10,000 DAYS
10,000 Days 2006
2006 (Volcano II/Tool Dissectional: US)
cd: 82876-81991-2
01. Vicarious 7:08
02. Jambi 7:30
03. Wings for Marie (part 1) 6:13
04. 10,000 Days (Wings, part 2) 11:15
05. The Pot 6:24
06. Lipan Conjuring 1:13
07. Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann) 3:48
08. Rosetta Stoned 11:13
09. Intension 7:23
10. Right in Two 8:57
11. Viginti Tres 5:02
10,000 Days Lyrics
01- Vicarious
Eye on the TV, 'cause tragedy thrills me.
Whatever flavor it happens to be, like...
"Killed by the husband."
"Drowned by the ocean."
"Shot by his own son."
"She used a poison in his tea, then kissed him goodbye."
That's my kind of story.
It's no fun till someone dies.
Don't look at me like I am a monster.
Frown out your one face, but with the other...
Stare like a junkie into the TV.
Stare like a zombie, while the mother holds her child.
Watches him die. Hands to the sky crying, "Why, oh why?"
Cause I need to watch things die from a distance.
Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies.
You all need it too, don't lie.
Why can't we just admit it?
Why can't we just admit it?
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing.
Neither the brave nor bold will write us the stories told,
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing.
I need to watch things die from a good safe distance.
Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies.
You all feel the same, so why can't we just admit it?
Blood like rain come down.
Drum on grave and ground.
Part vampire.
Part warrior.
Carnivore and voyeur.
Stare at the transmittal.
Sing to the death rattle.
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
Credulous at best, is your desire to believe in angels in the hearts of men.
Pull your head on out your hand please,
and give a listen...
Shouldn't have to say it all again.
The universe is hostile, so impersonal.
Devour to survive, so it is, so it's always been.
We all feed on tragedy.
It's like blood to a vampire.
Vicariously, I live while the whole world dies.
Much better you than I...
02 - Jambi
Here from the king's mountain view.
Here from the wild dream come true.
Feast like a sultan, I do, on
treasures and flesh never few.
But I wish it all away if I thought I'd lose you just one day.
The devil and his had me down.
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.
So I would wish this all away.
Prayed like a martyr dusk to dawn.
Begged like a hooker all night long.
tempted the devil with my song.
And Got what I wanted all along.
But I would wish it all away...
no prize that could hold sway or justify my giving away my center.
If I could I'd wish it all away if I thought tomorrow would take you away.
You, my peace of mind,
my all, my center, just trying to hold on one more day.
Damn my eyes if they should compromise the fulcrum
(if) wants and needs divide me then I might as well be gone
Shine on forever. Shine on benevolent sun.
Shine down upon the broken. Shine until the two become one.
Shine on forever. Shine on benevolent sun.
Shine down upon the severed. Shine until the two become one.
Divided, I'll wither away. Divided, I'll wither away.
Shine down upon the many. Light our way, benevolent sun.
Breathe in union. Breathe in union. Breathe in union. Breathe in union.
Breathe in union so as one survive another day and season.
Silence legion, save your poison. Silence legion. Stay out of my way.
03 - 10,000 Days (Pt 1 Wings for Marie)
You... You...
You believed.
You believed in movements none could see.
You believed in me.
A passionate spirit,
Uncompromised.
Boundless and open.
A light in your eyes.
Then immobilized.
Broken... Broken...
Fell at the hands of those movements that I wouldn’t see.
Yet it was you who prayed for me so
What have I done to be a son to an angel?
What have I done to be worthy?
Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescents.
Difficult to see you in this light.
Please forgive this selfish question, but
What am I to say to all these ghouls tonight?
"She never told a lie,
Well, might've told a lie.
But never lived one.
Didn’t have a life.
Didn’t have a life.
But surely saved one."
See? I'm alright.
Now it’s time for us to let you go.
04 - 10,000 Days (Pt 2)
Listen to the tales and romanticize
How we'd follow the path of the hero.
Boast about a day when the rivers overrun.
How we'd rise to the height of our halo.
Listen to the tales as we all rationalize
Our way into the arms of the savior.
Feigning all the trials and the tribulations,
But none of us have actually been there.
Not like you...
Ignorant siblings and the congregation
Gather 'round spewing sympathy.
Spare me.
None of them can even hold a candle up to you,
Blinded by choice, these hypocrites won't see.
But enough about the collective Judas.
Who could deny you were the one who illuminated
Your little piece of the divine?
This little light of mine,
A gift you passed on to me.
I'm gonna let it shine
To guide you safely on your way.
Your way home.
What are they going do when the lights go down
Without you to guide them all to Zion?
What are they going to do when the rivers overrun,
Other than tremble incessantly?
High is the way, but all eyes upon the ground.
You were the light and the way that they'll only read about.
I only pray Heaven knows when to lift you out.
Ten thousand days in the fire is long enough.
You're going home.
You're the only one who can hold your head up high.
Shake your fist at the gates saying:
"I have come home.
Now fetch me the spirit, the son, and the father.
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.
It's time now, my time now.
Give me my, give me my wings."
"Give me my,
Give me my,
Give me my,
Give me my,
Give me my,
Give me my wings."
You are the light, a way
That they will only read about.
Set as I am in my ways and my arrogance.
Burden of proof tossed upon the believers.
You were my witness, my eyes, and my evidence.
Judith Marie.
Unconditional one.
Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescents.
Difficult to see you in this light.
Please forgive this bold suggestion,
But should you see your maker's face tonight...
Look him in the eye. Look him in the eye.
Tell him,
"I never lived a lie, never took a life,
But surely saved one.
Halleluiah.
It's time for you to bring me home."
05 - The Pot
Who are you to wave your finger?
You must've been out your head.
Eye hole deep in muddy waters,
You practically raised the dead.
Rob the grave to snow the cradle,
Then burn the evidence down.
Soap box house of cards and glass,
So don’t go tossing your stones around.
You must've been high.
You must've been high.
You must've been…
Foot in mouth and head up ass, so whatcha talking ‘bout?
Difficult to dance round this one, 'till you pull it out. Boy,
You must've been so high.
You must've been so high.
Steal, borrow, refer, save your shady inference.
Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent.
Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo,
Got lemon juice up in your eye,
When you pissed all over my black kettle.
You must've been high, high.
You must've been high, high.
Who are you to wave your finger? So full of it.
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters, fucking hypocrite.
Liar, lawyer, mirror show me, what’s the difference?
Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent.
Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo.
Got lemon juice up in your high eye,
When you pissed all over my black kettle.
You must've been…
So who are you to wave your finger?
Who are you to wave your mighty fingers at me?
You must have been out your mind.
Weeping shades of indigo
Shed without a reason.
Weeping shades of indigo…
Liar, lawyer, mirror for ya', what’s the difference?
Kangaroo be stoned, he's guilty, ask the government.
Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo,
Got lemon juice up in your eye,
When you pissed all over my black kettle.
You must've been high, high, high, high.
Eyeballs deep in muddy waters.
You're balls deep in muddy waters.
Ganja?! Please...
You must have been out your mind.
06 - Lipan Conjuring
(there are no words)
07 - Lost Keys
Nurse: Excuse me, doctor, do you have a moment?
Doctor: A moment? What's the question?
Nurse: More of a situation, a gentleman in Exam 3.
Doctor: What's the problem?
Nurse: That is the problem: we're not sure.
Doctor: You've got the chart?
Nurse: Right here.
Doctor: Hmm... not much here, is there?
Nurse: No doctor, no obvious physical trauma, vitals are stable.
Doctor: Name?
Nurse: No sir.
Doctor: Did someone drop him off, maybe we can speak to them?
Let's get some background on this fellow.
Nurse: No ID, nothing, and he won't speak to anybody.
Doctor: Well, let's say hello.
Doctor: Good morning, I'm Dr. Watson. How are you today? How are you today?
Look son, you're in a safe place, we want to help you, in whatever way we can.
But you need to talk to us, we can't help you otherwise.
Now, what's happened? Tell me everything.
08 - Rosetta Stoned
All righty then... picture this if you will...
10 to 2 am, X, Yogi DMT, and a box of Krispy Kreme's in my "need to know" pose just outside of Area 51,
Contemplating the whole "chosen people" thingy when just then a flaming stealth banana split the sky like
One would hope, but never really expect to see in a place like this.
Cutting right angle donuts on a dime and stopping right at my birkinstocks,
And me yelping "holy fuckin' shit!"
Then the X-file being, looking like some kinda blue-green Jackie Chan, with Isabella Rossellini lips,
And breath that reeked of vanilla chig champa,
Did a slow-mo matrix decent outta the butt end of the banana vessel,
And hovered above my bug eyes, my gaping jaw, and my sweaty elron hubbard upper lip
And all I could think was, "I hope Uncle Martin here doesn't notice that I pissed my fuckin pants!!"
So light in his way, like an apparition, that he had me crying out...
"Fuck me! It's gotta be the dead head chemistry.
The blotter got right on top o' me.
Got me seeing E.-mutha' fuckin'-T.!"
And after calming me down with some orange slices and some fetal spooning,
E.T. revealed to me his singular purpose.
He said "you are the chosen one.
The one who will deliver the message.
A message of hope for those who choose to hear it,
And a warning for those who do not."
Me! The chosen one... They chose me!
And I didn't even graduate from fuckin' high school!
Then he looked right through me with somniferous almond eyes.
Don't even know what that means.
Must remember to write it down.
This is so real.
Like the time Dave floated away.
See, my heart is pounding,
'Cause this shit never happens to me.
Can't breathe right now.
It was so real.
Like I woke up in Wonderland.
All sorta terrifying.
I don't wanna be alone while I tell this story.
And can anyone tell me why
y'all sound like peanuts parents?
Will I ever be coming down?
This is so real.
Finally it's my lucky day.
See, my heart is racing
'Cause this shit never happens to me.
Can't breathe right now.
You believe me don't you?
Please believe what I've just said.
See, the dead ain't touring and this wasn't all in my head.
See, they took me by the hand and invited me right in.
Then they showed me something...
I don't even know where to begin.
Strapped down to my bed.
Feet cold and eyes red.
I'm out of my head
Am I alive? Am I dead?
Can't remember what they said.
God damn.
Shit the bed.
Overwhelmed as one would be placed in my position...
Such a heavy burden now to be the one
Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending.
To write it down for all the world to see...
But I forgot my pen.
Shit the bed again.
Typical.
Strapped down to my bed.
Feet cold and eyes red.
I'm out of my head.
Am I alive? Am I dead?
Sun kissed and Sudafed
Gyro scopes and infrared won't help.
I'm brain dead.
Can't remember what they said.
God damn.
Shit the bed.
Can't remember what they said to me.
Can't remember what they said to make me out to be the hero.
Can't remember what they said.
Bob help me.
Can't remember what they said.
We don't know and
We won't know.
God damn.
Shit the bed.
09 - Intension
Pure as we begin.
Pure as we come in.
Pure as we begin.
Move by will alone.
Pure as we begin.
Here we have a stone.
Gather, place, erase, so
Shelter turns to home.
Pure as we begin.
Here we have a stone.
Throw to slay the stranger.
Swore to crush his bones.
Move by will alone.
Spark becomes a flame.
Flame becomes a fire.
Light the way or warm this
Home we occupy.
Spark becomes a flame.
Flame becomes a fire.
Forge a blade to slay the stranger.
Take whatever we desire.
Move by will alone.
Pure as we begin.
Pure as we begin
Move by will alone.
Leave as we come in.
Pure as light.
Return to one.
Move by will alone.
Move by will alone.
10 - 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.
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 right all right in two.
Cut it right all right in two.
Cut it right all right in two.
Cut it right all right in two.
Fight over the clouds, over the earth, over sky.
Fight over life, over blood, over air and light,
Over love, over sun, over another.
Fight all the time.
Over what?
Over lies and...
Angels on the sideline again.
Been too long with patience and reason.
Angels on the sideline again.
Wondering when this tug of war will end.
Cut it right all right in two.
Cut it right all right in two.
Cut it right all right in two.
Right in two.
Right in two.
11 - Viginti Tres
(there are no words)
