xifeelphreex
02-02-2003, 01:36 PM
I've always seen The Patient as a song about communication problems within the band. I also think it relates to Maynard forming A Perfect Circle. The groan of tedium comes from being in Tool for so long and possibly feeling confined in a style (i.e. the very emotional/personal lyrics of APC would never work for Tool) and needing to break out of the same
routine. Also, have you ever noticed that Maynard especially at earlier Tool shows resembles a paranoid, paralized vampire with the way he stares and dances? Now the fearful in this situation would be the other members of Tool, he expresses feelings of wanting to branch out from Tool and it startles everyone else thinking it may be over for the band we all love. He seems to explain his feelings on this matter in The Patient to both his band and their fans. He wants to get the point across that he's still right here. The underlying motif in Lateralus is communication, and in this song he could possibly be communicating his deepest feelings about Tool to everyone on the inside and out. Anyway that's my 2 cents, I'd love to see a discussion of this theory in here.
Terry
routine. Also, have you ever noticed that Maynard especially at earlier Tool shows resembles a paranoid, paralized vampire with the way he stares and dances? Now the fearful in this situation would be the other members of Tool, he expresses feelings of wanting to branch out from Tool and it startles everyone else thinking it may be over for the band we all love. He seems to explain his feelings on this matter in The Patient to both his band and their fans. He wants to get the point across that he's still right here. The underlying motif in Lateralus is communication, and in this song he could possibly be communicating his deepest feelings about Tool to everyone on the inside and out. Anyway that's my 2 cents, I'd love to see a discussion of this theory in here.
Terry