| | Opiate Lyrics Artist(Band):Tool
What you need is someone strong to guide you Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow What you need is someone strong to guide you... Like me Like me Like me Like me If you want to get your soul to heaven Trust in me, now don't you judge or question You are broken now, but faith can heal you Just do everything i tell you to do Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow What you need is someone strong to guide you Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow Let me lay my holy hand a, hand upon you My god's will Becomes me When he speaks He speaks through me He has needs Like i do We both want To rape you Jesus christ, why don't you come save my life, now Open my eyes, blind me with your light, now Jesus christ, why don't you come save my life, now Open my eyes, blind me with your lies, now If you want to get your soul to heaven Trust in me, now don't you judge or question You are broken now, but faith can heal you Just do everything i tell you to do Jesus christ, why don't you come save my life, now Open my eyes, blind me with your light, now Jesus christ, why don't you come save my life, now Open my eyes, blind me with your lies, now Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow Let me lay my holy hand a, hand upon you My god's will Becomes me When he speaks He speaks through me He has needs Like i do We both want To rape you! [long pause] I had a friend once, he took some acid, now he thinks he's a fire engine It's ok, until he pisses on your lighter, kinda smells, kinda cool, kinda funny anyway satan. satan. satan. satan. satan. I had a friend once, he took some ecstasy, tried to marry me, and everyone in the room. He was sorta loving, kinda caring, kinda tried to fuck my lazy boy. It got a bit messy, all over the curtains, armchair covers, throw pillows, and carpeting. getting bored, I'm getting bored, getting bored, I'm getting bored, getting bored, I'm getting bored, getting bored, I'm getting bored! If you find some error in Opiate Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Review about Opiate Opiates | Reviewer: Tom | 11/23/09 Thought this might bring some clarification. Here is an Extract from Karl Marx "Religious distress is at the same time the expression of real distress and the protest against real distress. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. "It is the opium of the people." The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions. Karl Marx, Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right" Perhaps Tool read Karl Marx's book. They are great artists in my opinion and are in what i would call a state of clarity and that's why i enjoy their music. They also bash L. Ron Hubbard in Aenima which is directed at Scientology lol I don't feel that they are targeting any religion with this song though as it is more against religions as a whole as all their words can be applied to almost all religions except Buddhism. Things and Stuff | Reviewer: Nyarlathotep | 7/13/09 Opiate is a song with a number of great lyrics and ideas. Firstly one has to see the hard angst and sarcasm directed at religion in general,the way religions speak strongest to those that can't either think or feel for themselves, how they generally (not always) pick out the weakest people, those that are afraid and confused and those that are in pain. Religions target these people because they want to gain a following and not, I repeat, not to help them in any way. These lyrics are mostly about that, not hating FAITH but religion. Next, the song has a strong beat to it, almost hypnotic and powerfully sung directly to the listener him/her-self. It is asking them to think for themselves, to decide and consider things and stuff (things and stuff being code in my words for God and Yourself). A person should love God for whom God is, not who a church make God out to be. This is my single belief in life and this song seems to speak right to it. I'm not bashing God, only church they are totally different things and Tool seems to understand that too. Also the last part is a humor-hidden track thingy that was popular in the 90s, nothing much there. Christianity | Reviewer: Rebecca | 6/22/09 How can anyone be content with being a part of an institution based on FEAR and HOPE? Psychologically, that is a problem for me. "It gives me hope." Hope--that Jesus even existed, that heaven exists, that there is a legitimate reason (that doesn't eradicate christianity) for why the gospels contradict each other, but really: that if I do good things and repent for my sins, I will be saved. Fear-- that if we don't abide by the rules, made by a hypocritical, patriarchal hierarchy of mythics, we might indeed burn in a vast fire pit, suffer eternal damnation, or risk being in absence of Goodness for an eternity after we die. How it's done: religion acts as an OPIATE, an addiction. I understand that religion has it's perks.I had been a christian most of my life. It provided me with stability, constancy, a sense of direction. It supported my weak mentality. People need to stop being afraid of the idea that humans are simply animals, a biological result of natural selection. We search for things like religion because we are capable of cognition, and we like the idea of being the most important beings on earth. The further an animal's brain develops, the more advanced its needs for entertainment and stability become. Whether or not it's true, most people block all this out because they allow opiates to overwhelm. what other ideas have they been blocking out? Have you ever heard somebody say something like this: "Just look at how amazing our bodies are. So beautiful and intricate and efficient. There must be someone out there who designed all this. He really knew what he was doing." ? Take this into consideration: If our bodies weren't so amazingly intricate, if they were anything less than perfect, they wouldn't work. And have you heard: "God has to exist! Wouldn't it be terrible if, after we die, NOTHING HAPPENS?!" This is absolutely no reason to believe there is a god. It is a conclusion drawn from emotion, deeming it out of the bounds of logic. ANYWAY. It's a good song, and I certainly respect the bands music, both it's technical aspect and the ideas it puts forth. god damn pussy | Reviewer: 1337 | 3/30/09 People like to decipher the hidden meanings in songs. It doesn't mean they are right. Most reviews specify that this is what THEY think and they DON'T need YOU(*cough* writer of "goddamn pussy") to tell them that they are wrong. Because they never said they were right to begin with. You on the other hand made that very mistake... You think you are right... However you are entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine and EVERYONE is entitled to theirs and will not make a ridiculous attempt like yours to stop you. However if anyone needs to stop it's you... I only wait til your IP gets banned. btw "Please thin of the song as you like but stop making it your own sick little message." You contradicted yourself you fool. Don't listen to tool. You're obviously not smart enough. You couldn't find the meaning in a song if it were in the song title. Meaning of Opiate | Reviewer: Songmeaning | 2/26/09 This song is a satirical representation of organized religion, and it's control of the people. As the deaf, dumb and blind followers are led, they are being violated. This song is a bit dramatic, with rants of God wanting to rape the listener and blind them with his lies, but it does provide a thoughtful message into Tool's feelings towards hypocrisy and corruption in the church. The title, Opiate, is allusion to Karl Marx's quote "Religion is the opiate of the masses" As for the etymology of the word opiate, it can be traced back through latin, then greek to opos; which mean vegetable juice. Goddamn Pussy | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/31/09 Jezus Christ... Can you guys stop being total dumb asses for once? Please thin of the song as you like but stop making it your own sick little message. If one says they tell you they are against organized religion OK THATS FINE Go cry about it in some corner or whatever BOODIEBOOBOO I THINK MAYNARD DOESNT LIKE GOD, Maybe Maynard doesnt like me!! OMG WHAT TO DO??! WHAT TO DO?!! stop bitching about it :P Goddamn u people make me sick. Ask Maynard what he means for godsake because this kind of bullshit pisses me off! opiate? | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/4/09 people dont really see how this song relates to opiates. my best opinion about the relativity between opiates and people that blindly follow and lead religion is people will get addicted to their beliefs (or any belief), in the same way that people get addicted to opiates... they have a life-changing experience or two, and boom! the rest of their life is based around the drugs (or in this case, religion.) no matter how incorrect it might be, they are convinced that their beliefs are correct without reason. sdfsd | Reviewer: dfssdf | 12/22/08 lol who gives a shit. if you dont like the lyrics go listen to christian contemporary music. there is a genre for everyone. most of the time the secular music is way better. blind faith is not questioned in music, and i like the way tool does it. My take | Reviewer: MBII | 12/16/08 It is obvious that this song is against organized religion, which is fine, as everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My opinion is in disagreement to what Maynard is expressing here. While, doubtlessly, some religious leaders only want people to follow them blindly, I believe religion is meant to be followed purely based on a person's willingness to do so. Some of the religion teachers I've had have the opinion that you should never question anything, which both I and Maynard would agree is not exactly productive, but to question just so you can say "hey look I'm a progressive and Jesus is a lie" and stir up a fuss doesn't go much good either. Questioning for the sake of knowledge is a good idea. I will state again, not everyone has to be a fan of organized religion, and as somebody who IS, I still respect Tool, their awesome music, and their views. I still relate to alot [most] of their songs. purpose | Reviewer: Slav | 12/7/08 You guys got the whole point wrong. The purpose of religion is indeed control over the masses, but controlling them for the greater good. Religion gives faith and hope, and without hope the desire to live just disappears. Is it not human to restore faith in those who have lost it and thus making them love life again? Making a man believe there is a devil will stop him from doing errors like murder or rape, of course. Review By Pages: 1 2 Review the song Opiate The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Tool" Music | |
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