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.

anonymous December 12th, 2007 01:37PM  
I think this song is, in part, supposed to point out the fact that we are all extremely conditioned (hence the fact that at first listen, most perceive this as 'evil' in some way or another). I think that the band wishes for their listeners to move past their lifelong conditioning and preconceived judgments, and to attempt to see things for what they 'really are,' in other words, to find your own means to meaning, instead being influenced by others' ideals, directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously...

Just my opinion.

anonymous January 20th, 2008 12:58AM  
It's simple, joke-like even. people who don't think about it have one interpretation (nazi, antisemitism sort of deal) and people who do their research know otherwise, its a hash cookies recipe. Stop taking yourselves so seriously. chill and enjoy the joke.

anonymous April 28th, 2008 10:49AM  
I think I agree with zac and kcp, it's an inside joke. The german dialect with the heavy machine like music behind it is meant to it sound more evil, or 'nazi' than it is. It's just a cookie recipe.

anonymous April 28th, 2008 10:50AM  
Forgot to add, maybe Zac was right with the implication 'Satan has no balls'

anonymous May 3rd, 2008 10:31AM  
I don't know I anyone already have said this already but I will say it anyway. The eggs shouldn't really not be in the cake, because the singer almost screams it in the end, and the thing with satan's balls is a way of telling that the eggs really are bad and does not belong in the cake. not that. So the song is just about a cookie recipe and the holy rule is no eggs.

anonymous June 11th, 2008 12:20AM  
Holy crap. whats going on. There's so many bloody different interpretations in this thread that boil down to the same thing, my interpretation would be that everything isn't as it seems sound like a nazi rally? don't think so just a recipe for cookies

anonymous August 25th, 2008 02:50AM  
Well it is as simple as this, people hear the name of satan and go berserk. I think its a test, people who are truly intellectual will research it, and find its harmless, but the fools will not even bother because they'll assume its satanic, its funny really how dumb people can be

anonymous September 1st, 2008 06:30PM  
I'm a riddle in nine syllables,an elephant,a ponderous house,a melon stolling on two tendrils, o red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!

Myownbitch September 9th, 2008 07:57PM  
Is Maynard Religious?

SheddingSkin November 17th, 2008 01:49PM  
I read something recently that I didn't know. First off, this is for sugar cookies which DO require eggs. Ever tried to bake something that requires eggs without eggs? It falls flat and doesn't hold together. The jews referred to themselves in this way. The world without jews would be like tying to cook without eggs. So in light of that, Hitlers attempt to exterminate the jews would be like trying to cook with no eggs making a world thats flat and uncohesive. A bash on Nazi-ism? Perhaps . . .

anonymous December 16th, 2008 06:43PM  
Um, don't cook pot with eggs it deteriorates the thc, the songs a joke but wasting good pot is not.

anonymous December 23rd, 2008 12:09AM  
In spanish is not "juevos" is "huevos"

anonymous February 11th, 2009 11:01AM  
Just a remark from a native German speaker: There are two words in the lyrics that I found somewhat unusual. The one is “Staubzucker”, which literally means “dust sugar”. I read that this is used in the southern part of Germany and in Austria, but the usual expression would certainly be “Puderzucker”, i. e. “powder(ed) sugar”. I don’t know if I’m over-interpreting here, but at least in my opinion the “dust” adds a somewhat morbid feeling to the sweet sugar. The other word is “augenballgroß”, i. e. “having the size of an eyeball”. The meaning is of course clear, but I have never heard or read that word before – let alone referring to something edible. Typical size comparisons would use different kinds of fruit or maybe balls that are used for sports, but certainly not eyeballs. This term definitely has a smack of gore. Another thing: Maynard’s pronunciation is really good, you can hardly hear any kind of English accent. The only suspicious word is “Backblech” (baking tray), which should rather be pronounced like the English “buck” instead of “back”. The rest sounds pretty perfect to me. Finally, a bit off topic: It’s kind of funny to read all those comments about the evil-sounding German language. But thanks for pointing out that not all Germans (except a tiny fraction of idiots) are Nazis.

anonymous February 23rd, 2009 11:46PM  
Tool songs always have multiple meanings and can be interpreted in many ways depending on who you are. The joke theory is quite possible but I believe is just not Maynard's style. With that being said the theory presented by the other anonymous is, in my opinion the most correct, where you hear Satan then realize that it is just about cookies and then further delve into it and realize that it could be Nazi speech if interpreted as the eggs being the Jews. However, it is all based on your own interpretation and everyone should form their own opinion. And, anyone who hasn't heard puscifer yet needs to check it out. Its a band Maynard created, really good stuff.

Kasi March 9th, 2009 12:07PM  
Everyone seriously needs to stop interpreting this song with Nazism just because it's in German. The cheering crowd towards the end of the song might seem like some sort of hint, but I really can't see it having any meaning of that sort...it's a cooking recipe after all...aren't tool allowed to occasionally make a light hearted song? It probably seemed like a good idea when Maynard was high on Satan's balls/eggs...btw the ambiguity of that translation is funny and probably the reason he wrote it in German.

emsy March 26th, 2009 02:19PM  
The segue "Die Eier von Satan" has a heavy industrial guitar played over a reversed drum beat with an irregular time signature (9/8). The lyrical component of the song is in German, performed by Marko Fox, a member of ZAUM. He is backed by a sound that resembles a hydraulic press, and crowd cheering and applause that increase in volume as the lyrics are read with increasing ferocity. These combined effects make the song sound like a militant German rant or Nazi rally.While the sound and the word "Satan" in the title may suggest to listeners that the lyrics feature aggressive or even violent content, the speaker is merely reciting a cookie recipe,for hashish or Mexican cookies. The song was originally translated by Gudrun Fox. According to Blair McKenzie Blake, the maintainer of the official Tool website, "Die Eier von Satan" originally were cookies that "Marko Fox's grandmother used to bake for him as a child, without using eggs as an ingredient. The substitution for eggs is a magical incantation from the worm-eaten pages of some moldering grimoire." This magical incantation ("sim salabim bam ba saladu saladim") is taken from the German children's song "Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck saß". According to the lyrics, the special ingredient besides this "incantation" is actually "a knife-tip of Turkish hashish". The title literally translates to "The Eggs of Satan" or "The Balls of Satan," due to a German double entendre of "Eier", which means "eggs" and also serves as a slang word for "testicles". The experimentation in this song has been compared to that of Einstürzende Neubauten.

emsy March 26th, 2009 02:22PM  
The segue "Die Eier von Satan" has a heavy industrial guitar played over a reversed drum beat with an irregular time signature (9/8). The lyrical component of the song is in German, performed by Marko Fox, a member of ZAUM. He is backed by a sound that resembles a hydraulic press,and crowd cheering and applause that increase in volume as the lyrics are read with increasing ferocity. These combined effects make the song sound like a militant German rant or Nazi rally.While the sound and the word "Satan" in the title may suggest to listeners that the lyrics feature aggressive or even violent content, the speaker is merely reciting a cookie recipe,for hashish or Mexican cookies.The song was originally translated by Gudrun Fox. According to Blair McKenzie Blake, the maintainer of the official Tool website, "Die Eier von Satan" originally were cookies that "Marko Fox's grandmother used to bake for him as a child, without using eggs as an ingredient. The substitution for eggs is a magical incantation from the worm-eaten pages of some moldering grimoire."This magical incantation ("sim salabim bam ba saladu saladim") is taken from the German children's song "Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck saß".According to the lyrics, the special ingredient besides this "incantation" is actually "a knife-tip of Turkish hashish". The title literally translates to "The Eggs of Satan"or "The Balls of Satan," due to a German double entendre of "Eier", which means "eggs" and also serves as a slang word for "testicles". The experimentation in this song has been compared to that of Einstürzende Neubauten.

anonymous June 28th, 2009 10:40PM  
This means pages of stan talking of stan and the belief of evil and army of stan! JOIN SATANS ARMY

anonymous August 25th, 2009 10:09AM  
The segue "Die Eier von Satan" has a heavy industrial guitar played over a reversed drum beat with an unusual, irregular time signature (9/8 time, or possibly 9/4). The lyrical component of the song is in German, performed by Marko Fox, a member of ZAUM. He is backed by a sound that resembles a hydraulic press, and crowd cheering and applause that increase in volume as the lyrics are read with increasing ferocity. These combined effects make the song sound like a militant German rant or Nazi rally.

While the sound and the word "Satan" in the title may suggest to listeners that the lyrics feature aggressive or even violent content, the speaker is merely reciting a cookie recipe, possibly hashish or Mexican cookies. The song was originally translated by Gudrun Fox. According to Blair McKenzie Blake, the maintainer of the official Tool website, "Die Eier von Satan" originally were cookies that "Marko Fox's grandmother used to bake for him as a child, without using eggs as an ingredient. The substitution for eggs is a magical incantation from the worm-eaten pages of some moldering grimoire." This magical incantation ("sim salabim bam ba saladu saladim") is taken from the German children's song "Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck saß". According to the lyrics, the special ingredient besides this "incantation" is actually "a knife-tip of Turkish hashish". The title literally translates to "The Eggs of Satan" or "The Balls of Satan," due to a German double entendre of "Eier", which means "eggs" and also serves as a slang word for "testicles". The experimentation in this song has been compared to that of Einstürzende Neubauten