its such a different take on the traditional end of a Tool song. sure, it's a build up, but it doesnt break. you can kinda feel maynard restraining himself, singing through his teeth, with such brilliant malice. i always get chills hearing this. its so... angry.

hah. stupid thread, i know.

YES!!! I TOTALLY FEEL YA.
This ending kicks my ass EVERY time. Nearly the most intense ending they have.

crazy good

it's good....i like the ending to lateralus and 46&2 better though.

I don't know about ever, but it's definitely a great ending. You're right about the restrained anger. It's great like he's about to burst but he's holding himself back. It's very positive. And I the subtle way his voice trails off into the distance at the very end.

Tool endings are always great, but this is one kind of ending they've never really done before.

i love the ending to Jambi but im with Cid Lateralus is way better

yeh ending is pretty good, but i prefer ticks and leaches and latteralus to it. Oh, and of course Sober.

Imo, schism has the best ending to a tool song ever

I love this song and the ending is awesome. So obviously i was well pissed off when i was listening to the album yesterday and my fucked up cd player went and massacred the song by starting to skip half way through. Twice. And it messed up the flow of the album. Cunt.

Just had to vent a bit of anger there.

It's definitely a new kind of ending for them. The music and maynard's singing really give you the sense that he is trying to hold himself back somewhat. It's a wave that doesn't break. There's no catharsis inducing huge scream, like in THE GRUDGE. I love that it's something different, another gift on an album full of gifts to anyone willing to digest the whole thing.

The emotion of it really comes through life too, I might add.

That being said, I would say I prefer Rosetta Stoned's clusterfuck sludgy ping pong schizo ending. That was simply unbelievable live. Hell's own Jam Band....

I agree with that, but also listen to the song, i originally thought it was gonna be a buildup into something even crazier but it just ends, almost like the whole band is restraining from releasing everything

Tight ending. How about "The Patient" though. Maybe my favorite song/ending.

what about hush? love that ending for sure... that and 46 &2

perfect.

The Grudge does it for me. Jambi's ending is cool, too.

everyone said that this song didn't have a build-up or a climax or anything when they first heard the album.

I loved it, it was like the song had a climax without actually having one. Very similar to drunken sex.



Maynard wrote this song while drunk off of his wine and watching peewee's playhouse while having sex. That man is god...

yeah the ending is great. suddenly it starts building and the earth is starting to tremble and then it just stops. it does indeed sound as if maynard is singing through his teeth with such spite he could strike you and then thats it, thats as far as it goes...it passes. this is a truly amazing ending but i think eulogy's resolution is my favorite, but the grudge and jambi are neck and neck for second.

I would have to say third eye's flickering, out-of-control, slowly dimming aftermath has it beat.

what ending?

I think that Lateralus and Pushit have the best endings to ANY Tool song.

Reflection is up there as well... if you actually call that an "ending" since it goes into another song..

It took me a little while to come to grips with the sudden closure on Jambi, but now I love the way it ends. The whole track is really in the midst of a renaissance for me. But Tool's best ending is Parabola.

Oh yes... I forgot about Parabola for a second there.

It's a great ending. It used to be my overall favorite, but not anymore.

Love the ending. Eulogy, Flood, Pushit, Lateralus, The Grudge are up there as well.

The ending for each tool song is great:

for example, Third - Eye...Adam shows off a few random 'screw with effects' techniques and then takes his finger up past the 1st fret and bends the D..A..and other D string and then releases...NO ONE DOES THESE SORT OF THINGS EXCEPT TOOL!!! it's mind bottling at almost every Tool song ending...it's like a second climax if you will...

i think either Aenema, Third Eye, or Pushit have the best endings.

I love the slap of the drum at the end of Aenema. Gets me everytime

Ditto. Lateralus is the best but Jambi is up there.

i agree...

Right In Two is my favorite, Lateralus is great too...

lateralus is a great ending
grudge is a great ending..
pushit is a great ending...

maybe we should list the tool songs that dont have a great ending...would save us alot of time

I love the way Jambi ends. They just get buck wild and then it suddenly stops. It leaves the room in silence and it's great in contrast to the beginning of Wings, kind of the same way that Schism ends and goes into Parabol.

Aenema
Forty Six and 2
Third Eye
...

It's an alright ending, but nothing will ever, ever, ever top the ending of Pushit.

(Or to a lesser degree Lateralus or Third Eye)

I never really thought about it, but yeah, Jambi has a good ending. Fits well with the way WFM starts.

I still think Jimmy has the coolest ending, I've thought that for many years now, I just like the way it progresses and of course the ending of the different guitars. Ahh, sexy.

Hands down for me the live version of Pushit, gives me chills EVERYTIME.

"It will end no otherrrrr waaaayyy!"

I like the abruptness at the end of "Jambi". It's very tense, as many of you here have said.

i agree completely, lateralus and pushit take the cake, id also say jambi and roseta have the best climaxes on 10k days

Hooker with a Penis and Jimmy have suuuuuuperb endings in my book

Reflection ends the best IMO That last "Piiiiiine Away" kicks ass!!