TOOL - Intension (Audio) 

I thought I was the only one lol

Don’t forget triad in that mix💪🏼🤘🏼👍🏼☮️💗

in what order would you recommend listening?

JohnP Not sure, but I know one thing, Disposition always first

@@j022082p For me it makes the most sense to go disposition, reflection, triad, intention. First three songs are made to flow into each other anyway. And intention being so calming fits nicely after Triad : )

@@jhaz89 long enough for maynard's warm wine & danny's rigid drumstick

@Travis B fear inoculum is great imo both song and album pneuma invincible & 7empest also amazing.

@Travis B What the fuck are you talking about? "Crawl Away" and "Swamp Song" are both great songs, but even if you don't like them, you couldn't remove them from the album because they flesh out the theme of the album, which is about control, specifically the feeling of helplessness when you dony have control. And they use water as a metaphor for this. "Undertow" is a fantastically daring concept album, because most concept albums focus on telling a narrative, but this one focuses on exploring an emotion and all the consequences of that, from broken relationships, resentment, drug abuse, relapse, child sexual abuse, coerced sodomy and loss of faith. "Crawl Away" is about losing someone and having no control over the fact that they are leaving, despite doing everything you can to make them stay. And this leads to wanting to kill them if you can't have them. Or you can read it as wishing you could be the one to betray them instead of vice versa, thus restoring your sense of control. "Swamp Song", I believe, is very obviously about addiction, but could be about any self destructive behavior, including a toxic abuser who hurts anyone they're in a relationship with. And again, here we see the water metaphor, with the swamp, bog, wading and quick sand. He is saying, "Don't follow me, or it will destroy you," but ultimately, when he realizes they won't listen, his feelings turn to anger, as they did in "Crawl Away" and as they often do on the album. That's why he calls them a "dumb ass belligerent fucker, I hope it sucks you down." Again, not only does he not have control over what's happening to him, he also has no control over the person who's following him in. And water again is the metaphor for this. So you see, these two songs are indispensable to the album. In the same way, "Fear Inoculum" is vital for setting the tone on that album.

@Travis B First of all, this album is "10,000 Days". Second, I've heard other people parrot your same response, and it makes zero sense. I couldn't find anything on "Fear Inoculum" that sounded like they were retreading old material. Yes, it still has a distinctive style, but that's great. If the album had sounded nothing like them, people would complain way worse. And anyway, the time signatures and polyrhythms on the album are completely unique, unlike anything they've ever done before. In fact, the album actually strays away from their previous work by not building songs around a riff, but instead the songs are built around different rhythms. "Pneuma" is a fantastic example of this, where during the intro the drums actually foreshadow the melody that is to come, not just the rhythm but the drums are also playing the notes of the melody, which is really amazing and not something I remember ever hearing before. The way time signatures and rhythms and polyrhythms are used on this album is really amazing. "Invincible" is a great example of this. The songs has these moments where the guitar, bass and drums are all playing in different time signatures, but as they repeat, they eventually catch up with each other so they land on the same beat, at which point the drums change time to match the guitar and bass before they all stop and allow for silence to take over before bursting forth once more playing together in a perfect 4/4. All of the off beat stuff before builds a tremendous amount of tension so that when we hit 4/4 it feels amazingly satisfying. Something very similar happens in "Pneuma" during the verse which builds up to the chorus which actually doesn't have any lyrics, kind of like "Seven Nation Army". The verse is offbeat and tense and it builds this pressure which is release when the chorus kicks in. It took me a little while, but after listening to this album a lot, I do believe it is their greatest album of all time. It seems that this is the peak they've been building toward all along and they've finally perfected their sound. "Pneuma", and "Invincible" are definitely two of the greatest songs they've ever written. "Fear Inoculum" and "Descending" are both great and fit perfectly in their places on the album. "Culling Voices" appears to be the weakest among them out of the gate, but again, when you view it from its place on the album, it fits perfectly. And "7empest" is just a straight up jam, something unlike anything we've ever heard from them before. I can dance to that song. The album is a 10/10.

@Travis B I also said that it could very well mean betray and not kill. Thanks for reading my wall of text and being respectful.

Lucky! You saw Fear Inoc Tour? Their show in Raleigh will be the first Tool/APC/Pusifer show I will never see since '94! 600$ ticket! Damn why do I have to be an old transient lady? Can't get in like the old days.. Not sure about this streaming shit...

I got to see them in Atlanta, I went back and gave this a listen myself and i have to say it's probably my favorite. It starts out fast and raw but you still get the whole encompassed view by the time you get to Wings For Marie. Its fucking ridiculously amazing!

Yes same! I did not give 10000 days enough attention back in the day. Hearing Jambi live made me realize I used to skip over far too many of those tracks.

I had the same epiphany. On a side note, Pneuma live was the greatest live performance I have ever seen.

I saw them on acid in Memphis back in January.

Wings of Marie part 2

@@jorlon17 yeeee

Disposition 😐 yes

it's very shroomy

in my opinion lateralus is even more "ritualistic" because of how simmetrical it sounds, but yeah 10,000 its very hypnotic, also more dark

Lush and dark is a great great way to put it

Those drums are otherworldly

This álbum, made up when a state Of concience relativement conscient To a creative rolling whit a message , message trascendentaL, by a particular person, recipe individualment .!!!!?" ... ... ... ...

Lol whut?

@@jebushwplainview9453 lol he should have said forgotten, because not many people talk about this song, is true.

I am, yes.

Ι guess the rest of the album is forgotten

I meant to say forgotten

The bass line, coupled with the congos and vocal melody, is absolutely brilliant. This isn't a song. This a life experience that you need to experience in a darkened room with headphones. It's beautiful in so many ways.

What about Triad?

@@IlBalivoDiUzhitz Triad is good, but not as good as Intension. In my opinion, of course.

MrMichaelXX along with patient

It would be if it weren't for that horrible skittering drum track that pops in at about 4:44, spoiling the mood. It doesn't ruin the song, but it definitely drops it from A tier to B tier

Agreed

You really need to use headphones to fully get it

@@MantraHerbInchSin 😩

You are probably fucking right. I was just telling my dog, that the bass was sick right there. But I've been drinking all day and he just looks puzzled. But that shit shook my house. Justin walked within a foot of me in Detroit Nov 2019, at the concert and I didn't even pay attention nor process it, until someone said, "hey fucker, you spent the big bucks to get 2nd row, and you don't even acknowledge Justin Chancellor nearly side swiping ya?

Jambi better imo. wanted the song to be enjoyable to me but sadly it’s kinda not

❤

Do we all begin the same?

I think you are wrong, I think it's about how we can corrupt a pure persons (childs) mind by influencing it so his doing are our doings. There are multiple parts of this song that sound like its about growing up and here is the line "Pure as WE begin" as humans

poi-son Very true,, your fate is built upon what others give you. No matter how rich you are it must come from someone’s hands.

Maybe obvious to some but not everybody. What you describe in your comment, it's all about the "Intention" for those things, as we define them.

Molnár S. Péter That’s the beauty of this song. There is no right or wrong interpretation, even the interpretation or original meaning that this song was given.

Their creative musical process indeed have magic going on, I wouldn't called it black though.

@@Qliphirot r/woosh. Jk. You're right, it's white magic

@@jhaz89 hurrduur

@@Qliphirot ever done DMT?

@@jhaz89 Yeah, I found out about Tool because of DMT. I've done through drinking ayahuasca, which is easy available for everyone over here.

🎆

I’ll be honest the bit with electro drums is a damn mess. Other than that it’s good stuff

I just see my origins. Not my ancestral origins per se, just the origins of what I am: human. And I am surrounded by other humans. Humans hate, but I don't hate. It makes me feel alien. But to avoid the deep pits of arrogance, I realize I am also human, and that I can also hate. Pure as I begin, move by will alone, I choose to build. Others choose to destroy. Just sides of the same coin. I may not see shapes and geometry from music without psychedelics, but I perceive concepts and connections as if those things had a separate sensory organ. In other words, it's just humbling to be reminded, that I am just human. Keyword: just. There's nothing special about being human, but our choices can be special anyway. Move by will alone.

I Am We, WE are not human we are spirit @@gandalf8216

I just got a new Gibson Les Paul and I can finally get the tone right!

I meditate at least 1x a day for 30min to 4 tool songs. 1. Viginiti Tres 2. Disposition 3. Intension 4. Pneuma Really helps me space out, relax, cleanse and reconnect. Breathwork and smoking a little herb makes for a GREAT experience :)

But this song also bridges into Right In Two perfectly, harmony - wise. It's so satisfying, and I can't listen to Right In Two without listening to this first!

@@guitarded927 will try that minus the herb +

This song is one of my favourite parts of the album.

@@JohnSmith-sl6uq its the best!

I thought it was Curious we begin... 🤓

the lyrics are describing the fall of man, and how transmuted the spark of the divine, turning it into fire to craft weapons and artificial layers of sin, this is the real meaning behind lucifer, from light to iron

You have a Muslim name with a Hindu profile picture but also knows more about the biblical Lucifer than 99% Christians. I’m so confused lol

@@YOUSSEF9587 in theory can't we reverse this process? Become pure and transmute the fire to make it as a weapon against Satan.

@@DMTmates it is possible, otherwise there wouldn't be any religion, that's the primary purpose of human existance is transmute this fire which descended to manisfest in form, this purifying fire of christ exists in all of us and can be activated through intense practices and initiation into the alchemical stages to built the philosopher's stone this is symbolized by the 7 heavens/alchemical stages the seeker need to pass through to return to the source, at the end humanity shall be reborn a new sun with the innocence of the child

Fresh Heat when i first heard it, i imagined myself on my deathbed. thinking of all my mistakes in life so far, looking down apon myself, all of the time ive wasted on everything

@@jamestrevino3124 damn... nicely conveyed there. Somethings to thinks abouts...

@@jamestrevino3124 tool literally make you look and evaluate yourself as a human being....

When I hear that guitar part come in, I imagine a old man with leathery skin standing on a dune of a vast desert. When justin's bass part comes in, I imagine large tree creatures coming into the desert. Then when Danny plays the robotic drum solo with clicks and buzzes, I imagine the robots that humanity has created, entering the scene, and lining up for battle. Then they have a massive war with nature in the middle of the desert.

@@bareloots9488 It's strange because the authors of the music just say it's nonsense (edit: a lot of the time, at least). Not sure if they're just being self-critical or calling us dumb for finding meaning in their music. Oh well. Such is life

Mark Pilla A1 parenting

My aon will be here tomorrow. I'm going to do the same

Wings for marie pt 2 is like a lullaby to my son.

Omg yes!!

Be careful with that or he'll ascend and start flying around in the lotus position

Damn, that’s pretty smart

Does that mean we will get a song called Tension some day?

@@nathanlaing8441 maybe. I just hope we get more music at some point, lol.

Love Mr. Bungle and Tool both 🎸🤘🏼🥁

Yeah and those lyrics

@@Faks.09 Whenever I read the news, and the morons beats the drums of war, I wish the world could seriously take these lyrics seriously.

👏👏🔥🔥💪💪

It’s VERY underrated. It was a different version of them I feel like

​@@chrispierce5453 Well every album was that, sure. But this album truly feels like putting your ear to a whole different world...

Strange, but weather experience by the prodigy gives me the same feelings

That's pretty badass man

*again

Absolutely amazing sober, amazing at the peak of a trip with n20 , just unexplainable, but everything seems to make sence in that short unknown time 🕉

Never done ayahuasca, but I have smoked DMT twice in Colorado. Way difference experience from I’ve heard but it is crazy. Listening to this album completely through on a high dose of LSD or mushrooms is amazing too.

I don't need drugs or anything Tool IS my drug

@@ranos9228 same

i wouldnt say it was random lol ;>

Ayahuasca? Wow! Greetings from Peru haha

i usually don't care for these comments and i never think about this for myself but i honestly think this may be my pick as well.

I want the last riff of Reflection to be played at my funeral

you alive yet?

Beautiful and unraveling are the perfect words. Pure genius.

Salute to a fellow Afghanistan Vet and Tool fan! I was there in 2020. Music in my room after a long days work was always a pleasure and treat. Still is!

Thank you

Thank u for ur service bro 💯🔥 also that's the power of music

great pick

yes

There's still a chance. They've made a point of saying they keep just about everything they write for another day... So if they ever revisited this style some time in the thirteen years in between albums... They still have it

Feet Inspector I guess you forgot your pen huh

@@sillygily4435 shit the bed

holy fvck thiz iz zo fvnny in a brilliant divine way

It reminds me of the wii menu theme

Couldn't agree more

@@wyattburns1736 no, more like the wii u theme

yes

I wonder why. ;)

Ah the beauty of music and subliminal messages

Weird, me too...

LMFAO

This song makes me wanna ask my teacher for extra credit lol

Let the gift flow through you. Every gift has a price and you may or may not know that yet. My price was the void would look at me. Study as much as you can. Even outside of school. Ik you shouldn’t let yourself be grasped by materialistic things, but it isn’t what you’re learning. It’s what it’s doing. Your brain will develop and become healthy. With a healthy mind you can see to make your body healthy. With that you can allow your true potential to show. Grow the seed that will grow into the answer if you so choose to feed a nurture it. Then plant it in others. Don’t give the answers away. Ik it’s hard to do but when you just say it, people think you’re crazy. Also don’t believe in just one thing. Take everything into consideration and will it together. Find the medium. See this side and the other together. Wether or not the world we’re living in is real or not. It’s still part of the one we don’t see.

@@dontworryitsboringhyytfvdf3436 I'm taking your reply as a sign because those are the things I have been doing but have been hasty about doing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and some tips. Have a great day

There's nothing more to teach you young one

Wait till you experience tool on DMT....

you're on the right track, kid. Don't lose sight.

You gotta listen to tool in the entirety of the album to truly experience it

Really weird song to play, isn't it ? It's a good harmonic practice, though.

Me too

@@darkySp Its not that hard, its just practice

@@juliocmarquess I said weird, not hard. I got it down for a day. It's just a good song to practice your harmonics, so you don't mute them or leave them too open.

but Disposition is an older song... Intension is the grandchild

Always thought I preferred disposition but I've been listening to intention non stop recently. Just something about it

@@nacazcultx No I understand that, but the artists were older when they made this so I think of it as older.. and when I'm drunk as hell staring at the 10,000 days album art I like to think it's the man from Lateralus whose third eye has opened for 10,000 days and he's aged 10,000 days with all the knowledge of the universe and is now some sort of ancient deity because of the weight of that knowledge. Just my experience 🤘

@@Burnzy494959 Thats a really interesting interpretation!

Yes

There's nothing outside of reality that reality can be compared against. It's like a self-contained infinite house of mirrors with no original definite image. So, since it can't be any one thing in particular, it takes on the shape of everything and it just dreams forever. Don't worry about anything, you are entirely natural and belong here and the character you've told yourself you are doesn't really exist but the deep down part of you will be doing this forever, the good and bad. Every now and then throughout eternity you'll wake up again and remember all this stuff and other times you'll get lost in all the stories. Be cool, shut the fuck up, and pay attention!

@@shem269 I want to experience myself in my fullness . I intuit I love so fucking profound filled with love and gratitude I can’t even speak about it properly but I know it’s there and I want angels to pick me up for a prayer I’ve been praying for . I get that we’re extended image of god . I want to experience myself for what I AM . In this lifetime then come back and lift humanity up knowing I can do all things . Yea it’s a tall order I get it .

@@Aum_shantishantishanti111 I know how you feel man. It's so hard to put into words but I swear it feels like I had this stuff figured out even when I was a little kid. So many questions amd so many doubts though, it drives you nuts! I just hope it's all true and there is a meaning to all this and I hope when we die there's not just nothing.

A trip to another dimension

Was looking for this comment

this plus the next song and you are out of this world

It seems to me a cleansing ritual. Pure as we begin, no matter what we’ve done. That or a tongue in cheek remark toward a harsh truth that sinners are of God the same as those begotten.

your supposed to listen to the whole albums at a time. thats what the guy who showed me tool said atleast and it does change the way you view each song i think they are all chapters of a bigger story

Speaking of Halo, I bought the Master Chief Collection about a month ago and finally finished all of the Halo games. Great games

Halo 2 is tight

A lot of the music from halo 1 has some aenima vibes for sure

Listened to this during a DMT trip, thought god was talking to me. one of the most powerful experiences of my life.

@@VoraxUmbralol

Hard agree with everything here 🤘!!

Doesn't have that awful airhorn effect to it, tho. But for some reason I want to see the mashup.

Yes, the beautiful Life / Planet Earth montage went so well with the music. I'm devastated that it was taken down, it was probably my favourite video on YT. Like my therapy session.

Real Tool fans remember the snail video for "The Pot" too lol

@@eustacebagge7869 yeah, with 70m views

😂😂 that was a pretty good one there Chief Sitsnpees

@@coryjohnson2486 close. But it's actually shitsnpees. To reveal the primitive nature we all carry inside of us

@@jesseg.3371 u know girls don’t poop tho right? They pee extra to make up for it. That’s what I’ve heard anyway.

Based

Hey, if my dad wants to move you he Will!!!

just perfect, isnt it

such an underrated transition

Those last notes are just pure bliss. Bittersweet makes you want to shed a tear while smiling