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Tool - 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2) Song Meanings

Lyrics:
Listen to the tales and romanticize
How we follow the path of the hero.

Boast about the day when the rivers overrun
How we rise to th...
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2006-06-30 21:33:14
"Listen to the tales and romanticize
How we follow the path of the hero."
Read the Bible and pretend that we are on the same path as the "heroes" we are reading about.

"Boast about the day when the rivers overrun
How we rise to the height of our halo."
Brag about how we will be ready when Judgement Day comes. About how we will "rise to the height of our halo."

"Listen to the tales as we all rationalize
Our way into the arms of the savior.
Feigning all the trials and the tribulations.
None of us have actually been there,
Not like you."
Considering whether or not we are good enough to be with Him, and when we decide we are NOT, lie to ourselves and pretend we are. Take a bunch of hardships in our lives, over-exaggerate them, call them tribulations and tests. But none of us have really been tested... Not like you (Judith Marie).

"Ignorant flippants in the congregation
Gather around spewing sympathy.
Spare me."
Stupid liars in the church around me (Maynard) giving their condolences... Spare me.

"None of them can even hold a candle up to you.
Blinded by choices
Hypocrites won't seek."
They are nothing compared to you.

"But enough about the collective Judas
Who could deny you were the one who illuminated
Your little piece of the divine?"
Enough about them. No one could deny you earned your place in Heaven.

"This little light of mine - a gift you passed unto me.
I'm gonna let it shine,
To guide you safely on your way, your way home."
The faith you've given me, I'll let it show, let it grow, so that you know you can go on.

"Oh, what are they gonna do when the lights go down
Without you to guide them all to Zion?
What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun
Other than tremble incessantly?"
What will they do when their day comes, and they have no one to lead them to the promised land? What will they do when Armegeddon comes, besides shake in their boots?

"High is the way
But our eyes are upon the ground.
You are the light and the way
They'll only read about.
I only pray heaven knows
When to lift you out."
The path leads to Heaven, So how can we find it if we are looking on Earth? You are the true believer, they will never be. I hope God knows when the time is come for you to join Him.

"Ten thousand days in the fire is long enough.
You're going home..."
27 years is enough. You're going to Heaven.

"You're the only one who can hold your head up high,
Shake your fist at the gates saying,
'I have come home now!
Fetch me the spirit, the son and the father,
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.
It's time now!
My time now!
Give me my...
Give me my wings!
Give me my... (x5)
Give me my own wings!'"
You are the only one who should be proud of your choices. When you arrive in Heaven, announce your arrival, and demand to see the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Tell them that you are finally home, tell them it's time for you to be one of His angels.

"You are the light, the way, that they will only read about."
You are the kind of believer that was written about in the Bible.

"Set as I am in my ways and my arrogance...
Burden of proof tossed upon non-believers.
You were my witness, my eyes, my evidence,
Judith Marie, unconditional one."
As stubborn and arrogant as I am, they must now proove to me that God does NOT exist (instead of vice-versa). You were the one who watched me, who showed me, who proved Him to me. Judith Marie, the one who never faltered.

"Daylight dims leaving cool fluorescence.
Difficult to see you in this light.
Please forgive this bold suggestion:
Should you see your Maker's face tonight
Look him in the eye...
Look him in the eye and tell him,
'I never lived a lie, never took a life,
But surely saved one.'
Hallelujah,
It's time for you to bring me home."
Your light leaves this Earth, leaving a slight glow. It's hard to believe with you gone. I know this suggestion is nearly blasphemous, but forgive me. When you meet Him, look Him in the eye and tell him that you never faltered and you saved one who was nearly lost, me. Thank God, you saved me. Now bring me home.
anonymous 2008-03-26 00:29:44    
I got through most of yours. they are all great as I agree this is about his mother, and I think he wishes his mother didn't spend so much energy on some "god" that doesn't exist and is any deserves the pearly gates to swing wide in honor it's for a soul like his mother's AND to all who have struggled and fought for their integrity (no matter what hypocrites might think) they have not had to make choice in desperation like obviously humanity (the common man) and his mother go through. An absolute glorious tribute. Directly to Judith Marie and to all who slave with the hope that they (or humanity) will be saved in the end ! ! ! As was promised
anonymous 2008-05-02 16:07:33    
I feel like Maynard is acting more personal in this particular song than most. I think we all wish we had something to count on in our lives.... I mean I am an atheistic/agnostic that won't believe in Jesus Christ until he flies down from heaven in his cadillac spaceship in the center of time-square and does some magic tricks or something... but it speaks of the purity of much of the design of Christianity. There are two churches/ideal systems... The principles and then the interpretation/convenient utilization by mankind since the beginnings of organized religion. It seems as if Maynard is praising his mother's devotion to a pure and pristine concept, and that she suffered so long more than most people and never withdrew her faith. He seems to show an amount of respect to her beliefs in that regard and then employ the contrast between his unwavering mother's faith and that of the hypocritical and sanctimonious people that molest children, steal money, lie to their congregation but then use Sunday morning as a weekly eraser to all their sins. He also says that she would show him and take him home.... I suppose meaning that if she is on the other side of this planar existence then she will find a way to tell him and save his soul in the way she probably always told him she would. She was obviously an incredible and loving woman; and I know many mothers that cease communication with their children for not sharing beliefs or ideals- and to maintain such a love with someone like Maynard who has been an inspiration for those who rebel against unquestioned conformity for nearly twenty-years now... Judith Marie seems very special.
anonymous 2008-06-03 17:43:00    
I agree with many of the interpretations listed here. I believe that Maynard may have some sort of spirituality, but that's not deeming him a christain or whatnot. I believe that his mother, in her faith, taught Maynard that there is indeed some sort of higher power, whether it be a God or something else. That doesn't necessarily mean that I'm claiming that Maynard is religious, but has some sort of spirituality. I liked the interpretation that if there is a Heaven, then Judith belongs there, even if Maynard doesn't believe in it.

i never looked at the lyrics of this song until today, and thus had not even the foggiest idea of what it represented. 10,000 days really gave me a bit of an insight of Maynard's life and a better interpretation of his lyrics.
anonymous 2008-07-10 21:36:02    
This song is without a doubt about Maynard's mother, and her ascension into the heaven she believes in and he feels she deserves to go to. "Judith Marie... unconditional warmth."

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