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Swamp Song Lyrics

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My warning meant nothing.
Youre dancing in quicksand.
Why dont you watch where youre wandering?
Why dont you watch where youre stumbling?
Youre wading knee deep and going in.
Youre wading knee deep and going in.

This bog is thick and easy to get lost in.
cause youre a stupid, belligerent fucker.
This bog is thick and easy to get lost in.
cause youre a dumb and belligerent fucker.
I hope it sucks you down. down...down...down...

My warning meant nothing.
Youre dancing in quicksand.
Why dont you watch where youre wandering?
Why dont you watch where youre stumbling?
Youre wading knee deep and going in.
And you may never come back again.

This bog is thick and easy to get lost in.
cause youre a stupid, belligerent fucker.
This bog is thick and easy to get lost in.
cause youre a dumb and belligerent fucker.
I hope it sucks you down.

My warning meant nothing.
Youre dancing in quicksand.
Why dont you watch where youre wandering?
Why dont you watch where youre stumbling?
Youre wading knee deep and going in.
And you may never come back again.

This bog is thick and easy to get lost in.
cause youre a stupid, belligerent fucker.
This bog is thick and easy to get lost in.
cause youre a dumb and belligerent fucker.
I hope it sucks, I hope it sucks, I hope it sucks you fucker;
I hope it sucks, I hope it sucks, I hope it sucks you down.

Wandering, wandering, no one even invited you in.
Youre still stumbling, suffocate, suffocate,
Why dont you get away?
Wandering around, who let you in?
No one even invited you in.
Youre still stumbling, suffocate, suffocate,
Why dont you get out while you can?
No one told you to come!

My warning meant nothing.
Youre dancing in quicksand.
Why dont you watch where youre wandering?
Why dont you watch where youre stumbling?
Youre wading knee deep and going in.
And you may never come back again.

This bog is thick and easy to get lost in.
cause youre a stupid, belligerent fucker.
This bog is thick and easy to get lost in.
cause youre a dumb and belligerent fucker.
I hope it sucks, I hope it sucks, I hope it sucks you fucker
I hope it sucks, I hope it sucks, I hope it sucks you...

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Mosh pits | Reviewer: 4 degrees | 5/19/12

I've always thought of this song as Maynard's opinion about some of the crowds he's seen on tour with Tool. There's always some jerk at every rock show who wants to mosh violently. You can hardly go crowd surfing anymore with some of the meat-heads that seem determined to hurt someone else in the crowd. Rock shows used to be fun till around the late 90's when people started coming to shows with deliberate intend to hurt someone. Really sucks sometimes, but I enjoy this song. If you read through these lyrics, imagining that Maynard is singing directly to the type of a**hole I've just described I think you'll see how perfectly it fits. I'm willing to bet Maynard was thinking along these lines when he started writing these lyrics.

Well to me... | Reviewer: A_Perfect_Tool | 2/11/12

I have always love Tool, A Perfect Circle and Pusicfer so all of the songs to me have their own message and to me Swamp Song felt like someone that keeps making the same mistakes over and over again hoping for different results. But like all of the songs by them the only thing that matters is how it makes you feel.

MrE | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/27/11

Maybe this song is really about any behavior that becomes habit forming and detrimental to ones existence. Perhaps we've all demonstrated the point of this song by trying to figure out what it means. :)

GREATEST BAND | Reviewer: michu | 5/27/11

TOOL is the greatest band that ever walked this planet. There is nothing out there like them. Swamp song is definitely one of their best. Seen them live twice. Maynard obviously sings warns about dangers of going into a swamp where you can get sucked in :). Peace..

Some guy | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/22/11

To the guy near the top.... I'm a Christian dude, and I don't value myself higher than anyone. I can admit I cuss and talk behind peoples backs, and sometimes even spite god because I'm angry. Don't go on the Internet and make a vague statement that makes you sound ignorant. Because most likely... You yourself are eyehole deep in muddy water, and don't know the full truth

my opinion | Reviewer: Mel | 12/1/10

If you've ever had the pleasure of dealing with a drug addict in your life, this song perfectly expresses the emotions felt during such an ordeal. The warnings that go unheard, the aggressiveness and pure stupidity, and "this bog is thick and easy to get lost in" represents the world/the streets/Life in general. Like most Tool songs, it's open to your own interpretation, but I feel this one deep with this issue.

looTTool | Reviewer: Anonymous | 4/1/10

When I first heard this song it reminded me of Christian extremists. They push their views and holier-than-thou attitude on everyone around them and want everyone to live by their standards. Dismissing scientific evidence and facts (evolution) "cause you're a dumb and belligerent fucker" Poking their noses and trying to get their hands in personal matters (Abortion clinics, euthanasia, gay marriage, etc.) "no one even invited you in". Intolerant and inconsiderate to other beliefs and religions "Why don't you watch where you're stumbling?" And getting caught up in their own arrogance,ego, and self-righteousness "This bog is thick and easy to get lost in."

tool is THE shyt! | Reviewer: marcus340 | 10/25/09

..i dont think its about someone in particular,or about fitting in..it can be a lot of things,my take on this is that he's talking about someone who gets into shit,is warned,doesnt give a shit about warnings given by buddies and family and sinks deeper,so the one giving the warning ends up just watching that person sink going"i told you so.."...a situation that just happens to everybody,but put together in a real nice way..Tool is my #1 band ..and will always be,they have such an honest straight forward way of expressing real life stuff,with hallucinatingly badass instrumentals

tool rock | Reviewer: that_one_guy | 7/3/08

first off tool is amazing, second this songs phenomenal, i think its about a person who is trying to fit in by acting like a complete fool, others tell this person to stop being a fool, but he does not listen, and tries to hang out ‚with people‚ somewhere but wasnt invited


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