sage

exojjl...i like the way you put it. i have struggled with this song for years. i say struggled because it is by far my favorite song by tool...you can just hear the amounts of emotion that are in it and it has always been my fav. ive struggled with it because i could never come up with a clear meaning. i always thought it was about a struggle with addiction. but the first lines do seem to be in referrence to the birth of his son. it may be about this or it may not. the important thing about the lyrics of any song is that you can put some meaning to it. it doesnt matter if that was the original meaning of the song just as long as you interpret it with thought and can justify youre reasons for your interpretation.