This is a song that struck me playing music in the background today. Easter Sunday, 2024. It's not a new song to me, I bought the album the week it came out. It's from Tool and I own all of their albums. The song is called the pot and if you know anything about the band Tool the lyrics are genius and very Visual and meaningful. The album is called 10,000 Days. I will merely paste the meaning of that amount of time for the lead singer Lyricist and founder of tool Maynard James Keenan. Judith Marie Keenan was a devote Baptist who suffered a paralysing cerebral haemorrhage when Maynard was just 11-years-old. Judith would remain paralysed for 27 years until her death in 2003, and the amount of time Judith spent paralysed would inspire the title track to Tool's fourth studio album, 10,000 Days. Everyone can interpret tool songs. In fact the name of the band Tool is explained by Maynard to be a tool for mankind a tool for you to use to manage your life to give it meaning to explain those things you can't possibly understand. Is awesome to be a wicked insult to those who don't understand them or those who are on a higher plane or pursuing a unique existence and take on all that the universe is. To you. So, if after pointing your finger for so long you suddenly realize you are the tool, perhaps you may find meaning and Direction and correction by using the tool. As far as I can ever recall people seem to know what I am supposed to be and what I should be doing and what is wrong with me and how to fix it. I see it in them constantly and progressively interest fascination frustration alienation. They think they can help me they think they can change me and when they can't they ultimately find ways to hate me and erase me. Even with an explanation I give you from my own heart and every moment of existence most can't even hear it those words I can spend their time taking out how I can fix those feelings. The day I heard this song from the first time I fell to tears. Maynard it's a gay man and a macho industry. Yet he exists on another scale. He exists in another wavelength that smiles and looks down on those Neanderthals who think they are better than him. You can't even realize how far removed they are from his Brilliance and genius. I don't say that is what I am but perhaps through consistent repetition of actions does it take long for me to see the same Story play out to those that intersect my life. Today has special meaning in so many ways unfortunately most of them are not things that I can celebrate. I put my hands in Jesus who has managed to rise above those that hated him. He had to be literally crucified to free himself from the evil that wanted to erase him and his ways and his beliefs and his influence on those that were willing to be open to something new or different. Maybe, something better. You can't ever find out unless you at least give it a chance. Or you can just wave your finger and throw stones and smash that person, that experience, that influence and toss it to the mud and trample convince that you're in the right, you are better, you have all the answers, it is just unfortunate that Michael can't follow instead of trying to lead. I'm not trying to say anything specific or overtly harsh to anyone. Just trying to tell you how I feel most of the time especially after the last few months. Or is it years. When an experience drones on and on without change it becomes impossible to calculate the time that has passed because nothing is different than the first day to the last. More so than ever I feel closer to the end than the beginning. Is much more than mere calculation of average human existence. It is personal experiences, personal health. People in and out of my life. I suppose instead of trying to capture a list, it's easier to say that almost everything around me shouts louder and louder that the time is short.
In the argument as the best intro. That guitar makes me take my eyes off the road with glorious head banging and the bass makes me dance in my seat. No need to mention the talent of Maynard and Carrey.
Who are you to wave your finger? You must have been outta your head Eye hole deep in muddy waters You practically raised the dead Rob the grave to snow the cradle Then burn the evidence down Soapbox house of cards and glass so Don't go tossin' your stones around You must have been high You must have been high You must have been Foot in mouth and head up ass-hole Whatcha talkin' 'bout? Difficult to dance 'round this one 'Til you pull it out, boy You must have been so high You must have been so high Steal, borrow, refer, save your shady inference Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye When you pissed all over my black kettle You must have been high-high You must have been high-high Who are you to wave your finger? So full of it Eyeballs deep in muddy waters Fuckin' hypocrite Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference? Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye When you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been- So who are you to wave your finger? Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me? You must have been out your mind Weepin' shades of indigo Trapped without a reason Weepin' shades of indigo Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference? Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye Now when you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been High High High High Eyeballs deep in muddy waters Your balls deep in muddy waters Ganja, please You must have been out your mind
I never really respected tool until after I almost died and lost a friend bc she thought I changed so much bc I have TBI after my accident. My whole life changed & I look & read things differently now. So if you ever see this Tam, I love you.
Hey, could you make the lyrics any smaller? And not using landscape was a nice touch as well. Tool-appropriate. Don't let this comment (completely) distract from my actual appreciation for finding your video, however.
LyricsVideosListenArtistsOther recordings Who are you to wave your finger? You must have been outta your head Eye hole deep in muddy waters You practically raised the dead Rob the grave to snow the cradle Then burn the evidence down Soapbox house of cards and glass so Don't go tossin' your stones around You must have been high You must have been high You must have been Foot in mouth and head up ass-hole Whatcha talkin' 'bout? Difficult to dance 'round this one 'Til you pull it out, boy You must have been so high You must have been so high Steal, borrow, refer, save your shady inference Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye When you pissed all over my black kettle You must have been high-high You must have been high-high Who are you to wave your finger? So full of it Eyeballs deep in muddy waters Fuckin' hypocrite Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference? Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye When you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been- So who are you to wave your finger? Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me? You must have been out your mind Weepin' shades of indigo Trapped without a reason Weepin' shades of indigo Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference? Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye Now when you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been High High High High Eyeballs deep in muddy waters Your balls deep in muddy waters Ganja, please
Also, the song is about hypocrisy. The reason Canibus was chosen is it would be difficult to find a subject to discuss involving more hypocrisy than the Canibus issue in the US.
I think the subject is deeper here than that. There's the entire Court system on the hook here that exists today as the Kangaroo Court, that erased the Common Law system by which we should be going by - not this garbage Court system we are presently the victims of. Since he can't incorporate the utter monstrosity of the entire present system in one short song, he chooses the subject most should be studying and be interested in - the actual natural Law this country first was built upon (until 1871). Of course, just because the lyrics seemingly concentrate on one subject doesn't mean it doesn't talk about much larger issue here. This track is fabulous, Tool is probably best in using basic pentatonic root tones with emphasizing the harmony of octave within the rhythms. I admire how well they can use simple basic structure and make it sound very, very complex with skillful drumming and syncopic alignments for all four actors to execute seamlessly. Wonderful music.
I'm more trash death fast franatic metal..but the vocalist and the queens of the stone age just been listening too are just epic..and the lyrics 💯 sick azf
People who are in government will throw you in a cage for owning a plant that harms no one (pot) and are some of the most crooked liars on the planet. Maynard is calling out the hypocrisy and insanity of authority (rules for thee, but not for me)
Pot calling the kettle black at Led Zep's thievery of the USA deep south music from the blacks. Go down, steal the song then make a huge hit, get your cash and never reference who actually wrote it or PAY them. Act all spiritual and crap, then start taking down anyone else who replicates the sound. Go to court, they never had to pay. They stole, they made tons of money, then tried to take down anyone else who called them out....BOY! Maynard was right. Screw Led Zep
So they have credited some of the artists they pulled material from and they have also settled out of court to several artists. No question they used certain liberties from other musicians but they aren't the only ones. I'm currently trying to figure out when Plant said something about Tool "stealing" their music. Do you know? Or any resource on Maynard specifically talking about the song and the meaning?
One of the hardest bands to cover period the bass the drums the guitar the vocals are all unmatched straight phenomenal band
I’ve been listening to this song my whole life and just learned the correct lyrics 😂
😂 same yet I still sing it the way I always have ha
Legendary bass line... nailed every notes!
This is a song that struck me playing music in the background today. Easter Sunday, 2024. It's not a new song to me, I bought the album the week it came out. It's from Tool and I own all of their albums. The song is called the pot and if you know anything about the band Tool the lyrics are genius and very Visual and meaningful. The album is called 10,000 Days. I will merely paste the meaning of that amount of time for the lead singer Lyricist and founder of tool Maynard James Keenan.
Judith Marie Keenan was a devote Baptist who suffered a paralysing cerebral haemorrhage when Maynard was just 11-years-old. Judith would remain paralysed for 27 years until her death in 2003, and the amount of time Judith spent paralysed would inspire the title track to Tool's fourth studio album, 10,000 Days.
Everyone can interpret tool songs. In fact the name of the band Tool is explained by Maynard to be a tool for mankind a tool for you to use to manage your life to give it meaning to explain those things you can't possibly understand. Is awesome to be a wicked insult to those who don't understand them or those who are on a higher plane or pursuing a unique existence and take on all that the universe is. To you. So, if after pointing your finger for so long you suddenly realize you are the tool, perhaps you may find meaning and Direction and correction by using the tool.
As far as I can ever recall people seem to know what I am supposed to be and what I should be doing and what is wrong with me and how to fix it. I see it in them constantly and progressively interest fascination frustration alienation. They think they can help me they think they can change me and when they can't they ultimately find ways to hate me and erase me. Even with an explanation I give you from my own heart and every moment of existence most can't even hear it those words I can spend their time taking out how I can fix those feelings. The day I heard this song from the first time I fell to tears. Maynard it's a gay man and a macho industry. Yet he exists on another scale. He exists in another wavelength that smiles and looks down on those Neanderthals who think they are better than him. You can't even realize how far removed they are from his Brilliance and genius. I don't say that is what I am but perhaps through consistent repetition of actions does it take long for me to see the same Story play out to those that intersect my life. Today has special meaning in so many ways unfortunately most of them are not things that I can celebrate. I put my hands in Jesus who has managed to rise above those that hated him. He had to be literally crucified to free himself from the evil that wanted to erase him and his ways and his beliefs and his influence on those that were willing to be open to something new or different. Maybe, something better. You can't ever find out unless you at least give it a chance. Or you can just wave your finger and throw stones and smash that person, that experience, that influence and toss it to the mud and trample convince that you're in the right, you are better, you have all the answers, it is just unfortunate that Michael can't follow instead of trying to lead. I'm not trying to say anything specific or overtly harsh to anyone. Just trying to tell you how I feel most of the time especially after the last few months. Or is it years. When an experience drones on and on without change it becomes impossible to calculate the time that has passed because nothing is different than the first day to the last. More so than ever I feel closer to the end than the beginning. Is much more than mere calculation of average human existence. It is personal experiences, personal health. People in and out of my life. I suppose instead of trying to capture a list, it's easier to say that almost everything around me shouts louder and louder that the time is short.
Broo, u good ? Hope u good ! Thx for the knowledge bout the song and the album !
No words.......hope you're well. Don't ever stop praying. 😊
This song hits with such attitude, u cant help but feel
Come back to
Praise the gods
In the argument as the best intro. That guitar makes me take my eyes off the road with glorious head banging and the bass makes me dance in my seat. No need to mention the talent of Maynard and Carrey.
Very likely… but settles the argument for the best outro of all time.
That's the bass, not the guitar, but I agree.
Love everything about this. The Music, the text, every time I listen I hear smth new. ❤
This song just gives me a curtain feeling that I can’t quite describe you know?
😅
Like draperies?
Yes
Yes live your life do not look back
Who are you to wave your finger?
You must have been outta your head
Eye hole deep in muddy waters
You practically raised the dead
Rob the grave to snow the cradle
Then burn the evidence down
Soapbox house of cards and glass so
Don't go tossin' your stones around
You must have been high
You must have been high
You must have been
Foot in mouth and head up ass-hole
Whatcha talkin' 'bout?
Difficult to dance 'round this one
'Til you pull it out, boy
You must have been so high
You must have been so high
Steal, borrow, refer, save your shady inference
Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent
Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You must have been high-high
You must have been high-high
Who are you to wave your finger?
So full of it
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Fuckin' hypocrite
Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You must've been-
So who are you to wave your finger?
Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me?
You must have been out your mind
Weepin' shades of indigo
Trapped without a reason
Weepin' shades of indigo
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government
Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye
Now when you pissed all over my black kettle
You must've been
High
High
High
High
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Your balls deep in muddy waters
Ganja, please
You must have been out your mind
Yes, thats the idea of the fucking video
@@gowther6419😂
well, am I fucking wrong? @@dtcdtc8328
@@gowther6419thank you for the good chuckle😂
Are y'all sure it says ganja please? Sounds like he says capital crimes
Masterpiece!!👍🏻
I never really respected tool until after I almost died and lost a friend bc she thought I changed so much bc I have TBI after my accident. My whole life changed & I look & read things differently now. So if you ever see this Tam, I love you.
Holy. No need for the life story
@@brandonsmith8107 wtf?! You’re rude!
@@brandonsmith8107damn bro who asked for ur imput
@@brandonsmith8107 nobody asked
what a banger
Dived back into this song lately crazy u posted this 10 days ago 🙏
Same. It's really weird timing.
Exactly….
Dude, I'm a drummer and holy F@&! This song is SOOOOO much fun to play! I can play it for 1,000 days! (Ya seen what I did there?) Awesome !!!
😂🙏we’ll done sir😂👍
yeah, my bad!@@Robert-kt8oy
Can't get enough ...of them ! Whole genre on their own that's the beauty !
*10,000. But yeah.
Danny Carey is an insane drummer 🤘
Just good music
The music and the lyrics are perfect in my life and I am not sorry
6:15
This is a genius song, let alone how amazing Tool is.
This bleeds standing for truth
100%
Thank you for your time in posting.
Badassssss Lyrics (as usual)
Badass everything!
Hell yeah ❤
6:18 YES! I held the scream!! Finally!
Hey, could you make the lyrics any smaller? And not using landscape was a nice touch as well. Tool-appropriate.
Don't let this comment (completely) distract from my actual appreciation for finding your video, however.
brilliant thanks
love that
BC pink ....AAAA ,Mercedes hash, 510 cart berry n ice . & ✌️good tunes 👌
I love the lyrics to this song.
Finally! Cheers
WOW!
People need to open their eyes!
Alllleluja!!
I am now the kettle.
Your Black
-The Pot
tool is an instrument
Aaaaafukinmazing
This song is one of the reasons why I am losing my hearing at a young age and I'm not even mad about it😭😩
The irony is that stoners think this song is promoting weed. Fucking brilliant.
I can feel the man’s outrage!
LyricsVideosListenArtistsOther recordings
Who are you to wave your finger?
You must have been outta your head
Eye hole deep in muddy waters
You practically raised the dead
Rob the grave to snow the cradle
Then burn the evidence down
Soapbox house of cards and glass so
Don't go tossin' your stones around
You must have been high
You must have been high
You must have been
Foot in mouth and head up ass-hole
Whatcha talkin' 'bout?
Difficult to dance 'round this one
'Til you pull it out, boy
You must have been so high
You must have been so high
Steal, borrow, refer, save your shady inference
Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent
Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You must have been high-high
You must have been high-high
Who are you to wave your finger?
So full of it
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Fuckin' hypocrite
Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent
Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye
When you pissed all over my black kettle
You must've been-
So who are you to wave your finger?
Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me?
You must have been out your mind
Weepin' shades of indigo
Trapped without a reason
Weepin' shades of indigo
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government
Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo
Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye
Now when you pissed all over my black kettle
You must've been
High
High
High
High
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters
Your balls deep in muddy waters
Ganja, please
Also, the song is about hypocrisy. The reason Canibus was chosen is it would be difficult to find a subject to discuss involving more hypocrisy than the Canibus issue in the US.
I think the subject is deeper here than that. There's the entire Court system on the hook here that exists today as the Kangaroo Court, that erased the Common Law system by which we should be going by - not this garbage Court system we are presently the victims of.
Since he can't incorporate the utter monstrosity of the entire present system in one short song, he chooses the subject most should be studying and be interested in - the actual natural Law this country first was built upon (until 1871). Of course, just because the lyrics seemingly concentrate on one subject doesn't mean it doesn't talk about much larger issue here.
This track is fabulous, Tool is probably best in using basic pentatonic root tones with emphasizing the harmony of octave within the rhythms.
I admire how well they can use simple basic structure and make it sound very, very complex with skillful drumming and syncopic alignments for all four actors to execute seamlessly.
Wonderful music.
I'm more trash death fast franatic metal..but the vocalist and the queens of the stone age just been listening too are just epic..and the lyrics 💯 sick azf
4:35
That was all quite ministerial.
Maynard named the album 10,000 days when his mother passed away after being paralyzed 10,000 days
Oliver Anthony... no disrespect but
Yes
Folks should be listening to this after the Trump verdict.
Ganja *PAAALIASSSSEEEE*
Tough ass song ❤
That song reminds me of the alphabet soup cancer. I’d sing it to them hypocrites
Hypocrites?
they are wacked
What does "snow the cradle" mean?
Criticising Zeppelin for getting underage girls coked up…
@@spike7038 thank you mate
Bro bag like dude just put the pipe down
Describes my narcissistic ex lol
Are we the kettle?😅
Awt
Is this a song about boomers
Lawyer,Liar..whats the difference?
Always laugh.. some of the most respected people ironically enough ARE the biggest liars !
This song is fucking awesome. But what the fuck is it about?
People who are in government will throw you in a cage for owning a plant that harms no one (pot) and are some of the most crooked liars on the planet. Maynard is calling out the hypocrisy and insanity of authority (rules for thee, but not for me)
what a burger
Ganga is cannabis
So this song is about hypocrisy so i fit in.
Music pills eat you Beets...if vaccinated?
Pot calling the kettle black at Led Zep's thievery of the USA deep south music from the blacks. Go down, steal the song then make a huge hit, get your cash and never reference who actually wrote it or PAY them. Act all spiritual and crap, then start taking down anyone else who replicates the sound. Go to court, they never had to pay. They stole, they made tons of money, then tried to take down anyone else who called them out....BOY! Maynard was right. Screw Led Zep
So they have credited some of the artists they pulled material from and they have also settled out of court to several artists. No question they used certain liberties from other musicians but they aren't the only ones.
I'm currently trying to figure out when Plant said something about Tool "stealing" their music. Do you know? Or any resource on Maynard specifically talking about the song and the meaning?
One of yall be mean to me
Genius... Hypocrisy is America...
I dedicate this to Trump.
if he did drugs that would explain a lot but, he says he doesn't
That is an excellent example of your poor comprehension/interpretation of the meaning of this song 👍
To joe Alzheimer biden
You mean Obama?
It is not yours to dedicate to anybody. Thief of the new world of community ownership, before another thief comes along.
King Guru not Kangaroo. Maynard is King Guru. Jambi. From a Kings Mountain View