Tool - AEnima Song Meanings
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Lyrics:
Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see Armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this
Bul...
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Zaq
November 11th, 2005 09:45PM
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Bravo. I think many of you are right on, but here is my humble opinion...
Maynard (I think) is saying that we need to find ourselves. You need to figure out who you are, don't follow and don't lead. Be your-Goddamn-self!
Fuck L Ron Hubbard and fuck all his clones because he is trying to lead, and they are following.(Fuck Sheep should be in there somewhere...)He's full of "Silly Shit, Stupid Shit..."
Fuck all you gun-toting hip gangster wannabes because you aren't who you pretend to be. You have emotions just like the rest of us. You, too, are human, even if you were shot 9 times and you survived...
Fuck retro anything because if you are trying to be something or someone from the past, you are not being yourself.
Fuck tattoos because the best thing they can do is show others who you are(or who you want people to think you are), and they don't need to know. Chances are, you don't even know.
Fuck all you junkies and fuck your short memory because you are not being yourselves, the drug is controlling you, changing you. It is taking away from you, and you need to be all that you can be, as complete as you can be.
Fuck smiley glad-hands with hidden agendas because they are fake and they want to take away from you. Because they don't deserve your trust, they will take advantage of you and rape you if given the slightest chance in Hell.
Fuck these dysfunctional insecure actresses because they are fucked-up, lying, anorexic bitches who don't think they are good enough the way they are. They lie and binge and purge because they are insecure, but if they could only stop and think, they would realize that we are all imperfect, and that is the only perfect part about us. We are perfectly fallible.
He's praying for rain, tidal waves, and comets so that you will all have to learn to swim, to LEARN WHO YOU ARE, to BE YOURSELVES.
Flush away all the bullshit and what would you have in L.A., and the world over? A bunch of happy individuals who don't care what others have, because they are personally fulfilled. They may not have forty-six & 2 billion dollars, but they can swim without it, they can survive and be themselves and be... okay.
Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.
I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.
I, TOO, AM PRAYING FOR RAIN, TIDAL WAVES, AND COMETS.
WELCOME THE CHANGE, MY FRIENDS.
anonymous
October 19th, 2005 04:35PM
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This song is about the cleansing of the inner-self of the superficial. Basically, Maynard is saying that everyone needs to stop being fake and start being themselves. An enima, of course, is cleansing of the anus and in Jungian psychology "anima" means the inner-self. If you put these together you have Ænima, or cleansing of the inner self or inner conscience.
OzzyOzzy125
November 4th, 2005 10:02PM
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Well the song is obviously about Los Angeles. There are hints of all the above mentioned things, but the main theme is that society is in a state today that is a "bullshit three ring circus sideshow of freaks." Furthermore Los Angelas is the center of the corruption, where all the "shit" of the nation ends up...so what our country really needs in as Enema to cleanse our nation. How would a country effectively get an enema? Well, a giant earthquake along the San Andreas fault would be a wonderful way to start.
anonymous
November 14th, 2005 08:25PM
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I've been an extremely diehard fan of Tool for about 8 years now and I'd say Zaq hit the nail on the head in my opinion.
anonymous
November 17th, 2005 01:48PM
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This one is to III: Do you even know who L Ron Hubbard is??...because if you did then you would no he has little to nothing to do with the song as a whole. He is only an example of someone who has profitted on the stupidity of others (Rich others) who believe in a crazy religon full of loosely drawn connections betweeen humans and aliens.
The song as a whole is about the cruption of southern californa, how money and power make the whole place go around. How it is full of people with their eyes glued the fuck shut. It's about how Maynard wishes it would all go away. Tool is the Pythagrus (ancient mathmeticin in geometry) of our time, Pythagrus felt you could explain the meaning of life, God, and all that is right and wrong with the mathmatical patterns found in Music. Tool realized this and capitalized.
anonymous
November 24th, 2005 06:28AM
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I'm going to give my two cents into this interpretation. I, personally, believe everyone is right. A song can have many meanings... not just one. The whole L.A. Theory is obviously correct, considering the holigraph of it sinking into the ocean on the CD. About the combination of enima and anima to come up with the title... yet again, that too is obviously correct. About enima, L.A. Is the anus of the nation where all these hip ganster wannabes, insecure actresses, ect. call home. Personally, I'd love to see it all come down... Flush it all away! The theory of the song being about finding yourself and being yourself, no one else. I believe that to be correct. But I do believe the L.A. Theory... Is a metaphor. Along with the rest of the song.
cloudcity
December 1st, 2005 02:58AM
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You are all correct to certain extents because a song is also about the individual's personal meaning as well as the original meaning thought up by the lyric writer, and of course Tool is all about thought-provoking the listener and is very prone to create philosophers amongst their listeners. Because they are geniouses. Anywho, the seperation/sinking of L.A from the rest of America is definately used as a metaphor, as is the apocalyptic motion felt in the song. Maynard himself said this song was about becoming aware of the collective unconscious (another Jungian theory, linking to the name and some of the concepts withing the album. Look it up and you'll understand Tool's meanings loads more. Especially songs like REFLECTION).
fucku
December 19th, 2005 01:46PM
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Yeah, this songs title, but some have had good points and those who know everything and they're the right ones and say that you're the one who is wrong, well that ain't cool. Anyway, yeah, it is about California going down and then you will have Arizona by, but it's how we take things for granted and when something like this happens, we're not going to know what to do because we're too spoiled. Be it is the end times and the Earth is just cleaning herself, but when it happens it's going to be a good thing because we don't deserve to live for ever because how we treat things and others. It going to happen, man.
anonymous
December 25th, 2005 04:51AM
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I belive the song tells you that about everyone in California is a fake and that if something drastic would to happen, let's say Cali sinking, then you would realize who you are during the fight to "learn to swim" and stay alive, but really though, it's your choice to belive what you want.
anonymous
December 29th, 2005 08:18AM
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Im with ZAG,
My brother died listening to this song (for girl reasons and because I guess he's a tool himself!). He was a tool fan, even though they were not well known then (96) I am now a tool fan an have been since his death, it's deep, passionate, nothing like mainstream crap and I love it!
I find what I need in Maynard's music, that I need and love and sometimes find agonizing, but hey it must be what he knows/felt in some way.
Maynard is saying that we need to find ourselves. You need to figure out who you are, don't follow and don't lead. Be yourself!
The_Interpreter
January 3rd, 2006 10:02PM
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I've been a fan of Tool for several years, and based in the ideology of the group this song is about the fall of L.A.
They got the idea from the comedian Bill Hicks whose act is based in his hate to L.A. and how he wishes this city dissapears, because it is the center of all the wrong thing of life. According to him is where the most superficially people live, and where all the shit of U.S. Happens.
The name of the song is a combination of words. "Anima", which is a psychological term that refers to the inner female that everybody has, and "Enema" which refers the medical procedure to clean the rectum
The line that says: "...fuck L. Ron Hubbard...", etc. It's clearly against L. Ron Hubbard, the scienthology and all this movement that is followed by blind dumb people (his clones).
This is what I think the song means, I can be wrong. Only Tool know the real meaning, jejeje...
Zaq
January 29th, 2006 05:06PM
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Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.
I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.
Would those in Cali "Welcome" tidal waves and earthquakes? It's a metaphor!!!How the Hell can you say it's about the "fall of California into the Pacific?" That would be a tad bit pessimistic, don't you think? Come ON people! Think for yourselves! He even tells you in the song that he's not serious, he TELLS you to think for yourself, and you still act like friggin' sheep?
All he's saying is think for yourself and be yourself, and while typing this very submission, I AM trying to get you to think like me, in the end, I will be me and you will be you. We will be different after you accept what Maynard is saying, but we will also be more willing to accept these differences...
... Sorry for the intensity, but I believe strongly in the meaning of this song... and he says it in the lyrics!!!
anonymous
February 5th, 2006 08:56PM
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Zaq hit it right on that's all I can say
anonymous
February 22nd, 2006 01:07AM
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It's really just taking a crack on capitalism.
"Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.
It's a bull-shit three ring cirrrrrcuus siiideshow of
freaks here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA.
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time.
Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay"
Pretty much saying that it's all pointless and he's literally referring to the breaking off of California as an example of what armageddon is going to be.
The drummer of the band is also a Free Mason so maybe that's what really is going to happen haha
Zaq
February 25th, 2006 09:29PM
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Don't just call me a pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.
Don't just call me a pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.
Don't just call me a pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.
Don't just call me a pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.
Don't just call me a pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.
Don't just call me a pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.
What do you geniuses who say that this song is literal interpret these two lines as? Sarcasm?
anonymous
March 22nd, 2006 05:20AM
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The song is simply about cleansing the world of all of the bullshit. Nobody needs plastic surgery(although its kinda nice). Maynard is saying that there is too much bullshit in the world. In the song he is saying that he HOPES California sinks into the ocean because that is the capital of superficiality(if that's even a word). Because of TV and movies, most people believe that in order to be beautiful they must be as skinny as a twig and have a gorgeous face and body. True beauty isn't about all of that shit. The heart doesn't care about how big your breasts are or how much you weigh. Whoever said "What's on the inside counts" is right. Maynard is basically saying this in the song. Its not about the world ending. Its about true beauty being covered up by all of the stupid shit thrown out there by Hollywood. Cheers
anonymous
March 27th, 2006 07:06PM
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Ok.... I believe the whole California thing and the inner self stuff. Another thing, OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERY WORD IN THE SONG IS TO BE LITERAL. Tool is big with eyes so I think this song is a mix of waking ourself and the California thing.
anonymous
April 11th, 2006 09:35PM
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Tool's lyrics have always been thought-provoking and mind But this is what makes them so great. As for the lyrics for AEnima, I agree with the anima enima part of it, and most definitely the metaphor using L.A. We all know L.A. Is a corrupted shit-hole, and so the sinking of California is basically the only way to get rid of the corruption. So basically, L.A. Is to humans and their bullshit, and sinking of California is to the apocalypse. And of course when he says "The only way to fix it is to flush it all away" is that the only way to get rid of all of mankind's corruption is by the end of mankind itself. As long as there is man, there is corruption, destruction, and raping of innocence.
"But if the world were to end twice,
I think I know enough of hate,
That fire and ice,
Would both suffice"
-Robert Frost (Fire and Ice)
anonymous
April 20th, 2006 12:53AM
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Actually guys, as cool as it is that you're ready to submit to yourselves the "deeper meaning", and Maynard does many times put into his songs a depth a symbolism that many writers can't even achieve, if you read the Wikipedia article, you'll actually find out that AEnima is actually a tribute to Bill hicks, who often bashed Scientology, and the city of Los Angeles, where he said they can all "drown in arizona bay". Maynard says "learn to swim, see you down in arizona bay" during this song. The insights were very englightening though, and they could very well be true.
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