11-11-2017, 04:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2017, 09:01 AM by MangusKhan.
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Maynard Keenen, the frontman of Tool, strikes me as a classic wounded wanderer. Very spiritually minded, yet with a perception that has been warped by trauma. With this in mind, Tool's discography can be seen as the story of a man who begins with rejection and wrath when young, but eventually through the process of healing and self discovery ascends to a sacred understanding and reverence as he grows older.
I will now post four songs from four albums, each exemplifying the tone of the creative work and the progression of Maynard's healing. Notice how the music itself dramatically transforms with each album.
Song: Prison Sex. Theme: Abuse and the cycle of abuse.
"I do unto you now, what has been done to me, I do unto others... what has been done...?"
"Release in sodomy, for one sweet moment I'm whole."
Song: H.. Theme: Trying to let go of the traumatised portion of the mind. Resisting the attempts of the true mind to destroy you. Simultaneously being the true and traumatised portions of the mind and recognising the dynamic at play.
"What's singing songs is a snake, it is looking to turn my piss to wine."
"The snake behind me hisses what my damage could have been. My blood before me begs me to open up my heart again."
"I sill feel you. Touching me. Changing me."
"I could have cried then. I should have cried then."
Song: The Patient. Theme: The patience required to be a spiritual patient and heal trauma, the ongoing process of reintegration.
"If there were no desire to heal a damaged and broken man along this tedious path I've chosen here, I certainly would have walked away by now."
"Be patient, I must keep reminding myself of this"
Song: Jambi. Theme: Finding the divine pearl of love and never wanting to let go. Relinquishing all else for the pearl.
"No prize that could hold sway, or justify my giving away, my center."
"You're my peace of mind, my home, my center."
"Shine on forever. Shine on, benevolent sun. Shine upon the severed, shine until the two become one."
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Special Mention just because I love it and it's epic (especially the build up and crescendo from 11:00 to 13:00) and hilarious: Rosetta Stoned. Theme: Psychedelic drug use and the fleeting sense of purpose and enlightenment which it can give you.
"10 to 2 AM, X, Yogi DMT, and a box of Krispy Kremes"
"And after calming me down with some orange slices and some fetal spooning, E.T revealed to me his singular purpose."
"This so real, like the time Dave floated away."
"Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position, it's such a heavy burden now to be "The One""
"God damn! s*** the bed!"
I will now post four songs from four albums, each exemplifying the tone of the creative work and the progression of Maynard's healing. Notice how the music itself dramatically transforms with each album.
Song: Prison Sex. Theme: Abuse and the cycle of abuse.
"I do unto you now, what has been done to me, I do unto others... what has been done...?"
"Release in sodomy, for one sweet moment I'm whole."
Song: H.. Theme: Trying to let go of the traumatised portion of the mind. Resisting the attempts of the true mind to destroy you. Simultaneously being the true and traumatised portions of the mind and recognising the dynamic at play.
"What's singing songs is a snake, it is looking to turn my piss to wine."
"The snake behind me hisses what my damage could have been. My blood before me begs me to open up my heart again."
"I sill feel you. Touching me. Changing me."
"I could have cried then. I should have cried then."
Song: The Patient. Theme: The patience required to be a spiritual patient and heal trauma, the ongoing process of reintegration.
"If there were no desire to heal a damaged and broken man along this tedious path I've chosen here, I certainly would have walked away by now."
"Be patient, I must keep reminding myself of this"
Song: Jambi. Theme: Finding the divine pearl of love and never wanting to let go. Relinquishing all else for the pearl.
"No prize that could hold sway, or justify my giving away, my center."
"You're my peace of mind, my home, my center."
"Shine on forever. Shine on, benevolent sun. Shine upon the severed, shine until the two become one."
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Special Mention just because I love it and it's epic (especially the build up and crescendo from 11:00 to 13:00) and hilarious: Rosetta Stoned. Theme: Psychedelic drug use and the fleeting sense of purpose and enlightenment which it can give you.
"10 to 2 AM, X, Yogi DMT, and a box of Krispy Kremes"
"And after calming me down with some orange slices and some fetal spooning, E.T revealed to me his singular purpose."
"This so real, like the time Dave floated away."
"Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position, it's such a heavy burden now to be "The One""
"God damn! s*** the bed!"