Explicit Lyrics on Lateralus

[Fatman]

I'm sorry, I just saw a Explicit Lyrics sticker on Lateralus where as to my remembering, their is no swear words on the whole album?

[jay-jay]

I’d say there’s some swearing going on in ticks and Leeches, if there’s none in there, then there’s none in the album.

[Fatman]

ah yes there is sorry..

My blood is bruised and borrowed. You thievingp bastards.
You have turned my blood cold and bitter,
beat my compassion black and blue!

[48&2]

also at the end of ticks and leeches if you turn it up REALLY loud you will hear someone say 'oh you fucking bastards'

[jay-jay]

But explicit doesn’t necessarily have to be a swear word, the lyrics are harsh and straight forward, angry and what have you, which could be considered explicit.

Are the first words in TandL not “fucken…suuuuuuuuuck!”?

[Fatman]

Suck and suuuuuuuck.
Suckin up all you can suckin up all you can suck and suck.
Workin up under my patience like a little tick.
Fat little parasite.

[alobaraparabola]

Is that enough for a explicit lyrics sticker, though?

[BackToMyKnees]

Plus, Tool has a history of vulgar language, so I wouldn't be surprised if the morons in charge of those ratings took that into acount. I mean, I think I saw a story on TV once where they put one of those stickers on a Frank Zappa album.

An entirely instrumental album.

[alobaraparabola]

Depending on who's rating it, any occult themes may be "worthy" of a sticker maybe, even though it shouldn't.

[jay-jay]

Maynards tone of voice is enough to get an explicit label.

[Dejanol]

Taken all I can, taken all I can, we(?) can take.
Taken all you can, taken all you can fuckin' take


Lyrics section, check it out.

[ihatemickjagger]

the Foo Fighters' One by One album, track 7 (Halo) "You keep fucking up" is CLEARLY audible, yet the cd has no explicit label on it. maybe tandl was thought to be about oral sex

[Fatman]

Lyrics section, check it out.
Ah, I was looking from another lyrics page

This is TSD one
Taken all I can, taken all I can, we(?) can take.
Taken all you can, taken all you can fuckin' take
Got nothing left to give to you.
Blood suckin parasitic little tick/blood suckin parasitic little tick
Take what you want and then go.

This is from a tool fan site
Taken all I can taken all I can, we can take. Taken all you can taken all you can, we can take.
Got nothing left to give to you.
Blood suckin parasitic little blood suckin parasitic little blood suckin parasitic little tick!
Take what you want and then go.

[Mojo]

It's still stupid. One swear word doesn't get an explicit label.

[empty_blanket]

It's a sticker. Peel it off.

[BackToMyKnees]

As far as the Toolband lyrics go, they also say "Wear YOUR grudge like a crown" for The Grudge, which is clearly not what he's saying.


Plus they have question marks in their lyrics too, so they could be wrong about the F word in T&L.

[eulogy508]

I'm sorry, I just saw a Explicit Lyrics sticker on Lateralus where as to my remembering, their is no swear words on the whole album?

I've never seen an Explicit Lyrics sticker on lateralus, but things might be different in Australia

[nthistogether]

A bowt Lateralus again a few weeks ago, and Lateralus was still misspelled on the back.
Yay for me.
Wasn't it suppossed to changed?

[holy reality]

Lyrics section, check it out.
We all know the lyrics section is accurate.*

Why don't you LISTEN son, there is no fucking way he's saying fucking unless the entire "fuckign" has been so distorted and garbled and warped that it sounds like "we've taken all we can we can take" or "we've taken all we can we can tick"

because I do not for the life of me, even using my imagination, hear a fuck in that garbled set of words.

[BackToMyKnees]

We all know the lyrics section is accurate.*

Why don't you LISTEN son, there is no fucking way he's saying fucking unless the entire "fuckign" has been so distorted and garbled and warped that it sounds like "we've taken all we can we can take" or "we've taken all we can we can tick"

because I do not for the life of me, even using my imagination, hear a fuck in that garbled set of words.

I heard and could tell he was saying fuckin' long before I read any lyrics anywhere. Maybe you should take your own advice and LISTEN "son".


I think this:
"Taken all we can, taken all we can, we can take."

Doesn't make nearly as much sense as this:

"Taken all we can, taken all we can fuckin' take.

[Chuckie]

The lateralus I bought and the lateralus cd's around the one I bought didnt have a sticker.

hmmmm.

kinda shitty when they all of a sudden decide to put the stickers on the cd well after it's release

[holy reality]

I heard and could tell he was saying fuckin' long before I read any lyrics anywhere. Maybe you should take your own advice and LISTEN "son".


I think this:
"Taken all we can, taken all we can, we can take."

Doesn't make nearly as much sense as this:

"Taken all we can, taken all we can fuckin' take.
when is maynard required to make sense?

unless i have a magic version of lateralus there is no fuck in there, i'll go rip the thing off my cd and slow that part down and mess with it one day if i want to.

and they didn't just start putting stickers on it, there have been a few threads about this a long time ago, i guess it just depends on where you get them from.....

[Penguin]

also at the end of ticks and leeches if you turn it up REALLY loud you will hear someone say 'oh you fucking bastards'

I don't think that's true. I've turned it up extremely loud AND checked it out in an audio editor... and nothing's there...

[BackToMyKnees]

when is maynard required to make sense?




I guess you don't understand anything I say unless I ramble on about for 5 minutes without actually saying anything (not to make accusations or anything).

It doesn't make as much grammatical sense.

[UncnciousShadow]

I dont think saying fuck a few times and singing in an angry tone can get an explicit lyrics sticker. I have plenty of cds that say fuck more and dont have one. I dont know why this would.

[crow011]

is metal, is explicit . . .

thats how cencors work . . .

peace and blessed be . . .

crow011 . . .

[Mehhico]

Yeah, the record store probably just read that Anti-Tool site and..............bam...........put a sticker on the album.

[faceless other]

I got the album from wal-mart (ya, uber cencor store, didnt want to get it there). And I did not get the "parental advisory" (they dont sell albums that have that slaped on it, damn cencors).
As for the elusive "fuck", I can hear a distorted sound where the suposid "fuck" should be, it could be there, but cencored.
Has tool ever played Ticks & Leaches live? If so, it could be figured out that way.
As for content, Rage against the machine's battle of LA album was not PA:EL, and it had by far "explicit" lyrics, anti government, religious insults, and a lot of "bad" words.
But then an album gets slaped with that "warning" for having "mother fucker" and the only "bad" word in it. Fickled cencores.
I will think we will never know.

[Cheesebodia]

I'm sorry, I just saw a Explicit Lyrics sticker on Lateralus where as to my remembering, their is no swear words on the whole album?

I realize that this question was asked 8 YEARS ago, but I actually have the definitive answer.
I have a supreme quality copy of Lateralus. I also have in my possession a piece of technology which wasn't around in 2003: Bose 5.1 Acoustic Noise-Cancelling headphones. These are the very top-of-the-line, and are known for having the best audio quality yet invented. I listened through "Ticks and Leeches", and can say without a doubt that it doesn't swear. I can hear the words plain as day, and I'm not mistaken.

I'm glad we finally have the means to discern this.
The explicit label should be removed.