Tool: Die Eier Von Satan Meaning

Die Eier Von Satan Lyrics

Die Eier von Satan

Eine halbe Tasse Staubzucker
Ein Viertel teaspoo Salz
Eine Hash-türkischen knifetip
Ein halbes Pfund Butter
Ein Teelöffel Vanille-Zucker
Ein halbes Pfund Mehl
150 g gemahlene Nüsse
Ein wenig extra Staubzucker
... und...

1. SheddingSkin

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   Nov 17th 2008 !⃝

   I read something recently that I didn't know. First off, this is for sugar cookies which DO require eggs. Ever tried to bake something that requires eggs without eggs? It falls flat and doesn't hold together. The jews referred to themselves in this way. The world without jews would be like tying to cook without eggs. So in light of that, Hitlers attempt to exterminate the jews would be like trying to cook with no eggs making a world thats flat and uncohesive. A bash on Nazi-ism? Perhaps . . .
2. Myownbitch

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   Sep 9th 2008 !⃝

   Is Maynard Religious?
3. anonymous

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   Sep 1st 2008 !⃝

   I'm a riddle in nine syllables,an elephant,a ponderous house,a melon stolling on two tendrils, o red fruit, ivory, fine timbers!
4. anonymous

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   Aug 25th 2008 !⃝

   Well it is as simple as this, people hear the name of satan and go berserk. I think its a test, people who are truly intellectual will research it, and find its harmless, but the fools will not even bother because they'll assume its satanic, its funny really how dumb people can be
5. anonymous

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   Jun 11th 2008 !⃝

   Holy crap. whats going on. There's so many bloody different interpretations in this thread that boil down to the same thing, my interpretation would be that everything isn't as it seems sound like a nazi rally? don't think so just a recipe for cookies
6. anonymous

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   May 3rd 2008 !⃝

   I don't know I anyone already have said this already but I will say it anyway. The eggs shouldn't really not be in the cake, because the singer almost screams it in the end, and the thing with satan's balls is a way of telling that the eggs really are bad and does not belong in the cake. not that. So the song is just about a cookie recipe and the holy rule is no eggs.
7. anonymous

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   Apr 28th 2008 !⃝

   Forgot to add, maybe Zac was right with the implication 'Satan has no balls'

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
8. anonymous

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   Apr 28th 2008 !⃝

   I think I agree with zac and kcp, it's an inside joke. The german dialect with the heavy machine like music behind it is meant to it sound more evil, or 'nazi' than it is. It's just a cookie recipe.
9. anonymous

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   Apr 24th 2008 !⃝

   No you stupid people who are saying it is a joke. Have you ever heard a tool song where they haven't carefully chosen every single word? They like to put several meanings in each sentence. I interpret it as this
   
   On face value we hear a loud, confident but dark german voice and in the background a cheering crowd at certain intervals. This makes us immediately think of Hitler. I don't think anyone disagrees with me so far (and if you do then go back to the primordial slime you woke up in).
   
   Then on closer inspection we see that the lyrics are actually a recipe for hash cookies. This is where people get confused where the joke is placed in the song because in the recipe he constantly draws attention to NO EGGS and a background crowd cheers every time he sais "und keine eier" meaning 'and no eggs'. If the joke was simply that it sounds like Hitler but is actually just a recipe then why would the crowd only cheer when he sais this. Surely they would shout at random times. This is the clue that the eggs refer to the jews. The joke in this song is that we hear Hitler, then on closer inspection hear only a recipe for hash cookies, then on even closer inspection we hear Hitler again and when he sais he means no jews. So you see this idea of a perfect Cookie consisting of now eggs is a parallel to Hitler's idea of a perfect society containing no jews. The title is a it hazy as to the viewpoint of it (who is satan) but I see that it is from the view of Hitler and to him the jews are Satan and as he refers to them as the spherical egg they are the balls of satan. Thankyou.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
10. anonymous

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    Jan 20th 2008 !⃝

    It's simple, joke-like even. people who don't think about it have one interpretation (nazi, antisemitism sort of deal) and people who do their research know otherwise, its a hash cookies recipe. Stop taking yourselves so seriously. chill and enjoy the joke.
11. anonymous

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    Dec 12th 2007 !⃝

    I think this song is, in part, supposed to point out the fact that we are all extremely conditioned (hence the fact that at first listen, most perceive this as 'evil' in some way or another). I think that the band wishes for their listeners to move past their lifelong conditioning and preconceived judgments, and to attempt to see things for what they 'really are,' in other words, to find your own means to meaning, instead being influenced by others' ideals, directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously...
    
    Just my opinion.
12. anonymous

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    Dec 2nd 2007 !⃝

    I am German and although I know how quick people all over the world thing of nazis and Hitler when they hear "Germany", I was shocked what could be interpret into a simple song, just because of the language!
    
    As I first heard this song, the content was totally clear, a recipe for cookies, so there wasn't so much space for interpretation, and I wondered, why there is a song like this on the album, but now after reading this, it seams clear: it shows that you can interpret the worse into a totally harmless song, just because of little things like the language.
13. anonymous

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    Oct 30th 2007 !⃝

    Zaq, this recipe normally calls for Eggs. Hashish cookies usually have eggs.
    But instead they say an incantation.
    Which is why they continually say AND NO EGGS.
    You fail at this buddy :p
14. Zaq

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    Sep 27th 2007 !⃝

    "Message To Harry Manback" (with some parts spoken in Italian) is an actual message from Keenan's answering machine. Carey tells the story of some Italian guy who showed up at Keenan's house while one of his roommates was on the road. This guy claimed he had permission to stay at the house. When the roommate was finally contacted, they found out this definitely wasn't the case. In the meantime, the unwelcome house guest had eaten all their food and run up their phone bill. After they gave him the boot, he called the answering machine and left the message contained in "Message to Harry Manback." Our of all the segues and songs on the album, Carey says that one gets the most inquiries. "No one knows for sure if it's for real or not," he says.
    That and the German segue, "Die Eier Von Satan." A spoken word piece in German that sounds very violent and Facist, when translated, is actually a recipe for Mexican wedding cookies! The dichotomy between the two songs is perplexing. Carey says "Message To Harry Manback" sounds like it could be a love poem, when in reality it's a death threat, while "Die Eier Von Satan" sounds Facist, but in reality it is totally innocent. Once again, things are not as they seem. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair."
    
    
    (From an article I found on toolshed.com)
    
    ~Zaq~
15. anonymous

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    Sep 24th 2007 !⃝

    I do agree that looking for a deep, hidden, esoteric type meaning in this song would be a waste of time. Tool do have a sense of humour you know! I think the title is just a colloquialism for space cakes, presumably very strong ones! ;)
    I think the idea is very straightforward. The style of the song I think is to remind us of how easily we can be led to be prejudiced. Who can honestly say, without reading the translation first, that they didn't think of Nazi Germany? I know I was surprised when I found out it was about baking. I didn't think I was prejudiced in any way but it just goes to show that our culture has an influence over even the most moral people.

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