i think its about a mushroom trip, out in a forrest or something. when maynard says "i thought you ran away" etc i think hes talking about hes subjective mind. its like hes objective mind and subjective mind are talking. so i think the construct of a drug trip (the ideas you get etc) is the construct of the song. but i think theres much more to the song than just tripping. danny said something like "my third eye is like a summary of the entire album" so the song has lots of different meanings and messages. what i think about mainly in the song though is a tripper discovering pieces of hes TRUE SELF and witnessing that hes been a yuppie or dishonest etc. so hes redescovering who he use to be, THE BETTER SELF, maybe from childhood, maybe from a previous life.
i did ya lazy shit :) im not gonna paste the whole song and work out every part, i havent worked out every little bit yet. i just posted this so people can think about it next time they listen to it. they can then come back with their own ideas and we can work out what ideas we think are the strongest.
i think its about a mushroom trip, out in a forrest or something. when maynard says "i thought you ran away" etc i think hes talking about hes subjective mind. its like hes objective mind and subjective mind are talking. so i think the construct of a drug trip (the ideas you get etc) is the construct of the song. but i think theres much more to the song than just tripping. danny said something like "my third eye is like a summary of the entire album" so the song has lots of different meanings and messages. what i think about mainly in the song though is a tripper discovering pieces of hes TRUE SELF and witnessing that hes been a yuppie or dishonest etc. so hes redescovering who he use to be, THE BETTER SELF, maybe from childhood, maybe from a previous life.
"overthinking, overanalyzing seperates the body from the mind"
i think its about a mushroom trip, out in a forrest or something. when maynard says "i thought you ran away" etc i think hes talking about hes subjective mind. its like hes objective mind and subjective mind are talking. so i think the construct of a drug trip (the ideas you get etc) is the construct of the song. but i think theres much more to the song than just tripping. danny said something like "my third eye is like a summary of the entire album" so the song has lots of different meanings and messages. what i think about mainly in the song though is a tripper discovering pieces of hes TRUE SELF and witnessing that hes been a yuppie or dishonest etc. so hes redescovering who he use to be, THE BETTER SELF, maybe from childhood, maybe from a previous life.
I think you have a very interesting interpretation, but i think its obvious that its about drugs, specifically acid, because of the drug-related drops in the beginning, and the idea of the Third Eye. I once saw an episode of the X-Files about a man who opened up his third eye, and how its about opening a higher consciousness within onesself, the same with acid. The idea of the third eye comes from an old eastern cult, that also has a lot of affiliations with acid, by the way
you know the name of that x-files ep? hehe sounds pretty cool. neochrist, you dont need to tell me that, lateralus is my favourite song of any band. one of my favourite lines is "kill the body and the brain will die" not out of a tool song if youre wondering :D
you know the name of that x-files ep? hehe sounds pretty cool. neochrist, you dont need to tell me that, lateralus is my favourite song of any band. one of my favourite lines is "kill the body and the brain will die" not out of a tool song if youre wondering :D
Yes, it is a quote from the Matrix actually. A movie that is so quoted that it's quotes have become cliche (little accent mark over the e). It is a cool movie and all, but people should find another source of good quotes, perhaps oneself.
