Makes sense to me, pretty funny

It's "can anyone tell me why you all sound like Peanuts parents", from multiple live recordings, and pretty clear in hindsight on the studio version. The guy can't understand what his doctors are saying, so he's asking desperately if he will ever be coming down.

These are the most sensible lyrics I've seen yet. Or any adult in Peanuts, right? Wa-wa-wa-wa-wa

Alrighty, then ... picture this if you will.

Began at 2 AM, and actually eating a, you know,
Box of Krispy Kremes
At my need-to-know post Just outside Area 51
Contemplating the whole chosen people thing
I witnessed a flaming stealth banana
split the sky, like, wide open
I never expected to see it in a place like this
Anyway, I remember thinking I'm gonna die
When something landed on my Birkenstock
And then yelping
Holy Fucking Shit!

May be the funniest thing ive fucking heard in my life about tools lyrics lol :)

i thought it was quite obviously ANAL spooning

"And after calming me down with some orange slices and some meal spooning, ET revealed to me his singular purpose ..."

But I always thought you eat your meal, then some orange slices.

Well, Obviously you didn't notice that I'm new to these forums and probably wasn't even a member when this soon to be 600 thread topic was initiated.
So what, I shouldn't participate in the conversation because I came in at the middle>? I don't know why some people have to be such tools sometimes.

THAT'S IT!!!! THAT'S IT!!!!! Peanuts Parents!!!! that's great

Its NOT "repeat experience!!!!"
Its"
"Can anyone tell me why,
You all sound like Peanuts Parents....

BINGO!

Personally I hear more syllables than that.

"It wasumonna penus parence." - is what I hear, not that I'm saying those are the lyrics, but those are the sounds I hear.

I was summoned by peanuts parents?

Being new has NOTHING to do with it. The thread was and is here for anyone to read at any time. You said that you hadn't seen anyone else bring it up... I'm saying that they did. It's not like a chat room... the "conversation" doesn't just go away. Guess it's just my WACKY idea that it's good to read a thread first and then post. I'm not trying to say that you can't contribute...

So light in his way
Like an apparition he, had me crying out
Fuck Me!
It's gotta be!
Dead head, chemistry
Blotter got right on top of me
Got me seein'
E motherfuckin' T

This is how I hear it:

So light in his way
Like an aboriginal, had me crying out
Fuck Me!
It's gotta be!
Dead head, chemistry
Blotter Power
Gotta be
Got me seein'
E motherfuckin' T

to show you how wrong you are
please refer to this thread
http://toolnavy.com/showthread.php?t=49628

I noticed the lyrics for Rosetta Stoned on this site are a bit confused. The part that says "Uncle Martin" or whatever should read "Uncle Marvin". It's a reference by Maynard to a sitcom from the late 50's early 60's called "My Favorite Martian," which is about a guy who befriends a Martian who looks exactly like a human, but he has retractable antennae on his head and telekinetic powers. The guy the Martian lives with calls him Uncle Marvin and claims to his friends and neighbors that the alien is his long lost eccentric uncle. Anyhow, I figured I'd share my insight. Considering the song's subject matter, I'd say it's dead on.

Good find. I approve.

Umm, no, it's Uncle Martin, do a search on google and prove it to yourself...


...and we already knew why.

HAHA! Correction on the correction . . .

i still hear "uncle parker"

thats what i hear too.
parker

I don't know if this has been said before, I tried to go back through and look at old posts, but that quickly became too tedious a task. So, delete it or whatever if it has.

Anyway, I think the line that people have various things for is:

A Deadhead Chemistry
THE BLOTTER BAD ONE, ON TOP OF ME,
Got me seein' E motherfuckin' T

Not "the bottom on top of me" as is posted in the lyrics section currently.

I think this makes sense given that a blotter refers to one way acid can be delivered, and that given his seemingly insane trip, at least from his point of view, he would think that the tab he took was a bad pill which is causing him to experince such an overwhelming trip.

So light in his way
Like an apparition he, had me crying out
Fuck Me!
It's gotta be!
Dead head, chemistry
Blotter got right on top of me
Got me seein'
E motherfuckin' T

religon is right
close though damaged.

Yeah, r_k has it right (again :D)

This thread should be locked before it diverges into a discussion about wether the lyrics are 'blotter got right on top of me' or 'bob climbed on top of me', like a lot of the threads seem to do.

WHY DON'T YOU GO SMOKE A BOWL AND MELLOW OUT>?

WELL, UNTIL MAYNARD HIMSELF TELLS ME DIFFERENT I'M GOING WITH :

"AND CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY...
YOU ALL SOUND LIKE PEANUTS PARENTS?
WILL I EVER BE COMING DOWN?

Lol... I'm completely mellow. Whatever man. Keep posting shit that's been said a dozen times before.

Sorry, I honestly thought it was "the blotter bad one on top of me", but after hearing a live recording it sounds more like "the blotter gotten on top of me." I did not know I was not allowed to post my opinion being it is the opinion section. I wasn't trying to start an argument based on silly lines like "bob climbed on top of me." The line I was suggesting seemed to make sense to me within the context of the song.

what's a blotter?

the lyric must be: "the blotter got on top of me" blotter is a popular form for LSD to come in, blotter sheets, small squares of paper. The character has taken (much like the band occasionally does) some acid and is hanging out just outside area 51. and is either visited by aliens or thinks he's been visited by aliens. the LSD has 'got him seein' e motherfucking t'

read the first post.......

I'm just going to say this again guys... It's NOT FETAL SPOONING, nor is it NEEDLE SPOONING. I think a lot of you just want to part of the 'group' and really have worked your lives in to a mindset of not 'thinking for yourself.' It's obviously neither of those. I've had LSD encounters almost identical to the one described in the song Rosetta Stoned, been to the doctor, raved and raved about how the alien's contacted me, told me I was a 'messiah', that they were my future parents, that I could join them in my body of light (which looked like a rotating iridescent star tetrahedron), or that I could come back to my body (will i ever be coming down?) and continue on with my journey here on earth.

In my various encounters with these extra (inner?)terrestrials (I think they just exist in subtler realities or altered/parallel dimensions/universes, and are somehow more REAL and more a part of us than anything in the mundane/scientific world), NEVER, NEVER, would any of these types of hyperdimensional creatures have anything to do with some ridiculous thing such as SPOONING. Fetal spooning? What the fuck. Just admit it, it makes NO SENSE. Stop settling for the things that 'sort of sound like what maynard's saying.'

The minute you hear the 'right' lyric, it resonates with you. And Fetal and needle, don't. simply put.

And one more thing...There IS EXTREMELY deep meanings behind this song, and all TOOL songs. They've put every ounce of each of their hearts in to all their songs. They aren't doing it just to make you BANG YOUR HEAD, MOSH, or to 'fuck with you.'

These guys really want to get an honest message across, as catharsis, to the absolute jaded/bullshit world we live in. (even though in many ways, it's a beautiful place).

Thanks.

Now, where did that pickle go?

friggin awesome lyrics

its a fragmented sentence, ending with peanuts parents

Its not fetal... but its not needle either, but it IS something with the letter "n" in it. It almost sounds like "neal" spooning, but that obviously makes no sense whatsoever.

I don't know.

All this banter, yet I have yet to hear a single, plausible alternative to 'fetal spooning.' All I hear is 'it can't be' yadda yadda yadda - how do you know this? Are you buddies with Maynard and the rest of the band? I hear 'fetal spooning' like many here, it makes sense in the context of the rest of the lyrics. For those of you that think it is something else, please provide an alternative and explain why it fits, no more of this 'it can't be fetal spooning because that is beneath maynard' crap, make a valid argument!

I just don't hear the sound of "f" at all. I hear an "n".

Ok, but explain what 'needle' spooning means, and how it fits in with the rest of the lyrics, especially how it ties in with being calmed down by an E.T.

P.S. I am not saying you are wrong, I just would like to hear how you make sense of the song if this is indeed the lyric.