Song Analysis: Tool "Vicarious"
Date: Mar 2nd, 2007 8:06:18 pm - Subscribe
Mood: vicious
A Radical Dreamers journey through despair: whilst Vicariously watching the whole world die.
Ok this song stresses alot of reasons why media is a downfall. Tool totally nails alot of my views of the media with this. It is Tool's "Vicarious". Here ya go!
"I own the tv
Cause tragedy thrills me
Whatever flavor it happens to be like
Killed by the husband
Drowned by the ocean
Shot by his own son he used to poison"
--This verse is the truth. Humans love tragedy. We watch movies with killings, death, mayhem, etc. Especially the news. We will sit glued to the tv as long as the news is bad. No matter what it is.--
"And in his dream
He kissed him goodbye
That's my kind of story
It's no fun 'til someone dies"
--He's right movies, and what not are horrible unless someone dies. The movie sucked if someone didn't die.--
"Don't look me at like I am a monster
Frown out your one face
But with the other
Stare like a junkie into the TV
Stare like a zombie"
--Don't look at me like I am monster... He is saying that, your thinking it, he's saying it. You know it to be true. No matter how much you want to deny it, we love violence and what not. We will stare at the tv with baited breath to see what we can find on it.--
"While the mother holds her child
Watches him die
Hands to the sky crying
Why, oh why?"
--Just a show of what kind of tragedy we enjoy seeing on the tv. Nothing too abnormal--
"Cause I need to watch things die
From a distance
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies
You all need it too, don't lie"
--Here is the honest truth lol. We love to watch tragedy as long as its not ours. We experience it second hand (definition of vicarious) while others suffer. And he tells you to not deny that you too love watching tragedy.--
"Why can't we just admit it?
Why can't we just admit it?
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
Neither the brave nor bold
Were writers the stories told
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing"
--We can't admit it out loud how much we actually do like the violence. We only stop when the blood is pouring. It's very true--
"I need to watch things die
From a good safe distance
Vicariously I live while the whole world dies
You all feel the same, so"
--Chorus again--
"Why can't we just admit it?
Blood like rain come down
Drawn by grave and mound"
--Another description of how much we are attracted to tragedy--
"Part vampire
Part warrior
Carnivore and voyeur
Still have the transmitter
Sink to the death rattle"
--Vampire in the fact we love death and blood. Warrior in the fact that we fight to find something that makes us feel more like a vampire. The transmitter is the remote.--
"La, la, la, la, la, la-la-lie"
--just sing along with this one =)--
"Credulous at best
Your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men
But pull your head on out
Your head please
And give a listen
Shouldn't have to say it all again"
--This line is pretty much just a slap in the face for reality to sink in. Everyone wants to believe that there is all good in some people. Tool says Bullshit. Pull your head out your ass, and take a look and view all the violence. Think about how we stare at the tv for anything graphic!--
"The universe is hostile, so impersonal
Devour to survive so it is,
So it's always been"
--The universe is survival of the fittest. Kill or be killed. The law of the universe right there.--
"We all feed on tragedy
It's like blood to a vampire"
--Our day is not full unless we have consumed some form of death, decay, torture, punishment, etc.--
"Vicariously I...
Live while the whole world dies
Much better you, than I"
--There ya go. Vicarious by Tool. A very kick ass song. Lots of meaning in what they sing usually. Expect more lyrical analysis from them soon.--
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