07 - Lost Keys lyrics

[FistFck]

Maynard whimpering in the background, starts around 1:41

1:50-EKG monitor kicks in

2:00 Hospital fades in

Nurse:Excuse me, doctor, if you have a moment?
Doctor: A moment? Whats the question?
Nurse: More of a situation, a gentleman in exam 3.
Doctor: Whats the problem?
Nurse: That is the problem, Were not sure.
Doctor: Youve got the Chart?
Nurse: Right Here
Doctor: <Flips page> hmmmm.. Not much here, is there.
Nurse: No doctor, no obvious physical trauma, mmm vitals are stable.
Doctor: Name?
Nurse: No sir.
Doctor: Did someone drop him off, maybe we can speak to them? Lets get some background on this fellow.
Nurse: No ID, nothing, and he wont speak to anybody
Doctor: Well then, lets say hello

Doctor: <to maynard> Good morning, I'm Dr. Watson. How are you today? How Are you today? Look son, your in a safe place, we want to help you, in any whatever way we can. But you need to talk us, we cant help you otherwise. Now, Whats happened? Tell me everything.

[mike tyson]

Reminds me of Comfortably Numb / DSOTM.

[Clutch it like an AEnima]

Reminds me of Comfortably Numb / DSOTM.
Comfortably Numb is from The Wall, not Dark side of the Moon

[blair's man sausage]

so relating to a person flipped out in a psycho-analytical experience?

lost mind?

[mike tyson]

Comfortably Numb is from The Wall, not Dark side of the Moon

I know, but the talking reminds me of Comfortably Numb and the voice of the doctor is similar to the guy who speaks several times on DSOTM.

Guess I should've been more clear.

[auralassassin]

Damnit dude... you are hereby BANNED for not getting it right :D

[Clutch it like an AEnima]

i heard from somewhere that tool did a live cover on Comfortably Numb, any word?

[Nietzsche's Dead]

so relating to a person flipped out in a psycho-analytical experience?

lost mind?

i think hes supposed to be someone fucked over on LSD..

like, way back when. So its very new to them, and now they need to know whats up... man i fucking love this leading into RS. Especially when MJK (?) answers him with that demonic fucking voice... >:D

[AestheticAnomaly]

i heard from somewhere that tool did a live cover on Comfortably Numb, any word?

the one on the internet isnt them

[praefector]

i love it

if you listen to it it sounds like you could have just woken up or come off a trip in a hospital...

the "you need to talk to us. what's happened tell me everything" part makes me feel like i might be tripping and the stream of consciousness vocals to open the next song corroborate this.

[FistFck]

yeah, it honestly feels like the noise you hear at the beginning is the main character (maynard) slowly coming into focus after a "long" night. i love how they added an element of story to rosetta stoned via this segue, i think it makes the song even better than it is. i enjoy listening to it, knowing that its a story being told by a fucked up patient to a confused doctor. imagine standing infront of some guy and he starts talking to you like that..... lol. it'd freak me out.

[Montague]

does the doc sound australian to anybody else?

[Renholder]

does the doc sound australian to anybody else?

This song makes me fucking sleepy. It's amazing how i start yawning and everything while listening to it. I'm listening to it right now and my eyes are closing down. It's something about the monotonous tone... something...ahhh beautiful sleep.

[FistFck]

yes, the doctor is australian, the nurse is american, the patient is.... on lsd.

[GullyFoyle]

Maybe they are just giving props because Oz started as a penal colony and have grown to a Cool ass Place full of mostly cool ass people. Monkey killing monkey put them in Australia in a penal colony, they won't tear it down!

gf

[phreak03]

this kinda reminds me or message to harry manback (the first one)

[Wings]

i heard from somewhere that tool did a live cover on Comfortably Numb, any word?
That is a Pink Floyd demo.

[jakethesnake]

It's a seguey (sp?) into the next song Rosetta Stoned, which is about Maynard (?) in a dream/abduction/trip.

It makes sense to me, in a backwards, toolish sort of way.

He wakes up in a hospital, the doctors are asking him questions, etc. which leads to the explanation (rosetta stoned) of why he's there.

Yes/no?

[acsguitar]

Does no one else think this guy has post tramadic stress syndrome? I'm not thinking he's on acid. Just fucked by "the war"

[psims23]

Does no one else think this guy has post tramadic stress syndrome? I'm not thinking he's on acid. Just fucked by "the war"


could definitely be... I saw some videos in a war class of mine of people suffering from this (also known as shrapnel syndrom, coming from the fact that a lot of these patients were suffering from lead poisoning due to the shrapnel from grenades) and it looked like a lot of them were tripping. They were way out of their element, not just sad or whatever, but completely lost it. And maybe when the doctor finally asks him to tell him everything, he just lets it all out at once, or as fast as his voice will allow anyways.... fucking GREAT pair of songs :)

[jakethesnake]

Hello the song is called lost keys (blame hoffman)

dr. hoffman is the father of lsd

you = incorrect

thx

[svet-am]

Hello the song is called lost keys (blame hoffman)

dr. hoffman is the father of lsd

you = incorrect

thx

remember, this is TOOL. one cannot take everything (anything?) at face value. while the hofmann reference is one interpretation, i seriously doubt it's the only one.

remember, kids, think before posting...

you = asshole

thx

[jcharney]

Isn't it with the paralyzation or death of Maynard's mother?

[panocha21]

Would the person on lsd have completely normal vitals? Obviously, nothing's wrong with this guy physically. It seems more mental to me. This is why I don't want to jump to the conclusion that he's on lsd.

[scar]

because of a hint of the words "area 51" on the rosetta stoned track, i believe this man is supposed to be an alien abductee. he is clearly disoriented, as well as in a hypertensive state of breathing, mentally locked, and when the doctor asks him to tell them everything, he snaps and does just that, on the next track, rosetta stoned.

anyone?

[scar]

reminds me of faaip de oiad, which is DIFINITELY about alien abduction and ties to area 51.

[bellamadia]

I know it's an APC song, but this song seems to refer to "The Nurse Who Loved Me." Think about it... in "Lost Keys" he says "say hello" and that is in "The Nurse Who Loved Me." In "The Nurse Who Loved Me" she had everything he needed, "Pharmacy Keys" (which I think refers to sustaining addiction). Perhaps lost keys could be a metaphor for getting clean and he is in the hospital to be rehibilitated. Just a thought.

[HelloImCarter]

I know it's an APC song, but this song seems to refer to "The Nurse Who Loved Me." Think about it... in "Lost Keys" he says "say hello" and that is in "The Nurse Who Loved Me." In "The Nurse Who Loved Me" she had everything he needed, "Pharmacy Keys" (which I think refers to sustaining addiction). Perhaps lost keys could be a metaphor for getting clean and he is in the hospital to be rehibilitated. Just a thought.

Not saying that Maynard isn't making an allusion to that song, but FYI, TNWLM is originally a song from a band named Failure who toured with Tool back in, I believe, '96. It's entirely possible, given that Rosetta Stoned is a bunch of quotes and influences put together, but I think it might be a far-fetched stretch.

[A WalkAbout]

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 to say

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, and he won't speak to anybody.

Doctor: Well, let's say hello. Good Morning, I'm Dr. Lawson. 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.

[carefreeonmorph]

I agree 100% with the lyrics that are posted for this conversation, I'm still deciphering some of Rosetta Stoned I'll have it soon!

[carefreeonmorph]

I know it's an APC song, but this song seems to refer to "The Nurse Who Loved Me." Think about it... in "Lost Keys" he says "say hello" and that is in "The Nurse Who Loved Me." In "The Nurse Who Loved Me" she had everything he needed, "Pharmacy Keys" (which I think refers to sustaining addiction). Perhaps lost keys could be a metaphor for getting clean and he is in the hospital to be rehibilitated. Just a thought.

I think that Maynard is trying to keep APC and TOOL as two seperate entities. I definantly don't think Adam would agree with any cross of the two bands...

[lessthanmurf]

Doctor: Well, let's say hello. Good Morning, I'm Dr. Lawson.

I hear 'Dr Watson' - not Lawson. but who knows?

[raoul_duke]

i heard from somewhere that tool did a live cover on Comfortably Numb, any word?
The one on the internet is pink floyds first version not TOOL.

[lemonwater]

Not saying that Maynard isn't making an allusion to that song, but FYI, TNWLM is originally a song from a band named Failure who toured with Tool back in, I believe, '96. It's entirely possible, given that Rosetta Stoned is a bunch of quotes and influences put together, but I think it might be a far-fetched stretch.
the rosetta stone was found in 1799 it has hieroglyphic demotic and greek on it a dark grey pinkish granit a key to decipher egyption somthing to do with the foundation of modern egyptology(finding a lost key) all so a language software

[eonblue462]

Does anyone else think that the doctor says his name is <b>"Dr. rosetta"</b> (Ross-etta)?
Just giving my input to try and get acurate lyrics.
It's a hard one to make out!!! Not half as hard as the start of rosetta stoned though!! lol

[Loveboat Captain]

Hello, my name is Dr.HOFFMAN!

[eonblue462]

Hello, my name is Dr.HOFFMAN!

No, Definatly not. It's clearly Rossetta or watson or Ross"sumtin"!!!

[FistFck]

its watson

[eonblue462]

its watson

hmmmm.....don't think so. Hurry up Maynard ans resolve this issue thats deviding us right in two!!!!

[carefreeonmorph]

No comment on my APC TOOL seperation. Honestly what do you guys think. You don't think Maynard would try and connect the two do you?

[a perfect spiral]

its watson

how about WASSON ? think about it ...

Wasson's studies in ethnomycology began during his 1927 honeymoon trip to the Catskill Mountains when his bride, Valentina Pavlovna Guercken a pediatrician, chanced upon some edible wild mushrooms. Fascinated by the marked difference in cultural attitudes towards the fungus in Russia compared to the United States, the couple began field research which led to the writing of Mushrooms, Russia and History published in 1957. In the course of their investigations, they mounted expeditions to Mexico to study the religious use of mushrooms by the native population. They became the first westerners to participate in a Mazatec sacred mushroom ritual. In 1957, they published a Life magazine article (Seeking the Magic Mushroom), bringing knowledge of the existence of psychoactive mushrooms to a wide audience for the first time. Through his collaboration with Roger Heim, the mushrooms were subjected to scientific study, and Albert HOFMANN, using material grown by Heim from specimens collected by the Wassons, identified the chemical structure of the active compounds, psilocybin and psilocin. Two species of mushroom, Psilocybe wassonii Heim and Psilocybe wassonorum Guzman were named in honor of R. Gordon Wasson. Hoffman and Wasson were also the first westerners to collect specimens of the Mazatec hallucinogen Salvia divinorum, leading to its description as a new species, and bringing it into cultivation outside of Mexico.

[Vicarious_Lee]

Maybe Maynard, might actually know what he's talking about, I'll go with Hoffman

[a perfect spiral]

Maybe Maynard, might actually know what he's talking about, I'll go with Hoffman

maybe he does, but i dont think you do.
the doctor in Lost Keys does not say his name is dr.hoffman
listen a little harder

... and lets not go assuming that he DOES say hoffman just because the track is titled Lost Keys (Blame Hoffman). it's a little skit made to be an intro to Rosetta Stoned, the focus is on the patient, and what has happend. the doctors name is irrelevent, and certainly not hoffman.

[nipperhell]

Does no one else think this guy has post tramadic stress syndrome? I'm not thinking he's on acid. Just fucked by "the war"



i would think the same thing had the song title not included Hoffman's name. as in albert Hoffamn, the guy that accidently invented LSD trying to make a cure for headaches

[visualtim]

So, concerning the Doctor's name that's spoken in this track, we have...

Watson
Wasson
Lawson
Larson

The last one I added. Which was actually the first name I heard becore looking at any versions of the lyrics.

And "Hoffman" was taken out because, well, anyone with a good set of ears knows it's not "Hoffman" (or, really "Hofmann" as it's spelt on the CD).

[Typical]

i hear "watson." and he sounds more english than aussie to me. the discussion about the real dr. lawson makes me think twice though.

[one_reflection]

i hear "watson." and he sounds more english than aussie to me. the discussion about the real dr. lawson makes me think twice though.

Nonono hes Aussie! Always i notice how british an aussie accent sounds next to an american one, but its definately australian =)

[docd]

To comment on the part of the conversation where the doctor says:
"How Are you today? Look son, your in a safe place, we want to help you, in any way we can."
--
The way I hear it he's saying "Look son, your ass ain't great." (in reference to the known anal-probing when being abducted - even though you would think that probing one or two people should do the job!)

Counting the syllables of the sentence I just can't get "You're in a safe place" to fit.

[Typical]

The way I hear it he's saying "Look son, your ass ain't great."


quite accurate medical terminology right there......

[littlejason]

ive always heard Lawson, but i'm considering this Wasson idea.

[Lackymacky]

To comment on the part of the conversation where the doctor says:
"How Are you today? Look son, your in a safe place, we want to help you, in any way we can."
--
The way I hear it he's saying "Look son, your ass ain't great." (in reference to the known anal-probing when being abducted - even though you would think that probing one or two people should do the job!)

Counting the syllables of the sentence I just can't get "You're in a safe place" to fit.

sort of what i hear, except i hear your ass aint crazy

[AlexTool]

I guess everything you said can fit in the name, but i hear dr. russel...

[ShadowLine]

you have to remember it could be a soldier ON lsd, they used to give lsd to troops to test it out in lik 40s/50s/60s.

chris
x

[stoPMe]

hey
listen carefully to the line "what's the question" by dr. whatever-his-name-is
anyone else can hear something more (like one syllable) on the end of this line, so that it sounds a bit like:
"What's the question for?"
I know it doesn't make sense - I'm just pointing out the sound I hear in my headphones.
huh?

[ShadowLine]

lost keys (blame hoffman) wasn't the original titlr for this song. it was going to be used on what is now wings/10000 days. the title is just something the laughed over when justin misplaced his keys in the record studio.

still thats what is says on toolband

chris
x

[Nevvermind183]

I always think Wilson, but i never really listen that hard, i pretty much assume he's saying that.

[Breather]

After not really listening much to the name, I gave it some attention today and it clicked that the name is "Wasson", after R.G. Wasson. Here I come to post, and you guys are already discussing it, heh. I totally agree. Any formal writing on entheogens you'll cross will undoubtedly quote some of Wasson's original literature. He did an immense amount of work with them, and one of the two main cloned strains of Salvia Divinorum in cultivation is even named the Wasson strain. The major significance though, I think, is the work he did with vedanta, and the idea that spiritual unity was sought through entheogens. As a character, he is a major counterpoint to the speaker's egocentric trip. (He also co-authored a book with Dr. Hofmann)

[thatgirlyc]

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 to say

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, and he won't speak to anybody.

Doctor: Well, let's say hello. Good Morning, I'm Dr. Lawson. 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.

It's Dr. Watson, I believe. At toolshed.down.net the lyrics there for Rosetta Stoned are supposed to be official.

[lagimatt]

If you look into Bill Hicks, the voice on Third Eye, and a good friend and may I say idol of MJK. The reason he gives for quitting the use of psychedelics is because "once you've been taken aboard a UFO, it's kind of hard to top that." Rosetta Stoned is about UFOs and aliens. I'm not sure if you've experienced LSD or shrooms, but it seems to me that the experience/lyrics go along with the psychadelic idea. Moreover, LSD with Dr Hofman's blame applied to Lost Keys.

[There is no spoon]

I think this whole song is just to set up the confusion for Rosetta Stoned. The guy has either been abducted or was on LSD. The final words in the song are "Tell me everything". The first words in Rosetta Stoned are "Alrighty then", & then the story is told in Rosetta Stoned.

The Dr. Hoffman reference is to add to the confusion betwwen drugs & the abduction in Rosetta Stoned.

[BlanketEffect]

I've always thought he said 'Dr Lawson' - long before I ever read this thread. Could be wrong, but I don't think so.

[BLG]

It's Dr. Watson.

[gone_fishing]

I have listened to it over and over and am sure its DR. Watson. The guy was on lsd and while high imagined he was abducted. In roseta stoned he is telling of his experience while high. nothing more to it.

[ShadowLine]

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, and he won't speak to anybody.

Doctor: Well, let's say hello. Good Morning, I'm Dr. WATSON. 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.

thats what i hear and the name reli isnt important

chris
x

[parables in the world]

Just listen to the damn song. If you hear wasson cool..if you hear watson cool. I hear the latter but its cool.

[Anon-Imus]

I know it's an APC song, but this song seems to refer to "The Nurse Who Loved Me." Think about it... in "Lost Keys" he says "say hello" and that is in "The Nurse Who Loved Me." In "The Nurse Who Loved Me" she had everything he needed, "Pharmacy Keys" (which I think refers to sustaining addiction). Perhaps lost keys could be a metaphor for getting clean and he is in the hospital to be rehibilitated. Just a thought.

The only reason I am replying to this quote is because it was one of the better thoughts, though inaccurate. TNWLM was about a person already admitted to a psych ward, information and problems already known. I think lost keys refers to a person who has just been dropped off at an ER, more likely after being found by a stranger after a traumatic experience. Good thought though, and don't do drugs.

[Anon-Imus]

I find it curious that the lyrics for vicarious and the pot, the two most audible tracks are posted at toolband, and no others. And the way Maynard changes the lyrics to some songs at live performances, may have been purposefully made inaudible. Anything can be taken away or added with digital editing, and I think that the lyrics are purposefully inaudible to suit Maynard and his forethought for live performances. I heard in an interview on youtube that he stated the lyrics are secondary to the actual music. His lyrics are to support the work going on by Adam, Justin, and Danny. Possibly, he wanted most of his lyrics to be inaudible to create stir among the fans, and allow himself creativity with vocalizations to support the music, which if you hear in the background of lost keys, is pretty intense and creative in itself.

Another way to keep the masses at grasping all that is Tool. Keep digging though. Don't let me stop you.

[Anon-Imus]

Two years later, and my post is the last one?! This site is dead!

[theamazingtool]

I find it curious that the lyrics for vicarious and the pot, the two most audible tracks are posted at toolband, and no others. And the way Maynard changes the lyrics to some songs at live performances, may have been purposefully made inaudible. Anything can be taken away or added with digital editing, and I think that the lyrics are purposefully inaudible to suit Maynard and his forethought for live performances. I heard in an interview on youtube that he stated the lyrics are secondary to the actual music. His lyrics are to support the work going on by Adam, Justin, and Danny. Possibly, he wanted most of his lyrics to be inaudible to create stir among the fans, and allow himself creativity with vocalizations to support the music, which if you hear in the background of lost keys, is pretty intense and creative in itself.

Another way to keep the masses at grasping all that is Tool. Keep digging though. Don't let me stop you.

wow! what an original idea!

[Inner_Eulogy]

Two years later, and my post is the last one?! This site is dead!

How in the fuck do you get 2yrs from July '07. There's 5mos to go before you reach 2yrs, goddamn public schools and the fools that never learn.

[benjamin]

I find it curious that the lyrics for vicarious and the pot, the two most audible tracks are posted at toolband, and no others. And the way Maynard changes the lyrics to some songs at live performances, may have been purposefully made inaudible. Anything can be taken away or added with digital editing, and I think that the lyrics are purposefully inaudible to suit Maynard and his forethought for live performances. I heard in an interview on youtube that he stated the lyrics are secondary to the actual music. His lyrics are to support the work going on by Adam, Justin, and Danny. Possibly, he wanted most of his lyrics to be inaudible to create stir among the fans, and allow himself creativity with vocalizations to support the music, which if you hear in the background of lost keys, is pretty intense and creative in itself.

Another way to keep the masses at grasping all that is Tool. Keep digging though. Don't let me stop you.

Now that you mention it I remember reading that a friend/co-producer to the band was talking to somebody about the artist of the 10,000 Days album, and was saying how this guys art is all layered in meaning and full of imagery and refering to the fact that Nard was going to say specific sounds in the album that would sound like 2 or more words at once. It was some shit 2nd and 3rd hand off of the unmentionable "pay-site" ...

[Anon-Imus]

Now that you mention it I remember reading that a friend/co-producer to the band was talking to somebody about the artist of the 10,000 Days album, and was saying how this guys art is all layered in meaning and full of imagery and refering to the fact that Nard was going to say specific sounds in the album that would sound like 2 or more words at once. It was some shit 2nd and 3rd hand off of the unmentionable "pay-site" ...

After listening to the song almost religiously in my transport vessel, twice live, and hearing the different styles between live and recorded, I can safely say I can pick out random words. "Sunkist and Sudafed", "crying out like an aborigine, FUCK ME!", and "me the chosen one, they chose me, and I didn't even graduate from fucking high school" all play in with the aesthetic of vocalizing to music with random words. After hearing the words though, it paints a picture of a yokel that is abducted, picked up from the side of the road, and dropped off at an ER. The doctor and nurses are trying to get something out of the hick; however, when he does decide to open up, it is a rant that gets pretty intense. Almost like a word salad of the happenings of an abductee with limited understanding.

Oh, and I did graduate from High School, but I am not the chosen one. So, that may be why the difference between two years and a year and seven months elude me. But, I am not a douche bag hick asshole posting just to pass the time between abductions from the little gray men. However, please enjoy the anal probing as you always do, and please try not to think of me when they hit the sweet spot. Point that fuckin finger up your ass OTG!

[infinitee]

You're an idiot

[Anon-Imus]

I know you are but what am I?

[iAMtheMA!]

redeemed at last

[Anon-Imus]

It's the annual comeback that cuts the deepest. I knew there was something askew in my life ...

[Inner_Eulogy]

OTG!

Actually....it's OGT....and you're so clever

[iAMtheMA!]

the "alrighty then" part? maybe at that point... maynard uses the megaphone live at that point, right?