Therapist Reacts to Lateralus by Tool

Therapist analyzes the lyrics of Lateralus by Tool to discuss how "spiraling out" can actually be a good thing. When we spiral out of our comfort zone we can explore, and expand! Tool allows us to reframe the spiral.
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[@PepeAtreides-s3b]

Patient- “ Hi…I’m here for my 1 o’clock appt “ Therapist - “ Wanna listen to TOOL for an hour?” Patient - “ F•ck Yes “ Therapist - “ Have you ever heard of DMT ? “

[@justinschwartz5863]

Do you have the therapist contact info?

[@frankrizzo6404]

Ohhh Demitri😂 "no time for DMT" hahahaha

[@sinaarasteh1636]

Opiate: Aggression Undertow: Realization Aenima: Reaction Salival: Experimentation Lateralus: Resolution 10,000 Days: Reflection Fear Inoculum: Meditation

[@carsonrac3266]

Damn. That's a perfect description 🤘

[@dizzle7558]

I see I see🤔..

[@mpd370]

❤❤

[@JuanOliveiraOficial]

But Reflection is from Lateralus 😂

[@sherm1739]

Perfect

[@thetalantonx]

1 - Black 1 - Then 2 - White Are 3 - All I See 5 - In My Infancy 8 - Red And Yellow Then Came To Be 5 - Reaching Out To Me 3 - Lets Me See You're gonna see a lot of us Overthinking and Overanalyzing. ;) The colors are the four stage process of the Magnum Opus of Alchemy 1 - Nigredo (Black) - The Piece of the Void, The Shadow 2 - Albedo (White) - Purification, Raising the Unconscious to Consciousness 3 - Citrinitas (Yellow) - Development of the Solar Light, Manifestation of the Inner Light/Higher Self 4 - Rubedo (Red) - The finished Philosopher's Stone, Individuation and full integration of the Self "As Above, So Below" - From the Emerald Tablet, the foundation of Mysticism and a key part of the Hermetic tradition Quod est superius est sicut quod inferius, et quod inferius est sicut quod est superius. That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above.

[@B0bCat11]

Thank you!! Spiral out

[@Qliphirot]

Right on. I thought she would catch the alchemical colors because Jung delve into it, but I know it's a lot to take in at first glance.

[@thetalantonx]

@@Qliphirot You have an amazing user name. :D That aside, you're right. It can be a lot to take in, especially while on camera reacting to it for the first time. She did catch the meaning, whether or not she caught the references.

[@GhostCrowBrother]

Also the syllables align with the Fibonacci sequence which forms a spiral.

[@beqeuietandrive]

⁠@@GhostCrowBrotherit’s actually the syllables too that line up with the sequence as well and then there’s the timing of the different parts of the song, they’re kinda all going back to spirals.

[@joeblerone]

That screw spiraled out.

[@JeffSparrow87]

😂😂

[@kareemdhaiban7381]

😂😂😂

[@stevereynolds128]

Well played Sir. Well played.

[@jamesherter9481]

😅

[@kevinstull8552]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Devilspocket2002]

never have I clicked on a video so fast before. Spiral out!

[@VirusSI]

After the censored version of Ænema I was a bit wary.

[@Thanabur]

Spiral out !

[@dylangolden30]

Keep going!

[@FlatShoeLance]

I absolutely love your breakdowns of Tool's lyrics. I understand you are a therapist, but you are breaking it down like someone who has listened to Tool for 30 years. I'm here for it!

[@HeartSupport]

awwww thank you so much!

[@terryyunie4787]

“Swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human”. Im Native American I’m fortunate to still be able to participate and watch our ceremonies/dances. This part always takes me back home. Reminds me that no matter what is going on in the world, whatever or whoever we pray to. Everything will be ok.

[@HeartSupport]

this is so beautiful. thanks for sharing

[@scatpack440]

Some of the genius of this song is the writing and singing to the Fibinocci sequence

[@edostork8121]

And that Fibonacci sequence is another spiral… anyway there is a lot of info on this song on the Internet

[@DavidDArcy1975]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHqZZHVpmL5qp5I

[@TheErikBallew]

This song makes me feel like we can achieve anything as long as we KEEP GOING!

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

The crazy thing about the spiral is how often it appears in nature and the universe. From a shell to the galaxy, everything is connected and always spiraling out. Its like the flower of life. It's present in so much of our lives.

[@youtubebannedme4207]

I thought the flower of life was a pussy

[@karowolkenschaufler7659]

yea. mostly following the spiral in wich the fibonachy sequence can be depicted. it's for practical reasons. with plants and shells. it's about leaves not overlapping too much and about an effective way of building a structure. in galaxiees, I suppose, it's physics. like fractals, it's one of those things that make you feel like you can see the basic priciples of our universe. I love shit like this. I can't bring myself to believe in any creation deity, but basic patterns that can be found throughout the whole universe, that seem to be the core of what is.... hell yea. that shit makes me feel connected to space time itself.

[@user-ow4nm4gw7e]

The golden ratio 😊

[@yup1579]

Thats why i deny Atheism and any non-belief in God. In my opinion, all these divine ratios and geometries that appear everywhere in nature are 100% proof of God, the Creator of everything. They ARE His fingerprints. His blueprints to life. We all have our own individual fingerprints and identities, but yet, we all have those exact ratios in our human form too. We were created in HIS image. We are literally Gods creation. Not some random bullshit of soup that came together from nothingness.

[@B.Zee...]

IMHO, one of the greatest songs ever created

[@MrDougthepug]

*The greatest song ever created

[@schenk2020]

What a coincidence I am going to get to hear my baby's heartbeat for the first time today at my wife's OBGYN appointment.

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

Congratulations! Hope you all the best! 😁✌️❤️

[@jeffsauceda]

Amazing. Grats :)🎉

[@Art-By-Aly]

Congratulations!

[@j05h43]

Congrats brother 🙌

[@Steven-lb4bl]

I thought I heard my baby’s heartbeat the other day. Turns out my wife is just fat and she had gas

[@aidancampbell5644]

I love this song. I remember 20 years ago my girlfriend lying down and listening to this for the first time murmuring to me “now I understand why you love this music”.

[@youtubebannedme4207]

I am a bit obsessed with tool and my wife never got it until we went to a tool concert about 30 minutes into the show she said now I get it. She's been a fan ever since. I think she had a better time than I did.

[@That_Metal_Dude]

I wasted $300 to take wife to Columbus show...she did homework on phone. Now she's an ex-wife​@@youtubebannedme4207

[@77Samuel75]

Listening to Tool's albums in the order they were released is an amazing journey both mentally, and spiritually!

[@uncletaco916]

I cried watching this reaction? Not the advice or permission but more just your discovery during the music. It’s a good one.

[@HeartSupport]

awww thank you!

[@burntoutttt]

Tool 'H' is a must, up your avenue me thinks

[@itsasquid]

That and Jimmy would be amazing to check out! Those are some of MJK's personal songs.

[@Mandonburphy]

And now Tool Army, the moment we've all been waiting for!

[@michaeldost8203]

Screw fell out of chair rocking to Tool...sounds about right.

[@atelierbones]

Some of my screws fell out while listening to Tool for the first time as well, so I understand your feelings. 😅😉😂

[@wiseman5076]

It sounds wrong in all the right ways. Their time signatures are nuts.

[@joesansone1023]

Screws fall out all the time the world’s an imperfect place. JB

[@BrawndoDrinker]

Almost like its a golden ratio of music and meaningful lyrics 😉

[@Padregazelle]

This is the best song ever written, recorded, performed

[@kasperrieberg3495]

I can’t pick one best Tool song though

[@Sarahlouisseize]

Let yourself ride the wave of life instead of trying to swim through every wave without any mental support for yourself. This song is like a march for me for life as it is. It impassioned me to reach out for the random

[@backyardrailroader]

It's my favorite Tool song. Nit because of the message. I treat the singing as part of the music. I love the way it all fits together. But the message of slowly spiral out to explore life....great message Thanks for analyzing this song.

[@W00dy590]

A fantastic example of going on a Tool journey. These guys are unique.

[@jak959]

My favorite song of all time since I was a kid for many reasons.

[@shaunwhelan17]

I highly suggest "Right in Two" for personal listening

[@PML78]

I second this request 🔥🤘🏽🔥

[@brianthompson9241]

Yes!

[@forgetaboutit1069]

With Intension as opener of course!

[@JeffSparrow87]

I'd like to see an reaction

[@_7empest_10]

YES YES YES!!!

[@SpiritualWanderers]

I shed a tear every time I hear this song. Spiral out

[@jefffeathers9116]

me to, whats that about

[@terryyunie4787]

Doesn’t matter what I’m doing I have to stop and take it in. Whenever my time comes I hope I get a chance to speak my final words. It will be something along the lines of spiraling out.

[@Thanabur]

Amen brother/sister. Spiral out

[@lukelarsson]

Yep. Every single time.

[@texgarrett7158]

That was cool. Never thought I'd see Stevie Nicks react to the greatest song ever made.

[@xenogenesis9635]

Love seeing a therapist dismanteling her apartment with good background music.

[@tracyharrison6998]

Played this song at my brothers funeral. He showed them to me when I was like 13. We both loved them so much. Got to see them in 2019. For a while after he passed I thought I wouldn’t be able to listen to tool because I thought it would hurt too much. Instead it brings me so much comfort.

[@ramborimbaud2470]

Please do ROSETTA STONED by Tool

[@TMouse-hd5jb]

...with Lost Keys. Do not do it without Lost Keys.

[@jambulance]

@@TMouse-hd5jbbetter yet, with lipan conjuring before that

[@That_Metal_Dude]

​@@TMouse-hd5jbthat's a crime and kills the context

[@toolhead6691]

Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned with lyrics. Great reaction. Spiral out!!

[@Dexiray]

when this album came out, their live shows were so fire (they always were and still is) but I mean, the stage looked insanely cool with MJK in a rotating stage, all painted with spirals. CHILLS!

[@crayb420]

Thanks again for another great reaction 😀 love how happy you get watching them for the first time. You never know what to expect 💯 keep going...embrace your desire to spiral out

[@Ratm91]

The screw coming out of the chair. "Spiral out." 😂

[@briangunderson4853]

One of my favorite songs to teach to high school students during our modern poetry unit. Helping students realize that every step into bewilderment is pushing the envelope of their existence was thrilling.

[@ZosoLU]

Lateralus is one of the best songs I've ever heard. I think you're ready to delve into the songs about Maynard's relationship with his mother Judith, her faith in the face of tragic disability, and his evolving feelings about her. It's a worthwhile journey. Tool - Jimmy A Perfect Circle - Judith Tool - Wings for Marie (Pt 1) and 10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2) [To be done in one reaction.]

[@reedrothchild7966]

The song always takes me to a good head space if I'm having a bad day.

[@RealSundanceGarden]

Yes

[@user-yw9ys3dz7x]

He's not talking about "spiraling out" to lose control. He's just talking about the Fibonacci sequence and to push your boundaries "it may just go where no ones been"

[@johnnyb6067]

If you never change anything you live in a circle. If you try new things and push the limits your life will spiral outwards.

[@ScottKroetz]

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, you must build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Spiral TF out!

[@Mandonburphy]

Incredible how your mind defaults you to a positive perspective. Always appreciated to hear a new outlook on things

[@MichaelGalok]

A controlled spiral can be an amazing feeling. Stunt driving and race drivers do it all the time. There's something exhilarating about knowing your car's tires are losing they're grip on the road but if you let it happen you can drift and still be in control and accomplish things most people are afraid to try.

[@20th_century_Ghost]

I highly recommend Tool's songs "Invincible" or "Right in Two"

[@iancollins65]

Part of what makes Tool so special and unique is their ability to use odd time signatures. Not having things sound just like everything else on out there makes you really listen and pay attention. Of course it helps that they are 4 of that best musicians on the planet and write beautiful music.

[@Dexiray]

btw, SPIRAL OUT and explore MJK other bands too. A Perfect Circle - Orestes - Stone And Echo ( Live at Red Rocks 2013 ) - pls do the live version Puscifer - The Humbling River

[@gerhardbezuidenhout3702]

This song embodies harmony between entropy and structure. Like life, it is complicated, yet so simple. It invokes thinking but also feeling. It meanders effortlessly between the known and the unknown world, weaving a glorious tapestry of lyrics, sound, and emotions- there is simply no other song that connects so engagingly on all these dimensions.

[@jakefromstatefarm1405]

Im here for any Tool songs you do 🤘🌀

[@grantbelous8396]

Best Tool reaction ever.

[@Cyberpunk747]

I just gotta comment on the "spiral out" being a therapeutic way of expanding our mind and letting go. Overthinking over analyzing separates the body from the mind is one of my favorite quotes and keeps me from getting bogged down in the mindmire

[@fentanyllWoW]

this is my favorite song of all time. i listen to it every night

[@lokidecat]

Oh yeah! That's the saaaaaaaaaaauce. lol

[@tarlane]

I still love that this song is about not getting lost in needing to understand everything while also being designed to be over analyzed.

[@jakerobinson5978]

This comment makes no sense whatsoever.

[@joshs8685]

Taylor - Please pause to share your thoughts! Talking loudly over guitar solos isn't the vibe : )

[@ElBenyahuda]

I’d love for you to do the entire album from start to finish because I believe they put it together as a journey to enlightenment.

[@Gabriel_Moline]

10:00. Well, I think what Maynard ment, is that earth, our solar system , is spiraling out through the universe. But he also says that TOOL songs are for the listeners interpretation.🌿🌸

[@heathhooper3699]

Listening to this band is finding a new TOOL to comprehend the human experience. She understands this.

[@johncondon4081]

When you let go of control, you are able to discover. Discovery is not always good, but experience is the purpose of life, not only good experiences.

[@karowolkenschaufler7659]

"as below so above and beyond I imagine". I just love that line. for me it takese the "as a above so below" (wich I don't like.) and truns it upside down, inside out. suddenly I can interpret fractals into this and that the same rules apply all over our universe and possible in other universes as well. suddenly that lilne opens a whole world to me.

[@homedronemovies5126]

Having had stage 3 cancer twice. I found fighting to stay alive has humbled me and given me anxiety. The big question is what if it comes back what if ? This what if that. This feeling all but consumed me. But after 6 months of taking the magic fungus. I have found a way to compartmentalize the anxiety and live the life i was given a second chance at . Man what a great feeling it is to be alive. Please do the song Deadman by the band Karnivool. This one will take you to a place I do t think you can analyze and would love to see you break it down

[@TheEMFB]

The biggest frown in the world followed by a bigger smile is what music does! Lol I ❤ it!

[@jarrodderr]

When you did the Black Then white Then the red and yellow…. Most badass thing I e ever seen on a Tool reaction. Smart girl. Just fix your chair and shit 🤣❤️

[@HeartSupport]

I'VE TRIED SO MANY TIMES THE SCREW ALWAYS "SPIRALS OUT" LOLOL but thank you

[@jarrodderr]

@@HeartSupport I see what you did there, freaking genius. By the way, I posted your reaction video on my Facebook tool page and like 15 people have already liked it and couple people have even shared it, so I’m blowing you up, girl.

[@iancollins65]

My favorite part of this is the chorus when the time signature goes 7/8 8/8 9/8. It’s hard to count it out, but it feels so great sonically.

[@danielshaffer6067]

Love your analysis, as always. This is one of, if not my favorite of theirs. It inspired my tattoo on my forearm (the written version of the phi symbol) Yes to everything you said. But also, as other comments have mentioned, the Fibonacci Sequence. Look up (on KZbin) "Tool Lateralus Fibonacci". It gives a great break down of how well thought-out this song is.

[@noahlandrum3413]

This song actually helped pull me from the depths of a 2 or 3 year long depression about 20 years ago. The entire album helped, but this and Parobol/Parobola were the most therapeutic. Anyhoo... I hope your channel grows. You're the kind of person I could get lost in conversation with and I love that. A chaotic yet functional and analytical mind is ... well it's kind of hell but it's fun. Good luck with your channel ❤

[@cowboymouth6429]

Probably the best band in the last 30 years 🔥👍

[@That_Metal_Dude]

*ever*

[@watchitbendstudios3781]

It's important to remember the Spiral and you are on the same plane. You see the Spiral radiating, Laterally, away from you. That's where the good stuff is.

[@kiffinwest3024]

You hit this song dead on I'm saying this as a recovering alcohol

[@That_Metal_Dude]

Stay strong brother 🤝

[@wasichu3465]

Best. Band. Ever.

[@That_Metal_Dude]

*EVER*

[@Vesuvius081]

We Love you analyzing Tool, please keep going and don’t stop in this Spiral, just an advice, as we love what your thoughts are, just pause the song before talking as we are really interested on your thoughts about it! Spiral Out DOC. !

[@matejoh]

"Oh, that's the sauce!" You are extremely entertaining to watch reactions from 😂

[@askmeaboutarcticcats]

I hit like on this video before it even started. This song and album are a rabbit hole journey. One I highly suggest, especially when the tracks are put into the “correct” order, referred to as “The holy gift”. Enjoy

[@davidpoole5595]

1,2,3,5,8,13..... Never stop growing

[@blueelem7372]

With the time signatures this is the best song on the album.

[@rayspike7745]

I just love how a song that is SO over thought has people interpret its meaning as not to not over think shit. I think it's just the opposite, you have to put everything into something and the most important thing is to know what matters and put it there. She gets it. Spiral out my dear, you're fantastic at it.

[@Lainfiestarob666]

Love how you translate all of the TOOL videos, you’re great 🫶🖤

[@MBP208]

Ahhhh the irony of a song about overthinking/overanalyzing that’s rooted in the Fibonacci sequence. Tool is the 🐐

[@topsecret6231]

Tool is just on another level altogether regardless of the genre of music. It’s more akin to high art like the Mona Lisa in musical formatting. He’s an amazing lyricist and the instrumentals are just insane. Danny Carey and his use of sacred geometry in drumming is just different. I love watching people enjoy Tool for the first time. I’m also envious lol

[@bernhardmair6233]

Raching out to embrace the random, reaching out to embrace whatever may come. Thanks dear friends for the journey

[@matthewsummers9732]

Oh sweetie, it is so great to hear you say what we've all been feeling for 23 years! This song is so therapeutic that it's nice to see others get it for the first time too.

[@luiscampos1701]

If you don't know, the syllables Maynard sings follow the Fibonacci mathematical sequence. The spiral he refers is also the Fibonacci golden ratio spiral. 😉

[@ddaniels]

Spiral out 🌀🌀🌀

[@PML78]

🌀🤘🏽🌀

[@larrygoodsell9273]

And become Pneuma

[@dhz781]

this is one of a few songs that gives me chills every time i hear it. a masterpiece.

[@Dahench]

9:17 - It was in that moment that she knew she needed to reach for the spiral.

[@That_Metal_Dude]

So adorable lol. I wish I could hear tool for the first time again 😢

[@nathancarmichael7050]

welcome to the tool army kindness and love, have a wonderful day

[@nickdermand7540]

This is it. You’ve reached the pinnacle.

[@That_Metal_Dude]

Needs to do Rosetta Stoned now 🌀👽🛸

[@vaughnnewman8903]

Gotta love that Fibonacci! Love your Tool reactions. I've seen dozens of reactions to this song and yours is unique given your experience and insight. You definitely have an intensity and motivation that are unrivaled. Keep spiraling out...

[@BMGipe45]

Glad I stumbled on this channel. Great takes about each song. Thank you for all you do.

[@ThomasBlack-hv3os]

Wow! Reclaim the spiral, I love that. Going from spiraling down to spiraling up! That's what I've been doing 😂. This song helped a lot

[@ndmaynard227]

Descending next please!

[@Dahench]

I was in my early twenties when I learned to spiral out to my divinity. Being the human, still, has been the hardest over the last few decades :)

[@dantelerae]

I think it's important in Lateralus (as an album), especially, that it's viewed as a whole story. The album is a story not just the song. So there's context for the song that makes sense for the song as an individual but it's not whole until you're considering where it is in the story told in the album. For me, Lateralus is a love story.

[@nunomuacho446]

This is an enthogenic experience where you need to realease yourself to embrace the random, whatever it may be

[@j.mbarlow5952]

Overthinking and over-analyzing is all too common for me, and maybe not so ironically, it makes me spiral IN. Which I think, is not good. It makes me close off, disassociate, and draw up conclusions and worst-case-scenarios in my mind before things even happen. This song reminds me to spiral out, not in, and embrace the moment and the random. It's not always easy to do... most of the people watching these videos especially on this channel probably know this already. We've all been through some shit... TOOL is very introspective. I think this song provides the perfect contrast to that, and is one of the reasons it stands out from their others.

[@JonathanRoofner]

I love how silly you can be but in the next second, serious and insightful. I truly wish you were my therapist. My psych appointments literally last 10 minutes and this is how every visit goes: “how you doing”, “ok I guess besides a lot of anxiety and trouble sleeping” “ok well I’ll increase youre klonpin and that should give you relief” “ok” “alright, good to see you have a good one and I’ll see you in 3 months”

[@HeartSupport]

thank you friend. I'm sorry that's your experience at your psych appointment. Unfortunately that's the experience many people have. My encouragement would be to try to find a therapist AND a psychiatrist. Many people don't know this but psychiatrists primarily prescribe medicine, whereas therapists can actually help you process. We also have a peer mentorship program if you're interested :) Sending love!

[@JonathanRoofner]

@@HeartSupport thank you for that advice. See, I always imagined psychiatrists where you go in, lay on a couch, pour out you’re soul and they help you work through you’re issues. When I came back from Afganistan, I was NUTS but I’m doing a lot better now as far as the fear, depression, and paranoia but I’m doing much better now. Just not quite where I wanna be. I’m a single dad with custody of my daughters and they bring me a lot of joy so I’m doing a lot better but I will definitely seek out a good therapist. Thank you

[@jams_world81]

You can’t talk over that Adam jones sauce!! Haha 😆

[@davidbaca7853]

She’s not in it for the music, just the lyrics so she can overthink and over analyze.

[@butchhinnant2079]

You need to watch lateralus explained and this will make since

[@WelcomeToTheBackLogs]

Her air drumming to the bass guitar kicking in lol

[@schenk2020]

Also love the Fibonacci sequence with this song. Brings in so much more into their music then anyone else.

[@fnkdtnk]

The spiral from the Fibonacci Sequence, which is used in this song, grows consistently and eternally. It is not a random spiraling that is out of control, but a perfect and intentional spiral that never stops growing. So grow, with purpose and intent. Don’t just go flailing around and see what happens.

[@earthscorcher]

Knew this was going to be a good one. Super deep and lots to analyze.

[@ThomasBlack-hv3os]

Pushing the boundaries of consciousness by realizing that as below so above as within as without

[@dmwalker24]

Embracing whatever may come works for being human. It also works for the music specifically. I've seen more than a few people quite bothered by their inability to somehow force Tool's music to conform to the way they want to bob their heads. It's when we truly embrace it that Tool's most complex, and convoluted songs reveal their greatest beauty.