| | Reflection Lyrics Artist(Band):Tool
Beneath my self indulgent pitiful hole. Defeated I Concede and move closer. I may find comfort here I may find peace within the emptiness. How pitiful. It's calling me ... And in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping. The moon tells me a secret. My confidant. 'As full and bright as I am, this light is not my own A million light reflections pass over me' It's source is bright and endless. She resuscitates the hopeless Without her we are lifeless satellites drifting. And as I pull my head out I am without one doubt Don't want to be down here Soothing my narcissism I Must crucify the ego Before it's far too late I pray the light lifts me out Before I pine away. ... So crucify the ego Before it's far too late To leave behind this place so Negative and blind and cynical And you will come to find That we are all one mind Capable of all that's Imagined and all conceivable Just let the light touch you And let the words spill through Just let them pass right through, Bringing out our hope and reason. Before we pine away. ... If you find some error in Reflection Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to Eliot Myers for submitting the lyrics. Review about Reflection Entheogenics | Reviewer: ObservingEarth-Jay | 12/15/09 If there is one tool song that I feel I truly understand the lyrics to, it's Reflection... This is my take on the lyrics and I have had no influence on this meaning by anyone elses interpretations.. As you know after DispositION comes ReflectION (I beleive that IntensION is also connected to these songs and not TRIAD ... Firstly I beleive disposition has a huge part to play in what reflection is all about, which I will need to explain breifly for you to get the full idea.. Disposition: mention this to me, mention something, mention anything, watch the weather change.... I beleive this is about dispositioning yourself from reality, and from everyday life and looking at the bigger picture... I beleive that this idea is influenced by ENTHEOGENS (DMT,SALVIA,LSD.etc..) (halucinogens which the band is known to use) by experiencing something completely irrelevant with human life (using these substances) it puts you into a a contemplative state where introspection occurs ... You feel what's really important and you forget all the bullshit in life ... You can just watch the weather change and celebrate the chance you have to be alive and breathing ;) .. Mention. Something to me, etc.. Is the same concept you are in that same state and hopefully you are looking at the bigger picture in life besides personal relations and so on... Because you are dispositioned from reality.. Now comes reflection Reflection: After the disposition stage you are reflecting back on what you have experienced and learned (the is a phenomenon that happens when you take strong hallucinogens such as SALVIA DIVINORUM and DMT...(doesent have to mean drugs though, meditation, whirling sufi's or any way to contact your deep concioussness would make sense in this way too they all lead to the same phenomena>>> This phenomena is called EGO DEATH (google it) in the song it says crucify the ego, leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical... When you take salvia or dmt you experience ego death (speaking from experience.. What happens is you forget everything about humanity.. About life.. About yourself... About EVERYTHING besides the complete randomness and bewildering power of these drugs ..... What this song is telling us is that we should embrace this feeling (which connects this song to lateralus-the song, by the way...) embrace this feeling and forget everything you know... Now here it gets interesting and starts to make alot more sense (proving my interpretation) you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable... "we are all one mind" that is one of the most prominent feelings when taking these kinda drugs and certainly the things you imagine and conceive to be real in these hallucinations start to feel more real and powerfull than reality itself. This scares us (darkest moment fetal and weeping) the moon tells me her secret, this light is not my own , a million light reflections pass over me ...(this is a metaphor .. It's the moon saying look I am just a rock floating around lifelessly it's actually the sun that makes me so bright and beautifull and brings me to life (without her we are lifeless sattelites drifting) so let the light touch you, and let the words spill through, "let the past right right through"(which is what I beleive the correct lyric to be) bringing out our hope and reason... :) So to sum it up I think what tool is telling us is that we shouldn't be afraid to let all our troubles go and really reflect on life and what is really important before it's too late (the lateralus album is about celebrating, embracing, and experiencing life in the purest way possible (our deep conciousness) reflection is just one small piece to this amazing puzzle :) I beleive intension is also connected as a kind of prequel and I don't think that "Triad" has any real close connection to this song besides it fades in from it.. If you understood what I have written (which you may not :p) then I'm glad you took the time to read this and if you have any questions or are interested in my interpretations from other tool masterpieces :) please get in contact ... Twitter/ObservingEarth - jamalbeluchi@hotmail.com Dreamer | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/13/09 Why do any of us try to tackle this with a left-brain understanding of it? The song speaks for itself. There's no one thing that it's about. It's about life and what it means to be human, just like any work they (Tool) have done. We blaspheme against this art each time we try to reduce it to our own words. I love all you guys by the way, since we seem to share a common interest in music at least. Oh yeah, and we're all humans, good enough reason for me. Sex, blood, and magik. | Reviewer: Jamel | 9/12/09 This is a kabbalistic. I'm all but certain of it. All the symbols in this song are consistant with the metaphysics and humanism of the Kabbala. The phrase, "crucify the ego" sounds like it was taken right out of Keys to the Kingdom which is a book on "Christian" Kabbala. My only doubt lies in the fact that the Kabbala is a cultural phenomena but the truths that may be found in it are universal and can be found in any culture worldwide. The music of Tool has always spoken directly to my soul although I have had trouble making out the lyrics. Now that I have begun looking up the words, Tool makes sweet love to my intellect as well ;-) Knees | Reviewer: Catherine | 7/17/09 This song brings me to my knees and completely takes me far away. I've never known any band to move me like this one. They leave me speechless. This song is unbelievable. Crucify the Ego. If only we all did that. true art | Reviewer: realize | 3/18/09 in my opinion, this song, just like all of Tool's songs, are all pure art... and pure art is that of which allows you (each individual person) to see and get out of it whatever it is that you specifically need in your life, in your ears, in your head at that moment... it can only be what you can conceive of it. words mean everything at the same time as really meaning Nothing. all four men are artists allowing themselves to be used by the light... light of spirit...that we spuds can barely conceive as art... and so it is... true art~ Thank You Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, Justin Chancellor and Danny Carey... you guys have strengthened me by allowing me to realize how much i really do conceive~ Outstanding | Reviewer: rory | 5/30/08 Though not my favourite band, the lyrics of this song just encapsulate so much for me it really is mind-blowing! Possibly one of the best songs ever imo, simply because on a personal level the lyrics mean alot to me. integrating solid reality | Reviewer: Sabrina | 11/27/07 I think he is speaking about the true meaning of reality and how he feels there is one more system higher then the one before how the light reflects situations and mission of dispair :( I love it.. Narcissus | Reviewer: Matt | 5/10/07 It's about the Greek legend of Narcissus. The other guy has the hots for Tool. Amazing... | Reviewer: Eric Vogel | 5/10/07 This song is simply about becoming part of a higher consciousness in any form. Tool is amazing, phenomenal song off a phenomenal album. The light from the Son and all we can see | Reviewer: Petey Glenn | 10/21/05 This song is the second of three movements collectively known as "Triad." The First movement, "Disposition," is light and delicately layered with interweaving percussive guitar, the only words being a constant repetition commanding some outer power to "mention this to me... and watch the weather change." This indicates the character is willing to submit to a higher power to learn and grow in a way he could never reach alone... This segues into movent Two, this very song, "Reflection." The character sees a light, and he moves toward it, searching for peace within is self-imposed emptiness. It's the moon, a blinding spectacle in relationship to its surroundings... or rather the lack thereof. The moon speaks, saying "As full and bright as I am, this light is not my own. A million light reflections pass over me. [The light's] is bright and endless; S(He) resucitates the hopeless. Without her [Him] we are lifeless satellites dreaming dreams..." And just like that, the character has bent his will just before he drowns in himself. 'Light' can we gain only through literal 'reflection'... reflection of truth, of love and of purpose. You fill in the gaps... The final movement, "Triad," ties up the loose ends with less efficiency than my nosehairs. We are left dangling on the edge of a cliff at first, wondering where the character will now go and being profoundly confused by the absence of lyrical enlightenment to typify the story. But then that's the point... you fill in the gaps. The music is a powerhouse of shifting chords, thunderous drum fills, charging and gaining momentum for 3 straight minutes. Unspeakable glory... no words to be said, just a sunset dying to be seen, a rain that yearns to fall, a breeze that cares only to be felt. Listen to this song. Listen to the whole of "Triad." Tool is a C.S. Lewis essay brough to life on a thick metallic pounding sonic landscape. The Inconsolable Longing, somehow grasped and displayed by four musicians reaching up and reaching out and reaching for the random. 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