anonymous August 12th, 2006 05:22PM  

If I had to guess, i'd say this song is about deja vu...

war_profiteer December 25th, 2006 06:04PM  

Yeah, I think deja vu too. But I also think it's about the unseen connection between all human concious, either thru dreams or moments of deja vu.

anonymous May 17th, 2007 12:21PM  

I don't know Tool very well, but reading these lyrics I was reminded of an epitaph I once read: ''Here lies the hunter, home from the hill, and the sailor home from the sea''.

It's fairly well known, and the references to the hunter and the fisherman in the song, along with those to 'sinking deeper' refer to dying, to returning to the collective human consciousness which 'war profiteer' refers to.

Perhaps the deja vu feeling (which I agree is there) is a recognition of the collective consciousness we come from and return to?

anonymous July 26th, 2007 10:01PM  

One of the first tool shows I was at they played this song and when Maynard spoke before this song he said "our next song is about anal sex" but knowing Maynard he could be full of it..

TheBrock December 8th, 2007 01:10AM  

Sounds to me like his first time in bed. If the tragic and gross rumor about Maynard's childhood is true, then it could be his first time and it reminds him of that certain event. Whispers. familiarity. Sweating.

anonymous February 14th, 2008 07:39AM  

I agree with the deja-vu ideas to a point. My take is that he's in a cycle that he can't break free of. After he gets to the end of the cycle, and begins it again, he's forgotten that it's not the first time. That's why it seems like he's been here before. It brings him home because he's used to it, and it makes him feel good about being in the situation. Probably about his addictions, like many of the songs from Tool and APC, which can be applied to ANY addiction that any one of us have. Alcohol comes to mind. You go to work, you come home, and you drink. You go to work, you come home, and you drink. After a long enough time, you no longer recall HOW you came to be where you are, it makes you dizzy to try, but you just know that it makes you better, and ready to start all over again.

Haylo November 15th, 2008 09:57PM  

In Keeping with the obvious Jungian tones in a lot of Tool's music I think this song is about the 'Collective Unconscious' (or Sub-Conscious). Carl Jung had a theory that basically states that we all go to the same places in our dreams. Thats why something you have never seen could seem so familiar. And the 'sweating, breathing' parts I see as the function of what is physically happening whilst this process is underway. What do ya think?

anonymous August 30th, 2009 03:33AM  

Wow, I am coming off of 4 years of Heroin abuse. This whole album is like a rebirth from opiates. Sweat is the first withdrawal symptom. In my opinion, MJK makes his albums during some very real in intense transitional points in his life. For example, the album, the 13th step, talks a LOT about this. I have always wondered what the 13th step was. I am not there yet.