Ok if we absoultely must analyze lyrics at least lets look at what is going on in Reflections. Its true that the meaning to the words of Tool are to be left up to the listners opinion and sometimes it often relates too closely to what some of us face day to day with the demons in our mind that have a grip on us which often leads us to self destruction. But lets look at Reflections--
To find a meaning here we must look towards the end of the lyrics "Dont wanna be down here feeding my narcissism" Narcissism is the love of ones body. He says this after he pulls his head (dick) out, he dosent want to turn his mind in that ugly direction of masterbation which some have a very real struggle with.
The curiosity of his self-indulgent pitiful hole, defeted he moves closer to getting himself ready for the deed. Its clearly a mindstate he dosent want to be in yet it might bring relief and comfort...pitiful feelings emerge and that feeling of doing the deed starts to call out .
The source of porn is endless indeed nowadays and ones who have no love around or a warm body at home porn can be resuscitating and without it those with no one around just drift. It is a negative place that we must leave behind and at the same time we are all one mind, really all of us have felt the loneliness and have choosen to do the deed. Its a secret which we keep and if its at night the moon knows about it.
Again the lyrics are to be left up to ones imagination, just at least grab on to the fact that we must heal outselvs and we have the power to do just that. Find your feelings.
I think it's about waking up and realizing that the world is so much bigger and brighter than what we surround ourselves with. Like I go to school, and get totally jealous of my ex girlfriend, and really pissed off at my current girlfriend, and listen to rumors and get excited over this and that.
When I listen to this song I just think, "Why the fuck does any of this nonsense matter? Everyone at my school is a complete idiot. Nobody here will ever go anywhere. It's devoid of any intelligence." We need to look past the daily arguments and fights over totally minute shit. Like if you and your girl get pissed at each other over something as dumb as not wanting to get together over the weekend or being late to a date or something... Jesus christ. Get over it.
Life is too short to hate anybody. Thats why I still talk to my insane ex who cheated on me and broke up with me, then hooked up with my friends.
__________________ Mistakenly posted on my door a few weeks ago:
"Dear Mr. Hesk,
I know you got drunk, broke into my house and shampooed my cats again. If this happens one more time I'm calling the police. I'm sick of this."
venomous voice... i would have to say that is the most original idea of reflection i ahve ever heard. I definately dont want to say that you are wrong... but given the terminology in relfection i would have to assume that the original idea was not of masturbation or porn. Just for the record it is "down beneath my self indulgent pitiful whole" not hole. The name reflection could stem from "spiritual reflection" a meathod of meditation in which the consciousness is focused outside of the body so that you are aware of your surroundings without the physical input to the mind from the body. You are still using those boio-electrical signals... just not from sensory organs. The source being the divine consciousness... it is the only way to call it god without a name. It is the source of all life and will. Im not going to go much deeper into this because i dont even know if you are following me on this... please reply.
