 Genius Lyrics
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Tool – Intension
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“Intension” is the ninth song on 10,000 Days, the fourth studio album by heavy metal band Tool. It continues the more progressive style found on the majority of this album and
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Tool – Jimmy
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Maynard James (Jimmy) Keenan was eleven years old when his mother was affected by an aneurysm that rendered her paralyzed for the rest of her life. The song is about the pain and
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Tool – Pushit
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“Pushit” is the 11th track on Tool’s 1996 sophomore effort Ænima, and it’s title is a combination of the words “push” and “shit.” One of their more lengthy and heavy tracks, it has
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Tool – Vicarious
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The first single from their 4th full-length studio album, the song features a 5/4 riff and describes the vicarious thrill the public receives from living through others in the
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Tool – Invincible
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“Invincible” is a dynamic rock song that paints an image of seasoned warriors aching for a return to battle, but blinded by Quixotic scenes of glory, they overlook their aging
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Tool – Pneuma
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Pneuma (πνεῦμα) is an ancient Greek word for “breath”, and in a religious context for “spirit” or “soul”.
This song is a vivid reminder to us that being a human is not bound to
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Tool – Intermission
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[Instrumental]
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Tool – 7empest
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This song is a reckoning with those that use their influence to control the mainstream narrative, telling the masses everything will be fine; they lull us in with their ruse
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Bob Rivers – Three Inch Tool
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Little me, my nuts are small as pearls / You like to laugh at me 'cause I'm hung just like a squirrel / Sometimes it bugs me, I'm not a bigger guy / When I was a baby, I was
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Jeezy (Ft. Birdman & Bun B) – My Tool
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[Chorus: Birdman] / Give me my tool, die for my goons / Cooked up the food got the ice for the jewels / Bullshit or hustle money, Motherfucker / Buy it ourself private Jets
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Carpenter Brut (Ft. David Eugene Edwards) – Fab Tool
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Yah tah hey, Yah tah hey, ya / Mikopashpe / Yah tah hey, Yah tah hey / Fab tool, fab tool / Runnin / Gunnin Forward in the phantom shatter so grand / Splatter grand, arcanum fuel
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Heavenly – Tool
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You never said a word / But the thousand things you should have said I heard / Made my heart stand still / I never thought I'd be / Any one of all the things you wanted of me / Now
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Tool – Undertow
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The Tool FAQ offers this explanation of the lyrics:
Undertow is a song about repeated drug use. The voice that he hears is some sort of craving for this drug (or something), it
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Freddie Dredd – Tool
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[Chorus] / "Where'd you get the tool?" / I just got it from the store / It was $3.75, now you saw it, now you die / "Please don't hurt me", I don't care, now say goodbye / Start to
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Jaybexo – With the tool
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Damn, I think that's perfect! / Aye, aye what? / Aye (aye), aye gang / Aye gang, aye gang / Aye, aye gang / Aye, what? / Aye, what? Aye, aye (aye what), aye / I walk in your crib
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Tool – Descending
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“Descending” is a winding progressive rock piece, with passionate vocal passages and heavy guitar solos. The band had been teasing the song for almost a decade during live
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Tool – Intolerance
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Intolerance is the first song on Tool’s first full-length studio LP. The song’s intro consists of what some claim to be the sound of a scuba tank running out of air, someone
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Tool – Fear Inoculum
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Throughout “Fear Inoculum”, the highly anticipated comeback song from Tool, the speaker seems to be addressing a blight or foe they’ve named ‘The Deceiver.’ He seems to be standing
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Tool – Stinkfist
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The first track on Tool’s 1996 album Ænima. The theme of this song is about how people will take things to the extreme for pleasure by using “fisting” as a metaphor.
Because of
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Tool – Flood
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[Intro] / Here comes the water / [Verse 1] / All I knew / All I believed / Crumbling images / No longer comfort me / Scramble to / Reach higher ground / Order and sanity
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Fiona Apple – Dull Tool
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Fiona Apple wrote this song for the soundtrack of Judd Apatow’s 2012 film, This is 40. The soundtrack was composed and produced by Apple’s longtime collaborator, Jon Brion, and
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Tool – Sweat
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Like many of Tool’s songs, this one is vague enough to be open to many interpretations, from being about a drug trip to being about reliving the same life over and over again.
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Tool – The Patient
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This song is written from the perspective of MJK’s mother. She has been paralyzed since 1976. In this song we see his mother battling not only with herself, her illness and the way
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Tool – Disposition
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[Verse] / Mention this to me / Mention this to me / Watch the weather change / Watch the weather change / Watch the weather change / Watch the weather change / Mention this to me
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Tool – Eulogy
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There is much speculation among Tool fans who this song is about, with no theory having been officially confirmed. Candidates include Jesus of Nazareth, due to references to
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Tool – Parabol
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This song is a prelude to the song “Parabola” on Tool’s third studio album Lateralus. It is lyrically very similar to “Parabola” and serves as a more calm opener to the heavier
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Tool – Parabola
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A “parabola” is a U-shaped curve in a quadratic function. “Parabola” is a play on the title of the introduction section, titled “Parabol,” which is a play on the word “parable,” or
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Tool – Faaip de Oiad
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The title is Enochian for “Voice of God.”
The talking is from a radio call-in show (Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell). It is one of the classic moments from that show, during which
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DJ Spanish Fly – Uzi Tool
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[Intro] / Nigga tryna act cool, boy I got the Uzi Tool / [Chorus 1] / Nigga tryna act cool, oh I got the Uzi Tool / Nigga tryna act cool, oh I got the Uzi Tool / Ni-Nigga tryna act
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Tool – Culling Voices
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Culling Voices warns of the danger of getting in your own head and your own ego.
Over time, prejudices and mental shorthands can be created. These lead to assumptions and
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Tool – Disgustipated
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A portmanteau of disgust and constipated (obviously).
Another religious satire.
At 15:47, “Disgustipated” was as of its release the longest song in Tool’s discography, even
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Tool – Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)
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The meaning of the song itself is readily apparent.
The “Blame Hofmann” parenthetical in the title may refer to Albert Hofmann, the Swiss scientist known best for being the first
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Tool – Hush
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This song is a satire of censorship.
To drive the point home, the music video has the band members naked and holding parental advisory signs over their bodies.
These stickers
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Tool – Crawl Away
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“Crawl Away” is a song about a controlling narcissist, who loses a person close to them (presumably a significant other).
The fifth track on Tool’s full-length debut, Undertow, it
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Tool – Wings For Marie, Pt. 1
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“Wings for Marie” parts 1 and 2, as well as all of 10,000 Days, was dedicated to lead singer Maynard James Keenan’s mother Judith Marie Gridley. She passed away 3 years prior to
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Mustard (Ft. Jay 305 & TeeCee4800) – Tool
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[Verse 1: TeeCee4800] / Aye, big face benjis and a hemi / That pussy fertile, I need a jimmy / I'm in the motherfuck' coupé, goin' crazy / It's just me and my Caby / Be yanked out
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Tool – Right in Two
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This biblical reference refers to the idea that God, the Father, gave free will to man so that he would be above His other creations, yet they use their blessings to kill and maim
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Tool – Ticks & Leeches
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Off of “Lateralus”, this thinly-veiled allegory denounces record executives and the music industry for taking advantage of artists' effort and sacrifices. Here, such individuals
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Tool – H.
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This talks about MJK’s experiences as a new parent. Maynard has in many songs referred to the abuse he experienced when he was younger. Here he talks about the feelings that haunt
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Tool – No Quarter
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This is a cover of a track originally recorded by Led Zeppelin from their 1973 album Houses of the Holy
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Neil Cicierega – The Sharpest Tool
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This abrasive remix of Smash Mouth’s “All Star” was initially released on Neil Cicierega’s Youtube channel under the name “MOUTH”, months before the release of Mouth Sounds. It is
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Tool – Jerk-Off (Live)
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[Intro] / "Used to be a bunch of assholes that lived in this part of the building here. But we systematically removed them like you would any kind of termite or roach." / [Verse 1
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Tool – You Lied (Live)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Chorus] / Setting sun can't shine, now you're gone / Inside sleeping, my heart beating / You know that you tried to hide it / Shouldn't you have said what
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Tool – Opiate² (Squared)
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[Intro] / Choices always were a problem for you / What you need is someone strong to guide you / Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow / What you need is someone strong to use
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