![]() ![]() Seriously where do y'all come up with this? It doesn't have anything to do with religion. Just because Tool wrote the song doesn't mean Maynard was raped and is now raping people. Then the way the lyrics change to the other perspective implies it is about that person growing up and continuing the cycle. When you combine that with the rest of the song it's obvious this is about someone being sexually abused. The meaning of the song is basically summed up by the title "Prison Sex". Toolfist from Birmingham Jesus some of y'all need to go listen to Lateralus again because you are over-analyzing the s-t out of this song.That’s why it’s written from the antagonist’s point of view is like, ‘This is what happened to me.'” This happened, I grew up and now I’m doing it to someone else. … In the song, it talks about ‘I become full circle.’ And that’s what that means. To channel it, they sexually molest another child. So what our video deals with is someone who has that happen to them. They become alcoholics or become codependent or whatever. They turn to different ways to try to channel it. “Then they grow up and they don’t understand this unrest that they have in them. “A lot of time when a child is sexually abused they put it out of their mind,” Jones added in the same interview. It’s just a story of someone who is having it happen to them now because they’re f-ked up, because they don’t know how to deal with past abuse.” It’s not about that at all … and it’s not saying that sodomy or sexual abuse is in any way OK. “Instantly they think of San Quentin … being buggered by your cell mate. “People are really turned off by the name of the song,” Keenan told Axcess in 1994. Toolfist from Birmingham Despite its blunt title, “Prison Sex” is actually about the cycle of sexual abuse.I hope this helped the author work thru this "s-t", maybe others too. Lyrics, music and video all cause gut clenching. Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind Writer/s: Adam Jones, Daniel Carey, Maynard James Keenan, Paul M D'amour My lamb and martyr, this will be over soon I have found some kind of temporary sanity in this Won't you, won't you come on a bit closerĪnd only this one holy medium brings me peace of mind You're breathing so I guess you're still alive Tunes like "Swamp Song" and "Disgustipated" simply do not let up, and for all the lengthy musical explorations, Undertow remains a stirring exploration of the self and a stunning record for 1993.It took so long to remember just what happenedīut I'm breathing so I guess I'm still alive Keenan isn't the only one advancing guitarist Adam Jones brings a whole lot of snarl to temper the more proggish elements. Undertow does not have that problem, and the artistic jump forward is almost startling. Previous EP Opiate was solid, but a little weak lyrically in spots. "Intolerance" creakily, creepily reintroduces the band. If Nirvana hadn't gotten the ball rolling, Tool and their ilk would have knocked down '80s metal bands anyway. ![]() Sure, they married Maynard James Keenan's lyrics to twisting, mathy passages, but anger is anger. Singles like "Sober" and "Prison Sex" had the kind of angry self-reflection that punks felt. Pantera had the riffs, but Tool had the brains. Tool weren't the first metal band to crossover with punk (thanks thrash), and some people debate their metal credentials, but trust me, Undertow is an insanely important record. Yet despite all the religious thought, it also manages to be a funny record in spots, reminding listeners that Tool used to roll with the Mr. It doesn't invoke Satan's name, but that just made it all the more frightening to the Christian Right for questioning the Church. It features a stupid number of empty hidden tracks but they're all one second long. It references Bill Hicks and has a spoken word cameo from Henry Rollins. Too technical to be alternative, too streamlined and angry to be prog rock. And then there were Tool, the curious little California band that managed to go double platinum with their first LP. ![]() Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut, released the previous fall, married metal power to funk and rap with explosive results. The underground brought forth the likes of Sleep's Holy Mountain and Carcass' Heartwork. It's the reboot that I'm concerned with.ġ993 was chock full o' big grunge releases, but already metal was beginning its resurgence. But the truth is that after so much empty, sugary pop, metal was due for a fall anyway. Yes, Nirvana's ascent up the charts toppled the decrepit decadence of hair (né glam) metal. The truth, as it always tends to be, is a little more convoluted. The popular narrative is that grunge (specifically Nirvana's Nevermind) killed off metal in the early '90s.
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