Tool - 10,000 Days lyrics
Tracks 01. Vicarious
02. Jambi 03. Wings For Marie (Pt 1) 04. 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2) 05. The Pot 07. Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann) 08. Rosetta Stoned 09. Intension 10. Right In Two 11. Viginti Tres 01. Vicarious Music by Tool
Eye on the TV
'Cause tragedy thrills me Whatever flavor it happens to be, like... "Killed by the husband" "Drowned by the ocean" "Shot by his own son" "She used a poison in his tea... then kissed him goodbye" That's my kind of story It's no fun 'til someone dies Don't look at me like I am a monster Frown out your one face But with the other Stare like a junkie Into the TV Stare like a zombie While the mother holds her child Watches him die Heeds to the sky crying, "Why, oh why?" Cause I need to watch things die... from a distance Vicariously I live while the whole world dies You all need it too, don't lie Why can't we just admit it? Why can't we just admit it? We won't give pause until the blood is flowing Neither the brave nor bold Will write as the story's told We won't give pause until the blood is flowing I need to watch things die... from a good safe distance Vicariously I live while the whole world dies You all feel the same, so... Why can't we just admit it? Blood like rain come down Drum on grave and ground Part vampire Part warrior Carnivore and voyeur Stare at the transmittal Sing to the death rattle La, la, la, la, la, la-la-lie (x4) Credulous at best Your desire to believe in Angels in the hearts of men Pull your head on out, your head please and give a listen Shouldn't have to say it all again The universe is hostile, so impossible Devour to survive... so it is, so it's always been We all feed on tragedy Its Like blood to a vampire Vicariously I live while the whole world dies Much better you than I 02. Jambi Music by Tool
Hear from the king's mountain view
Here from the wild dream come true Feast like a sultan I do On treasures and flesh, ever few. But I, I would wish it all away If I thought I'd Lose you just one day The devil and his had me down In love with the dark side I'd found. Dabblin' all the way down Up to my neck soon to drown. But you changed that all for me Lifted me up, turned me round So I I I I I would I would I would Wish this all away Prayed like a martyr dusk til dawn Begged like a hooker all night long Tempted the devil with my song And got what I wanted all along But I And I would If I could And I would Wish it away Wish it away Wish it all away Wanna wish it all away No cross you could hold Sway or justify my giving away my center So if I could I'd wish it all away If I thought tomorrow would take you away You're my peace of mind, my home, my center I'm just trying to hold on One more day Dim my eyes Dim my eyes Dim my eyes if they should Compromise our fulcrum Want and need divide me Then I might as well be gone Shine on forever Shine on benevolent sun Shine down upon the broken Shine until the two become one Shine on forever Shine on benevolent sun Shine down upon the severed Shine until the two become one Divided I'm withering away Divided I'm withering away Shine on upon the many Light our way Benevolent sun Breathe in union Breathe in union Breathe in union Breathe in union Breathe in union So as one survive Another day and season Silence legion, and save your poison. Silence legion, and stay out of my way. 03. Wings For Marie (Pt 1) Music by Tool
You believed
You believed in moments none could see You believed in me A passionate spirit Uncompromise Found us un-open A light in your eye In my old eyes Broken, broken Fell at the hands of those who once Said I'd lost you it was you who Prayed for me so What have I done to be a son to an angel What have I done to be worthy Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescence Difficult to see you in this light Please forgive this selfish question, but What am I to say to all these ghouls tonight She never told a lie Well might of told a lie But never lived one Didn't have a life Didn't have a life But surely saved one See? I'm alright, now it's time for us to let you go. 04. 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2) Music by Tool
Listen to the tales and romanticize,
How we follow the path of the hero Boast about the day when the rivers overrun, How we rise to the height of our halo. Listen to the tales as we all rationalize Our way into the arms of the savior Fading all the trials and the tribulations, None of us have actually been there, Not like you... Ignorant flippant in the congregation Gather around spewing sympathy, Spare me... None of them can even hold a candle up to you Blinded by choices, hypocrites won't seek But enough about the collective Judas Who could deny you were the one who illuminated your little piece of the divine This little light of mine it gives your past unto me, I'm gonna let it shine, to guide you safely on your way Your way home... Ohh, what are they gonna do when the lights go down without you to guide them all to Zion? What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun other than tremble incessantly? High is the way but our eyes are upon the ground. You are the light and the way They'll only read about I only pray heaven knows When to urge you out 10000 days in the fire is long enough. You're going home... You're the only one who can hold your head up high, Shake your fist at the gates saying, "I have come home now!" Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father, Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended. "It's time now! My time now! Give me my Give me my wings!"... Give me my (x5) "Give me my own wings" You are the light, the way, that they will only read about Set as I am in my ways and my arrogance Burden of proof tossed upon non-believers. You were my witness, my eyes, my evidence, Judith Marie, unconditional one. Daylight dims leaving cool fluorescence. Difficult to see you in this light. Please forgive this bold suggestion: Should you see your maker's face tonight Look him in the eye Look him in the eye and tell him I never lived a lie, never took a life, But surely saved one Hallelujah, It's time for you to bring me home. 05. The Pot Music by Tool
Who are you to wave your finger?
You must have been out your head Eyehole deep in muddy waters You practically raised the dead Rob the grave to snow the cradle Then burn the evidence down Soapbox house of cards and glass so Don't go tossin' your stones around You must have been high Foot in mouth and head up ass So what ya talkin' 'bout? Difficult to dance 'round this one 'til you pull it out, boy You must have been so high Steal, borrow, reefer save your shady inference Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent Now you're weeping shades of chosen indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye When you pissed all over my black kettle You must have been high! Who are you to wave your finger? So full of it Eyeballs deep in muddy waters Fuckin' hypocrite Liar, lawyer - mirror, show me what's the difference? Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent. Now... You're weeping shades of chosen indigo Got lemon juice up in your high eye * When you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been... So who are you to wave your finger? Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me? You must have been out your mind Weeping shades of indigo Shed without a reason Weeping shades of indigo Liar, lawyer - mirror, for you what's the difference? Kangaroo be stoned, he's guilty ask the government Now... You're weeping shades of chosen indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye Now when you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been high! high! high! high! Eyeballs deep in bloody waters Eyeballs deep in muddy waters Ganja? P-lease! you must have been out your mind. 07. Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann) Music by Tool
Here is the conversation that takes place between the Nurse and the Doctor, and eventually the Doctor and the Patient.
Lost Keys (voices fading in) Nurse: Excuse me? Doctor? Do you have a moment? Doctor: A moment? What's the question? Nurse: More of a situation, a gentleman in exam 3 Doctor: What's the problem? Nurse: That is the problem, we're not sure. Doctor: You got the chart? Nurse: Right here. Doctor: Not much here is there Nurse: No doctor, no obvious physical trauma. Vitals are stable. Doctor: Name? Nurse: No sir. Doctor: Did someone drop him off? Maybe we could speak to them. Let's get some background on this fella. Nurse: No ID. Nothing (heavy breathing in background) And he won't speak to anybody. Doctor: Well, let's say hello. Good Morning, I'm Dr. Wasson. How are you today? How - are - you today?! Look son, you're in a safe place. We wanna help in whatever way we can. But you need to talk to us. We can't help you otherwise. What's happened? Tell me everything. 08. Rosetta Stoned Music by Tool
Alrighty then
Picture this if you will 10 to 2 AM And actually eating up an old box of Krispy Kremes At my need-to-know post. Just outside Area 51 Contemplating the whole chosen people thing When a flaming stealth banana split the sky like, wide open. I never expected to see it in a place like this. I do believe I spilled a diamond sundae Or something wet on my Birkenstocks And [you're yelping] Holy fucking shit Then the x-file beings who were like some kind of blue-grey [Jackie Chan] With Isabella Rossellini lips and breath that reeked [They're wicked-shot terrorists all while making the sound] abananadabanana so when I opened up my bug eyes, my gaping jaw and my sweaty lower and upper lip And all I could think was I hope that my partner here doesn't notice that I pissed my fucking pants So alive in this way Like an apparition You have me crying out Fuck me It's got to be Dead head Chemistry The blotter got On top of me Got me seeing E mother-fucking And after calming me down with some orange slices And some fetal spooning The ET revealed to me his singular purpose He said you are the chosen one The one who'll deliver the message A message of hope for those who chose to hear it And a warning for those who do not Me, the chosen one, they chose me And I didn't graduate from fucking high school You had better... You had better... You had better... You had better listen When he looked right through me With somniferous almond eyes Don't even know what that means Must remember to write it down This is SO REAL Like the time they floated away See, my heart is pounding Cause this shit never happens to me I can't breathe right now It was so real Like I woke up in Wonderland All sort of terrifying I don't want to be all alone When I tell the story And can anyone tell me why It was a repeat experience will I ever be coming down This is so real Finally it's my lucky day See my heart is racing Cause this shit never happens to me I can't breathe right now You believe me don't you Please believe what I just said See they're telling the truth And this wasn't all in my head See they took me by the hand And invited me right in Then they showed me something I don't even know where to begin Strapped down to my bed Feet cold, eyes red I'm out my head Am I alive? am I dead? Can't remember what they said God damn shit the bed hey hey Overwhelmed as one would be placed in my position Such a heavy burden now to be the one Born to bear and read to all the details of our ending To write it down for all the world to see But I forgot my pen shit the bed again Typical Strapped down to my bed Feet cold and eyes red I'm out of my head Am I alive am I dead Sunkist and Sudafed Gyroscopes and infrared won't help the brain dead Can't remember what they said God damn shit the bed I Can't remember what they said to me Can't remember what they said to make me out to be A HERO I can't remember what they said Can't remember what they said Don't know, Wont Know (x 12) God damn shit the bed. 09. Intension Music by Tool
(These lyrics are played backwards: Work hard, Stay in school, Listen to your mother, your father is right/rising/right, son... Jesus loves you... Work hard, Stay in school, Listen to your mother, your father is right/rising/right son...)
Pure as we begin. Pure as we come in. Pure as we begin. Ruled by will alone. Pure as we begin. Here we have a stone. Gather, place, erase so. Shelter turns to home. Pure as we begin. Here we have a stone. Throw to stay the stranger. Swore to crush his bones. Ruled by will alone. Spark becomes a flame. Flame becomes a fire. Light the way or warm this. Home we occupy. Spark becomes a flame. Flame becomes a fire. Forge a blade to slay the stranger. Take whatever we desire. Moved by will alone. Pure as we begin. Pure as we begin Move by will alone. Leave as we come in. Pure as light. Return to one. Move by will alone. Move by will alone. 10. Right In Two Music by Tool
Angels on the sideline,
Puzzled and amused. Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused. Don't these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around? Plenty in this holy garden, silly old monkeys, Where there's one, you're bound to divide it, Right in two. Angels on the sideline, Baffled and confused. Father blessed them all with reason. And this is what they choose. Monkey, killing monkey, killing monkey. Over pieces of the ground. Silly monkeys give them thumbs, They forge a blade, And where there's one they're bound to divide it, Right in two. Right in two. Monkey, killing monkey, killing monkey. Over pieces of the ground. Silly monkeys give them thumbs, They make a club. And beat their brother down. How they survive so misguided is a mystery. Repugnant is a (not dismal) creature who would Squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here Cut it divide it all right in two. Cut it divide it all right in two. Cut it divide it all right in two. Cut it divide it all right in two. Fight, over the clouds, over the earth, over sky. Fight, over life, over blood, over air and light. Over love, over sun, over another. Fight, till they die (not all the time) Over what? Over Lies and (greed). Angels on the sideline again. Been so long with patience and reason. Angels on the sideline again. Wondering when this tug of war will end. Cut it divide it all right in two. Cut it divide it all right in two. Cut it divide it all right in two. Right in two. Right in two. 11. Viginti Tres Music by Tool
Una Infinitas
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