opin.menu.members.jpgopin.menu.forumfaq.jpgopin.menu.search.jpgopin.menu.home.jpgview our wiki

Go Back  The Tool Page: Opinion » Tool » Albums » Ænima » 15. Third Eye
User Name
Password
Reply
Old 02-22-2005, 02:34 PM   #1
Level 1 - Lurker
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 2
Bincount™: 0
It could be about bill hicks

'A child's rhyme stuck in my head.
It said that life is but a dream.'

is referencing the bill hicks show where he says something along the lines of '''we knew life was but a dream as kids. just like that song 'row row row your boat gently down the stream, merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream''... but we forgot that.'

and that would pretty much fit in with all the other references through out the album.

just in case you didnt know
OFFLINE |   Reply With Quote
Old 02-22-2005, 05:31 PM   #2
Super Bat Kiss
 
5th Eye's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Columbusland
Posts: 6,164
Bincount™: 9554
Re: It could be about bill hicks

Yes, Bill Hicks was a major influencer of Tool's lyrical content but I wouldn't say that that's what the album or song is about.
__________________
music!
OFFLINE |   Reply With Quote
Old 02-23-2005, 07:05 AM   #3
Level 7 - Loquacious
 
slave2addictions's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: a long time ago..in a galaxy far far away
Posts: 286
Bincount™: 57
Re: It could be about bill hicks

i think i would have to agree with ya bobween. maybe not the whole song directly about him, but the song has alotta references to him And i believe tool has acknowledged that 2 or 3 of the aenema songs are about or at least directed towards bill. He is on the inside cover and all.
__________________
I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on...

Quote:
Originally Posted by slave2addictions
I eat doodoo.
OFFLINE |   Reply With Quote
Old 02-23-2005, 08:15 AM   #4
Level 9 - Obstreperous
 
ARMZ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: .com
Posts: 1,215
Bincount™: 415
Re: It could be about bill hicks

You have a crazy avatar. me wrikeys wery much.
__________________________________________________ ___
The progressive metal band Tool invited Hicks to open a number of concerts for them on their 1993 Lollapalooza appearances, and Hicks once famously asked the audience to look for a contact lens he'd lost. Thousands of people complied. Tool singer Maynard James Keenan so enjoyed this joke he repeated it on a number of occasions.
__________________
† Ïllüminåti †
¾
OFFLINE |   Reply With Quote


Reply

Rate This Thread
You have already rated this thread
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Quick Reply
Your Reply:
Forum Jump

all posts © their respective authors. the tool page is not responsible for any of their thoughts, brilliant or otherwise.