by
Angie
on Sat 06 Mar 2010 08:06 AM CST
Being on Facebook, I find myself chuckling at the people, usually girls under 18, who constantly post song lyrics. They are most often songs about love, heartbreak, and not-quite-sex, and all of those other chemically induced reactions that are confused with emotions. It's all so sweet and optimistic! However, once in awhile, song lyrics describe something more accurately than us non-poets can verbalize.
Maynard James Keenan of Tool, not to mention A Perfect Circle, isn't afraid to put pen to paper and kick us all in the teeth with reality. He says the things that most of us know are true, but are too afraid or embarrassed to utter aloud. And he phrases these concepts so eloquently. I imagine if there is a god and/or other heavely beings, this is how they see us:
"Right In Two"
Angels on the sideline,
Puzzled and amused.
Why did Father give these humans free will?
Now they're all confused.
Don't these talking monkeys know that
Eden has enough to go around?
Plenty in this holy garden, silly monkeys,
Where there's one you're bound to divide it.
Right in two.
Angels on the sideline,
Baffled and confused.
Father blessed them all with reason.
And this is what they choose.
And this is what they choose...
Monkey killing monkey killing monkey
Over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys give them thumbs,
They forge a blade,
And where there's one
they're bound to divide it,
Right in two.
Right in two.
Monkey killing monkey killing monkey.
Over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys give them thumbs.
They make a club.
And beat their brother, down.
How they survive so misguided is a mystery.
Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven conscious of his fleeting time here.
Cut it all right in two
Fight over the clouds, over wind, over sky
Fight over life, over blood, over prayer,
overhead and light
Fight over love, over sun,
over another, Fight...
Angels on the sideline again.
Benched along with patience and reason.
Angels on the sideline again
Wondering when this tug of war will end.
Cut it all right in two
RIGHT IN TWO!
Right in two...