A Perfect Circle - Weak and Powerless - Lyrics

[@Greatlakeskyle.]

Thanks for everyone who still finds my videos and enjoys them. I had not checked them in years and it’s crazy to see they still bring in views. Much love 🙏🏼

[@Killing_Edge]

Keegz thank you for posting them, this song is the embodiment of how I feel lately.

[@Greatlakeskyle.]

Killing Edge I hear ya mate. If I had a better computer I’d make more projects like these and dabble in some mashups. Maybe someday in the near future I’ll get on it.

[@alyssar8686]

@@Killing_Edge same

[@zachmatousek7964]

Thank u for putting them up !!

[@thehubrisoftheunivris2432]

gave you a like just for being genuine and not attention seeking. profound quality for a KZbinr

[@jaimeribeiro4322]

Lyrically, one the most concisely-written pieces I've ever born witness to. A perfect summary of the pathological nature of the human obsession with control and influence over others.

[@swisscheeseplease97]

The verses are kind of cryptic (not easy to interpret) but the chorus is as straight forward as it gets

[@melissapustay7876]

Perfect Circle is one of my all time favs! They have so much conviction and soul! I feel their music, it moves me in a way that’s indescribable! It brings tears to my eyes!

[@alneno9840]

True

[@567bobo]

I happen to be a medic and also happen to be a HUGE A perfect Circle fan. I can't tell you how happy I am to see so many people completely understand what this song depicts!! This band, in my opinion is the modern day Beatles!!

[@heatherhagen3931]

P.S. My Bad!!! LMAO!!!! I just realized I was on my Father in Law's KZbin!! Either way, I stand behind my comment!!!!!

[@johnhuff3721]

good as them or even better, but not popular enough sadly

[@SteveBBR]

Psh, the Beatles wish they were as good as APC :)

[@sdawg4834]

Coming from a paramedic it's awesome and comforting that you know what this song is saying and the cry for help you can only hear coming from the sounds of an ambulance siren.

[@seanhollandcanada]

Once again Rick Beato sends me to some music I'd never heard. Very nice stuff.

[@Greatlakeskyle.]

Had no idea he gave this a listen, thanks for mentioning it. I’d like to see his opinion.

[@seanhollandcanada]

@@Greatlakeskyle. It's his latest "What Makes This Song Great" episode. Pretty detailed analysis.

[@jayanthbharadwaj9490]

This is a masterpiece and the bass in this song is highly appreciable. Maynard's singing is very good as always the harmonies are beautiful. The drums are outstanding.

[@jonhemstock8543]

This song should be taught in Music school the balance of the instruments..

[@DudeWheresMyCar75]

48 now, and have always enjoyed the talent and powerful music from Maynard. I can relate to this song as I have been clean from MDMA, mescaline and other hallucinogens for 13 years now, and I am truly thankful for being sober now. There is much more clarity and much less chaos and paranoia. Life is much more manageable now. I wonder sometimes, did all those hallucinogenic drugs actually help me with my compulsive disorders and anger towards my father and people similar to him.? Lessons and Blessings. I am thankful and not angry towards my father anymore, instead, I am grateful and I love my dad, for all the good, all the bad, and all the ugly, because I know what I want and I am much more aware now. Be very cautious out there everyone, there are venomous snakes out in this world, in all their various forms, ready to destroy us. Be aware and GODSPEED to all.

[@ERIC-bt1qn]

Beautiful. Some of the best lyrics put to paper. Ever

[@pureintensions8235]

I'm still weak and powerless over my addiction and compulsive behaviors..love this song!!

[@TMWill-fi5fy]

I love how you point out compulsive behaviors. You can be weak and powerless over many things, not just drugs.

[@cosmovedder1354]

I've heard the 1st step is admitting you have a problem, what I didn't hear is the 1st step can last over a decade...I'll make it to step 2 one of these years

[@lxDastanxl]

@@cosmovedder1354 same way here I think where we have to stay strong and focus is the fact that we make mistakes whatever they are intentional or not and keep going 'down that road' cause in reality we wont start feeling good again until we go deep down there and resist our guilt, remorse , pain. This song describes that exact felling of regret and the incapability to make amends to does we hurt so badly. We have to hold to our inner conciseness and do what's right in the moment cause at the end that's what we got power with. ( for me Christianity it's been pointing me in the right direction) find hope in Jesus!

[@swisscheeseplease97]

Everyone is a slave to their own flaws. It shouldn’t define us

[@creamiipeachii]

I love lyric videos because while I never understand “a perfect circle” songs, the commenters always share what it’s about. It’s a beautiful song with a beautiful meaning

[@ambellinaamory7888]

This song gives me chills...

[@Scatpack426]

Those chills just crawled to me

[@nordicfalcon]

The force of his voice alone... the passion behind the melancholic tone he brings on the LAST “Weak and Powerless” part of the chorus. The part that I am referring to is at 2:50 - 2:52 .

[@trendkill1891]

Thass how u know it’s a good one🤟🏾 gotta love it

[@MelIssa-pu6cn]

Me too. Perfectly stated.

[@thelordgold]

Put a sweater on.

[@joeleoni5273]

Great song. A lot of soul in his voice. I remembered hearing it for the first time a while ago driving and I had to literally pull my truck over. It brought up a lot of feelings in me and I personally felt Maynard's frustration in this song.

[@d0ntmesswifme]

+joe leoni AbsoLutely

[@travo2112]

joe leoni. Yano what, you n me both. How about the 1st time u heard 3 Libras...

[@imperial1371]

Fully agree!!

[@phosphorescence]

this song makes me think of a certain rainy day. I hear ya @joe leoni, apc does some great stuff.

[@brokenseatbelt]

I'm on a 13th Step kick the past 2 weeks.....I remember when this came out in 2003, I bought it at Cat's Records, sat in the IHoP parking lot, listened to the whole thing and was BLOWN AWAY. Can NOT believe that was 15 years ago. Time sucks.

[@johnhuff3721]

have ya' listened to tool

[@nelliesilvers1210]

I come back to this alot over the years.. awesome song. I relate to it extremely well as have been a heroin addict for over 20 years now and even though I'm on methadone, heroin still has her hooks in REALLY deep. I can't shake her and gave up trying. To everyone who's beat addiction, I'm proud of you. I don't have to know you to feel you deserve a huge congratulations and the best in life💜

[@shirpradhan2583]

I was in that ditch for 15 years. I started from heroin and progressed to other injectable pharmaceutical drugs. I have been clean for 9 years. The thing that helped me the most was getting away from my place and circle. And being headstrong. I hope you find what you wished for.

[@michaelnunns6577]

Yea. Brother it's never too late. I shot dope for 24 years and finally realized I was powerless. I also drank for 30 years. Drinking was harder to put down. But anyway the moral of the story is it's possible if u are willing. I SWEAR.

[@sluttymctits4496]

I hope you're doing well, Nellie, and everyone else here, as well. For what it's worth, I dealt with that shit for nearly seven years; a drop in the bucket, sure, but it was a hard group of years. As much as I hate to say it, what started me on my journey out of that life was being a dumbass and doing three stints in jail. After the last one (and a minor slip up), I decided it was time to do something. If you haven't heard of it yet, kratom can work wonders. It acts on the same receptors, is readily available, legal in the US (save for a few states). It's the only reason I haven't used in six years. It is very mild, barely noticeable, but quiets those horrible cravings and thoughts. It allowed me to _live_ again. Just something to think about. It's hard as hell to quit, but it is possible. I truly wish you all the happiness in the world. Don't give up yet, not without a fight.

[@jamesmiracle3240]

Stay strong. Iv been sober 7 years and it hasn't gotten any easier. Idk if the feeling will ever go away.

[@adammckay3299]

The fact that you're still here warrants congratulations! Hoping for the best.

[@TheYungTrixx]

This song eats me alive like the addiction it represents..beautifully but disturbingly captivating...I almost always get chills

[@eddieshields821]

this whole album is amazing

[@striver1987]

Anyone who came here in Pain or Addiction, know this: You are not alone. You are cared and thought of. Don't give up. We are all in this together.

[@jesse_reznor]

No, we aren't.

[@osrs_a_l_w_a_y_s_t_i_r_e_d]

🥹🖤 thank you..

[@Aryan8Pride8]

This song is much better than any NA quote could ever be. Any drug addict can relate to this. At one point heroin had total control over me; sticking a needle in my arm was the first thought that came to me everyday. It was better than sex by a million times. Been clean for year and two months now. Keep the devil off your shoulder and stay strong. Withdrawal sucks, but you can get past it. The depression and sleeplessness was the worst! I still dream about heroin often.

[@ericwilson6994]

Drugs are not a sin. Porn is.

[@TMWill-fi5fy]

God bless you. Stay strong.

[@markorodriguez7919]

Stay strong mind over matter

[@jameswinter1429]

Aryan8Pride8 I hope u are still clean and going well 🤙

[@shemarbean1515]

@Ned Bowers As much as I despise that, the human part of me is glad they've turned their life around for the better in one way

[@danny2131]

Just got back into the Maynard's experience , and wonder why I stopped . All he writes is great!

[@Greatlakeskyle.]

Danny V dude check out their new song “talk talk” it’s pretty good in my opinion

[@hollyw9566]

I can feel this song in my very bones. I don't think a lot of people really understand this album.

[@daniellesHXC]

Music is subjective. We will interpret it as we may need it

[@ricardomezamarroquin2073]

Absolutely Perfect!!! on its own way as perfect as Judith

[@johnhuff3721]

Judith is really good but i feel the outsider is better, i mean, i really like both

[@markeugenelee2083]

Dark Unconventional Perfect timing Kik ass wicked Perfect composition Other worldly

[@roxky3595]

I freaking love this song. Im a black girl who loves rock music

[@mariawilliams8573]

Me to ❤🧡💛😘

[@marsiaalborosie2118]

🙋Me too

[@lkohler3981]

Music transcends all

[@davidenwah3413]

Im a white guy and I love this song. Lol

[@derHexenhammer]

Look into rammstein

[@_celaya_]

After this... nothing will be the same

[@ggutter31]

Funny how when I first heard this when I was 15 I would skip this song like it was nothing. Now this song says everything about the person I have become and I can't turn the page this time :(. Heroin is the powerful, gracious and unfortunate queen

[@moonbabies0o241]

I understand that babe

[@brandi6087]

How are you doing? I'm struggling as well...

[@keysofperception4377]

Every day is a struggle. Been clean for 8 years now

[@shawnpayton9926]

This song is a damn masterpiece!

[@striver1987]

2:06 is extremely powerful. Gives me goosebumps every time.

[@_crusadyr5145]

Little angel go away Come again some other day Devil has my ear today I'll never hear a word you say. Have to be my favorite lyrics. Probably ever in any song.

[@ericwilson6994]

I'm here to kill Satan.

[@ericwilson6994]

Weep. I guess you missed that.

[@striver1987]

I agree. So powerful I get shivers.

[@meursault7030]

8 years clean, 7 months sober. Only art and love get me through the days.

[@plynbass1292]

Great song. Kind od Tool like in the musical approach, cool lyrics and melody. Love the time signature changes. Very creative.

[@moonbabies0o241]

I have officially listened to this song all day because i am ....weak and powerless and desperate ...desperate and ravenous over you. I need release

[@noemireyes4293]

Music like this keeps me from going entirely mad. This helps better than my Antidepressants and Antipsychotics. I can see how all of us have struggled with some sort of addiction.

[@matthewfateful]

Definitely one of their best songs

[@iwantcheesypuffs]

The last "over you" tells the whole story. As with Sober it is about the lies that you believe about yourself. But unlike Sober this song is also a message of hope. That last "over you" is a declaration of power. Now I see the lies. Now I start to see that I have control over my life. Now I see that I am not weak or powerless, because I am "over you" -- and all the lies I believed for way too long.

[@travisjanda7080]

I love the intro: Tilling My Own Grave To Keep Me Level.

[@Jamiesims-u7z]

The illusion of this world that appeals to my flesh makes me weak...I'm no longer me, rather I'm you and every other spirit that roams the earth in search to be set free from these very demons that seem to eat at my flesh causing my mind ,body and soul to rote on the inside.

[@clintonraubenheimer5879]

This is such a good description of how I felt under the grips of intense desire for the love of a girl I once knew. Thoughts of her to this day, still have crippling effects, short and fleeting as they may be. Brings me to wonder if forgiveness may have been the less tireless road to peace, since regret and anger have kept the demons lurking, making love seem a burden and punishment for me to bare.

[@darkelement1338]

Deff can relate to this for sure 🖤♥️🖤

[@JoshAlicea1229]

This song brings me back. Great song

[@nickyislove2003]

2021 and this here I need more♥️

[@eyess4]

Thats a great video man. bravo ^^ That background image, these letters, just wow Great man ;) Keep 'em coming ;)

[@pheobeecochran1090]

So happy that it's a siren and not a solitary salad fork. "Misheard lyrics for the win".

[@angelofwar9223]

One of my favorite songs little angel go away come again another day

[@rachelsaphirecorrelli8678]

Come back to this song every time I feel it grabbing me again.

[@michellemariemillman8082]

I'm your 666th subscriber :)

[@killemall771]

Fuck the Serenity Prayer, this knocks much closer to home.

[@sixkicksfightertricks949]

Along side The Package, I think this is the other song my mom showed me to help explain fentanyl addiction. Which makes this song that much more depressing.

[@rconway1357]

Amazing ❤️

[@georgetaylor2024]

Great song

[@vinegro4579]

The nostalgia.... 😩👌

[@timmullen2506]

Luv a perfect circle ⭕️ my favorite song by them

[@jonathanivydavisjr.7520]

This is a pretty good song!!

[@Lopsided_Sherbet_29]

oh my goodness, this is sex to my EARS

[@ShahanAziz1708]

I freaking love this song, I've a black thing and I love to rock

[@ironykills7101]

Real music

[@relaxedpuppet]

You can become addicted to a person too, become so weak and powerless......

[@xxdonthateappreciate]

couldnt agree more m8 having been there myself ever word of it rings of lady h

[@kristenmcgill2001]

Fuck Z

[@edwardsantoyajr6322]

I'm 25 and when I was 18 I snorted H like an idiot. Long story short I quit that horrible habit. and I can see and feel the reference to Dracula and heroin...PLZ PPL DONT DO HEROIN GOD (NOT THE RELIGIOUS DEITY) BUT GOD THE ENERGY THAT LETS YOUR HEART BEAT EVERYDAY, LOVES YOU, PLZ LOVE YOURSELF BACK.

[@johnhuff3721]

wow, brave to say what you did and trying to help people not

[@scottwilson9621]

Why do people have such a hard time with believing in god from the bible? Thats where the whole concept came from, people will say they believe in God but not the religious god? Whats the difference and why does it matter?

[@jlawahp7]

Always will be~till death do I part from my vices.............

[@cosmovedder1354]

I guess the loyalty is admirable...

[@killemall771]

One must remind oneself that they are weak and powerless and the need for the drug makes us desperate and ravenous.

[@deanoriccardi8593]

This song the reason that volume knobs are broken

[@Luckyman187]

I'm addicted to sex. Had my share of toxic and destructive relationships because of that, and also potentially good ones that I destroyed through my impulsiveness. I think it's something overlook and granted as natural if you're a man, but the decisions I made were certainly not natural for the people I've hurt. Took me years to realize I was destroying my life.

[@josephandrewgamez719]

were you staring at me and my grandma at the Fresno VA?

[@Greatlakeskyle.]

Joseph Andrew Gamez ?

[@cosmovedder1354]

Not so much you, but definitely your hot grandma.

[@jamielake-boyd3600]

Maynard. When a plan comes ❤ together

[@blooedfaerts5522]

Don’t do drugs kids.

[@blooedfaerts5522]

While I say that in jest, drugs were never my addiction of choice. We all have impulsive behaviors tho, and can easily let them control us.

[@So-Be-It_890]

Weak and Powerless

[@killemall771]

The song, according to the way I hear it, is about heroin use. Opiates become life, one of constant tilling your grave. The Serenity Prayer is something people in NA meetings close with. As I am familiar with both, song and chant, the connection is that to move past addiction

[@CrazyKornJDLover]

Great Music

[@wammypickens1002]

Desperate🎤🎶 little angel go away come again some other day

[@wammypickens1002]

💥

[@R3T41L]

IMO this song is about a men confess their feelings/attitude over a women/making a first step and he's about being rejected or on a stall about her feelings. Then you go bragging yourself about your accomplishes (someone feed the monkey while i dig in search of China), telling some most unbelievable stories about yourselfs, about your amazing trips, what have you done extraordinary in your life but that doesnt mean a sh*t to her so you have to confess to yourself that you're not good enough to that person even in you gave your best shots about impressing her

[@Amber_xo_133]

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[@bloodcovenant8231]

Yup yup yup

[@benwil1715]

I'ma be quiet for a few weeks (I'm taking a vow of silence).. but,....*ILL BE BACK!!! "

[@BunnyHops1957]

more 12-step words

[@Greatlakeskyle.]

Patti M ??

[@Luckyman187]

Rehab

[@wammypickens1002]

🥁🎸

[@wammypickens1002]

👀🎶

[@louisyork1894]

Weak and powerless over Pepper

[@TNTammy33]

🗣

[@kwiehoff]

Killemall771 why such a distaste for asking God to show the difference between the things you are powerless over and the things you have power over? "weak and powerless over you" means I am powerless over anything other than myself, "you" is anything other than myself whether it be a drug, a person or a situation.. I have power over my choice then I have acceptance to deal with whatever happens. i choose how

[@erinsmith4948]

And u are weakn powerless over it

[@lostprophets931]

You can't understand this song if your not on A.A. This song makes reference to the first step of the A.A program.

[@ralpha6064]

"jam another dragon down the hole", this is a reference if im not mistaken to shooting heroin

[@srenwetter4157]

***** This is true

[@thegreatkhan4313]

+Richard Handler This song is about heroin addiction, but it can apply to pretty much any form of substance abuse. I know it's nowhere near as severe as heroin or alcoholism, but I can relate to this song based on my ongoing amphetamine problem.

[@ralpha6064]

sure, its not the substance that defines the principle fundamentals within the process, obviously a reference is made but it doesn't outline the message or definition

[@vanishingashes]

To everyone, this song has its own meaning. Take me for example. I don't think of drugs when I listen to it. I think of a power struggle between wanting to live and wanting to die. The things I do now will eventually kill me but for the moment it seems to be the only source of clarity. The demon in my head says do it but the angel keeps me going. I don't care as long as the pain stops. That's what I think when I hear this song

[@MissAmygirl]

See

[@JohnJohn-nz7kb]

Timocrat should be Democrat...i tried to correct the lyrics on AZ, but they just over look it i guess. 2024 will be a new year !!!! FJB !!!

[@EonSlumber]

I perceive it as a love song good or bad. Nothing about fn hard drugs.

[@mailablemage9399]

Ruin Statue it's pretty obviously about heroin addiction.

[@Greatlakeskyle.]

Hayden West right, people typically assume most songs are love songs

[@jacovawernett3077]

Inform Elon Musk his dragon rocket will launch beautiful.