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Tool - The Gaping Lotus Experience Song MeaningsLyrics:
I had a friend once he took some acid
Now he thinks he's a fire engine
It's okay until he pisses on your lighter
Kinda smells kinda cool k...
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Submitted by: Zaq
Added: 2006-01-16 21:42:35 Rating:  This song is about how drugs can lead to satanism, which can eventually lead to nirvana, hence "The Gaping Lotus Experience."
"I had a friend once he took some ecstasy
Tried to marry me and every one in the room
He was sort of loving kinda caring."
This is the lyric that makes it all come together. The drug ecstasy leads to the loving of everyone and everything.
"kinda tried to fuck my lazy boy.
It got a bit messy all over the curtains,
arm chair covers, throw pillows, and carpeting."
This lyric refers to how people on drugs sometimes do things that are wrong. In other words, how easy it is for the righteous to go awry.
"I had a friend once he took some acid
Now he thinks he's a fire engine
It's okay until he pisses on your lighter
Kinda smells kinda cool kinda funny anyway."
This lyric refers to how drugs make you want to help people. The person on acid didn't think he was a fire engine, he was just trying to save his friends from the fire. Anywho, it turned out okay anyway, because it smelled "kinda cool" in the end, so the kid on acid was right to piss on his friend.
The satanism part comes from the "satan, satan, satan..." lyric. If you look into satanism, then this will make more sense to you, but I have niether the time nor the space to delve deeper at this moment.
"I'm bored again..." refers to how the effects of drugs wear off, leaving you bored and feeling empty, only part of what you could be.
Anyway, I'm out of cocaine and the last of it is starting to wear off, so I can't interpret anymore, and I kind of have to piss, so I'm out.
Peace.
Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-02-19 17:00:28 Rating:  "I had a friend once..." reminds me of someone trying to use someone/anyone else other than their often obvious selves to explain an embarrasing situation. "yeah I have this FRIEND who uhh.... got this girl pregnant, what do you think HE should do??".
Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-09-19 07:03:47 Rating: Uh I think its just a song with no deep meaning at all
not ALL of tools songs are all serious, this song is actually funny
STOP READING BETWEEN THE LINES OF EVERY LYRIC IN ALL OF THEIR SONGS
Submitted by: paja713
Added: 2007-10-21 16:52:32 Rating: Uhh no Zaq, The Gaping Lotus Experience doesn't have secret meanings. its very straightforward, there are nop metaphors, what he says is exactly what he's saying. him talking about have sex with the lazy-boy, isn't about making bad decisions due to taking drugs. rolling on ecstasy makes you very horny and you can receive sexual pleasure from practically anything when you're on it. god this song is funny though.
Submitted by: paja713
Added: 2007-10-21 16:58:05 Rating: And Zaq... a "fire engine" doesn't do anything. a fire TRUCK puts out a fire. sometimes when people to crazy halucinogens they think they are an inanimate object. my friend once thought he was a cup, and stood for hours on end with his head in the cupboard with the door closed on his neck until it wore off. he talks about someone using a lighter to light up and the friend pisses on their lighter to put the fire out, not to save them from a fire.
Submitted by: Zaq
Added: 2007-10-25 13:33:27 Rating:  Jeezus fucking christ, maybe I was joking, genius.
And you asked who I am, paja? I am the moderator for the Tool interpretations. So that's why I'm on most of these pages. And I only added these 2 for my own pleasure, because I found it funny that you thought I was serious. I didn't add one of your interps, because all it said was "Zaq is way off..." That's not an interpretation. That is a fact on this song, and a lie on the others. Many people agree with my interpretations, actually. And I agree with many other people's interps too. We're just sharing ideas, sharing opinions and hopefully not judging others based on their thoughts.
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