TOOL means this song with regard to afterlife and energy movement and all manner of new-agy stuff I don’t have time to get into right now. I love this song for the feeling I get when I hear it and know that it’s slow steady rhythm is going to pick up pace into a heart pounding anthem. I need that rush. Especially now. In those moments at the gym where I’m discouraged and feeling unattractive and unwanted, I hear… “This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal all this pain is an illusion… Of what it means to be alive” I end up keeping pace with the song (all 7 minutes of it) and before I know it I’m totally into my workout. It never ceases to pump me and remind me that someone else can’t take who I am. I choose to be here, I choose this moment and I will choose the next. I will take all the realities of before and mold them into my beyond. I love the change of pace, kinda like life. It’s roller coaster is comforting, a reminder of sorts.
Parabola
We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment,
We are Choosing to be here right now. Hold on, stay inside…
This holy reality, this holy experience. Choosing to be here in…
This body. This body holding me. Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal all this pain is an illusion.
Alive
This holy reality, in this holy experience. Choosing to be here in…
This body. This body holding me. Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal all this pain is an illusion…
Of what it means to be alive
Swirling round with this familiar parable.
Spinning, weaving round each new experience.
Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this
chance to be alive and breathing
chance to be alive and breathing.
This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality.
Embrace this moment. Remember. we are eternal.
all this pain is an illusion.
