I am surrendering
to the gravity of the unknown
Catch me, heal me
lift me back up to the sun
I choose to live
“I wonder what it might be like to be within the same four walls as you again”
Now in the pouring snow, sad, but swift
I headed down the highway
Hoping that the burden of my blues would lift
And praying that the whiskey would keep me brave
Oh, but I got caught in the cold
Looking like a hobo without no mercy from the road
And feeling like a dead man without a grave.
Go rest easy, Madeline
I'm bringing down the bank across this flooded county line
And when I get home, we'll have a grand old time
But don't you shed no tears or be surprised
If you get the word that your wild man has up and died
Just set me up a stone on that high hillside
Oh my, oh my...
‘Violets for Your Furs’ by John Coltrane [Coltrane, 1957]
Tool - Right in Two
“I could walk out, but I won’t,
In my mind I am in your arms.
I wish someone would take my place,
Can’t face heaven all heavenfaced.
No one’s careful all the time,
If you lose me, I’m gonna die.
How completely high was I?
I was off by a thousand miles.
Hit the ceiling, then you fall,
Things are tougher than we are.
I could walk out, but I won’t,
In my mind I am in your arms.
I wish someone would take my place,
Can’t face heaven all heavenfaced.
Let’s go wait out in the fields with the ones we love.
Let’s go wait out in the fields with the ones we love.
Let’s go wait out in the fields with the ones we love.
Let’s go wait out in the fields with the ones we love.
She’s a griever, my believer
It’s not a fever, it’s a freezer
I believe her, I`m a griever now
She’s a griever, my believer
It’s not a fever, it’s a freezer
I believe her, I`m a griever now
Because we’ll all arrive in heaven alive
We’ll all arrive
Because we’ll all arrive in heaven alive
We’ll all arrive”
Be still my mind
The voices sing
Do not desire for anything
Shake off your flesh
See without eyes
Into the grey
River inside
I have only two emotions,
careful fear and dead devotion.
y’all i made a playlist for Perrin and everyone should go listen
Rivers and roads Rivers and roads Rivers ‘til I reach you
sorry tumblr doesn’t allow accents on letters :(
...
When first I went swimming, I heeded no warning,
And dared breach your rippling pool.
As I lulled and lingered, the ring slipped my finger,
And drifted down the deepening cool.
And all that I want
Is to fall in your shallows.
And now we are wed, the water our bed,
And bank to bank a property lake.
And you are my wild-eyed rusalka, my river bride,
Drag me down, take me away.
And here we will lie, you and I,
'neath the cold, dark sky...
Free fall through our midnight
This epilogue of our own fable
Heedless in our slumber
Floating nescient we
Free fall through this boundlessness
This madness
Of our own making.
Falling isn't flying
Floating isn't infinite
Come, our end, suddenly
All hail our lethargy
Concede suddenly
To the quickened dissolution
Pray we mitigate the ruin
Calling all to arms and order...
Descending, by Tool
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
Tool's Fear Inoculum
This is quintessential Tool, it feels like like nothing yet everything we have heard from them. You can tell these guys have matured as artists, and that reflects in the composition.
This album requires a bit of patience from listeners, since each composition is filled with intricacies and complexities, and lengths that borders on self-indulgence but doesn't quite go there. I say this because while other progressive rock bands would completely indulge themselves in a plethora of key and time signature changes that can sound rather jarring (I'm looking at you, Dream Theater), Tool seem to practice a rather complentative reservation in that regard.
With that being said, you will not hear a 4/4 timing anywhere near this album, let alone a I-IV-V-iv chord progression. (One song has a time signature of 21/16, by the way.)
Each song is unique, with Invincible and Descending being the most alike (and that's a bit of a stretch), and I find myself loving each track for very different reasons.
For example, I keep listening to Culling Voices because it is very reminiscent of A Perfect Circle's gorgeously melodic, melancholic haunting tone and vocals, before moving into Tool's own territory. It is beautiful, and slowly becoming one of my favorite tracks on the album.
The bonus tracks/interludes are alright, interesting at best but with no true replay value in my opinion, unless I'm listening to the whole album from start to finish again.
Chocolate Chip Trip is an exception. It is not a bonus track, but rather an opportunity to let drummer Danny Carey shine in all of his cephalopodian gloriousness. (The man is to this generation what John Bonham and Neil Peart was to theirs, and I don't care what anyone says.)
The album itself evolves naturally towards its gargantuan and jaw-dropping finale, 7empest, one of the tooliest Tool songs they have ever made. It feels like it encompasses every phase and aspect of their discography and sound from Opiate to 10,000 Days, all crammed up into one hell of a banger track.
It is heavy, it is insane, and every member let's loose in the best way imaginable. Adam Jones brings riffs and solos and triplets for days, MJ Keenan actually sounds angry, with Danny "I'm an octopus" Carey and Justin Chancellor keeping everything grounded while still rocking it out and going ballistic.
It will easily be a lot of people's favorite track in the album by a long shot.
I am already seeing a few people expressing deep dissapointment with this album. Before I write anything else, let me just say it is okay not to like something, even if it is by your favorite band. However, it is my opinion that the more I read these reviews and post, the more it seems that it has a lot to do with their own expectations of it rather than the album itself. Instead of taking it for what it is, most seem to criticize it for what it is not. I find that strangely bizarre, considering that each album is so different in tone and themes.
I remember when 10,000 Days was released and some fans were expressing similar dissatisfaction, same with Lateralus.
This is not Opiate, Undertow, Ænima, Lateralus, nor 10,000 Days. Each album stands on its own, and in time Fear Inoculum will too.
Keep calm
Keeping it calm
Keep calm
Fuck, here we go again
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.
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.
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality.
embrace this moment. remember. we are eternal.
all this pain is an illusion.
[mind-blowing instrumentals]
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