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Tool - Vicarious Song MeaningsLyrics:Eye on the t.v cuz tragedy thrills me. Whatever flavor it happens to be. (like) Killed by the husband... drowned by the ocean... S... (See the rest of these lyrics) Submitted by: anonymous Added: 2006-06-21 22:00:22 Rating:   This is probably the most straight forward lyrical song TOOL has written. It is tongue in cheek lyrically, or satirically if you will. But anyone must agree that Maynard has a way of bringing out the truth, that the whole world will watch on the news bad things happening, that people just can't take their eyes off of violence happening on tv.
Submitted by: anonymous This is simple. It explains how every single person, whether they show it or not, needs to see things die. Even on the TV n shit blah blah you get it.
Submitted by: anonymous I watch TV because all the tragedy and death on the news and every other show gets me off. I love it when the toy soldiers on TV fall down.
Submitted by: Zaq That was me, by the way.
Submitted by: Third3y3 Zaq, first I strongly disagree with
Submitted by: Zaq Dude, we're pretty much saying the same thing...
Submitted by: jewstalker@yahoo.com I will say that many of the interpretations I have read for this song are for the most part correct. But there is something missing, and it's a farely large piece. Maynard is speaking from a "god's" point of view. A lot of this album itself deals with the spiritual world and transending to it. The word vicarious means to understand completely what another is feeling. Think about it, who in this world could understand every single one us down to our most hidden fears? Who knows exactly how we feel or where we are? Ladies and gentlemen, Maynard is pretty much telling us that God is an evil being. This song is about how God is watching the world end. And since we were built in his image, then we need to watch things die as well. I know that many won't agree with my interpretation, oh well.
Submitted by: anonymous I like it jewstalker!
Submitted by: anonymous I wouldnt agree jewstalker, the word vicarious in fact means feeling second-hand or:
Submitted by: anonymous No guys Jewstalker is wrong. There is no "God" implementation on the 10,000days album. Wing's for Marie/10,000days; the only 2 songs I could even possibly see being interrupted as a "God" message, are not as they seem. Its about Maynards mom, nothing more. But, when you listen to the song not knowing the true meaning, your interpretation would be completely correct. Quite possibly Maynard wrote the songs as a "Double-edged sword" if you will. The problem is, that you are going to interpret the song in a way that is related to your personal being; so everyone's interpretation is going to be different (i.e. God/no god; whatever) But back to Vicarious. Yes the def. of vicarious is "felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others" (reference.com) Straightforward the song is about of fixation on death, and our thirst for more. This isn't ONLY americans, its the entire world. We are a blood thirsty race, that get off on the death's of others. And since we don't have a personal relationship with the people we are seeing die, it's not "shocking" enough to knock us out of our fixation. The desired effect is desensitization.(i.e. Stinkfist- if you think that's about anal fisting; my god go back to school and learn what metaphors are.) Now remember that our news agencies our controlled by MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS. And that these MNC's lobby government's around the world. They have more say in national policy than we do. Who do you think is "determining" news? Guys, Im sorry to tell you this, and you'll think Im crazy of course, but The United States is a Fascist Nation, and has been since the end of WW2. The problem is we grew up, being Innodated by misinformation and strong nationalism. This is what the New World Order is. A socialistic, fascist one world government. "...sleep to the rhythm of the New World order, and count bodies like sheep to the rhythms of the war drums." (Remember this in PET [APC]?) The idea of NWO is to pit the populations of the world against each other, killing off the major population centers so that the remaining will be much more controlable. So literally you can count bodies like sheep to the rhythms of the war drums. Sorry to be the one to break it to you, but a lot of TOOL songs point in this direction. Don't be fooled by Bush and Cheney. They are just the continuation of a policy that was put in place by President Truman, and if we allow things to continue the way they are, our next President will be exactly the same. you know we are going to have to fight a revolution to fix this right? Cause our political system has been derailed. Look, we elected Gore in 2000, he won the popular vote by more than 1 million votes. I know, it's the electoral college thing right? don't you remember that the Supreme Court anointed Bush President? So did your vote really matter? Wake up, Don't go back to sleep like they want us too.
Submitted by: anonymous Well, I gathered that Vicarious is about the need of people to feed on human suffering, for so many people sit in front of their TVs watching violence and disaster on the news, getting a sort of sick pleasure through the suffering of others. They don't care about tragedy and the lives being lost if it doesn't effect them ("From a good, safe distance"). But this is just my interpretation, everyone is entitled to their own.
Submitted by: SaoirseC Plain and simple, it's about humans morbid curiosity. Nearly everyone has it, its natural. But we won't admit it.
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