on the bass line.
NUTS!!!💥
@@smithyMcjoethis chord is just bunch of octaves, actually there s really one note D. Sorry for bad English
@@facile_dot3610 I can forgive the bad english, what I can't forgive is the bad understanding of music. A chord is a bunch of harmonic notes, not octaves. Don't chat shit if you don't know shit. The individual notes being used in the bass in this are;AAGG which is representative of the 7050 frets he plays on the DADG strings respectively. I don't know where you've got this stupid idea from.
2:48 is such a powerful moment of this song. You can hear the struggle in Maynard's voice.
I think we’re forgetting about 3:51
Think you heard what you wanted to hear
My older Brother used to play this song but with the music video for us when we were just boys. He’s 10 years older, so you’d imagine as a young child this song horrified me so bad but now gives me some peace! I played this in the car today and my Dad sang it, his voice is just as powerful as Tools. Such a great song I love it
I've been fighting addiction for two decades, and since this song came out it has been a rallying cry. I can say that I have actually put together two years of recovery, not just sobriety, and songs like this have definitely helped in my darkest hours.
Keep going, brother (or sister) sobriety/recovery is the best thing ever. You deserve to live your life.
This song was a rallying cry for you to get clean 7 years before your 2 decade addiction? Wow
@@hastyhillfarmand4x480, I've been fighting addiction since the late 90's. Sober was released in '94. I'd get a few months or maybe a year, and then relapse again. During this last 3 years Sober, Breaking the Habit, Not an Addict, Its Been Awhile, Alcohol, and about a dozen other songs have been instrumental in helping me finally put together some actual clean time.
#wedorecover #recoveroutloud
There's a shadow just behind me
Shrouding every step I take
Making every promise empty
Pointing every finger at me
Waiting like the stalking butler
Whom upon the finger rests
Murder now the path called "must we"
Just because the Son has come
Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but what's past and done?
Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but what's past and done?
Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start this over
Why can't we drink forever?
I just want to start this over
I am just a worthless liar
I am just an imbecile
I will only complicate you
Trust in me and fall as well
I will find a center in you
I will chew it up and leave
I will work to elevate you
Just enough to bring you down
Mother Mary, won't you whisper
Something but what's past and done?
Mother Mary, won't you whisper
Something but what's past and done?
Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start this over
Why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over
I am just a worthless liar
I am just an imbecile
I will only complicate you
Trust in me and fall as well
I will find a center in you
I will chew it up and leave
Trust me
Trust me
Trust me
Trust me
Trust me
Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start this over
Why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over
I want what I want
I want what I want
I want what I want
I want what I want
Yes, we all heard the song too.
Salt McSalt, your name checks out. Salty about everything? Not everyone has lyrics memorized bro
@@DylanWorley 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
James McCarthy aight den
@@DylanWorley he's a clown
I'll never not get excited when that first bass chord is played.
It's my morning alarm
Or that 03:57 after the "monologue".
MrTryphodemos and the guitar part is when your late for work
Once I was visiting New Orleans with family and this played in one of the stores we went to, can’t describe how excited I felt
I'm with ya 1,000% Nathan
When I was about 10 I moved my room into the basement of our house. My dad, who worked 3rd shift, gave me his alarm clock since the one in my previous room was my brother's.
I was unaware that this song was his alarm so for a solid week I would wake up around midnight, frightened beyond belief, to a man screaming something about being sober and I had no idea where it was coming from so I'd just hide under my pillow until the scary yelling man went away.
Good times.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol Pops was one of the cool ones.
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
why were you sleeping in the basement??
@@crappyaccount why arent you sleeping in the basement?
The day has come, I can finally listen tool in good quality.
rip sober [hq - fullscreen]
@@sryu3878 Imma miss that, that shit was on here since 2006
@@RyanSmith-zj6ys a real trooper since the beginning
🤣🤣🤣🤣 dead assss
this is not good quality
Maynard is one of the best rock vocalists ever!
Is*
One of the best Frontman too ... since leading Tool in front ... and leading in the shadows.
@WhatsHappening783402 LOLOL
@WhatsHappening783402 Been listening to korn for two years, JD is not the best but one of the best, where maynard also is
WhatsHappening783402
Well define singing !!
"I will find a center in you. I will chew it up & leave. I will work to elevate you. Just enough to bring you down." -MJK
One of the most fucked up verses I've heard in a song. I absolutely love it.
Fuck yeah nobody can write a song like TOOL! 🤘🤘
The darkness of it all is so fucking amazing!!!
Joe Shadly How nice of you to approve ! Do know what we'd do without your approval.... 😜
@@kenbray5682 fucked that up in the first word. You're fired. Awful jackass.
@Joey Dough
Describes Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Many are collapsing right exactly now.
I just discovered Tool, I can't really understand why they sound so unique and emotional. Every riff I listen in one their songs sounds so much different than everything I ever heard before. When I listened to Pneuma I thought that it was their masterpiece and probably the other songs wouldn't be at this level, but oh boy.
Progressive Metal is the genre Tool falls within; it is known for breaking traditional music structure and Tool is a phenomenal Prog Metal Band
Tool does things like having instruments fall in and out of alignment with each other alongside myriad other cool things that are 1, difficult to compose, 2 hellishly difficult to perform live properly due to their complexity, and 3; require an immense ability to compose, write, and perform music to get to sound so amazing
Check out dream theater when you get the chance if you dont already know them. They're another prog metal band.
@@deathdude-dl2et Sure, thanks!
@@vitorbueno4301 if you've got the time listen to the entirety metropolis part 2. It's an amazing album. Also panic attack is one of my favorite songs by them
i think it is because they are all exceptional musicians on their instruments. like they dont get fucked up to live the rock n roll dream and die...but to get the best out of them to deliver and evolve. They sound live the same as on the album..for me thats a sign for great musicians.
This is one song that hits everyone who's been there. No quarreling between generations, races, fields of work, faith, addiction doesn't care. It just wants you.
Listening to this with headphones is a true psychedelic experience
I got lucky that my car came with the high end audio system in it. Its fuckin amazing with basically surround sound stereo.
i agree mate....
Mushrooms are our friends, and Tool brings that friendship to a new level.
@@bentrod3405 shit man tool was the reason I bought a nice ass audio system for my car lol
@Brian Rodriguez yeeeessssss!!
Finally! Now this masterpiece can be heard on all digital media officially! Thank you TOOL
TOOL is just so different man. You don't "get it" until you "get it" and you can't not get it afterwards.
My step father is a huge tool fan, well ill say maynard fan lol he listens to all his bands. But yes this song and many more really speak to me
True stuff fam 😊
Yes we felt the same way when they dropped this all-time great song (and atg album in undertow to boot) in an era where Seattle grunge and STP and Shoegaze had all been a pleasant surprise. Imagine our surprise when a "prog rock" band came along and carved a place outside of all that. That's Tool
For everyone who wishes to hear this song for the first time again, i am right now, and this song is on fiiiirrreeee
"There's a shadow just behind me
Shrouding every step I take
Making every promise empty
Pointing every finger at me
Waiting like a stalking butler
Who upon the finger rests
Murder now the path of must we
Just because the son has come"
This song never gets old..!
I was sent to a psychiatric care unit when I was 16 for making an attempt on my life. When I got out my Dad showed me a ton of the music he loved while we sat around and talked late at night (His way of showing support). I can clearly remember this song and while I didn't and don't have a drug problem, the song still resonated with me because of what had happened at the time. My dad wasn't always a great parent, but sometimes he came through for me
There’s no way to express how much this song means to me. Some one I love very much struggles with addiction and every time I just can’t help but go ballistic for him. This one is for you Joshua, I’ll always love you.
I remember this song being the first one I listened of Tool.
I was in my last year of middle school, 'bout to start high school... I was 14 years old, and dude I really loved it, still.
It brings me sour memories.
Yeah, I was close to the same age. 13 and just starting 8th grade. I'll never forget my older cousin telling me to check out the music video after he had taped it off Headbanger's Ball. It was mindblowing and crazy visuals, and the song was just perfect and brutal. Whenever I hear "Sober", it takes me right back to that house and that time period.
Hey that’s how I found tool, except I’m still 14
@@starwarsunfiltered7848 Ah Headbanger's Ball. I miss the days when MTV was actually awesome.
Dead ass that me rn this is the first tool song I heard and I’m 14 about to go to high school
same here
I can't find the words to cover how deeply I recognize an appreciate this song. My love for this song has evolved throughout the years.
I think of this song when I think of addiction. There's a desperation to the melody and lyrics that capture the emotion perfectly. "Mother Mary, won't you whisper?" Whoever's asking the question is screaming out to the divine for help. It ends with obsessive circular thinking: "I want what I want." It's a very powerful and meaningful song without being bloated and contrived, unlike some of Tool's later songs.
This song is a battlecry & a masterpiece!
We need to meet 🙂
v accurate
The entire album of Undertow is so raw, and I love it!
This was the first song I heard from Tool. I was around 9-10 years old. I remember Sleeping over at my cousin's house and she played this song. Now even at 31 years old, I still listen to this song.
Must've been amazing to be introduced at such a young age. Great taste
Epic track!
This song hits different when you deal with depression, and not drug addiction. I’ve had days where I wish I’d sleep forever ( like the song says) and that no one would care if I died.
A few times I thought about hanging myself or slitting my throat or overdosing on pills.
But I’ve stayed firm in staying alive, I know that if I don’t feel understood that I should make an effort to be understood and liked.
I can’t be quiet and expect people to listen to me. I need to be vocal. That’s why I have been more talkative an open.
Having autism does things to you, like having people not get you and make fun of you. Which is why I am depressed and could relapse into suicide.
Be strong brother !
Find the highest quality B vitamins you can (specifically B12) and take a generous dose after eating a decent portion of fruit in the morning. This, sunshine, exercise and helping others is known to solve depression.
Tool was so far ahead of their time it's almost creepy.
no..?
@@gavysambo2272 which somg?
Nick Hayden yes they do bro. Take for example this masterpiece of a song, then compare it to today’s music
Nick Hayden They do change. Change is the key to progress. If you don’t change then you’re just like the boomers who are still here, trying to put their unchanged morals on us. You’ll be the same way in the future.
@@janksmoker patterns and progression aren't the same
I m 98 now. I remember hearing this back when i was a young 67 year old alcoholic man
This is kinda funny
Cool idea, but physiologically, psychologically, sociologically interesting yet suspect 🤔
Uhm- this song was not out when u we’re 67
If he is truly 98 That would be about the 67 when this song was fire. And released. Do the math yourself genius
@@carcar69-t3hIt's a 31 year old song released in 1993
First Tool song I've heard. And I'm hooked.
Amazing band.
live performance of this song is insane...and the new album is true masterpeace.
@@vladavasiljev Yes agree, I've been listening to Fear Inoculum since yesterday. One of the best album that I've heard. Tool music is sooo addicting.😊
After you've heard all their albums, be curious to know your favorites! Rock on.
I fucking love Tool so much that it's basically embedded into my bones
This album, Ænima, and Lateralu-- fuck it, every album is amazing
I miss my friend. We listened to Tool every time we chilled. Great times. I was a raver techno fan but hanging with him, this was the vibe. I miss him and that vibe.
Hi
Hi
Hi
@@Fungusonmydinglingtoes - hi.
One of Tools best songs period.
Can't wait to see these albums appear on the Billboard charts again!
Nice
Fuck the Billboard 100! Billboard 200 is where it is at! 😂😂😂
I just have to say that for Maynard to be a frontman for two (2) awesome groups..."A Perfect Circle" and "Tool" hands down commands respect...PERIOD!!!😮
R.i.p to my brother who introduced me to every single band I've loved the first being tool at the age of 14 which was the most passionate to him and i....the alcohol fucked your head as did mine, never truly understood how horrible alcohol addiction is... he resented everything he loved at the end of his days except this song.... it sparked something up in his head where he wouldn't call me a tool(literally lol) for listening to music he loved..ive been addicted to heroin for 6 years and thankfully havent touched that for 3 years......now i am 2 years addicted to alcohol and i would never wish alcoholism on my worst enemy..(beside myself)..its the devil physically and mentally .
2016 was a terrible year for my family.. they say it goes in threes and i never believed that superstition and still don't but my mother lost her firstborn, her mother and our dog of 9 years. I dont want to continue this cycle im going to detox on Tuesday i have a bed lined up.. i just dont know what will happen when I get out
Just stay strong brother💪
Luck brot
Brother
Good luck man
That's deep man stay strong my dude
I'm fighting alcoholism. It's been 4 long years. Today after this last beer I will start my sober road. The shakes, nausea, puffy face, weight gain, diarrhea, and depression will end. No more.
Hope you're doing well 🤘
Every Album of Tool is a masterpiece
tool is a masterpiece
13th Step.
My dad would play tool songs in the car I loved it
You have a good dad.
@1000 subscribers with no videos why do you have 18 subscribers
My step dad is the one I can thank for getting me into Tool.
same here man
You lucky little-
TOOL is one of my all time favorite bands! Epic in concert! Last time my hubby and I took our daughters to see them with Primus! BEST show ever🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Best parents ever !
"There's a shadow just behind me, shrouding every step I take" No words capture the gnawing, ever-present burden of addiction and guilt quite like that
Definitely one of their best tracks. Beautifully done.
MJK has the voice of both an angel and a demon. Beautiful, haunting yet terrifying at the same time.
Beyond brilliant. Straight from the core of being human.
Spiral out yall. Tool finally releasing their discography digitally on all platforms, and watch, because a whole bunch of people are gonna be thinking this is a new band not realizing how influential and legendary Tool is. Anything that MJK and co make is gold. A Perfect Circle and Puscifer included.
They are totally old school band that's been around since 1991 releasing This first debut album of theirs called Undertow in 1993.
@@freeassange8864 Why Are people like you so fucking annoying. Opiate was their Extended Play Undertow was their First Debut.
"spiral out yall"
Lol someone shoot me in the fucking dome, seriously.
@@GB22223 do it you self revolving failure
This song means alot because I've been addicted, luckily I'm sober but I can always remember the dark days.
They never got their due justice. SO MUCH more talented and creative than so many bands. It's amazing when guys get together and the magic happens. There are hundreds of thousands of bands for each one that is this incredible spiritual experience. And that's cool too cause garage bands that never make it but rock thier ass off rock too. You feel this shit deep. Awesome
I'm a newbie. This song fucks me up. It must be the minor chord and the powerful vocals but it takes me somewhere I've not felt in a long time.
I can understand the feeling... I've recently got into tool and there's something magical and psychedelic about their songs...
It is truly an experience...
Polyrhythm drums look it up
I'm not sure Ill ever understand tool but somehow their music gives me a strange clarity
I am 62 .. this band is some of the best to come out since the 60's. Truth is stranger than fiction Maynard seems to know this well ..
my speakers cant get loud enough to do this song justice
Fuck yea
Same😔
I tried. Failed. Amazingly
Facts
Get some 12s and a 1000 watt Fosgate
this is honestly my favorite song by tool
Gorgeous and loves tool where have you been my entire life...😉 tool for life
Me too
mine too
Those first two verses are just perfect. They hit the soul so hard. Lyricism at its finest. 💯
I am fully aware that this song is meant to be about addiction, but i cant help but connect it to the experience of someone with BPD. You get angry at or do wrong things to people you love that you never want to hurt. You realize what you've done and feel guilty, unable to stop yourself or fix what youve caused. It causes major depression spirals and manic episodes. But you know it will happen again. You distance yourself from the people you love to protect them. You engage in some kind of substance abuse or risky behavior constantly to live with yourself.
I first heard this song around 20 years ago, I've seen TOOL do this twice live, and I still can't get this song loud enough.
I was fortunate enough to finally see Tool on February 23rd at the UBS arena in New York, and the packed house (18,000 people and beyond) went absolutely mental when the band started this song.
31 year's later it still rule 💯 I remember hearing it back in 92 I was like who is this??? Hooked ever since!!
I didn’t know they would be uploading on youtube too oml thank you
your name is brilliant
They're on spotify
God. When I was younger I loved this song. Now that I'm older, I'm literally living it.
The little guitar part at 3:58 gets me every time.
Yeah me too
Thought I was the only one!
I showed your comment to my gf last night, she likes 3:58 too.
The bit before is the part that gets me.
I'm 3 weeks off being born and Tool has just opened my eyes in the womb. Mum please flush it all away.
When I started playing with my final band, this was one of the tunes we played together just to get a feel of how we worked as a group. The drummer, sadly, later had a major relapse into addiction. I hope he's okay today.
This is it. The best band of all time. TOOL.
This is one of my favourite songs of all time.
The best tune ever recorded about addiction
This is the most honest song I have ever known.
You know being alive is worth it because at least you have tool to listen to. Imagine not having tool. Damn!! Can't imagine that
What if I just eat pizza rolls
They better have some good tunes in the next level of existence, doubtful anything will beat this though
I know it's about alcoholism, but it hits me in another way. Demons that have haunted you etc. That self doubt in the back of your mind that you can't seem to shake. The failures you can't escape. Trying to better yourself and it just won't happen no matter how hard you're trying. It's always creeping like the "shadow just behind me." Idk. For everyone battling out there. I hope you find your peace and happiness. 💯
Love this song, found that someone had added this under a playlist called "arm wrestling music" 🤣
😙😙😙😙
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Omg lol
@@jillianelise5 damn you got 198 subs and no videos how you do that🤔
I just made 199😉
@@jabroski69 idk honestly, i shared my music playlist so maybe that's why? It's weird😂😂
I discovered Tool once they opened to upload their music on digital platforms. I understand their belief of "purest form of listening to music is with the physical formats" but I'd never knew of them if they kept like that.
Thanks so much Tool, you have a big fan since then.
the way he says "Jesus won't you FUCKING whistle" gets me every single time
What does that line even mean?
@Stripez Thanks for clarifying
@@cougarcartel4658 Thanks
@@blahthebiste7924 Well, alone, it doesn't mean much. But with "Jesus, won't you fucking whistle something but what's past and done", it's kind of an exclamation of torment from somebody haunted by their past. As in, "I can't bear to be reminded of what I've done." That's my take, anyway
@@blahthebiste7924 to me it's saying for Religion to say something other than what may have happened thousands of years ago, to offer something new other than "what's past and done" meaning religion has lost its meaning
I had an out of body experience while listening to this song once. I get the chills every time I hear it now.
A message to future generations, Keep this song alive!
Mushrooms are our friends, and Tool brings that friendship to a new level.
Probably the most real comment section i’ve seen lol, Im struggling with alcoholism rn, I luv you all ❤
Love you to brother
This band is truly amazing. This song is Soo heavy. I'm so happy I saw them in Tampa.
Tool just has this...i dunno...presence! Im drawn into emotion when i hear them.
A hate one thing about this song and...that's when it ends ...truly a masterpiece do it TOOL
i don't listen to this masterpiece of a song everyday, however when i do all my neighbors will definitely hear this song as well.
I would love to be your neighbor
damn.. just that opening guitar feedback is catchy. it's been in my head all day. and it's welcome to stay.
The very song that got me into TOOL, Undertow is still one of my favorite albums to this day
THE song that made me fall in love with tool 💕
This song is f*cking great!! Remember listening to it back in 2004 and still rocking it in 2020
Amazing. After all these years. Incredible. Tool is in another dimension - above looking down / outside looking in. The emotion that is evoked when I listen is nearly unbearable.
I'm only 2 years old and I like this better than Curious George. No lie.
Legit
If you were 2 years old you wouldn't be able to type.
@@kawaiijessie1485 r/whoooosh
@@kawaiijessie1485 u can type,accept it would be a skilled and smart baby XD
Not only is Curious George not even a relevant children's show, it's also not a song...
This band has ALWAYS had a strong bass presence.
Tool and Primus have the absolute best bass presence, wish more bands would use bass to it's full potential.
@@Dregkar Megadeth and Iron Maiden have strong bass
@@Dregkar don't forget Faith No More and Incubus as well
This song speaks decibels no matter how loud it may be
Only Maynard could write lyrics like this and then wind up owning his own vineyard with zero irony
This song was with me when I was recovering from self harm and still is
hell yeah bruh for life this just gets better everytime never gets old nobody is even close to the skills tool has
That bass guitar is everything in this song
I love how this song has both self-deprecating and sacrilegious lyrics. These two things really speak to me
Edge
This Song is a masterpiece & Tool Rules
Happy Anniversary .. This song got me hooked . Brilliant . 2024
Thank you so much Tool
Listening to this as a kid, I never woulda thought this song would reflect me. Shit.
Yeah, same here.
Same here aswell.
or do you reflect this song...??
I know, right? If only i could just go back....
In the same boat , brother.
I heard this song for the first time in rehab/psychiatric hold about 10 years ago. Blew my mind. And it speaks to me a lot now because I'm trying to become a recovering alcoholic