Tool/A Perfect Circle and JW's

by ColdRedRain 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  ColdRedRain

  Over the weekend, I decided to get into a "Bad" rock band that I wasn't allowed to listen to as a JW. I chose to listen to Tool/A Perfect Circle. Their lyrics are so fitting and so true for JWdom, I even wonder if Maynard James Keenan, the lead singer of both bands was once a JW.

  Here are some lyrics exceprts.

  Eulogy

  So long.
  We wish you well.
  You told us how you weren't afraid to die.
  Well then, so long.
  Don't cry.
  Or feel too down.
  Not all martyrs see divinity.
  But at least you tried.

  Ænema

  Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
  Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
  Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
  Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.

  Some say the end is near.
  Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
  I certainly hope we will cuz
  I sure could use a vacation from this

  Silly shit, stupid shit...

  One great big festering neon distraction,
  I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

  Learn to swim.

  Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
  Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

  Learn to swim.

  Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
  Fuck all his clones.
  Fuck all those gun-toting
  Hip gangster wannabes.

  Judith

  you're such an inspiration for ways that i will never ever choose to be
  oh so many ways for me to show you how your savior has abandoned you
  fuck your god
  he did this
  took all you had
  and left you this way
  still you pray
  never stray
  never taste
  of the fruit never thought to question why
  it's not like you killed someone
  it's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side
  praise the one who left you broken down and paralyzed
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  Joysome

  I would have to say Linkin Parks entire Meteora CD.
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  Winston Smith :>D

  Maynard is brilliant, no doubt about it!

  Isn't it wonderful to be able to listen to music that you have always loved?

  IMO, I'd have to say that the lyrics you posted, while poignant, are easily directed at the failure in organized religion in general rather than specifically to the WTS.

  The reference to Ron Hubbard is interesting, as he is the science fiction writer turned multi-millionaire entrepreneur who started "Scientology", one of the greatest tax-free company scams of the 20th century.

  I would have to say Linkin Parks entire Meteora CD.

  Joysome

  Typically I?m not one to jump onto ?popular? music. But I wholeheartedly agree with you on that statement. I wondered if I was the only one who thought so.

  Everytime I hear this song I think if myself while being under the control of the WTS

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  Linkin Park "Numb"

  I'm tired of being what you want me to be
  Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
  Don't know what you're expecting of me
  Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
  Every step that I take is another mistake to you
  
  Can't you see that you're smothering me
  Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
  Cause everything that you thought I would be
  Has fallen apart right in front of you
  Every step that I take is another mistake to you
  And every second I waste is more than I can take
  
  I've become so numb I can't feel you there
  I've become so tired so much more aware
  I've becoming this all I want to do
  Is be more like me and be less like you

  OR:

  "Somewhere I Belong" (When this began)
  I had nothing to say
  And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me
  (I was confused)
  And I let it all out to find/
  That I?m not the only person with these things in mind
  (Inside of me)
  But all the vacancy the words revealed
  Is the only real thing that I?ve got left to feel
  (Nothing to lose)
  Just stuck/ hollow and alone
  And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own
  
  
  And I?ve got nothing to say
  I can?t believe I didn?t fall right down on my face
  (I was confused)
  Looking everywhere only to find
  That it?s not the way I had imagined it all in my mind
  (So what am I)
  What do I have but negativity
  ?Cause I can?t justify the way, everyone is looking at me
  (Nothing to lose)
  Nothing to gain/ hollow and alone
  And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own
  
  I will never know myself until I do this on my own
  And I will never feel anything else, until my wounds are healed
  I will never be anything till I break away from me
  I will break away, I'll find myself today

  I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
  I wanna let go of the pain I?ve felt so long
  (Erase all the pain till it?s gone)
  I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I?m close to something real
  I wanna find something I?ve wanted all along
  Somewhere I belong
  
  ?

  But yes, the entire CD plays like the soundtrack to my life right now.
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  ignored_one

  Dunno about JW influence but Lateralis is a great track.

  -

  Ignored One.
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  Joysome

  You said the words...."Soundtrack to my life" That Cd has been played and replayed on my stereo. It helps. A lot.
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  ApagaLaLuz

  Ahhh yes TOOL, the same band with the song "Prison Sex" with the lyrics that go:

  Shit, Blood, and Cum on my hands :)

  gotta love those guys :)