Little Acons – No. 37
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Oh my goodness!!
ALL THE TIME!!!!
schism. their ‘big song’ only one i know. ironic title.
Tool! Love some of their songs, great bassist! Had to post this song!
https://youtu.be/R2F_hGwD26g
I have never heard of Tool, until now.
^WHAT? are you gaslighting us?
No.
My shadow’s shedding skin and
I’ve been picking Scabs again
I’m down, digging through my old muscles
Looking for a clue
I’ve been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could’ve been
I’ve been wallowing in my own confused
And insecure Delusions
For a piece to cross me over
Or a word to guide me in
I wanna feel the changes coming down
I wanna know what I’ve been hiding
In my shadow
My shadow
Change is coming through my shadow
In my shadow
Shedding skin
I’ve been picking
My scabs again
I’ve been crawling on my belly
Clearing out what could’ve been
I’ve been wallowing in my own chaotic
And insecure delusions
I wanna feel the change consume me
Feel the outside turning in
I wanna feel the metamorphosis and
Cleansing I’ve endured within
In my shadow
My shadow
Change is coming, now is my time
Listen to my muscle memory
Contemplate what I’ve been clinging to
Forty-six and two ahead of me
I choose to live and to
Grow, take and give and to
Move, learn and love and to
Cry, kill and die and to
Be paranoid and to
Lie, hate and fear and to
Do what it takes to move through
I choose to live and to
Lie, kill and give and to
Die, learn and love and to
Do what it takes to step through
See my shadow changing
Stretching up and over me
Soften this old armor
Hoping I can clear the way
By stepping through my shadow
Coming out the other side
Step into the shadow
Stretching up and over me
This is one of Tool’s most amazing songs, and really sums up the entire theme of Aenima. This song is about growing, changing, and moving towards the next level of human evolution and conciousness. It’s deeply rooted in Jungian theory.
Basically, it’s believed that there are three levels of human evolution and each has it’s form of conciousness. There’s the 1st level with 44 chromosones. These are primitve people’s like the aboriginies in Australia who do not percieve anything outside of themselves. They only see one large conciousness with no distinguishment between organisms. Then there’s the second level with 46 chromosones. That is us. We are a chaotic disharmonic conciousness that is basically used as a stepping stone between the first and third levels. The third level is 48 chromosones. (Or 46 & 2, with 2 being the sex chromosones x & y). This is the higher level of conciousness. Our destination.
But this is where the Jungian theory comes in. It is believed that you can not reach this third level of evolution without first delving into yourself and basically cleansing your conciousness for the next jump. That’s where the Shadow comes in. The shadow is basically everything about that is unseen that you are uncomfortable with or hate. This is also known as the Anima (hence the name of the CD).
Interesting the meaning of this tool song. The shadow is the creature? Sounds to be just that!
Do you think Tool, the band, are narcissists, and I mean, have you read their lyrics? After this blog I see narcs everywhere…. is it just me??
My ex narc had this quote on his page «my soul must be iron cause my fear is naked, Im naked and fearless and my soul is iron», do you think that refers to some kind of insight as to what he is?
Here is the whole text, of the song which this is from:
“Bottom”
(feat. Henry Rollins)
Compassion is broken now
My will is eroded now
Desire is broken now
It makes me feel ugly
I’m on my knees and burning
My piss and moans are the fuel
That set my head on fire
So smell my soul is burning
I’m broken, looking up to see the enemy
I have swallowed the poison you feed me
But I survive on the poison you feed me, and it leaves me
Guilt-fed, hatred-fed, weakness-fed
It makes me feel ugly
I’m on my knees and burnin’
My piss and moans are the fuel
That set my head on fire
Dead inside
Shit adds up, shit adds up
Shit adds up at the bottom
[Henry Rollins:]
If I let you, you would make me destroy myself
In order to survive you, I must first survive myself
And I can sink no further and I cannot forgive you
There’s no choice but to confront you
To engage you
To erase you
I’ve gone to great lengths to expand my threshold of pain
I will use my mistakes against you
There’s no other choice
Shameless now, nameless now, nothing now, no one now
And my soul must be iron
Cause my fear is naked
I’m naked and fearless
And my fear is naked
Dead inside, dead inside
Dead inside, dead inside
Nameless now, shameless now
Nothing now, no one now
Shit adds up, shit adds up
Shit adds up, as you see me
Naked now, fearless now
Naked now, fearless now
Shit adds… shit adds…
Shit adds… shit adds up it leaves me
Dead inside, dead inside
Dead inside, dead inside
Hatred keeps me alive
Hungriness keeps me alive
Weakness keeps me alive
Guilt keeps me alive at the
I have never heard of Tool, until now.
He said the quote from the song resembles who he is, but refused to explain what that meant. In light of your information it suddenly makes sense, somehow. He loves Tool, all songs and lyrics. The quote from the song, is this something a narc would do, posting suddle «signs» like that on his fb – page?
Yes.
I like 46 and 2 by tool. I only know a couple of their songs. Stinkfist is another. Interesting lyrics. Ive also started seeing narcissism in a lot of lyrics or pertaining to narc abuse in some way.
Narc Affair
No kidding! It seems like nearly all the top 40 pop songs were written by narcs or to narcs!
Google Henry Rollins and find out, really he’s scary and definitely a narc. I checked him out last year, because my last narc considered him to be his hero..
I know Henry Rollins, he has been around for some time. Used to do monologues to do with either a relative or a friend being killed in a car crash if I recall correctly.
This is so true!
I’m loving these, H.G., they are so accurate!
Yes. This one is true for all my narcs. It has often frustrated me. I believe it’s directly from that total lack of empathy. The smarter ones can see the fallacy when it’s pointed out, but will likely just get irritated, if you call them on it. I’ve learned to just laugh out loud when it happens. They either get it or they don’t, but it helps me relieve my stress and makes them stop and think (probably think that I’m crazy, but that’s alright. 😊).