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Tool - Stinkfist Song Meanings Lyrics:
Something has to change.
Undeniable dilemma.
Boredom's not a burden anyone should bear.
Constant - over - stimulation numbs me
but I w...
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 Top Rated Interpretation
2006-04-01 09:35:56
The aemima album is about the evolution of humankind to the next level and how mankind itself is merely a stepping stone toward that higher consciousness. It begins with Stinkfist which, like a lot of Keenans songs, is layered richly with symbolism and metaphor. On the surface it seems to be using fist-fucking as a metaphor for trying to connect in this modern life where we are so alienated that we are nearly numb. We've reached a critical point in our evolution. ("Something has to change, undeniable dilemma") We need to feel something to even know we're alive anymore. I like the way one of the verses goes from finger deep to knuckle deep to elbow deep and ends with shoulder deep. It's visual and disturbing. And then the way "turn around and take my hand" could mean either inside you or like a lover extending comfort. All in all this whole album is an onion full of metaphysical concepts, Jungian symbolism and human evolutionary ideas. The more you peel away the more you'll see. It's one of my personal favorites.
anonymous
2008-05-01 11:15:37
Many of the ideas written down here are good, but does the text really have to be about a special subject? drug addiction and the problems of society are two subjects that seems to be popular to write about but, can't just the addiction and the problems be another way of seeing the text, lika a metaphor for your own problems. go deep inside yourself and try to find your problems. If you believe in the drug addiction as the meaning of the lyrics, try to think of the drugs as an other think. you can be addicted to many things. addiction to feel happy in life, but do you really have the strength to go there? and about the society meaning, if the society affects you in a negative way, that's your inner problem. My opinion is that the text reflects on many matters that's perfectly fits in into the text.
As said before, I think that the many meanings of the text are just different ways of telling the same things. It could be about love between a couple, drug addiction and problems of today, but think about it, it all is kinda linked together, it all has the same meaning, and its that meaning that binds them who is (as my opinion) the real messages in this song.
anonymous
2008-05-02 15:27:34
The song reminds me of a difficult situation and how someone that loves you will get you through it. whether its drugs or whatever, the person that loves you will tolerate nearly endless complications and still try to soothe you and get you through it. They take pain and still give more of themselves, even if you figuratively shove your hand up their ass further and further each time....
anonymous
2008-05-12 22:05:40
It's about choosing compassion over fear.
ToolGNP
2008-05-27 15:28:15
This song is about fucking a girl in her ass. Plain and simple. Broadening your horizons, this case sexually. "This may hurt a little but its something to get used to." "Relax, turn around, and take my hand." Honestly sometimes digging too deep is easy. Maynard doesn't always want you to dig to china.
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