anonymous 2006-11-03 05:20:08    

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Hi I'm german an this song is not by Tool it's only on aenima.
This song is by "einstürzende neubauten" and they make allways such wired songs.

anonymous 2006-12-30 23:34:31    

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maybe they're "Satan's Eggs" - spawn of Satan, perhaps meaning they are really gross or hot? Or delicious, depending on your views of Satan. Somebody should try the recipe and tell me how it goes. Huzzah!

anonymous 2007-02-03 00:31:42    

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It is obviously not simply a recipe. I find the belief that it is implying that Satan has no testicles rather probable, as I believe Maynard is an atheist...but I may be incorrect.

anonymous 2007-02-07 05:37:32    

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#1 its sung in german because its a german recipe

#2 its recorded in this manner so that you think its something bad

which is a part of the idea, people make judgements about the song and they can't even understand the language its in, Tools songs are almost always about transcending our own perceptions....or...

maybe he really likes hash cookies from germany and decided it should go on the album....nothing more

burningpeaches 2007-02-20 21:28:09    

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I'm pretty sure all of this discussion is missing the point, its called Die Eier Von Satan and we are repeatedly reminded es hat keine eier (it has no eggs) not because Satan has no balls, but instead to draw attention to another ingredient that's there instead of eggs (etwas haschisch)

Spen 2007-02-27 07:14:45    

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I think they were just using the fact that German is such as violent language, that everything is intimidating (even the butterfly is scared of it's name in German!), so the lyrics are in German, they are portrayed as a speech, and to a large crowd too which leads you to believe it's something political. when it comes to Germany and Politics everybody thinks Nazi. So you think, this is odd, why is this on here? so you look it up, and it's a recipe. I think it's just anther subtle way of saying open your minds! German does not = Nazi!
The "No eggs" part could be something deeper, it could be left open to interpretation, or it could just be that this recipe is rank when eggs are used...

anonymous 2007-03-16 07:55:49    

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200 is much too hot. 160 is better.

anonymous 2007-05-10 18:01:14    

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IT'S A JOKE! It's a joke so people will sit around discussing "'Oh, gee, what do you think that means!?' 'I think it's about Satan's nazi testicles being polished by Hitler!' 'I think you've got it!!'" It's just a joke, something for fun.

anonymous 2007-06-19 20:27:12    

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Everyone thinks Nazis when they hear someone speaking German to a large crowd.

Now, if you don't use eggs in this recipe it will come out bland, obviously.

If eggs represent the Jews... Then I think what Maynard was saying culture is bland without the Jews...

Hence the joke "and no eggs" the recipe would suck otherwise.

anonymous 2007-08-23 21:40:08    

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I am German and I am sad that I had no chance of discovering the meaning of the lyrics of this song. But reading your comments is very interesting too. I think the meaning of this song is not hidden in the words it's hidden in what you as non-German first think about the German speach.
BTW: This reminds me of a social experiment where a crowd of students were shown faces and phrases of different foreigners and from different foreign languages from around the world. Some faces and phrases were shown more often than others.
At the end the students had to give marks to the phrases and faces under the aspect how friendly they looked to them.
The faces and phrases that were shown more often always got better marks than the others.

anonymous 2007-08-25 15:02:42    

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Ich find's lustig, dass sobald ein Song auf Deutsch erscheint, dieser mit Nazis und Hitler usw. In Verbindung gebracht wird...
Nein, ich bin kein Nazi, der seine rechten Botschaften I'm Netz verbreitet...
Peace & Hitler hatte KEINE EIER

anonymous 2007-09-24 14:27:52    

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I do agree that looking for a deep, hidden, esoteric type meaning in this song would be a waste of time. Tool do have a sense of humour you know! I think the title is just a colloquialism for space cakes, presumably very strong ones! ;)
I think the idea is very straightforward. The style of the song I think is to remind us of how easily we can be led to be prejudiced. Who can honestly say, without reading the translation first, that they didn't think of Nazi Germany? I know I was surprised when I found out it was about baking. I didn't think I was prejudiced in any way but it just goes to show that our culture has an influence over even the most moral people.

Zaq 2007-09-27 20:59:37    

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"Message To Harry Manback" (with some parts spoken in Italian) is an actual message from Keenan's answering machine. Carey tells the story of some Italian guy who showed up at Keenan's house while one of his roommates was on the road. This guy claimed he had permission to stay at the house. When the roommate was finally contacted, they found out this definitely wasn't the case. In the meantime, the unwelcome house guest had eaten all their food and run up their phone bill. After they gave him the boot, he called the answering machine and left the message contained in "Message to Harry Manback." Our of all the segues and songs on the album, Carey says that one gets the most inquiries. "No one knows for sure if it's for real or not," he says.
That and the German segue, "Die Eier Von Satan." A spoken word piece in German that sounds very violent and Facist, when translated, is actually a recipe for Mexican wedding cookies! The dichotomy between the two songs is perplexing. Carey says "Message To Harry Manback" sounds like it could be a love poem, when in reality it's a death threat, while "Die Eier Von Satan" sounds Facist, but in reality it is totally innocent. Once again, things are not as they seem. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair."


(From an article I found on toolshed.com)

~Zaq~

anonymous 2007-10-30 17:08:23    

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Zaq, this recipe normally calls for Eggs. Hashish cookies usually have eggs.
But instead they say an incantation.
Which is why they continually say AND NO EGGS.
You fail at this buddy :p

anonymous 2007-12-02 16:28:14    

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I am German and although I know how quick people all over the world thing of nazis and Hitler when they hear "Germany", I was shocked what could be interpret into a simple song, just because of the language!

As I first heard this song, the content was totally clear, a recipe for cookies, so there wasn't so much space for interpretation, and I wondered, why there is a song like this on the album, but now after reading this, it seams clear: it shows that you can interpret the worse into a totally harmless song, just because of little things like the language.

anonymous 2007-12-12 13:37:32    

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I think this song is, in part, supposed to point out the fact that we are all extremely conditioned (hence the fact that at first listen, most perceive this as 'evil' in some way or another). I think that the band wishes for their listeners to move past their lifelong conditioning and preconceived judgments, and to attempt to see things for what they 'really are,' in other words, to find your own means to meaning, instead being influenced by others' ideals, directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously...

Just my opinion.

anonymous 2008-01-20 00:58:50    

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It's simple, joke-like even. people who don't think about it have one interpretation (nazi, antisemitism sort of deal) and people who do their research know otherwise, its a hash cookies recipe. Stop taking yourselves so seriously. chill and enjoy the joke.

anonymous 2008-04-24 07:34:35    

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No you stupid people who are saying it is a joke. Have you ever heard a tool song where they haven't carefully chosen every single word? They like to put several meanings in each sentence. I interpret it as this

On face value we hear a loud, confident but dark german voice and in the background a cheering crowd at certain intervals. This makes us immediately think of Hitler. I don't think anyone disagrees with me so far (and if you do then go back to the primordial slime you woke up in).

Then on closer inspection we see that the lyrics are actually a recipe for hash cookies. This is where people get confused where the joke is placed in the song because in the recipe he constantly draws attention to NO EGGS and a background crowd cheers every time he sais "und keine eier" meaning 'and no eggs'. If the joke was simply that it sounds like Hitler but is actually just a recipe then why would the crowd only cheer when he sais this. Surely they would shout at random times. This is the clue that the eggs refer to the jews. The joke in this song is that we hear Hitler, then on closer inspection hear only a recipe for hash cookies, then on even closer inspection we hear Hitler again and when he sais he means no jews. So you see this idea of a perfect Cookie consisting of now eggs is a parallel to Hitler's idea of a perfect society containing no jews. The title is a it hazy as to the viewpoint of it (who is satan) but I see that it is from the view of Hitler and to him the jews are Satan and as he refers to them as the spherical egg they are the balls of satan. Thankyou.

anonymous 2008-04-28 10:49:16    

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I think I agree with zac and kcp, it's an inside joke. The german dialect with the heavy machine like music behind it is meant to it sound more evil, or 'nazi' than it is. It's just a cookie recipe.

anonymous 2008-04-28 10:50:59    

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Forgot to add, maybe Zac was right with the implication 'Satan has no balls'