Stinkfist (By Tool)
Something has to change.
Un-deniable dilemma.
Boredom's not a burden
Anyone should bear.
Constant over stimu-lation numbs me
and I wouldn't have
It any other way.
It's not enough.
I need more.
Nothing seems to satisfy.
I don't want it.
I just need it.
To feel, to breathe, to know I'm alive.
Finger deep within the borderline.
Show me that you love me and that we belong together.
Relax, turn around and take my hand.
I can help you change
Tired moments into pleasure.
Say the word and we'll be
Well upon our way.
Blend and balance
Pain and comfort
Deep within you
Till you will not have me any other way.
It's not enough.
I need more.
Nothing seems to satisfy.
I don't want it.
I just need it.
To feel, to breathe, to know I'm alive.
Knuckle deep inside the borderline.
This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to.
Relax. Slip away.
Something kinda sad about
the way that things have come to be.
Desensitized to everything.
What became of subtlety?
How can it mean anything to me
If I really don't feel anything at all?
I'll keep digging till
I feel something.
Elbow deep inside the borderline.
Show me that you love me and that we belong together.
Shoulder deep within the borderline.
Relax. Turn around and take my hand.
Some of you are probably wondering what this is. Well for those of you who don't know it's a song by a band called Tool. Yes I do listen to them. They are oft times an offensive band, stepping on peoples ideals and beliefs, this song is about society however. On the surface... if you look at the title and read through the lyrics, this is a song about a depraved sexual act. That's only on the surface. If you look at it with out that idea in your head it's about societies drive for more and more extreme forms of.... entertainments, lifestyles, pursuits. Look at t.v. for the past 50 years, how has it changed? Has it gotten more extreme? What about cars and what the cars can do? Music? Cinema? This is song is about how we as a society can't and won't be satisfied by what we're given. We need more.
Don't think I'm preaching... I'm not... Just recognizing. I'm as guilty as anyone, maybe more so. Do I think I can do something about it? About the overindulgence and extreme forms of entertainment? No... not for society. I'm not even sure if this is the cause of societies degeneration or the effect of it, I'm inclined to think the later. What should we do to? Continue on as we always have? or fight to change? I don't know. I'm not sure what it is we would even hope to change. If it's not the cause then it's the effect and I don't know what the effect is. Perhaps the first step is recognition. Well I've recognized this, now what? If I go against the trends of society, and reject the idea of more and more, then this society that I live in will label me a fruit, a nutjob. If I don't, then I'm being a hypocrite aren't I? This is all me being to simplistic. I can't change societies problems alone, why should I care?
Ahhh, but then... that's apathy.
posted by F.G. Shaw @ 4:27 AM
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