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The spiritual light that we can actually comprehend. He came to set us free from the darkness, the evil, the legion. Christ is the center here, and Maynard really gets that across beautifully here.

EnterMyMind on April 28, MakeSense Don't agree that the song implies anything about Christ specifically. It's obvious that Legion is a biblical reference, but it's possible to make biblical references without implying that you are a Christian.

In the context of the song "Legion," the demon which is many, is intended to represent the opposite of oneness, the enemy: multiplicity of the mind, i. Thereby, the verse: "Silence, legion. MakeSense I mostly agree, but it's very obvious that the 'you' he's talking about is not just a part of himself.

It's something other than himself, because why else would he beg it to "shine down upon the broken, severed, and the many" and to "shine OUR way". Look, he's clearly talking about the division between God and humanity, something he pointed out in a different song as well: Right in Two.

In this song he even says "shine until the two become one". This separation between creation and creator bothers him a lot. He revisits this issue multiple times in multiple other songs as well. And when he refers to Legion he not only means materialistic and egotistical distractions, he also literally means Legion as described in the Bible.

Next time, be careful not to taint your understanding of a song with your own beliefs and wishes. He clearly says he is talking about a "benevolent sun" and I clearly indicated that. As far as other songs go, yes, he talks a lot about monkeys and angels and such in right in two, but he is clearly talking about a center within himself here and a benevolent sun. As indicated by the lines: "You, my piece of mind, my all, my center" and also: "Shine on forever, shine on benevolent sun" I am also aware that Legion is referred to in the Bible, and that's all well and good.

Congratulations for the Bible reference. Which by the way, are not referred to at all in this song. So how can you discern whether he was referring to the legion in the Bible or the legion in the world of warcraft? Sounds like you may be "tainting the song with your own beliefs and wishes" Also, I am unaware of how I am tainting this song with my "own interpretation" when how could I offer anything else other than my own interpretation?

It's not like you know Maynard personally, or any of us for that matter, and could confirm with undeniable proof what exactly Maynard was thinking. I wrote this 8 years ago and in that time it has helped a small number of people who were curiuos enough to search for it here gain slightly more understanding.

I am not the gospel truth and neither are you, this is our own interpretation whether you are aware of that fact or not. Next time you speak to your inner Maynard be sure not to believe everything he tells you. Cause you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

MakeSense I loved this interpretation. It was not personal, you made an amazing job keeping focused on the words themselves and not on the artist's personal context.

Maybe it could be driven by the loss of his mother who could be an important part of his "center" that he had to fight to keep after her absence from this world , but I really think that this is it about this song: our center is what drives us towards balance. It may include other people, or it may just be the whole experience as ourselves. THe beauty of this music is that it perfectly ressonates with a modern-age mantra.

Tool really are one of the most spiritual bands I have ever heard : DevilDontCry on October 30, MakeSense made an account just to dislike your interpretation. So what? It may resonate some feelings about the relationship he has with his mother, but it can also be interpreted individualistically, about the relationship I have with my daughter, for example. I have had moments of despising everything and everyone And I never will. I don't really want to buy into the arguments, and I won't be arguing at all.

However, it is very Interpreting the music that way, is not the real crime committed in and of itself A real fan of TOOL would recognize that the band members are individual people, complex in every way as you and I perhaps more the former than the latter , and the death of his mother is not the only thing that has ever happened in his life.

TOOL should be, in my opinion, afforded more respect for their artistic abilities than this sort of pigeon-hole, so many creepy "fans" want to place them in.

The name of the band is TOOL. They are a TOOL. Sometimes for aggression. Sometimes for reflection. Sometimes used for anger. Sometimes for sadness. But, the key message in so many songs, is to evolve. Mainly to evolve past the "Stinkfist" manner of living, which society throws on us. And, claiming you are a "real" TOOL fan and others are not, because they don't point every single thing, specifically, back to the death of his Mother, is nothing but a "Stinkfist", in my opinion.

There is a great interview with the band members in revolver magazine. They said they want people to make up their own interpretations to the music, and NOT try and analyze and pick apart the music to figure out what the song means to the band.

They said it. In the magazine, and it made me love them even more than I already did. Too many things art, music, poetry are picked apart, held under a microscope, beaten, and mutilated, by people trying to get out what meaning the author, writer, painter was trying to convey.

Well, sometimes the meaning is meant to stay with the author, writer, painter, etc. Instead of ruining the whole experience by being haughty, pompous, dick holes. Of course it's fin to have your own meaning and be curious and ponder what they were writing about, but when people can only see one side of it and then claim that others are not true fans I agree with you completely.

BillyChildress on January 12, General Comment Jambi is the name of the genie on the 80s show Peewee's Playhouse. That ties in with the whole "wish" theme. InfraRecon on April 28, Link. You've got it mate. Jambi is the genie that grants wishes. It was a children's programme, and it's about his losing his mother and his regret from being elsewhere all the time. Being occupied, consumed by the devil, his music career.

It's all about his regret and just wanting to be able to take it back, wish it all away. This album is probably the easiest, most face-value album out of all others. Namely Lateralus and AEnima. There are some deep hidden double things in those songs. These songs are all very heart felt, about the loss of his mum, his coming to terms with and accepting some level of spirituality.

Before she died, he hated religion, namely Christianity, because of his mum and her hypocritical, two-faced 'friends'. His mum was the only person that he ever felt a connection with, the only person he ever trusted. In love with the dark side I'd found.

Dabbling all the way down. Up to my neck, soon to drown. But you changed that all for me. Lifted me up. Turned me round. He felt he was drowning in his and everyone else's hatred, but she saved him from himself and the world. But too late. It was too late, and now, he's finally come to terms with everything, his mother's gone.

And he just wants to take her back, he realizes his mistake. Damn my eyes Damn my eyes if they should compromise our fulcrum if wants and needs divide me then I might as well be gone" Pretty self explanatory really.

Beautiful song. To really understand any one song, you have to listen to evry word on every song on days, and Judith, APC. It was a trading civilization, which means it was wealthy. It was ruled by Sultans. The last Sultan, hiding from Dutch invaders, ruled from a mountainous region. In Sanskrit "sri" means shining and "vijayan" means victory or excellence. He says "shine down" many times, and the song is about his victory over his dark side, or at least his ability to balance it.

How does he integrate this stuff into his songs? He is a true lyricist. Simply amazing! Take the fist stanza the feasting sultan part as it is. Just hear me out. He was sick of all that, so he began writing the "good songs," the Lateralus album, all the hopeful songs. So I would wish it all away. He prayed sometimes, while other times he was sinning and being the opposite of the other side of him.

You're my peace of mind, my home, my center I'm just trying to hold on Note that "peace of mind, home, and center" can all be seen as things inside oneself: your "home" is where you are comfortable being inside yourself, the others are fairly obvious. Want and need. Divide me then I might as well be gone. The good side of him is trying to open people's eyes to the world around them and the things inside them, and then it is devastated that what he has done so far hasn't made a dent.

He needs to do one thing, but wants to do another, and if he can't do both then he might as well not exist. The "benevolent son" needs to fix him and stitch him together, if you will. I know it's hugely different from the other interpretations,but I think this one makes the most sense. I also think it fits the song and lyrics much better.

Give it some thought and consideration. Verse one, he has it all, his dream has come true, he's accomplished his goal musically. He's overcome the "devil" inside himself, once in love with his dark side. He's overcome the self destructive devil. He prayed and begged to receive enlightenment or collective consciousness and through his lyrics cursed and shouted at the "devil" the dark inside him.

And then realizes he "got what he wanted all along" it was always there he just had to "see" it. It's his peace of mind, his home, it's everything without it nothing else matters, and trying to hold onto it is the struggle because of what we see and what is all around us it is hard to hold onto that divine consciousness.

The benevolent son is just metaphor for the divine light shining down upon him, "shine down upon the severed" all of us who are separated from each other and therefore separated from our connectedness our divinity.

For ex. Vicarious, it's all right there, no hidden messages there. Same with Right in Two. Just my take on it all. The lyrics to this song describe the sun and religion's duality concept of light vs. Almost every line reinforces this. When he's talking about "you" he's literally talking about the sun or God from the point of religion.

Night is dangerous, winter is harder to survive. Survive another season, fulcrum, center, pivot point of the earth's orbit.

Without the sun, no complicated life on earth can survive, hence he would wish it all away if he thought tomorrow would take it away. All of the wordly treasures cease to exist without the sun. Might seem kind of simple, but that's what I get. My interpretation: This song is about one he has loved very deeply. But within this world there are demons and devils that tempt us and bring us down the wrong path, he once found someone whom did their best to bring him out of this type of life.

So that he may be true and pure again, instead of tainted and tempted by these "Demons. So he is begging whomever is above us to give him once last chance with her. So that he may fix his mistakes and continue on in true.

So that he can hold his happiness within his hands and never let go. If he could have it his way, he would make it such. But he cannot, so he sits and prays, begs, and pleads with himself as well as her. So that he may prove and give up those demons for good.

For without her, he will be consumed by these demons. So he wishes and wishes for that last chance, and wants to make sure its memorable. So he will in the end, at the least, never be forgotten. This, like a lot of the songs off this album, is in reference to his then recently deceased mother. She was highly religious and a pillar for him growing up, a bright spot in a childhood that included abuse. From there you can hopefully understand his mindset, including that since she was religious, his lifestyle as a rock star may have seemed like the devil and his had him down.

After her death he realizes that all the success and prizes of his rock star lifestyle are something he would immediately give away just so she could be with him one more day. This song is about his son.

I can't remember if I read it in an interview, or saw him say it in an interview. But it's more or less how his son grounded him, or saved him if you will, and also how he feels about ever losing him. I believe that it has something to with religion, like other songs they made.

Just like the band A Perfect Circle, making songs like this.. Maynard is brilliant! He can write all these songs and they can be interpreted in several different ways.

I think that is true talent. Here is that reference to "you" again and it is positive. It is the reason he would wish away the fleshy outlook of the world. Tool is a very spiritual band and I can assure that the center referred to here is not a God, it is the center of himself. It his balance within Nature and this experience, his connection to "oneness" or the divine.

He holds his center to a higher respect than his entire external experience. Damn my eyes! If they should compromise the fulcrum" If his eyes should take him away from his fulcrum a reference to balance , then Damn them. Take away his ability to see in order to restore balance within himself. Like a sun, shine on forever beyond space and time.

Let balance be larger than your current experience. In order to fix the broken from their dark side, let their center awaken in them and fix the problem. Remember, the sun is a reference to the center. He's not actually saying let the sun shine light on us and somehow be fixed. The sun is within. Son you , holy spirit the light within , father god state - oneness. Everything in this world is either a 1 or a 0 just like in the Matrix movie, it's duality day-night, up-down, good-bad, without it we would not have this experience.

In the Matrix Neo gives up fighting his enemy and instead, lets his body merge with his enemy's. He gives up trying to make duality fight its other part, and instead lets the "two become one.