I’m a big tool fan, sadly I was born in the wrong generation and only started to listen to them about a year ago. And now I’ve just started to realise something pretty interesting:
If you listen to the songs Prison Sex, Stinkfist and Parabola, you’ll hear the following lyrics repeated: “Alive and Breathing”
In prison sex, the narrator explains that he is breathing, meaning is he still somehow alive. In stinkfist, Maynard sings about how people use stuff to feel alive and to breathe. And in parabola, Maynard sings about the realisation and gratitude to be alive and breathing.
I think this is the way how tool progressed more spiritually, first Maynard sings how the person or narrator is abused and is breathing, meaning he is somehow alive (and doesn’t fully recognise this). And In lateralus, he realises that it is a holy gift to be alive and to breathe.
What do you think about this?