TOOL - Parabola (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2019
- “Parabola” by Tool
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#TOOL #Parabola #Lateralus
Lyrics:
We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment
We are choosing to be here, right now
Hold on, stay inside
This holy reality
This holy experience
Choosing to be here in
This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me
Feeling eternal, all this pain is an illusion
Alive, I
In this holy reality
In this holy experience
Choosing to be here in
This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me
Feeling eternal, all this pain is an illusion
Twirling round with this familiar parable
Spinning, weaving round each new experience
Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing
The chance to be alive and breathing
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion
My sister walked into my room and asked if I was listening to “Wrench” again. I looked at her confused, then realized she was mentioning “Tool” and called it Wrench because it was a tool. The fucking nerve of her to think I’m smart enough to make that connection.
Deep thought. Wrench the hell out Shadow Work.
English is my second language and even I could figure that out
What if you had been listening to Clutch?
You’re a TOOL fan ofc you’re smart enough ;)
They do have that penis wrench as their symbol, don't they?
"This edible ain't sh-"
Lol
*parabola kicks in*
3:47
This is after you decided you'd have a second one cause you weren't feeling the first one 😂
Lmao
I wonder if my dogs appreciate the fact that they live in a household that appreciates TOOL
Eon Blue Apocalypse was dedicated to Adam's dog, so I think TOOL appreciates dogs
they do
Lil bro didn't deserve to get crushed by the carbon nucleus 🙏😭
This is a “you can’t leave your car until the song is over” kind of song.
Big Facts
I was about to skip it at minute 9, then I was like ''the fuck am I doing?''
I have driven 40 in a 65 just to slow down my trip when this song was playing lol.
Time to unnessecarily park infront of someone's house and smoke a cigarette around the corner from the actual destination. They won't know, the people at the destination won't know, debateably you won't know, but what's done is done and it was done for the greater good.
And then you “accidentally” rewind to beginning
that poor little dude getting crushed by that molecule, rest in peace lil man
Haha yea.....right
thats ego
who else agrees that lateralus deserved a video?
I dunno. I personally would've preferred a grudge music video myself
I thought it did! Or was that just art?
@@stuckbiscuit3796you probably just listened to the album on shrooms
Well, I can agree, I can make an argument to disagree as well.
I mean, the song is probably their most commercially successful and most. of the Toolarmy consider it one of the top 5 for sure. And with Tool that's hard to do. Also, there is probably a third of the entire population that knows what the Fibonacci sequence is now. So definitely deserving of the video.
Now my counter argument to myself. This really feels like a courtroom for your pretend and like you're arguing with each other, but you're really on each other side. Anyway, that's a kangaroo court. That's a different tool song. Now, my counter argument would be no matter how great the video was. If Alex & Adam went back to Universal Studios and made the video. It could never live up to the expectations of the variance of pickiness levels within the ToolArmy. Also, all the haters or nickelback and rush fans would be in their feelings. Turn it down in every way possible. Oh, did I forget Nirvana, it's ok Everybody else did too.
Ive never truly felt fully suicidal but whenever i heard the lyrics "celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing" i get a little misty eye knowing i can come to this song and work those feelings if i ever need to, is really a beatiful message and i have no doubts it has helped tons of people in their darkest moment
Right here man I'm sitting in a hospital reflecting on being such a balanced you guy out a highschool that was grounded even in this world really grounded well I failed something I knew I could a done a lot of good with and felt cheated I became a self loathing hurting myself with substances. It's so much easier to die in many forms as it is harder to live. If we never meet in the next world I wish you good connections and real food in your future.
Try with mushrooms.
I needed to read this 👍🔥❤️
@@insertmetalusernamehereas a very experienced psychonaut who has done over 100 RCs don’t ever randomly suggest that to anybody ever again
Cool story bro
Yea sex is nice but do you remember hearing the transition from Parabol to Parabola for the first time?
Jordan Carver yeah when I first listened I never noticed the transition. I never even knew the this was two separate songs until I bough Lateralus off of ITunes and I saw Parabol and Parabola
Facts!
100%
Parabol into Parabola > sex
Sex is pretty overrated compared to this but sex to the rhythm of Parabol/Parabola now there's an adventure
thanks to Toolarchive and others for holding it down for all these years.
seriously, tool fans owe a ton to toolarchive!
Deadass!
Shoutouts to areneros as well!
F for respect
Very well said!
a fact that a lot of people probably already know, but those are actually two songs: Parabol and Parabola. In the album they are separated and the transition is INSANE
Actually it was originally only ONE song, they were forced to split it into two tracks because the record company demanded it.
@KillingLonliness88 honestly, they made a good comprimise. Kinda but not really helped Lateralus as a good purchase too since it was an added mini gimmick. Best album, next to 10,000 days and Ænema
Q
Yeah, just like "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)" and "Rosetta Stoned"
I just bought the album on CD. Can't wait to blast it out my old ass amp.
Don't ever buy no weed from the gas station
😂😂😂
I just had this song played at my brothers funeral. He died tragically at the age of 40, and was a big TOOL fan. It was a very euphoric and profound experience to hear this song as we told him goodbye....for now. Until we meet again. Love you Eric
🧡
My condolences 🥀🌹🥀
This will be played for my "celebration of life" service..
Goosebumps reading that. 🙏
Man that shit sucks. I know it's kinda weird to actually take these kinds of things at face value especially on the internet but as someone who recently lost someone close to them too in a pretty tragic way, I understand what you mean. This was one of the songs I listened to the day she died. I rolled a fat joint in honour of her and smoked it while this played. The feelings and thoughts I experienced to it thinking about her was something I cannot fully explain but it was indeed profound and euphoric as you say. Condolences, dude.
May he rest in peace
Are you listening to TOOL but failing at maths? Dude you're worried about the wrong parabola
ACTUALLY ME
Same
Dont let your schooling interfere with your education.
_a little forced_
I suck at math if put math to tool I'd still suck at math 😂
How come nobody talks about TOOL anymore? It has such a unique and distinct sound. I’ve brought them up around friends and they had no idea what I was talking about, and I was surprised because they really like metal.
Going to see them in October!
Tool fan since I was 14, 1st concert I ever went to, I'm 40 now.
Then you know what you must do, recruit them into the Tool Army.
Saw them during their Aenima tour. Amazing
everybody still talks about them lmao
5:44 - 6:13 this solo is absolutely outrageous, almost as good as the parabol transition
I learned how to play this solo and song on guitar so I could experience it in a different way. It wasn't as good as listening but it was a great experience.
@@trafficking2596definitely think its better to learn the whole song, nothing too difficult in there and its a nice journey when playing it from start to finish
@@iateuranium-235forbreakfas7 I do know the whole song though.
@@trafficking2596 sorry, didnt realise u said solo AND song
@@iateuranium-235forbreakfas7 no big
Director: Should we do normal-looking humans for once?
Tool: There’s no need to cause mass hysteria
Tool: We'd really like to advocate New Age religion with this album. Sure, sure, we were Nihilists four years ago, but we've done so much acid and psilocybian in our cult of Eastern mysticism mixed with California hippie stuff and witchcraft and whatever other weirdos happened to be rambling and pulling claims from thin air in the vicinity that our minds changed.
Haha haha
As Ritchard Prior said "" When your trying to get some pussy and your like sure baby the cozmos!! Hahaha" ""
@@wk4max263 um wtf?
@@tobynsaunders ahahhahahahahahha
" We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion". The best lyrics ever.
I feel that.
Infact, every tool song has the best lyrics
@@arkabiswas9370 Yeah, Ticks & Leeches probably the best lyrics: "Suck me dry!"
The eternal is the present, we are allways living in the eternity of the present, so the pain is and endless illusion that will never end. nihilist thoughs intensifies!
Pearl Jam - "usin, you cant grow old usin" (4/20/02)
"loneliness is not a phase. field of pain is where I graze. serenity is far away. saw my reflection and cried."
"it took the death of hope to let you go"
This song and video means so much more to me now after my husband ended his fight with brain cancer RIP Jan Kenning! Thank you so much for this beautiful piece of art Maynard James Kennan, all the artests of Tool Alex Grey and all of the Muses who inspired this masterpiece, as it has helped me in grief so much!
He is in a better place, and we’re all just biding our time until we go there. We must be great full for every moment of this existence and I’m glad that he lived a full and happy life with ups and downs. I love you, and god loves you. And everything happens for a reason and it will all be ok at the end of the day :,) stay strong for him, and I care for you
Rip
@@brovunn Dont ever try to bring a religion into a musical place again.
God is not real. If otherwise: Explain.
❤
@boyd1998 Pretty hypocritical of you to say that when Tool uses religion in their music often. You must not be listening very well.
I'm agnostic but I'm not a dick about what other people believe in.
Every time I listen to this song it reminds me of my dad who had a illness called ALS which kills the muscles in your body and slowly make your weaker. The doctors told us that he had only a few months to live but he actually lived for about 6 more years he was really strong, and now whenever I hear the lyrics “this body , this body holding me , we are eternal all this pain is an illusion.” It reminds me of him this song was also one of his favorites i really do miss him but not much I can do about it he’s always here in my heart and so is Tool🤟
When you’re looking for Math help with parabolas but find this lol
You likey?
Welcome to your new obsession. Greatest band of all time!
math wont help you unlock the truths of the universe. tool will
Welcome Bröther
inswarlock09 actually math holds the very truth of the universe
The PTSD when you're listing to parabol but it's set to shuffle.
when you shuffle lateralus and the album ends on parabol
Oof
@@redpractition oh yeah the other day Parabol came on shuffle and then it went to Cant Stop by RHCP and i was so fucking confused????
when your Ipod on shuffle, but parabol is followed by parabola anyway and it creeps you out
Damn right... The calamity is real lol
This song was a banger before I understood the lyrics. My appreciation for this band went through the roof once I read the lyrics. This band creates art that will be still talked about for centuries, unbelievably complex and ultimately unbelievably human.
idk how well you know the rest of their songs, but the lyrics are pretty much always this good. This is definitely THE masterpiece to me, but MJK is amazingly poetic 24/7.
Keep listening to these songs, you will find true meaning of life
It amazes me how much a music video makes you think and reflect over life, death and some other fundamental thoughts.
Demons write his lyrics, they're talking about the relief they feel when they're able to possess someone
@@espdtx4260exactly someone finally gets it. " something familiar about this form I hold now"
Adam Jones and Jerry Cantrell are easily the most under rated guitar players of any generation. Their exemplary work stands out each and every album. They get better each and every album.
Jerry Cantrell?
@@robertholland5771 WHAT!!!!!!!!
You just gave me a heart attack!
Alice in Chains.
Dood what are you talking about. These 2 are very highly rated. Thats the exact opposite of under rated bub
@@robertholland5771Yes Jerry one of the greats!!
my dad died two days ago. he loved tool. every time he sent me one of their songs he’d always say “turn it up mija” that’s what i’m doing right now dad. i love you. idk how i’m gonna live without you.
Sorry for your loss. :( hopefully Tool can be a part of your healing process. God bless you. Love you fellow human.
This song is a mantra for exactly this kind of grief.
I lost my father 18 years ago, he was a musician who always shared the music he loved as much as the music he made. I've strove to be someone he would be proud of - just the love you pour out for your dad tells me the kind of dad he was, and you are doing your best in spite of everything. Even if you have to remind yourself to get through today, then the next, keep going. Here in solidarity, friend.
@@SanguivorousRevenant god thank you for that.
Sorry brother
Her: He's probably cheating on me
Me and the boys at 3am: 3:49
xD
lol sft
Xdddd
IM DEAD lolol
lmao
This is pure art... deeply spiritual and powerful. Tool is in a way without a doubt a synonym of art.
Yes
💯
anytime something traumatic/near death happens to me in my life, I always come back to Parabol/a. It’s a masterpiece.
Clarity isn’t often achieved in life. This gets pretty close.
Good God is that ever the truth 👍 even with clarity would that not change too eventually as everything does? The only thing that is constant is change after all.
Random person: "I had a dream I married my best friend"
My dreams:
This maybe the most accurate representation of my dreams that I can think of.
Yeah sometimes that has happened to me before 😕
How tf do people have coherent dreams?
@@condor7435 change of sleep ritual and schedule does a lot
Same
Dont you hate when you and your friends are wearing suits and you simultaneously vomit a perfect circle onto the ground?
hate it? my dude this shit fun as hell especially when its coming out of both ends
yos
It's the fruit of knowledge referenced in Genesis. It unified the body, mind and spirit. Since humans consumed it, we spew shit from our mouths to give shape to existence. The three beings represent the body, mind and spirit/energy. When they unify you can find harmony. The mind is probably the one that brought the fruit, because from our conscience change is born.
a perfect circle hehe
Marry me 💗 Love a guy with a beautiful intellect.
I HAVE DECIDED TODAY- AFTER 22 YEARS OF LISTENING TO TOOL, THAT THIS IS MY FAVORITE! And it was a really hard choice, took me a long ass time.😂
Always been my favorite.... but like.... Third Eye.... Wings for Marie.... Disposition..... So hard to pick a favorite lol.
@@GreenThumbFreedom I love those too.. so many great songs... love schism too... very hard choise👍
reflection
8:08
I wasn't expecting a TOOL song to make me cry, but the lyrics, the video... It's just too beautiful. I need a second...
The guy that understands lateralus: Thumbnail
maXelss tellh 1 1 2 3 5 8
@@ggmbushboi3440 New Einstein ?
9:20
@Zara for universal lord It was a joke
I'm out of pot and I do not have a card
The thumbnail is literally the galaxy brain meme
Lmfao you aren’t even wrong though
My first thought
I've seen a lot of Alex Gray art used for galaxy brain meme so yah you're pretty much spot on
In fact the meme was because of this video
that meme is based from alex greys work
This song in particular has such a profound effect on me, the part at 5:45 gives me chills every time. Makes me feel like I was created for a reason and is such a badass anthem about existence and how our souls are trapped in these mortal bodies
Holy shit! My homepage exploded with all of Tool’s music! I’m so happy!
I feel ya I'm over the moon this morning.
🖤🖤🖤
Nero me tooo! It’s early TOOL Christmas 🎄 🤤
Same
Same
Yes, I too cut an apple and proceed to levitate by vomiting black fluid.
It reminds me of what I saw last time I looked into the shareholders meeting room.
who doesn't?
Relatable af ikr
apple of sodom
@@bobiboulon Shareholders are not human, man. I keep telling people this.
"All this pain is an illusion. Celebrate this chance to be, alive and breathing..."💖✨
You know guys what amazes me - this song does not get older. Gives me chills and moves me deeply now when I am 41 and it did so when I listened to it when I was 19. Now even more, with all the life experience I get... Masterpiece! Both music and lyrics.
Same, bro. How people can think there's no God, no soul, no spirit, no Eternity after this material existence... baffles me.
I’m 41 as well and this was my go to song from the album at 19. This js still a daily on my drives to and from work. Back then I didn’t totally get the lyrics, but now I feel them and it hurts so good.
You do not have a soul, you are a soul. you have a body.
We are basically a nervous system inside a meatbag
@@Shrek_es_mi_pastor no we are more than that
@@roronoazoro2970 but you're confused...
@@Coldcloves yes I am confused but not about everything
What are we truly inside the flesh? Where is us?
The world is a cruel place. I hope everyone out there listening is doing well physically, mentally, and spiritually
Am doing😊
Necessary vibes at this time. Thanks, friend.
I'm trying, thanks friend!
I’m not
@@brookemarbell9297 hope it gets better.
5:54 to 6:15 is one of the most intense pieces of head slamming brilliance I’ve ever heard.
The guitar is just insane at that part. Simply amazing.
It all starts at 5:45 🔥
Had a crazy experience with this song in my past life. About 18 years ago or so.
Getting to the other side of a nasty episode of buprenorphine withdrawal. About five days of constant pain and no sleep.
I decided to listen to this song and had an experience that had me in tears.
Can't describe it. I'll never forget it.
I will remember this
I k r: That's some nasty withdrawals there:🤒
"Dammit George, why is there a perfect circle of black sludge on the dining table?"
"Business meeting."
A perfect circle
WOAH
Nyuk nyuk
Haha get it a perfect circle
i saw a perfect circle and did a double take
This song simultaneously makes me want to live life to the fullest, while also feeling completely comfortable with death.
It gives me the same feeling
💞💞
I think, to some degree, those are the same concepts. Which is a beautiful thing.
Me, too. I think the plot to it is this: the men at the beginning are the "gods", aliens, higherpowers. The antennae guy is mankind, or an alien equal to such. The little guy is animal life, "lesser life". While the human rep is busy studying science and trying to unravel the universe, the lesser life is desperately trying to warn him of mortality and danger. The human doesn't listen, tries to rage at the coming death, then flees into the wilderness, but is ultimately overcome. He finally sees the light and energy of us all, and the two eyes represent Male and Female as a spiritual concept, both living equally in every living thing. They bind together at his death, his real or "third" eye opens, and he lays down into the interwoven fabric of life's light blanket...
To live is to die - Metallica.
The frog croaks at the end 9:46 with that guitar rift 9:54 is my favorite part
When I was 15 I fell asleep while watching MTV, at some point in the night this song came on and I woke up, it was really cool because the song lasted so long. I bought my first Tool album a few days later.
Tiny brain: This body holding me
Normal brain: Reminds me of my own mortality
Giant brain: Embrace this moment
Galaxy brain: Remember, we are eternal, this pain is an illusion
Best visual to written meme ever.
@@sandymcmahon984 can’t explain it better
Coomer brain: Hold on... stay inside
Multiversal brain: this holy reality, this holy experience
Well-played, Patches. Well-played.
High asf when you wrote this lmfaooo. And high asf everyone who responded
Adam Jones' artwork doesn't get nearly the recognition it deserves. So creative and unique.
In before people cite the quay brothers because kurt cobain was pissy one day he was asked about Tool. And also here to say that Adam does not deny the influence, in fact he claims his first few were in his own words “almost shameless rip offs”. But it wasn’t popular until Tool, and Adam took it and went beyond it and without a doubt did plenty that was his own thing. The symbolism, Adams unique style and delivery, combining it with Alex Greys super cerebral spiritual colorful identity… just so good. That whole gray scale, flat, blocky, almost black and white flat dead and dark certainty being doused in the bursting magical lively biology and spiritual illumination at the end couldn’t have made either pop any more than it did.
Alex Grey*
@@alexbeardsley751 Didn't they both collaborate on this video?
Drink enough magic tea, and talk to the evil elfs that say "kill all humans", and you'll be able to understand where they're coming from.
he suck
The end of this song for some reason everytime i just get chills
I closed my eyes to concentrate on the music and feel it, I opened my eyes when I understood the lyrics. Thanks to Tool I woke up, forever grateful and you know it will be forever when I say forever.
This song is a very clear direct pointing
Call me cheesy, obnoxious, whatever; I unironically think this is one of the best songs ever written. One of the few songs that truly snapshots how fragile and vexing, yet holy, the human experience is. It is one of the few songs I will never get tired of listening to.
"Recognize this as a holy gift and
Celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing."
That line reminds of right in two's line "repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven, conscious of their fleeting time here". Leave it to Tool to create truly profound works of art
I randomly started looking through comments and read this at the exact moment he says the lyrics you posted. Truly an awesome song. I still think this album is their best work ever.
CrazyWampa same here
I put this song on every once on a while and I call it "going to church"
The wisdom shared in this song is extremely profound!
Anyone else feel all their stress melt away when he says "all this pain is an illusion" at the end of parabol?
Yup.
Yes
I just melt in general
wow....no/////but you may be right...I just don't feel it like you do...but you may be right
i found i can remove pain just with my brain
Ich kann gar nicht beschreiben, was ich alles fühle, wenn ich mir diesen Song anhöre... von purer Demut bis zu tiefen, absoluten Vertrauen in die Reinheit der Schöpfung ist alles dabei.
Wir sind so kleine Lichter in dieser Welt - und doch so unfassbar wertvoll!
This song , and tool went me up from deep depression and found again Jesus.
This song helps me appreciate being alive. Fuck whatever the meaning of life is, we are here in this moment with the privelege to be alive, and thats all that matters
Your on step 1 right now. Your in the animal stage where all that matters is yourself. Some people never learn more. There's more to life.
Mark Delgado lol foreal humans are so ignorantly selfish.. but ehh if dats what u think True happiness is den sucks 2 be U
@@markdelgado6984 I'm sure you have all the answers buddy ;)
Mark Delgado i am still young so im not claiming that ive discovered a universal truth or some bullshit through a Tool song. I dont even know where u got off with the whole "all that matters is myself" bullshit. I am always happier making other people happy cuz i sometimes struggle finding happiness, and i feel better when i give others what i often struggle to find for myself. To be quite frank broski, I could give less fucks about myself if i truly felt like it. The message i get from this song is that our only purpose here on earth is choosing to be here and appreciate this gift of life that lies before us and i was just genuinely expressing that
No. Fuck life.
This is like the farthest you can go from Cotton Eye Joe.
Love how that was the first thing that came to mind lol.
EDIT: Glad I invested in this comment 8 months ago lol.
💀
pretty funny...love it
Not sure i uderstand though....are the metaphysics not equal in cotton eye joe and parabola ? just a question
while of course being every bit as good
Now, this is a tune. Love the transition from Parabol to Parabola.
So familiar and overwhelmingly warm
This one, this form I hold now
Embracing you, this reality here
This one, this form I hold now, so
Wide eyed and hopeful
Wide eyed and hopefully wild
We barely remember what came before this precious moment
Choosing to be here right now
Hold on, stay inside...
This body holding me, reminding me that I am not alone in...
This body makes me feel eternal
All this pain is an illusion
We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment
We are choosing to be here right now
Hold on, stay inside...
This holy reality, this holy experience
Choosing to be here in...
This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in...
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion
Alive, I
In this holy reality, in this holy experience
Choosing to be here in...
This body, this body holding me
Be my reminder here that I am not alone in...
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion
Twirling round with this familiar parable
Spinning, weaving round each new experience
Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing
A chance to be alive and breathing
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality
Embrace this moment, remember, we are eternal
All this pain is an illusion
dont you hate it when you get murdered by a giant blackberry and your friend dissects you instead of getting help
Lol i had never thought of it as a BlackBerry but now thinking about it the thing does look like a BlackBerry
Every time.
lmao ...
😂😂😂😭😭 I'm weak 💀
LoL 😂
everybody gangsta until the giant subatomic particles attack the alien sidekick and leave him lifeless, split perfectly in half
Hell yeah you've won the internet.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol giant subatomic
Split that boi right in two
Lol. Clearly... or (hopefully) you've done dmt...? Almost sounds like you "get it" lol
69 lol
I’m a little very high right now
Spiral out buddy 🤘
I remember watching this on MTV as a kid and thinking what the HELL did I just watch, while being absolutely in love with the music. Once a Tool fan, ALWAYS a Tool fan. 🤟
OMG OMG OMG I'm so happy they officially released this!!
This is awesome
in a sense but incredible
but its in 480p like we are in the 80s
pok0000 LOL no 480 wasn’t invented yet in the 80 you idiot!
This isn’t their official page though, it’s a guy posing as the official page. Edit: nvm, on the home page it says TOOLVEVO and when you click on it it says just TOOL
I remember seeing this as a kid on MTV randomly one day and it changed me forever.
I was super baked when i first saw this. Talk about an experience lol
@@musek5048a kid from school showed me this vid. i think thats when i achieved self-consciousness
my experience exactly. this fucking video affected my taste in music so goddamn much.
Back when MTV used to play good music videos
Me too . Was just watching MTV one night & this video came on . I was in tears by the end, tears straight from my heart.
Not sure if this happens to anyone else but when I listen to TOOL and hear the beats and various sounds they come as different shapes in my mind. It’s really pleasing to me. It really doesn’t happen with any other band except a few
Ya. MJK is like "I don't want people to worship me". I'm like, "who are you?".
The instrumentation had me at hello.
@@Michael_X313 they play a orchestraded game of each member almost stealing the song or show. Each one of them walk a fine line of being noticed the most. Just when you think you hear one of them strongly something else comes along like hey look at me and it’s this never ending cycle 🔃
It's a tool figure out how to use it
if anybody wants to really understand the meaning of this (and the rest of Lateralus for that matter), listen to a ton of NDEs while visualizing what it's like on the other side. then come back to this album and think about what you've heard... i did that, and it hit me like a brick. this physical form we inhabit is temporary, and the only thing we take with us to over there is our experiences. and the only reason why we go through what we experience is that we chose to experience them, for the betterment of our consciousness.
"we are not humans having a spiritual experience... we are spirits having a human experience."
I tell myself everyday "Remember: we are eternal, all this pain is an illusion"
aw buddy are you okay
Aw you know, thks
We are eternal? Interesting..well depends on where you go
And pain is not an illusion if you keep telling yourself that you'd only get more pain
It works to me and it's fine if don't for you
I can't believe this is happening! All their stuff is officially up now. This is a dream come true.
Everything except Salival.
they just learned about streaming services and youtube bruh otherwise they wouldve done this decades ago
@@DarkenedSilhouette But how have they not known about streaming services?
Thatoneguy 44 lmao they did know but i guess they didnt know it would become as big as it did. check out Joe Rogans episode with Maynard
This has been up for a little while, I got into tool a few months ago.
I've known this song for years, but I just took the time to read the lyrics carefully, and only now do I realize that this song is a prayer, a mantra, and at the same time a cool metal song.
best transition in the whole mysic industry i FUCKIN LOVE THIS SONG
I really hold TOOL very high on a pedestal. They are one of the greatest bands in history.
You need to edit it. They are one of the best bands in history
Tool fans seem to be very intense. That level of devotion skews your ability to be objective. A bit like trump supporters. I dont think tool fans will like that very much, but i see parallels in any obsessive group of people.......flat earth, islam , even brexit supporters. Its a strange part of human nature. Tribal instinct perhaps.
I do like the songs however!
pink floyd too, both on the same level of insanity
@@allosaurusfragilis7782 Tool elevated modern music to another level. Production is immaculate, the song writing is immaculate .. the lyricism is inspiring and deep. Have other bands done those things before? Sure .. have they done it to the level that Tool has? Maybe one or two elements .. but Tool took all of the elements, turned them up to 11 and left everyone else for dead.
I would also argue Radiohead have a similar trajectory and place in history.
Atheism for sure as well
That hit when Parabola starts gets me every time.
It's an orgasm in my ears.
Same
@@area.man. Eargasm
I cant tell you why. I've always found it funny when dude would rub his lil nose in the background of the video 😂 3:02
Anyone else remember when music like this had soul?
Catching parts of Tool songs on MTV as a kid is like catching a weird adult swim show you weren't ready for lol
Everyone hypes up Schism or Lateralus but honestly this is the best song on the album
Reflection is.
The patient is my favorite
@@Jimb1264 The patient does have an awesome build up and climax
Disposition ➝ Reflection, but it’s subjective. My opinion shifts depending on my mood over a particular couple years. But your original comment is not divisive or surprising whatsoever. Fully legitimate opinion.
@@sleepedge8257 It do. I also really like the part at the beginning where manyard comes in. I remember listening to that over and over cause it gave me the chills for some reason
This song is so special to me. It helped me through a period of time in which I was at high risk of suicide. Any time I would get into a bad space, I would put it on, and it reminded me of how lucky I am to have a physical body, and helped persuade me to keep it. Thank you TOOL.
I was in the same boat and this song has always helped me get through it. I'll be forever grateful to Tool. Hope you're doing well.
ART is supposed to transcend us to a better place. TOOL takes us there.
Me too love!! Covid did a fucking number on my depression. I’m listening to this on four grams of 🍄 right now and loving lifffee xoxo it gets better always
I’m so glad you found this song to help you through all of that. I am so happy you’re with us!
😭😭😭😭
Tools songs hit different when coming back to reality after more than a decade long bender of opiates, meth, sedatives and psychedelics. Been a few years now but the memories are still there
I listened for this song for the first time when I was a teenager, and the part of “all this pain is an illusion” always intrigued me… years later I’m still listening again to remind myself of it. Thank you Tool ♥️
This music video is so deep from start to finish. There's a lot to unpack.
To anyone reading this - best wishes on your journey.
Quite simply, we are the crumbs that the most insignificant insects feed off of, in a universe alongside an infinity of others, each as futile and pointless as the next. And yet we rejoice, for it is this moment and possibly only this moment that we may be alive to experience the beauty of everything. How very Camusian
@@aiden-sy3ex dude chill
Highly underrated comment!
Best wishes on your journey.
-Fellow body reminding you that you are not alone in this holy experience.
@@cacophonousantiquarian8803 I will, thank you
@@cacophonousantiquarian8803 he can’t he’s a Tool fan like you and me
I miss those times when the music videos were a piece of art.
The music has to be a piece of art for the music video to be a piece of art
Most definitely
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@@elile8567 Music is art period lmfao, don't know what reality you're living in
@@debeb5148 yeah honestly I agree with you I don't even remember typing that 2 months ago
What a beautiful piece of art, I still come back to this video after all these years. Tool is such an amazing band.
Meaning that you are your own best company.
Tool's music, seems dark but when you've been to hell can bring you back to life.
I can't even express the gratitude.
Exactly and this element people miss.
@Scuba Steve What other songs?
9:08 when you eat three flintstone gummies
Holy Shit, This song must be perfect
Hey there bread fellers
your comment has magically appeared at the top of the list for me after 4 years
bread boys moment
I DONT CARE IF THIS WAS 4 YEARS AGO THIS MADE ME AND MY MOM DIE LAUGHING 😂😂😂😂
I adore this song. It's not an overly complicated song that only the highest level no life nerds can understand, it's message is something everyone can and should hear. I'm serious when I say the existence of this song improves my life even if it's only slightly.
Okay so 15+ years after discovering Tool and watching this video, I think I have somewhat of an understanding of the symbolism. I wanted to comment on this because I see many people confused about it (which is not surprising), and some people doubting it even having something to do with the music at all. So this will be my attempt at "dissecting" it, if you will. So strap in and grab some snacks because this will be a long read. And also, this is just my interpretation so feel free to share you own thoughts on this as there is so much going on and I don't claim to get it all.
First of all we have the many small structures. One at first, then more and more. These I interpret to be the cells coming together to form our bodies. You can see at one point it looks like they are forming a spine and more. Also notice the big metal frame locking the picture frame in, limiting our view of the video (and our experience of life).
We are now in our body and mind. The deformed guy enters the picture with a toolbox. This is revealed to contain a knife which is supposed to represent our intellect. The intellect, called Buddhi in yogic science, is just one part of many that makes up our full intelligence. The knife is a useful tool able that enable us to think logically, plan, make fire, tools, electricity and to generally survive in the world. Using this knife we can dissect the world around us (the apple in this case) and see what's inside. Using our intellect we can see that there is undeniably huge amount of intelligence around us as shown by the geometric star pattern within the apple. The knife however only cuts and cannot be used to form a fuller understanding of things due to it's nature, which is to cut. The intellect however is elevated to an unreasonable high regard within society which is problematic.
It could be argued that the fantastic Adam Jones is suggesting that this tool is often used against us by corporations, governments etc, using marketing and propaganda tricks to get us to do shit and buy stuff as represented by the black goo spewing out in a circle as they hover above the table. As long as we only use our intellect to lead our lives we will always be stuck in this vicious cycle represented by the circle. The fact that they are three may also suggest that the intellect is very much tied to the three-dimensional (but i'm not entirely sure about this).
To escape this cycle, we must stop using the only the intellect and instead look inward, represented by the hands forming the same star as in the apple. We now look inside ourselves and can begin to explore the full potential of our bodies and our full intelligence.
The next part with the big stone pendulum eludes me somewhat and I'm not sure what it is supposed to represent. But a guess of mine is that with our new set of tools we can see the world and the laws that govern it (like gravity) in a new light. Next, we can see our ego, the little guy with the metal mask. When it first enters the video it is shot at a very close angle, making it look big but in reality it is not. The ego is not a bad guy really. It helps us survive by constantly being on the lookout for danger (wide eyes, clenched teeth, anxiety). Let's leave him be for now as we continue to explore the true nature of our bodies. Let's take a closer look at our nervous system (big tree thing). Let's scan our brain in the glass box to get a more complete picture of what our amazing brain is capable of, but also the limitations of it. We can also get a closer look at our problems, represented by the grey floating ball. These problems can range from being stuck on a deserted island with no water (big problem), to going through a breakup (can be very hard of course but not life ending), to not getting that sweet 1000 dollar cool brand bag (silly problem).
We are still in this small room however but we are longing to step out of it as we can see that there is so much more through the tiny window of the big metal door. All the while our guy the ego keeps us from doing it as he reminds us of our survival and our problems (it's his job after all).
So, next part is not clear to me either. They gray balls keep multiplying and kind of grows like a cancer which I interpret as we tend to make problems worse for ourselves by blaming them on others and other outside circumstances that we cannot control. This is a certain way to forever live in misery and can only lead to destruction (the cancer getting to us and our ego). The only thing we can fully control are ourselves. As the saying goes, it is not what happens to you but how we react to it that matters. Cheesy yes but there is truth to it.
To be able to step outside these confines we must examine the nature of our ego and let go of it. Which is probably a painful thing to do but necessary in order to fully be able to fully explore the cosmos (the forest outside of our room). So let's do exactly that. Because the seemingly impenetrable and intimidating big metal door that blocks our access to this realm was actually open this whole time.
We are now free to explore this endless forest and all of its beauty. We all still connected to the world and all of it's pain and suffering, joys and pleasures and it keeps following us as we explore this realm but we don't pay much attention anymore. Also while I'm writing this I'm inclined to see the gray balls as "wordly concerns" rather than just problems, although I guess we often tend to focus mostly on the problems I guess lol.
Well, we have reached the end if our journey. In this newfound state we are able to perceive the whole cosmos in a simple leaf (or in a grain of sand). The metal frame put upon our screen is now gone... and I'll let the visuals and badass riff in the outro speak for itself.
Nice analysis dude. If I have time, I’ll make my own and share it :)
Yeah, that sounds about right to me lol
The beauty created is in of the divided. As above so below or something
About the pendulum/ that represents the swing of / or switching of polarity. Much like the shift of polarity in all. Hot and cold. Light dark. Good evil. Of course it differs in degree accordingly to each individual. This also relates to correspondence and Rhythm .
If that makes sense. Hermetic principals in play lol
Say what you will, this song is clearly one of the best songs ever written, in any genre.
This song has saved me from suicide multiple times.
Real talk
You are goddamn right brotha
@@chrisr8207 This body, this body holding me... my cousin (1 of only 2) took his life Sept 28, 2016. I cry everytime I listen to this song.
It IS one of the best songs ever written.....right next to no quarter!
I realized this in 2021 at age 42: At the beginning of the video, a frame drops down, which creates a smaller "window" that we watch the video in. I never knew what that was about, I kind of thought it was some early 2000s internet pirate artifact and this was the only version of the video I could find, but I never gave it much thought (and I was completely wrong). The frame is there to make our brain think that we're watching a video of a certain size (smaller than the full screen), and the length of the video eventually convinces our brain that the video is that small. At a very specific moment around 8:45, the frame that's been there the entire time slowly zooms out as if the camera is zooming in, but the frame never re-appears, and the next scene is full-screen, physically larger than the video we've been watching. This tricks our brain into believing that we are actually seeing something "larger" or "greater" while it moves through the Alex Grey scenes at the end. Previously there was a limit or boundary, and the boundary gets slowly removed when enlightenment begins, effectively tricking our brain into thinking that we're now looking at something actually larger.
Thankyou for pointing that out, you are completely right! Awesome insight!
Thank u for the perspective- Alex Grey is amazing
I hate to burst your bubble but the answer is drugs. Specific techniques are used throughout tool videos that rely on the ghosting effect given by hallucinogens. So much so that if you haven't done heavy psychs and watched these videos, then you just haven't seen them. This isn't just "oh dude weed, yeah man drugs are cool," these are very meticulous choices that take a ridiculous amount of fx skill to emulate. The entire video box set this comes off of is an absolute trip. It even intentionally fucks with you on the home screen, ensuring viewers will have the initial background burned in to their vision by the time the videos start playing. As a collection it is arguably one of the greatest artistic achievements of all time.
@@deadcats6083 yeah trip flashes
The transition between Parabol and Parabola is the greatest transition between two songs on an album I have ever heard
This song. "All this pain is an illusion." Guts me. Nothing but goose bumps and tears during this song. So glad to be a alive and breathing despite all the pain.
We can never truly appreciate being alive
@@SamuelBlack84 actually we can, you are the one that chose if not, freedom, imprisonment, it’s all an illusion
GRAVITY IS A HARNESS
@@redrage369 Don't you dare say that to me. I would give my tortured soul to truly be alive and enjoy the pleasures of this world if only I had the damn luxury to do it!!
we are a turtle, all this penis an illusion
Anybody else discover tool and simultaneously have a huge spiritual awakening
The drummer is a wizard.
what the fuck? get out of my head..
@@ianshahan4229 there's only one head - Tool
about 25 years ago :D , they have been a part of my whole life musically. The message that we are one and not alone will forever keep people like us together.
@@jacobslaughter7198 one breath one word :)
Make sure to listen with headphone on! So incredible.
Old as mold and still better practical effects than most hollywood movies in 2024.
9:20 That one kid at school when he says Sodium Chloride instead of salt.
Big McThankies from McSpanky's
Motivational music everyone else listens to: "Baby you're a fiiiiirework...!"
My motivational music: *"We are eternal; All this pain is an illuuuuusion!"*
damn straight
The legend of ass huh? Indubitably.
I'm just glad I got to be the 69th like on a 15/10 comment
I wasn't expecting to find someone with a JJBA profile pic to comment on a tool video, but I'm glad I did.
_Shame on you, shame on you_
MJK just never disappoints with anything he's done. The first time I heard TOOL when i was 17 back in 2002, life changing stuff.... Hearing APC... Life changing... Puscifer amazing! MJK just has this otherworldly way of doing things. Like in his book he said when he worked in the pet shop, that if he's gonna be working in a pet shop he's gonna try and put his all into it and do a good job (to that affect anyway). He just puts all into the things he's doing at the time. Really unique person that could have been anything or did anything. I am not a celeb worshipper or care to follow anyone, but MJK, Trent, Billy Corgan, Chino and a couple others are just not regular humans (especially MJK though).
Tool makes 1% sense when we are young and 2% sense when we are old.
This isn’t a song, it’s a journey. The pinnacle of TOOL in all of their greatness manifested into lyrics and music. Masterpiece of a song!
Couldnt agree more. It doesnt get any better.
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It’s a trip
its a song too
we listened to this song on our last acid trip, especially when u close your eyes this song is a journey through a lot of feelings, i can't describe it. Insane experience