I'm a retired Marine who did multiple tours of combat. This song hit a little too close to home and broke me. I've been retired for 4 years, and I'm still struggling with my identity outside the Corps, and my body is falling apart. I sat on my porch and bawled my eyes out reading the lyrics for the 1st time. This song is a true masterpiece and this album will go down as our modern day Beethoven.
@RosettaStoned462 Жыл бұрын
I just got really sad reading your experience. Thank you for your service 🙏
@matthewmcmahon1541 Жыл бұрын
@@RosettaStoned462 appreciate it, but honestly, I did it because they let me blow up shit and shoot as much ammo as I could stand to the point of my hands bleeding. For free. And I got paid. Lol
@matthewmcmahon1541 Жыл бұрын
@RosettaStoned462 I miss it, but my body and soul doesn't. Once it's gone it's tough to come to grips with what you saw...and what you did.
@jesseturnip Жыл бұрын
Brother you're not alone I'm a retired medic and I can't get through this song without loosing it.
@angelabordack Жыл бұрын
Same for me. Army Iraq war veteran. I often contemplate my decisions that I had to make in a second. Unfortunately, we did what we had to, to survive. Hooraah brother in Arms ❤
@sharilynbratton6476 Жыл бұрын
I love her brain, she thinks she isn't getting it but she has such great insight into their music and lyrics!!
@kevinabraham9260 Жыл бұрын
Is no one gonna mention the Easter egg of this whole video? That dog chillin, I wish I could be that chill about anything in my life 🤣🤣🤣 excellent song love the reaction spot on
@markroberts8864 Жыл бұрын
I wish you two were my next door neighbors, would love to listen to music and then try to describe what the music, songs meant to each other.
@shermbot9776 Жыл бұрын
At about the 13:00 min mark, you both imply the musicianship of the band adds a lot of emotion and the music can almost exist without the lyrics. In an interview, the singer MJK mentioned after the band recorded their part, he listens to it over and over to develop the lyrics. I think what you were saying was pretty perceptive and I enjoy watching both of you share this experience.
@TimothyCobleJr Жыл бұрын
The Tool Army welcomes you and yes your are understanding. Keep listening please!
@wiseyeffect Жыл бұрын
She is so on point and relatable. We all feel what you feel. It’s what brings to light what is greater than ourself. We see and feel the truth when it presents itself. You have to be my favorite despite this being my first watch of you two.
@reginasamilpa44 Жыл бұрын
The best band of my lifetime. All 4 are masters of their craft.
@bigdaddypiggy Жыл бұрын
I couldn’t agree more & I’ve been saying it for 20+ years 🤨parts of the music industry act like Tool don’t exist …..looking at you Rolling Stone,the Rock hall of fame people & all the other boomers who turn a blind eye….to the best band to ever do it ?!? 🤨😞isn’t it time for y’all to go away? Let go already
@heyskipj Жыл бұрын
My fave Tool reactors! I'm 56, former collegiate athlete, and every muscle, ache, and pain I have sings this song.😆
@balakrishnanlakshmanan9852 Жыл бұрын
The GOAT of tool songs. A masterpiece
@gregowen2377 Жыл бұрын
YES TOOL once again takes someone on a journey out of the comfort zone! And hence, another awakening!!! Awesome reaction!!!
@clintwood9472 Жыл бұрын
One common theme in Tool is Maynard holding himself accountable to his human failures. I take this song as being about himself, his journey as a world famous celebrity and a rockstar, getting older, becoming irrelevant and refusing to quit, even to his detriment.
@chriswebb7822 Жыл бұрын
Yep, this is about Maynard himself...If you have followed his career for a while its pretty clear!
@Triangulum303 Жыл бұрын
Seeing you two bob to the beat in time is incredible. This song has a deep, universal marching beat to it that I feel our souls tap into. You're both in perfect sync to it.
@stevetrevino9421 Жыл бұрын
love her smile and appreciation slowly get bigger and bigger and bigger.......great reaction guys
@tonyherrell-et7ol11 ай бұрын
Love the genuine reaction of you two thank you
@tylero8595 Жыл бұрын
Yeaaaaaahhhh. I love you two. The best reactions to Tool out there. From the heart.
@garya7893 Жыл бұрын
Being 59 i can relate one of my favs from them They are like no other To me as close to perfection as music can get
@brianfogle2743 Жыл бұрын
59 myself and this song is relevant.
@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf Жыл бұрын
57 here…… everything you guys said 🔧🌀🌀🌀👁🌀🌀🌀🔧
@chrisw342111 ай бұрын
This is our classical music.. they are some complex pieces.. 4 great artists
@johnwilson1794 Жыл бұрын
The tone of Danny's drums is amazing. He's the first drummer that made me consider drums as an instrument rather than just providing a beat.
@toddgoodwin4203 Жыл бұрын
You two are so amazing together. You’re understanding of this song resonates here and I like the well used crikey. Love your channel
@xejanfan Жыл бұрын
Great reaction! I cried the first time hearing this song, it felt so deeply personal on so many levels. And yes it can be exhausting 😂 mentally, emotionally, AND physically! As a first time viewer I really appreciate your dynamic and your views, thanks and you’ve got a new subscriber from Scotland!🏴 ❤️✌🏻
@sevenduster27 Жыл бұрын
TOOL has a very unique way of connecting with your emotions and making you face the truth. 🔥
@DMKali Жыл бұрын
One of Maynard’s best compositions lyrically. It captures the bands journey so well, and describes current mentality perfectly! Just my humble opinion Simply put, nothing Maynard writes is ever trivial…
@shep4life Жыл бұрын
Tool is an adventure everytime
@christiankoll1528 Жыл бұрын
I'm very much enjoying watching a non "metal head" appreciate this band, it's very cathartic for a long time fan. They have such a talent for creating unnervingly specific moods. I personally feel the mark of great musicianship is how accurately/effectively it can make the listener feel what the creator/ preformer feels. They feel closer in skill in that capacity to classical composers than the majority of their contemporaries.
@joeyattaway7562 ай бұрын
This invincible is finding the power of you at a mature age. It moves through it and then you get up and dust yourself. Even if it is painful and futile as time catches up to you dig down to the freedom diving in deep again and move forward. Even if one last time. Or Next time. The groove that sounds like a stalking tiger is soo powerful. I can live in that groove.
@WillyAffentranger-jb1oi Жыл бұрын
Great, that you choice tool again. Super!!!!
@Nihilistic_Bat Жыл бұрын
We are warriors each day and vulnerability is our armor. This whole album is a masterpiece in my mind and this song is highin that list; Each song is a journey unto itself. It's so cool how music that means so much to me in my daily life is opening something up in your lives! Enjoy!
@davidreed1096 Жыл бұрын
You know that a song is good when you’re exhausted after listening to it. Great reaction.
@Vault4ce4680 Жыл бұрын
You guys are awesome! "Here you are" just as relevant as ever. Where you end is just as relevant as every other moment. This was such a great experience for me. Thank you guys!
@stevetrevino9421 Жыл бұрын
i always dedicate this song to all my USMC grunts/Corpsman and Army grunt friends. It is on my LONG WALK playlist. SEMPER FI
@UMPeeps1348 Жыл бұрын
The most introspective band ever, they'll show you a part of yourself you never really knew was there/ or refuse to acknowledge.
@bigdaddypiggy Жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure the song is about someone who was “once invincible,now the armors wearing thin”….such a great song about aging & a fresh take on singing about getting old…it’s a brutally honest song 🤤man….I love that band 🖤
@STIcKMaN_78 Жыл бұрын
What I love about you guys is that you just get it, always with your Tool reactions, you are usually spot on with your interpretations. And you get excited for them!
@matiasmunozperez3876 Жыл бұрын
I really love this song, it's my favourite ❤
@seanlucas4674 Жыл бұрын
This album is soooo good
@markroberts8864 Жыл бұрын
Wisdom comes from experience, not age..
@scottmatzeder9162 Жыл бұрын
Its awesome reading Dominica`s facial expressions when she listens to Tool. She clearly is entranced and it almost looks as if She is overwhelmed...thats exactly what Tool is about!
@TommyGetTheBag3 ай бұрын
Musically, this is an incredible piece of music 🎶
@patrickfuller2423 Жыл бұрын
no apologies necessary. we watch to see the real reaction. there in lies the beauty
@spiknaaj Жыл бұрын
As always, another genuinely pure and enjoyable reaction! So much pleasure from watching you guys experience this. I would absolutely love for you to get the chance to see them live. Everything you’ve felt during your reactions, x 1000 with the visuals and feeling every single beat and note throughout your entire body. Let alone being able to watch the actual 4 humans in the flesh creating such art. So much love from down under 🇦🇺
@robertbrenton6833 Жыл бұрын
I think this song is about life, and there are so many hidden meanings. On the top level, this is a song about a warrior who is getting ready for his last battle. Shield is heavy, armor is wearing thin. He is chasing "Ponce de Leon's phantom" who is known for chasing the fountain of immortality / youth. I interpret the drums as running into the fray of battle, where our warrior gets stabbed with a fatal blow "feel the sting / feeling time bearing down". This is the exit from the mortal realm into the immortal realm of spirit. Of course, we all must face this morality of the body and learn in that moment of the immortality of the soul / spirit / consciousness - the timeless realm.
@ted1976hailspiralout Жыл бұрын
You can never get enough Tool 🤘🏻🌀
@phildigiovanni9687 Жыл бұрын
& Yes, clever girl ❤ Maynard always put his lyrics to music already played
@nauseantrock532 Жыл бұрын
This song is incredible
@ashtonsmith1905 Жыл бұрын
i always dedicate this song to my uncle who passed from cancer
@DanielNunez-m1x Жыл бұрын
Amazing reaction! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@RosettaStoned462 Жыл бұрын
The Pause at the end!! Killed me lol Fucking Tool. One of the best songs EVER made. Can't wait to see them 3 times in October!
@edcummings2379 Жыл бұрын
Love the dog chillin in the background 👍
@PongGod Жыл бұрын
That guitar riff from 22:17 - 22:38 is one of my all-time favorites by Tool. So damn good!
@robmartin9782 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for reacting to this song guys. I personally think it's not only one of Tool's top 5 songs, I genuinely think this is one of the best rock songs ever made. I really like how the two of you are approaching the discovery of new songs. New subscriber here. Much love and greetings from Germany :)
@donnakurtz9293 Жыл бұрын
I love you both so much. I would not want to think about having to talk about Tool and this song in particular. Getting on older on my mind a lot lately and this really pulled out a lot of the stops that had things bottled up. Amazing unique music. so glad to have discovered and an added blessing to feel as if I know y'all and can share it with y ou.
@Soljarag5 Жыл бұрын
Your dog is hilarious in the background.... He is just chilling on his back
@kennethstreet7868 Жыл бұрын
",just me and my Tool" truer words have never been spoken.
@felipecampos3045 Жыл бұрын
Great album, but descending still the best song in it
@kenwilmarth68 Жыл бұрын
Everybody has struggles every day in their lives. I fight every day with depression just to get out of bed to face my battles. This songis about everyones fights.
@aaronlane5000 Жыл бұрын
This was your best Tool reaction so far. It was fun to see you worn out at the end.
@jessemendoza6881 Жыл бұрын
I like to think that the instrumentals take you on a journey and the lyrics are there to guide you through it.
@markroberts8864 Жыл бұрын
As someone mentioned already, Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer in the early 1500's. He landed on the eastern coast of Florida; around what is today the city of St Augustine. Besides searching for gold and riches, he was searching for the mythical fountain of youth, that was supposed to be here in the new world.
@rickyhorth Жыл бұрын
Maynard's vocals are more of an instrument. That's his genius.
@arronknox2884 Жыл бұрын
you never give up, you keep fighting!
@tomwalsh4628 Жыл бұрын
Don’t be sorry, you two are great ❤
@TheSyncos Жыл бұрын
This is my favourite track on an album of fantastic songs. It so vividly establishes a scene in my mind of a weary warrior gearing up for battle one last time.
@TheSyncos Жыл бұрын
"Feel like I'm in the ring with Rocky" is actually a good shout. This song would have been totally in place in "Rocky Balboa" As an aging Rocky gets back in the ring to try and prove his relevance. Watching this through with you guys, I had nostalgic thoughts of a lot of our aging action heroes rolling through my head.
@SteveReddington Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite as well. I am an aging rock fan, and this makes very introspective.
@rwil6969 Жыл бұрын
I heard that Maynard writes the lyrics after the band has put down the music. Awesome reactions BTW!!!
@patrickkaltner8554 Жыл бұрын
My favorite song
@williamsaling9648 Жыл бұрын
The lyrics are written after the music is recorded. Each song is inspired by itself, in a way.
@No_Dice200 Жыл бұрын
Hello TOOL ARMY ✌️
@jamesglover1139 Жыл бұрын
I’m not sure when Tool wrote this song they knew how many vets they would speak to. There are days that these lyrics are so true. The mind is still tough. The intestinal fortitude is still there. But the body just won’t so what we did back then. This is what music does. It moves you. Makes you feel something. 10th Mountain Division and 5th ID Infantry here.
@shep4life Жыл бұрын
What a soundscape
@wayneguess7946 Жыл бұрын
Mortality eventually catches up with us all! And as you age you realize, it is closer than you realize!
@stevepreece2931 Жыл бұрын
You have both created an animal. Tool and Rush, your journey is going to be epic. Tool drummer Danny was good friends with Rush's Neil Peart RIP. Maynard's vocals are an instrument that's all you need to take in
@momishka78 ай бұрын
Us TOOL fans waited 13 years for this Magnus opus. This is my favorites, Culling Voices 2nd. I cried the first time I listen to the whole album because I felt like they had come to take the fear away from us and that’s why it’s called fear inocculum
@robertjones4361 Жыл бұрын
So Love you two!!! So real and Honest! And now I have to be honest....TOOL is in you, they will stay with you forever! In a world filled with music after 30 years, they sound like no one, and no one sounds like them! They are TOOL! Keep going......believe it or not, there is even more mind boggling music to come! Thank you!
@phildigiovanni9687 Жыл бұрын
Yes music comes first
@LotroWonderer8 ай бұрын
From the time we can comprehend life we are told that we are slowly dying, but the truth is that parts of our bodys fall out of function and pieces get replaced over time. Somewhere around every 8 years or so our body's have fully replaced every cell. If you think this a process you can not be a part I bid the meditate more. Every piece of yourself is a vibration that you can attune too and effect with your thoughts, words, and beliefs. We can choose to see this constant changing as dying, being born, evolving, or adapting, but the world only wants to program you to think you are dying, getting old, getting weaker. It is up to you to choose your own mindset, what doesn't kill you will only make you stronger, or weaker; the choice is yours to make. Reality runs on the placebo effect.
@pauldavis2535 Жыл бұрын
Yes it is
@jameswatt5557 Жыл бұрын
The following tracks you need to do: The Grudge (my favorite) Schism Lateralus Vicarious Jambi Stinkfist Eulogy Pushit (studio and Salival Live versions) Third Eye
@dpaquette69 Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget 46 & 2 ! Pushit and Third Eye are for advanced Tool listers 😂
@tonymackenzie6264 Жыл бұрын
This is wonderful ❤
@Triangulum303 Жыл бұрын
The lyrics are not in the front, but they are repetitious and powerful. The lyrics are very raw, and relatable to the human experience. We can all tap into the same thoughts with the lyrics, as they're universal. The music is definitely designed to be in the front, the vocals just another instrument. But what's weird is -as I've experienced - the vocals and lyrics mean different things to me at different stages of my life. Maynard layers meanings into his words that can be experienced differently at multiple different stages of mental development. Quite unique.
@elskeletor35669 ай бұрын
I love Tool they've been my favorite band since I first heard them on MTV back when I was in Highschool with the album Undertow and I have been enjoying their music since. So my other favorite Band is Ween and I recommend you try them out a song I Suggest is The Golden Eel off the mollusk album.
@ccopps69 Жыл бұрын
Great reaction guys!
@briansohr2319 Жыл бұрын
Y'all lovely and wise
@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf Жыл бұрын
……great reaction 🌀 I appreciate your honesty & interpretation of how Tool makes you feel ! 🔧🌀🌀🌀👁🌀🌀🌀🔧
@EiriUesugiKun Жыл бұрын
I would say that this is the story of most of us humans. My interpretion, from my point in life goes something like this: In our youth we feel invincible, and act accordingly. Then .. between 30 to 40 we start to feel .. that we are losing "that" spark and some may start to chase after the "fountain of youth" (hence the reference to Ponce de León). At some point we (most of us) will come in terms of our aging and inevitable demice, our death. And then we can live again. ** EDIT** So my interpretion of this song is about our personal growth and maturing. But like in so many Tool songs, we all have our own ways to see the songs and lyrics! Another great reaction from you two! I tryly enjoy your videos!
@MBP208 Жыл бұрын
That dog in the back is chiiilllllllliiiinnn
@xXMr.WiGGleZzXx Жыл бұрын
Your reaction reminds me of my brain cells, trying to comprehend tool when I listened to them for the first time
@mateuszstrybel8398 Жыл бұрын
This is for all the bands that tried to mimic Tool for all those years. Tool is just saying they are invincible. Whatever the material they would come back after 13+ years with, it would be 100+% Tool than all the things that others try to be like them. You cannot beat the Tool. You have to be one to beat it. They are one and only one of the kind. PEROID
@mateuszstrybel8398 Жыл бұрын
The lyrics is also about it. Each and every word, if you can hear it. So proud!
@eviljeep Жыл бұрын
Ponce de Leon 👌 great reference 🤟
@sevenduster27 Жыл бұрын
GREAT REACTION!! As a 41 year old Brazilian jujitsu and Muay Thai competitor, this song is so relatable in so many ways as a martial artist. We even put this on the speaker when sparing or rolling and it’s quite an experience. Also humbling when I’m tired and feeling physically broken and know I need to do it all over again tomorrow. But the body never lies and unfortunately I’m realizing I’m not what I used to be. I have to constantly remind myself that I’m not 21, IM 41 lol What an amazing track!! Nothing like 🔥👽👽TOOL👽👽🙏
@scott5669 Жыл бұрын
You guys are missing all the new Awesome live videos/songs from The Warning! Live from Teatro Metropolitan Theatre! Their Epic!!!
@TheColemark Жыл бұрын
The band members write the music and then send it to Menard and he writes the lyrics…that’s why his voice is just another instrument…they only band that does it kinda backwards
@JapesJasper Жыл бұрын
Was coming to say this, Maynard and his and words are just another instrument
@kosmokenny Жыл бұрын
Its funny that you say youre searching for the answer. That is exactly what so much TOOL music is about. The albums Undertow and Aenima are young men searching for the answers with aggression and anger like young men do. Then they get a little older and start seeking to expand beyond that in Lateralus. Then in 10000 Days, theyre 40 year olds with a much more mature outlook on things, more accepting of the answers they dont have. Finally on the Fear Innoculum album, theyre old men approaching 60, with the unsettling realization that more is behind them than ahead of and still the struggle to understand life remains. Its like every album is about the same things from the different perspectives one gets on everything from aging.
@dpaquette69 Жыл бұрын
Very well said!🌀🤘
@caseyluppino4687 Жыл бұрын
In my opinion tool is this generation's Pink Floyd. They are the only bands I have ever heard that I questioned if they're from planet earth lol
@davidbird461 Жыл бұрын
Even Masterd darn the cAutotune
@gregowen2377 Жыл бұрын
Just a reminder, as TOOL fans, we are all consequential (:
@chrispowless4113 Жыл бұрын
Descending has to be next!
@alienlifeform7490 Жыл бұрын
I identify so much with this song. It's a fascinating experience when a song "hits home" and becomes an internal awareness thing. Heavy shield down, but the truth never got in my way. Great reaction.
@SteveReddington Жыл бұрын
React to more TOOL, the TOOL army will follow!!
@johncarpenter3751 Жыл бұрын
😂 vincible…. I’m gonna use that one tomorrow at work
@jasoncoltharp7553 Жыл бұрын
The music is wrote first. Then the band sends it to Maynard and he listens to it and writes the lyrics. It takes an long time to write the music these guys create. Maynard says it takes him a fraction of that time to fill it in with words. that is why he is in other bands like the perfect circle, to fill in the gaps LOL.