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Artist: Tool
Track: Sober

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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

Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but the past and done?
Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but the past and done?

Why can't we not be sober?
Just want to start this over
And 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 the past and done

Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start this over
And why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over
Why?

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 things over
And why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over
Why?
I want what I want
I want what I want
I want what I want
I want what I want
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SongMeanings Interpretations
Tool - Sober Lyrics
The song seems to be about a self-loathing drug addict who wishes he never got himself into the hellhole he is in, is begging God for help, and now loathes ...
Tool - Sober (72826 version) Lyrics
Jesus lived among us and saw how bad it was, the game we were playing, the struggles, so Maynard is saying blow your fucking whistle, aggressively begging for a ...
Staind - Sober (Tool cover) Lyrics
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Tool - Forty Six & 2 Lyrics
... Sober? I like to think that when in Sober the protagonist of the song was chased by this negative (his own?) shadow, in Forty Six and Two he finally evolves ...
Tool - Crawl Away Lyrics
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Tool - Bottom (feat. Henry Rollins) Lyrics
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Mr. Bungle - Goodbye Sober Day Lyrics
... song, which I had previously taken for kick-arse gibber-jabber. I think it's aboout using drugs as a tool for self healing. He is very poetically telling ...
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I wanted to just twist it around by saying that I also think that this song could be from the addictive individual's point of view rather than a sober person ...
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Genius Meanings
Tool – Sober (Live)
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
Tool – Sober (Album Version)
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
Childish Gambino – Sober
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[Verse 1] / 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
Tool – Sober (Demo)
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Demi Lovato – Sober
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P!nk – Sober
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