The patient meaning in my words

[ryanomaly]

I think its quite clear, at least for me due to unfortunate experience, this is about addiction.

A groan of tedium escapes me,
Startling the fearful.
Is this a test? It has to be,
Otherwise I can't go on.
Draining patience, drain vitality.
This paranoid, paralyzed vampire act's a little old.

Withdrawal from addiction is horrible and it completely drains a person. It can be thought of as a test, because it does soon end after days/weeks. The act of using can involve paranoia, and a "paralyzed vampire" to me says it is someone who can't easily help what they are doing

But I'm still right here
Giving blood, keeping faith
And I'm still right here.

Wait it out,
Gonna wait it out,
Be patient (wait it out).

If there were no rewards to reap,
No loving embrace to see me through
This tedious path I've chosen here,
I certainly would've walked away by now.
Gonna wait it out.

the rewards are sobriety after the brain recovers. If he didn't have someone who loved him to help he would have walked away from the path of recovery.

If there were no desire to heal
The damaged and broken met along
This tedious path I've chosen here
I certainly would've walked away by now.

And I still may ... (sigh) ... I still may.
Theres always a risk of relapse in recovering addicts

Be patient.
I must keep reminding myself of this.

it is very important to be patient in withdrawal, it is a terrible experience. I would listen to this song in withdrawal and it helped some, although nothing gave pleasure.

And if there were no rewards to reap,
No loving embrace to see me through
This tedious path I've chosen here,
I certainly would've walked away by now.
And I still may.

Gonna wait it out.

[Strewth]

From my own personal experience, I always identified this with a really badly phailing relationship, not necessarily with a lover, but with anybody. When you realize that you're getting sucked dry and all you can feel is tired and drained, and you want to walk away, but you don't. You just wait for it to fix itself and get better, when it can't. Kind of a repetitive and numbing experience, tbh. At least that's what it meant to me, from my experiences.

But I can see how you could take it the way you have. I can only imagine what you would have gone through with that, and if this song helped you through somehow, then I cannot say that's a bad thing. You've done something a lot of people can't do, and you've found greater meaning in something than you probably thought you would. Valuable life experience.

BTW, if you stay here long enough to get access to the fun bits, don't go into the Self Med section for your own well being...

[Yast3r]

I identify it with having a very horrible experience on public transit.

To each his own.

[Strewth]

Lol.

Just... lol.

Yeah, dude, bus down to the beach in OC was like that one time cos all these wheelchair people kept piling on...

Gonna wait it out, ha.

[gonzo]

I identify it with having a very horrible experience on public transit.

To each his own.

Yeah. I relate it to the Scooby Doo ride @ Wonderland.
Jesus! I still get the creeps.

[gonzo]

I identify it with having a very horrible experience on public transit.

To each his own.

lol,
I must say,
I like the way you think, my friend.

[Yast3r]

lol,
I must say,
I like the way you think, my friend.

Back at you my fine feathered (or non-feathered) friend.

[Yast3r]

Yeah. I relate it to the Scooby Doo ride @ Wonderland.
Jesus! I still get the creeps.

I bet you were being held up by old man Withers from the popcorn stand, and he probably would have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for your meddling family.

[gonzo]

Back at you my fine feathered (or non-feathered) friend.

I could let things slide easier when I used the penquin avatar.
Funny how a visual cue adjusts the mind set.

[gonzo]

I bet you were being held up by old man Withers from the popcorn stand, and he probably would have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for your meddling family.

Old man Withers, cloned, like fifty times over. And all of these clones fumbling and fiddling with their cameras and bags, shifting evidence to and fro, pretending to swallow the expensive food, and acting like it's good, patting and adjusting their sad little children (teary eyed and pouty from waiting in lines, and not being rewarded immediately)--all quite a ruse.
You know for sure with ten dollar popcorn, the contraband is hidden inside.
They'd go through the ride all stunned and stupid, tossing popcorn and other food stuffs around.
And then, send in their counter-agents to weed around and find the gems.
Clever. I think not. We'd observed this behaviour before.
We have a keen eye, this family, honed acutely by hours of Scooby-Doo rentals.

I like to go to amusement parks on rainy days to forgo the aforementioned trivialities.

[Yast3r]

Old man Withers, cloned, like fifty times over. And all of these clones fumbling and fiddling with their cameras and bags, shifting evidence to and fro, pretending to swallow the expensive food, and acting like it's good, patting and adjusting their sad little children (teary eyed and pouty from waiting in lines, and not being rewarded immediately)--all quite a ruse.
You know for sure with ten dollar popcorn, the contraband is hidden inside.
They'd go through the ride all stunned and stupid, tossing popcorn and other food stuffs around.
And then, send in their counter-agents to weed around and find the gems.
Clever. I think not. We'd observed this behaviour before.
We have a keen eye, this family, honed acutely by hours of Scooby-Doo rentals.

I like to go to amusement parks on rainy days to forgo the aforementioned trivialities.

I just avoided them my whole life altogether. It saves me from worrying about brushing cotton candy vomit from my hair and having ridiculous snapshots taken of my screaming face as I ride at top speeds on loosely fit together beams of rotting metal.

[slamminsalmon]

how do you know about them? you avoided them your whole life!

the patient is a love song.

[Strewth]

I know about herpes, but I've avoided it my whole life.

Your logic is fail.

[slamminsalmon]

thats right, they have amusement park ed. in high school.

and of course you cant forget the multiple corporations multimillion dollar safe amusement parking advertisements in all facets of media.

right and when you do go to amusement park you can ask your doctor for a pill to cure you of it.

your fail is fail.

[Strewth]

Actually, they didn't teach us about herpes in school. Because in Texas, teaching sex ed in school is punishable by like castration and exile.

In addition, after any ride in an amusement park fails or a child is abducted, there are usually ads touting the safety of said amusement park, safe, clean, and family friendly. On the television, in the newspaper, and on the radio.

No, there is no cure for food poisoning from amusement parks. But then again, you might also have worms from those undercooked oversized turkey legs, so yes, might as well go to the doctor. They are a breeding ground of infection and death.


Your fail of my fail is also fail.

[slamminsalmon]

you edited. fail.

[Strewth]

I edited for a grammatical reason. It was bad. So yes, that is fail. You are correct, sir.

But I'll edit your FACE with this industrial strength permanent marker that I've got. You will look like a kitty.

[Yast3r]

I edited for a grammatical reason. It was bad. So yes, that is fail. You are correct, sir.

But I'll edit your FACE with this industrial strength permanent marker that I've got. You will look like a kitty.

Can you do my face afterward? Except add some fierce red marker into the mix so that I look more like a tiger than a kitty. If that's too complex I'll gladly settle for a panda.

[Strewth]

I could also do a tiger-panda, if that would suit you.

[Yast3r]

I could also do a tiger-panda, if that would suit you.

You mean the infamous Tiganda of the Mixmatchonian forest? Yes... that will suit me quite well.

[Strewth]

win.

[Yast3r]

Must I be patient while you transform me into such a ferocious yet lovable beast?

[Strewth]

Naw, it takes like no time. Um, the patience comes in when you're waiting for the uh industrial sharpie to wash off...

Um.

Should have mentioned that.

[Yast3r]

It's okay. I'll probably end up getting a tattoo over the markings in about a day or so anyways.

[gonzo]

Tiganda markings. Sounds intricate.

One other thing about patience. I love beer.
No beer and no tv make me go something-something. Grrrr!

So then I need some loving.
And I always, then, listen to the patient.

[Yast3r]

Tiganda markings. Sounds intricate.

One other thing about patience. I love beer.
No beer and no tv make me go something-something. Grrrr!

So then I need some loving.
And I always, then, listen to the patient.

Why not put on the B-52's Love Shack?

[gonzo]

Or, drink a B-52 and try Love In An Elevator.
Going dowwwwn...

[Yast3r]

Or, drink a B-52 and try Love In An Elevator.
Going dowwwwn...

I just hope you know when to get off.

[gonzo]

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
Blast off

Maybe not as accurate as Ron Jeremy, but, I'm in the ball park.

[Yast3r]

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
Blast off

Maybe not as accurate as Ron Jeremy, but, I'm in the ball park.

And I'm just sitting in the stands enjoying the festivities with a bag of roasted nuts and raisins.

[gonzo]

Ahh, the surreal life.
Roasted nuts and washed out raisons.
The grapes of wrath.

Yeah. I exaggerate.
It's more like, "Oops, sorry 'bout the mess in your hand, would you like a towel?"

[Strewth]

Amazing how quickly this veered towards...


Nevermind.

[gonzo]

Amazing how quickly this veered towards...


Nevermind.

Christ. It's me, isn't it?
My sex and my drugs and my rock n roll...
And my incapacity to just shut the fuck up.
Pardon me.

[Yast3r]

Christ. It's me, isn't it?
My sex and my drugs and my rock n roll...
And my incapacity to just shut the fuck up.
Pardon me.

It's okay, you entertain us all.

[gonzo]

It's okay, you entertain us all.

Thanks.
I'm almost calm now.

[Yast3r]

Thanks.
I'm almost calm now.

May I suggest listening to The Patient? I think last time I did I fell asleep.

[gonzo]

May I suggest listening to The Patient? I think last time I did I fell asleep.

Instead, I want to get this off my chest.

Last year, somewhere in North America, the police were called, 911, because a little old lady found a man humping the umbrella hole in her picnic table.
WTF, right.
Does the little weasal not have the Internet? Is there not enough porn out there?
What about a bathroom? Somewhere private. Holy shit!

So he goes to jail with splinters piercing his member.
Screaming for a nurse, a doctor, anyone to get the wood out of his dick.
Dipshit.
"You need a fucking vet, man," they said.
"We need porcupine quill tweezers, here," they said.
"WTF," they said.

"I was too tired for the squirrel hole in the maple tree, and I wanted to lie down," he moaned, just before passing out.

[gonzo]

Now, I'm going to listen to Tool.

[Strewth]

It's all right.

It's amusing.

[Yast3r]

Instead, I want to get this off my chest.

Last year, somewhere in North America, the police were called, 911, because a little old lady found a man humping the umbrella hole in her picnic table.
WTF, right.
Does the little weasal not have the Internet? Is there not enough porn out there?
What about a bathroom? Somewhere private. Holy shit!

So he goes to jail with splinters piercing his member.
Screaming for a nurse, a doctor, anyone to get the wood out of his dick.
Dipshit.
"You need a fucking vet, man," they said.
"We need porcupine quill tweezers, here," they said.
"WTF," they said.

"I was too tired for the squirrel hole in the maple tree, and I wanted to lie down," he moaned, just before passing out.

Quite the story. Reminds me of the episode of Cops I watched in which a man had his penis stuck in the pool jet.

[Strewth]

I am vaguely reminded of the wanker song.

Used a badger and a melon and a cat, an inflatable Linda Lovelace, and a Davy Crockett hat...

And then I thought about this thing I heard where someone's alibi for murder was that he was in the forest with his brother having sex with trees.

I would say "Fuck" but then...

Um.


Way too accurate.

[gonzo]

And St. Gutfree from the book 'Haunted' by Chuck Palahnuik.
Those pool jets, they'll get ya' every time.

And Cops. Goddamn that show is funny!

[gonzo]

I am vaguely reminded of the wanker song.

Used a badger and a melon and a cat, an inflatable Linda Lovelace, and a Davy Crockett hat...

And then I thought about this thing I heard where someone's alibi for murder was that he was in the forest with his brother having sex with trees.

I would say "Fuck" but then...

Um.


Way too accurate.

Their ability to lay it out there like that astounds me.
Ergot, my constant fascination with these sorts of stories.

[Yast3r]

Their ability to lay it out there like that astounds me.
Ergot, my constant fascination with these sorts of stories.

If you want to leave a lasting legacy you must have intimate contact with any object with an appropriately sized orifice (if it hurts or not).

[Strewth]

And then testify to it in open court.

[Yast3r]

I think video evidence is also crucial to being well-known and popular with the opposite gender.

[gonzo]

Always be aware of the red light glow.
Only act when it's on.
Otherwise what's the point.
Just to entertain the 'TV Babies.'

[Yast3r]

Always be aware of the red light glow.
Only act when it's on.
Otherwise what's the point.
Just to entertain the 'TV Babies.'

I usually avoid lying underneath the red light glow of a buffet heat lamp.
Although there was that fantasy the once with the rice bits and the nude dwarf hiding in the sweet and sour sauce....

[gonzo]

I usually avoid lying underneath the red light glow of a buffet heat lamp.
Although there was that fantasy the once with the rice bits and the nude dwarf hiding in the sweet and sour sauce....

That does sound sweet.

[Yast3r]

That does sound sweet.

More than you can imagine.

[gonzo]

Got kicked off the computer last night.
I succumbed to the constant whinning.

I went to listen to Jerry Cantrell, and I forgot, I reset my IPOD back to factory settings, and I erased Jerry. Shit.
However, because of GHWT, Filter sufficed.
Since October/November, I've picked up some Filter. I like it.
It was/is something new to me.

[Yast3r]

Got kicked off the computer last night.
I succumbed to the constant whinning.

I went to listen to Jerry Cantrell, and I forgot, I reset my IPOD back to factory settings, and I erased Jerry. Shit.
However, because of GHWT, Filter sufficed.
Since October/November, I've picked up some Filter. I like it.
It was/is something new to me.

Hey man, nice shot!

[Strewth]

That's what I told a bartender once. She didn't get it.



Stupid hick.

[Yast3r]

That's what I told a bartender once. She didn't get it.



Stupid hick.

She was probably just surprised you saw through her cosmetic and sex-change operations. You know, being called a man and all brings back bad memories for them.

[Strewth]

Lol. Naw, no sex change...

She was too young to have gone through the process. Most transsexuals actually undergo sexual reassignment in their thirties. She was like uh probably around 23. And I think I would have been able to tell based on the tightness of her pants if she had a penis or not.

Still.


lol

[Yast3r]

I'm out of things to post about. So what are you currently working on Strewth?

[Strewth]

At this moment?

Relishing the rumor that bobobob is on global ignore. If you can consider that work.

And also preparing for a trip out of state. Funtimes. All my creative type activities have been put on hold. It's all right, I've got no problem with it.

Unless you count uh, refuting the crap out of what's his mug's random poaste in Age please...


Them peppers is hot, you know.

[gonzo]

Hey man, nice shot!

Yes. It all started with playing that one song on GHWT.

Now, that I got my music picked out (except for Jerry Cantrell's solo work and Salival--but those I can get from the bass player in my coverband this week), I'm working on a mural that depicts diversity.

The name of our coverband; Dogtown.
A name we picked after I watched the skateboarding movie, Dogtown and Z Boys.
And I wanted our band to play the soundtrack. Godzilla. Voodoo Chile. Hair of the Dog. Etc.

Art. To make something out of nothing for no good reason at all.
Just because I have to...do something.

[Yast3r]

Yes. It all started with playing that one song on GHWT.

Now, that I got my music picked out (except for Jerry Cantrell's solo work and Salival--but those I can get from the bass player in my coverband this week), I'm working on a mural that depicts diversity.

The name of our coverband; Dogtown.
A name we picked after I watched the skateboarding movie, Dogtown and Z Boys.
And I wanted our band to play the soundtrack. Godzilla. Voodoo Chile. Hair of the Dog. Etc.

Art. To make something out of nothing for no good reason at all.
Just because I have to...do something.

I like to make art as well. I'm not too good at it but have an original style and creative mind. My rooms scattered with my designs.

[gonzo]

I like to make art as well. I'm not too good at it but have an original style and creative mind. My rooms scattered with my designs.

I just read the Malcolm Gladwell book, 'Outliers.'
In it he talks about the 10,000 hour rule. This rule discusses how a person needs to spend at least 10K hours at something before they have got it mastered at a world class level.
For instance, Bill Gates. 10,000 plus hours on an interactive computer system in 1968. That's 10,000 hours programming code. Jesus. In two or three years.
The Beatles. 1900 shows before they crossed to America.
Mozart. Twenty years before his first major symphony.
And so on. De-mystifying the concept and myth of genius.

From reading this, I thought of Van Gogh. Lust for Life. He spent 10 years or more sketching before he hit his stride. And he died poor and alone.

I have sketches, drawings, and plans all over the house and garage to remind me where I am situated in the scheme of things. Quickly, I figured I'm at about 3,000 hours. I have a long way to go, but I will continue to paint. It's a good waste of time.

Drumming. I'm just hitting my stride, twenty years too late.
But I will continue on...

[gonzo]

Yes. And with that in mind.
Tool was probably around the 10,000 hour mark when they made Lateralus.
Patience, and hard fucking work.

Luck is found at the corner of hark work and opportunity. The crossroads.
A quick thought from my reptilian mind.

[gonzo]

At this moment?

Relishing the rumor that bobobob is on global ignore. If you can consider that work.

And also preparing for a trip out of state. Funtimes. All my creative type activities have been put on hold. It's all right, I've got no problem with it.

Unless you count uh, refuting the crap out of what's his mug's random poaste in Age please...


Them peppers is hot, you know.

I thought bobobob went to Europe. Paris, or something.
I recall something about Paris.
And the words, Bon Voyage.

Also, I like the phrase 'manipulez avec precausion.'
I think I spelled that right?

[Strewth]

I do not know if you spelled it right, as I have forgotten nearly all of my French.

Perhaps bob will stay in Paris.

Perhaps he will not return.

[gonzo]

We will wait it out

[Don't_Need_Validation]

Considering I am addicted to crystal meth I could see how this could be interpreted as an addiction related song, but I think that would be a little too bit repetitive for Tool considering stink fist has already been written. Also while being patient, and struggling through addiction are related, its comparing apples to oranges, and seems a little bit unfounded to write an entire song over.

Being patient with addiction is like setting yourself up like a ticking time bomb. Patience is a friend to addiction. Replace patience with acceptance. Lyrics about acceptance could easily be about a drug addiction, while the lyrics with the addiction theme.

I think it is easier to keep it generalized, otherwise it loses purpose to the fan(consider if he replaced the words with whether or not he should lay down his old arthritic feline; it would be dumb), although I am sure Maynard had a specific incident in his own life on his mind. But any listener, before your own relative perception kicks in should be something to exactly how it reads(in my opinion is true for the Tool songs with out a whole bunch of pseudo pop-culture references(astrology is not a secret)) like: Everyone has difficult obstacles in life, where devout people might see them as "tests", we all require help from loved ones, which can be quite draining on them.

Yeah I know religion should be left out, and be considered a perception, but Maynard decided to revisit his olde religious self-struggle(get over it) by placing TEST right there.

As we continue to live through this difficult time we form a decision.

It is easy to be thankful when you are in such turmoil and are haunted by this obstacle, but your loved ones remind you what is best, and all this hardship will be finally overcome.

blah blah, same idea.. more self motivation to be patient and stick to your plan.

It would be so much easier to take the other route; these routes are still totally relative.
but you insist on being patient and seeing this through the way you and you support see's best.

See.. there is no idea hardwired in besides. Some decisions are hard, and there might be easier or more rewarding paths to take, but if you are patient the best one will persevere.

For an example lets think of one many people can relate to. A partner cheating on you.

It would be easy for you to just go up and take your anger out, but it isn't really the best choice. Your friend will tell you to just forget about them and the pain will heal.
This would be the "test" to some, or to others a simple inward glance at what you know is morally right.. We all know what is best, making that decision usually requires PATIENCE!

[the midas touch]

It's about being a first year in medical school. Getting raped....only for the next 3 years followed by 4-7 even more terrible years of residency.

Holy moly.


It's even called The Patient.

"if there was no desire to heal the damaged and broken i've met along this tedious path i've chosen here i certainly would've walked away by now."