Tool: Intension (reverse) Meaning
Intension (reverse) Lyrics
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#1 top rated interpretation:I think this is just a poke at people who used to think metal/rock bands embedded satanic messages into their music (i.e. Stairway to heaven) so that when you spun the record backwards you could hear it. And taking that, the last thing you would expect to hear would be that jesus loves you.
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#2 top rated interpretation:to add a little to that, don't forget, Maynard isn't the only one in the band. they work as a team and take credit as a team, and I am sure they share a lot of the same views. just because Maynard is singing doesn't mean everything is about him. The members of Tool don't need to believe in christ to believe in god. I have heard (from a person who is a member of the golden dawn) that the members of the band are members of the OTO (ordo templi orientis). It's an order which is centered around the teachings of thelema (kind of like a mix of hermeticism, kabbalah, and various eastern mystery systems--the main goal of which is to enlighten the self and transcend and become in touch with the universe around you). The order is also related to the gnostics and celebrate the gnostic mass. before hearing that, I had been pretty sure after Lateralus came out that they were in the golden dawn due to the extremely hermetic nature of that album. both of these orders believe in a concept of a 'great divine', i.e. god.
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There is ABSOLUTELY something going on in Tool reversed lyrics. Third eye reversed and third eye live reversed practically sound the same. Bear it that there are a lot of differences. Third eye took an extensive amount of energyvto pull off. But to sing almost as perfect backwards live as studio? That leads me to the inclination to believe there is something very powerful about his lyrics. Go listen to H. Reversed. If you dont soon come to a descision about whether someone can make a song made to play it backwards AND forwards. If your not in an adventurous mood The Message To Harry Reversed is too much for you. It really gets to me when people dont open their eyes. Note: not every tool song is reverseable to defining levels. But H. Is. In fact Ænima itself is a double album. And if your interested in solving problem 8, get an audio program, and do some research. Tool definitely utilizes EVERY aspect that they can, when producing music.
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Tool is spiritual not religious if you could tell by a lot of their songs he believed there was jesus and a god but he thinks the stories were twisted around. Tool in my opinion do not blindly follow religions. A lot of their songs are about finding your true potential. This I believe is though is sarcasm
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I believe the lyrics 'pure as we begin' etc. are linked to this backwards message. He perhaps is implying that we are conditioned to behave by constantly being told these things. Our natural thought processes are inhibited from birth.
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I dont think you guys are truely interpreting this correctly. Why has no one recognized that it is played backwards? Perhaps its backwards because it is the "opposite" of what he wants us to think. If it were the true message it would not be worded backwards. Atleast thats how I interpret it.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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Haha it kind of reminds me of the scene in Beavis and Butthead Do America, where they're tripping in the desert and everything turns into a demonic looking hellhole. If you play the scene in reverse,Beavis clearly says "I suggest that everybody go to college, and study hard."
Most probably they are making fun of the whole idea of satanic messages being heard in songs when they are reversed. 10,000 days seems to me to be the most serious and sobering of all the Tool albums (in a good way :)),so it's good to see that they can still add a little subtle humor into their music. -
This is obvously not somthing that would come to mind when listening to this for the first time, but if you take it too literaly from the band you may miss the real message.
let me explain as best i can.
If you have ever seen a single tool music video, you will notice just a single scene can be packed full of symbolism! (ie. vicarous, etc.) to fully grasp the true message being delivered may require a state of mind that the band carries with them.
which brings me to a backwards message. Its simple, take everything being delivered to you, and reverse it again for its true meaning.
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I think 10,000 days was more of a tribute to his mother and her faith more than it is a tribute to Christianity.
Sure he uses a lot of metaphors from the bible, but that doesn't mean he is now Christian or theistic for that matter.
If you look deeper into the album he still uses things contrary to the bible and its teachings. For example referring to humans as monkeys in Right In Two, "we all feed on tragedy, its like blood to a vampire" in Vicarious, "the burden of proof {is} tossed upon the believer" in Wings for Marie Pt. 2, and the drug connotations present in the album go against religious teaching.
In addition, the band used metaphors from the bible since Aenema. In the song "H" he refers to a snake "looking to turn my piss to wine". I don't think anyone would argue that they were a religious or Christian Band back then. They are obviously interested in religion, and therefore use material from it to get certain points and feelings a crossed.
As to whether Intension backwards is sarcastic or not, I wouldn't know because I have never heard it played backwards and therefore have no frame of reference by how it sounds. -
"It's definitely sarcasm, Maynard and Adam and all the guys think that people should think for themselves not just listen to their parents views and follow the same old religion come one. And in Judith by APC Maynard says FUCK YOUR GOD so I'm pretty sure he's not Christian now."
Judith was written in like 2000. 10,000 days came out in 2006. 6 years and a mother passing can do a lot to change people's views on life and spirituality. -
I too thought Maynard (or whatever entity was/were producing the lyrics) couldn't be Christian, or theistic even, but if you look at the lyrics in wings for marie, or right in two... It is very Christian based. Talking about maynards mom saving him through her devout faith bringing to her divinity, and in right in two he mentions the angels on the sidelines, father blessed them all with free will... Think again about where his faith lies, and don't discount the fact that he may consider Christ, the bible itself, and the teachings as a metaphor for a greater concept. (some people do anyway.)
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I agree completely with the comment below. I don't believe in christ, and I adore tool like my blood, but I would say that Maynard seems to be going a little religious. And that's not to say that he has succumbed to organized religion, he has just come to the realization that maybe christ does exist and built on that. as for the reverse message? I think he was extraordinarily hurt by his mothers death especially since he had disagreed with what she believed in most his whole life. listen to judith (a perfect circle) and then listen to wings pt 2. maybe the reverse message is trying to tell people to be good to their parents, and avoid the pain he is in now.
"In my opinion he is not being sarcastic about this hidden message, if you look at all of the lyrics from 10000 days, I think Maynard is changing his views on christ, "give me my wings" -10000 days "repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven conscious of their fleeing time here." - right in two. "tempted the devil with my song, and got what I wanted all along, but i, i.. Would wish it all away." -jambi. I don't know guys, I'm not saying Maynard is a christian now, but what I am saying, Tool's lyrics never came to me as anti-christ as most of you would say, it always felt like Maynard was angry at christ, but he did believe there is a christ." -
It's definitely sarcasm, Maynard and Adam and all the guys think that people should think for themselves not just listen to their parents views and follow the same old religion come one. And in Judith by APC Maynard says FUCK YOUR GOD so I'm pretty sure he's not Christian now.
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In regards to Maynard coming to Christianity, you might also want to note the prank they played concerning release dates before when they claimed they wouldn't be recording anymore as Maynard had found Christ. Then the album dropped. Don't get fooled to easily, at the same time- maybe it has something to do with his mother's battle with cancer for 10,000 days. (shrug)
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In my opinion he is not being sarcastic about this hidden message, if you look at all of the lyrics from 10000 days, I think Maynard is changing his views on christ, "give me my wings" -10000 days "repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven conscious of their fleeing time here." - right in two. "tempted the devil with my song, and got what I wanted all along, but i, i.. Would wish it all away." -jambi. I don't know guys, I'm not saying Maynard is a christian now, but what I am saying, Tool's lyrics never came to me as anti-christ as most of you would say, it always felt like Maynard was angry at christ, but he did believe there is a christ.
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It's my opinion that Maynard is intentionaly being sarcastic with this hidden message, but who knows.
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