Tool: The Pot Meaning
Song Released: 2006
The Pot Lyrics
You must have been out your head.
Eye hole deep in muddy waters,
You practically raise the dead.
Rob the grave to snow the cradle,
And burn the evidence down.
Soapbox house of cards and glass,
So don't go...
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#1 top rated interpretation:Jimmy Page made mention of Tool ripping off Led Zeppelin's MO in the use of sacred symbolism (see Zep IV). So here we have a lashing out at Page's hypocrisy as it is well know that Zeppelin ripped off (cozened meaning stolen) the blues (weeping Shades of cozened indigo) of Muddy Waters. Lemon Juice is mentioned in more than one Zeppelin song. It's evident if one follows through on this train of thought who the Kettle is, and who The Pot is. A scathing indictment of Page, and an admission by Tool that there is truly nothing new under the sun, only variations on a theme.
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#2 top rated interpretation:Generally speaking it is about hypocrisy.
"Pissed all over my black kettle" and "The Pot" Referring to the saying; "pot calling the kettle black".
More specifically it's about the hypocrisy of patronizing of marijuana users in the media leading towards unfair prosecution and misconceptions.
"Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent," refers to to a 'Kangaroo Court'.
"Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo,
Got lemon juice up in your...EYE!" Might mean falsely criticizing and getting away with by "hiding" behind some sort of moral symbolism (e.g.; The Bible, religion, etc).
The Pot might also be a play-on-words, also meaning pot or marijuana -
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#3 top rated interpretation:I think the best part about this song lies within its vague words; it could have been about any of the things mentioned, from marijuana to opiates to politics. That is a true sign of a good artist is that he gives the audience enough to get their head around it and interpret it in their own way. Phenomenal stuff.
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This a multifaceted song that can be interpreted in different ways. He wrote it that way on purpose. I do agree with Anonymous #1 rating on his/her opinion about a callout to Led Zeppelin in this song.
I've listened to this song many times and I just don't here the word cozened. I hear chosen. Don't believe me play at half speed and listen.
Weeping shades of chosen indigo....Muddy Waters a famous blues player....Lemon juice reference.
Even Jimmy Hendrix called them out for ripping people off. He's not the only one either.
Now I do agree that parts of the song can be interpreted as cannabis laws also. What's most important is how it relates to you and I think that's what Maynard did. -
Did you know pointing is rude? Well it is. And you should own up to your mistakes, you shouldn't go around putting blame onto other people. It is just wrong, and in a world where everyone points the blame on someone one else, you're just as guilty as everyone.
So owning up to your mistakes proves you're willing to make up for what you did wrong, if it truly was a mistake and you own up to it, who is really at fault? It was a mistake that you now learned from. Nobody is at fault when someone learns from their mistakes.
What does this song have to do with Marijuana? I don't see it, or governmental stuff. This is just a plain and simple, own up to your mistakes before you're eyehole deep in muddy water. You'll be practically raising the dead. -
Tool rocks. I've been all over the lyrics, still I am puzzled. I do not think black kettle is the pot calling the kettle black. I'm still trying to figure that out.This song has so many different alternatives, read into it what you want.
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I think...
It doesn’t matter what I think because ONLY the writer of the song knows what the hell he is saying and meaning with his chosen words.
That’s my two cents, regarding the non-sense, of those sniffing incense. Since my thoughts regarding the song are worthless, anything else I say is useless.
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Whatever you think this song is about one thing is made clear above everything else... It's a song about hypocrisy, whether that be democratic or Republic government, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, rich, poor, junkie, teetotalers, innocent or guilty we are all part of the kangaroo Court and all Point fingers, I believe the pot is the hypocritical world in which we live
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When I read these lyrics, I always think of the Salem Witch Trials. The Pot is a witch's symbol. Since no one really was a witch, if you were accused it was nearly impossible to prove you were not one, hence the kangaroo court hung the guilty and the innocent.
The witch trials were not stopped until the governor of the colony's wife was accused. Then the leaders of the colonial government put a stop to it. The government looked the other way until it affected them- eyeballs deep in muddy waters means they refused to see what was happening until then.
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Many of you are right. It can relate to multiple situations but certain words or phrases act as code that reveal the meaning. Tool uses symbolism in words, if that makes sense. Cozened indigo. Cozened= deceitful. Indigo= A plant used to make a dye. The dye can be artificially reproduced using the colors red and blue then adding white. Deceitful red white blue (American flag). The government punishrd those for minor things such as smoking pot. Play on words because it's much deeper than that.The pot calling the kettle black.... They punish while being guilty themselves, in much worse ways than the people they punish. This correlates with kangaroo as in kangaroo court in which when a clear verdict could not be agreed upon they would hang the accused, guilty or innocent. Much more to this song but it would take too long to explain. I'm just trying to clarify on the more complex lyrics people have trouble understanding.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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I thought I read somewhere that they were speaking about another coumtry soewhrre in Africa where the government locks a lot people up for weed. And it the soldiers who go out and arrest them. And all the soldiers smoke weed. It was years ago when I read this
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I'm completely perplexed that nobody has mentioned New Orleans and hurricane Katrina. The song has allways screamed the hypocrisys of all the authority figures who neglectfully stood trading accusations and placing blame on each other instead of helping the victims. The Pot being the Lower 9th ward.
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I believe tool are talking about a person in a mosh pit at one of there concerts. That was high on acid (lemon juice up in your eye) that was oblivious to message of tool and caused a ruckus. Going there to be cool and caused problems. Kangaroo juror with the innocent. As simple as that. Difficult to dance to this one till you pull it out, boy. You must of been high.
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Rob the Grave to Snow the Cradle... Anyone think he may be talking about Rob Graves from Cradle of Filth?
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Love music that makes people THINK!
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I think it's a double entendre, like they said before. Hypocrisy, drugs (weed), the government, mass misleading (media), etc.
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