Well, I'm pretty much certain that line "shout to the devil with my song" is horridly wrong. Replace it with "tempted the devil...yadayadayada" and see if it doesnt sound better, as well as make sense.

Well, it's definitely not "tempted",(imo) sounds more like "Shemp did" than tempted. I'd side w/ "Chapter", "Shout to", or even "Shafted", before I would think it's tempted. BTW I'd also say all 4-o-these have been in contention all along, so saying this thread's "horridly wrong." is a bit of an over-statement.

Peace.

Damn!






My eyes

i have been reading for quite some time so as not to miss anything (important?) and can see that three deviations continues to make (interesting?) suggestions since i first read something a while ago..

I cant agree with Psalm. Although things dont have to rhyme, dawn (short 'on' sound), long and along all rhyme... there is obviously a pattern and Psalm doesnt fit it. Also, even though everyone seems to be done with aruging about this one, i must contribute my 2cents. "my song" does not need to refer to the one he is singing (someone already said this i think). He is recounting something whether real or not. He doesnt say "tempted...with this song". It could very well be a personal 'song' and it might not even be a song in the sense that we know it.

A comment on the "brave" instead of "pray/ed" Why would someone "brave" dusk til dawn -- it doesnt make sense.

Winch. No. You try and say "wish" forcefully the way Maynard does. WI-sh... (yes i am sitting here ridiculously saying it over and over trying to find the best way to explain it -- its not working). Anyway, try it. When your mouth/voice changes from the WI to the 'sh', it is different - it doesnt just flow like when you say wish normally. There is sort of a 'catching' which is what i beleive is the 'n' that you seem to be hearing.

Lastly.. I cant hear poison. I dont know exactly what i hear, but someone mentioned 'pressure' earlier. This is more like the sound i hear. I have been singing "Silently just save your precious..." But then i dont know where it would logically go from there. I did think "...precious silence" but im also hearing "Silently just stay out of my/mind". Although "precious silence" sounds right for a moment i do her the "ly" afterwards.

Can anyone have a listen and see if they can hear what im hearing? Im not saying thats what it is, but thats all i seem to be hearing and it doesnt completely make sense to me.

Thanks :)

you're welcome

:)

glad to help you out.

"Brave like a myrter dusk to dawn"

This guy isn't "BraveING" he just IS brave, like a myrter. And it most definitely is "dusk to dawn" not dusk till dawn.

Peace.

Prayed like a martyr - Begged like a hooker = same thing

Dusk to dawn - All night long = same thing

I think he's trying to illustrate the sameness of praying and begging, not drawing a comparison and difference.

EDIT: Brave?

Since 'dusk to dawn' and 'all night long' mean more or less the same thing...

sooooo.... Brave like a martyr that begs like a hooker all night? No.

Phi Ratio has already pointed this out

I've posted the same analysis also, but he says brave. It's distinct as hell!

The only "rationalization" I can give, is that maybe he's pointing out that a hooker has to be just as brave as a myrter.

I don't understand when people put the shit together like this, it does not help your point... not to me anyhow.

No.

Hmm.. sorry i dont want to seem rude - I was more thanking in advance for my last paragraph, if anyone could listen and tell me why i cant hear poison and hear something more like precious (unless thats the 'helping out' you meant ThreeDeviations). If anyone can help out that'd be cool. Thanks (in advance).

Sorry, i wasnt saying it is 'til' not 'to'. Just typing up in a hurry and i sing 'to' sometimes and 'til' others. I guess the latter was in my head at the time :p Also, just to be picky (in a nice way) its 'martyr'.

:)

You're way too kind.
"fowl, barrow, myrter." ...there's even more.

I hate me.
(#%*!)

definatly Damn. not dim. not jam..bi. Not Dan. Its Damn. come on now.

That's a shame.

Anyway one way to make it easier to hear Maynard's lyrics is using your stereo or media player's equalizer to turn down the other components of the music (especially the lower frequencies). Don't know if someone has already pointed this out.

And about "til" or "to," I keep hearing "til."

And I keep going bald. How about this, do you hear him say "sever" and not severed?

You know what. I was just perusing and I clicked upon this and I thought to my self "BARF!! I feel bad for the poor folks that saw Tool in this sorry state." But, now, I felt the need to post this cause, well, I almost can't beleive this is even Tool at all, this sounds like a bunch of my friends doing a cover of it, and I'm not friends w/ profesionals either, just guys w/ local bands. I dunno, I guess I'm just glad I wasn't at that show.

legion and the devils connect

i think it makes sense if he's speaking directly to the legion, or even referring to them as the silent legion.

damn...i always thought he was saying

"silently, just save your poison
silently, just stay out of my way"

but i can definitely hear now...as well as it can be heard:

"Silence, legion, stay/save your poison
Silence, legion stay out of my way"

though, the save/stay part is weird, it doesnt sound like he's saying either, really. maybe it's a soft v or t sound...i have this feeling he's not saying that at all

it would still have to be something like

"Silence, legion (say your?) (poise/place?) and
Silence, legion stay out of my way"

can defnitely hear the -ce end of silence both times. and it wouldnt be "just" because there is defnitely an n sound at the end of both "legion"s

I'm a big fan of either "(?) poise and", "(?) place and", or "stay/save your poison"

Honestly, I'd go with the third.

Haha, i'm totally just thinking out loud.

oy....EDIT:

even though i think he says silence on the album version, the coachella verision says:
Silent, legion, say your poison
Silent, legion, stay out of my way

done.

Yeah, one_reflection was looking for anything other than poison, I'm always open for a challenge...cudos on "poise and" I hadn't thought of that. I like that.
...meh, this is a little oxymoronic (I don't know how a thing can be "a little" oxymoronic, but...) to say, like a battle cry maybe?

You know, though, when your jamin along in your car or such and singing w/, it's pretty easy to say: (and this has the actual bonus of additionally making sense)

I know Maynard mixes his lyrics up a bit when singing live, but from every live version ive heard it hasnt sounded anything else except, "silence legion, save your poison.....", and it sounds that way to me on the disk too

Yeah, thusfar I've been unable to hear 'stay' rather than 'save'... two factors:

A) I can't hear the "t" sound in 'stay'
B) I hear the "v" sound in 'save'

On a sidenote, 'stay your poise' is a cool alternative (in the literary sense) but I don't think it's at all what he's actually vocalizing.

In considering "poise and", I've reinforced it like this:
Sort of primal, like a lioness-hunter/mentor, "just stay out of my way!" It's good imagery that way.
Meh, I don't hear the t-sound in stay though. In fact, I don't hear the v-sound either, that's why I sing it as "silently just say your poison", it's a "personal" interp. I know, but it's also how I hear it, so... wtf ?

Just jumping in, not arguing with anybody, just trying to help -

I am 99.9% sure it's "Tempted the devil with my song". That's been bugging me to see on the lyrics page for a while.

Also I can't possibly hear "dim my eyes" although for a long time, I did think it was "Jam-by-eye" [phonetically speaking, of course], and now I've settled comfortably on "Damn my eyes!" It makes a nice exclamation + I know the feeling of seeing something altogether too painful that upsets the balance of everything, so it resonates with me...

anyway, that's my hill o'beans right there.

and sorry for the double post, but how does this sound?

"Breathe in union,
so as one survive another day,
and seasoned silent legions ["seasoned" as in "battle-tested" or "experienced"],
save your poisoned silent legions,
stay out of my way!"

I can't go with "silently just stay out of my way" because there's the slightest breath pause between "silent" and "legions" - if it were "silently" there would be an awkward break between "silent-" and "-ly".

I would like to say, first of all, I believe the word is Son, not sun. The reason I say this is because this cd seems to have more Christian references.

Divided, withering away instead of divide and wither.

Pray in union instead of Breath in union.

Also, I think it is Damn my eyes, Jam my eyes, Jam my eyes if they should compromise...

Silently just say your prayers, Silently just stay out of my way.

forgive if this has been mentioned already, or even if the posted lyrics have already said it, my browser is being silly so i can't check, but i believe this line:
"Shine down upon the severed" is acutally "shine down upon the sever"
shine down upon the sever until the two become one, ie shine until the sever is healed.

yeah?

(i'm also with lilipie i think it's Son not sun. i think this song is about the exsanguination of the USA and the idea that it's headed in the same direction as.... drumroll............
JAMBI!)

^ I don't think "sever" is a noun dude.

tell that to maynard, if you hear a D on the end of that word in the song then your mind is playing trix on you, there's no D sound to be heard, not even a soft one.

besides i think it's more in reference to the process of severence, rather than the thing itself. i agree i don't think it is a noun, but i don't think it matters

schism would be a synonym i guess.

The broken: The severed - both past tense referant nouns. --- He's saying 'severed' --- if you can't hear it, it's your setup. Not saying your system isn't great, just saying if I *can* hear it on my system, you just don't have yours set to that which will allow you to hear it.

Sun/Son - I think it is 'son' also, but I believe it's intentionally a double-meaning, so really, it's both. But, the 'son' could refer to Jesus (the opposer of ''the devil and his''and "Legion") or it could refer to Devo, his son, as the one that "changed it all" for him. Also, there is the clear imagery of the actual 'sun' shining down.

Damn/Jam/Dim>>>

Dim my eyes
Damn my eyes (with 'Jam-bye-eyes' being sung more quietly on another vocal track; the "B" sound is undeniable)
Damn my eyes if they should...

BUT, when the officials are released, sound of the "B" be damned, there won't be anything in it about "Jambi eyes" - it's just a secondary track.

Here are, as I believe, the exact lyrics:
Here from the king's mountain view
Here from the wild dream come true
Feast like a sultan I do
On treasures and flesh, never few.

But I, I would wish it all away
If I thought I'd Lose you just one day

The devil AND his had me down
IN love WITH the dark side I'd found.
Dabble in all the way down
Up to my neck soon to drown.

But you changed that all for me
Lifted me up, turned me round
So I
I
I
I
I would
I would
I would
Wish this all away

Prayed like a father dusk to dawn
Beg like a hooker all night long
Tempted the devil with my song
And got what I wanted all along

But I
And I would
If I could
And I would
Wish it away
Wish it away
Wish it all away
Wanna wish it all away
No prize that could hold sway
Or justify my giving away
my center

So if I could I'd wish it all away
If I thought tomorrow would take you away
You're my peace of mind, my home, my center
I'm just trying to hold on
One more day

Dim my eyes
Dim my eyes

Dim my eyes if they should compromise
our fulcrum what you need divides me then
I might as well be gone

Shine on forever
Shine on benevolent son

Shine down upon the broken
Shine until the two become one

Shine on forever
Shine on benevolent son

Shine on upon the severed
Shine until the two become one

Divided I'm withering away
Divide and I'm withering away

Shine on upon the many, light our way
Benevolent son

Breathe in union
Breathe in union
Breathe in union
Breathe in union
Breathe in union
So as one survive
Another day and season

Silence leech, and save your poison
Silence leech, and stay out of my way

Sever

"Damn my eyes if they should compromize, a fulcrum, want you, need you by me, then I might as well be gone"

new correction....

instead of...
No prize that could hold sway
Or justify my giving away
my center



I really think it's this....

No preassure
could hold, sway, or justify
my kneelin away my sinnin'

Listen to it now...

" sinnin' " - maybe, though it's not what I hear.

Pressure? - nah, I hear the "z" sound to dominantly - and no one says 'prezzure' - not even Maynard.

And I don't think the general thought here is "No prize that..." - it's "No prize here..." - I think 'prize here' is where you're getting 'pressure' - but there's still that "z" sound to account for. - 'prize here'.

I don't know about "prize here". I'm open to anyhting though. It's all up in the air until the official lyrics come out. Maynard does pronounce some things in his own special way, so nothing surprises me anymore.

Kneelin away my sinnin still is what i hear. Now I can't wait for the official lyrics

Yeah, I think most of the songs are now as close to figured out as is possible before the man sends in the officials - anything at this point is really just an argument (and a useless one, at that) about whose hearing is better.

Oh wow, I get to be an asshole - 1,000th reply is mine, bitches.

Congrats

some of you people complicate the simplest of lyrics...

from what i listened,and listened

i guess it sounds like
"silently just say/save your poison,
silently just stay hell off my way"

as stay rhymes with say,
i guess say is the correct word