JustinD October 16th, 2005 11:06AM  
It is a recipe for hash cookies.

ENGLISH

The Eggs/Balls of Satan

Half a cup of powdered sugar
One quarter teaspoo salt
One knifetip Turkish hash
Half a pound butter
One teaspoon vanilla-sugar
Half a pound flour
150 g ground nuts
A little extra powdered sugar
... and no eggs

Place in a bowl
Add butter
Add the ground nuts and
Knead the dough


Form eyeball-size pieces from the dough
Roll in the powdered sugar
and say the Magic Words:
"Sim sala bim bamba sala do saladim"

Place on a greased baking pan and
Bake at 200 degrees for 15 minutes
...AND NO EGGS

Bake at 200 degrees for 15 minutes
...and no eggs.

tool9386 November 29th, 2005 05:33PM  
Umm...why would satan having no balls have anything to do with a cooking recipe??

It's just a simple recipe, but when read in German every thinks "Die Eier Von Satan" is Nazis talkig about satan or screaming about jews or something sadistic, but the funny thing is... it's just a recipe.

anonymous January 30th, 2006 02:50AM  
Too much thought and not quite enough patience in this place.

Timmy February 3rd, 2006 10:57PM  
I think that "satan's balls" is another name for the recipe.

crazy71texan February 8th, 2006 04:43PM  
You know I don't know jack about German, but this song is so awesome and from what my friend who does know German said...it is about a cookie recipe. It might be deeper then I see it but I'm just not getting it.

Arnoudus May 22nd, 2006 08:31AM  
I think its a bit weird always linking german to Nazi. can't the lyrics just be german without any reference to the nazi's.
If you look at the FAQ of Tool it says this
"German" does not equal "Nazi."

anonymous June 8th, 2006 01:33AM  
You're right, it doesn't have to mean Nazi, but that is the reason why it is in German, to reflect something evil. I believe that this song is to make you ask yourself: if you were going to make a recipe for a new you, would you leave out the seeds of evil (eggs of satan)?

keepgoingspiralout July 31st, 2006 09:17PM  
At first glance this song sounds evil and sinister, but once the lyrics are translated it turns out to be about a cookie or cake. I think this is kind of a test to see how deep into this song we will look. Some people might not care to translate the lyrics and dismiss Tool as satanists, whereas others can translate them and see that this is a clever joke and that the lyrics involving satan are just a red herring.

anonymous August 14th, 2006 11:21PM  
You know
it is possible for a band to write or record a song that doesn't have a hidden, deep, or theological meaning.
Tool probably just recorded it to record it.
It's funny.
It's a joke.
People make too big a deal of it.

anonymous November 3rd, 2006 05:20AM  
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 December 30th, 2006 11:34PM  
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!

burningpeaches February 20th, 2007 09:28PM  
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)

anonymous March 16th, 2007 07:55AM  
200 is much too hot. 160 is better.

anonymous June 19th, 2007 08:27PM  
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 August 23rd, 2007 09:40PM  
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 August 25th, 2007 03:02PM  
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 September 24th, 2007 02:27PM  
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 September 27th, 2007 08:59PM  
"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 October 30th, 2007 05:08PM  
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 December 2nd, 2007 04:28PM  
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.