Song reaction - Tool - Intension & Right in Two

[@Jay.McCarty]

Every time I listen to a Tool song I think to myself, "that's the best Tool song". ... every time.

[@RDB93]

I imagine a Police interrogation is less stressful than having to pick your favourite Tool song. It changes every day! Haha.

[@davidhaworth7152]

Yes

[@tylero8595]

I love that you dont interrupt the song and listen to the entire piece. Thats the only way to listen to Tool. Especially if its your first time hearing them.

[@whitejosh444]

Could not agree more. There is something about stopping a tool song in the middle the ruins it

[@JeffBishopVE6EFR]

I agree. It is very annoying to watch a reaction of someone that has to pause every few seconds to interject that they like something. Or try to explain what we are hearing (tempo, vocal technique etc). This is the way to do a music review.

[@alexhartman6144]

I'm so glad people are finally reacting to Intension. Always thought that was one of their most beautiful and under appreciated tool song

[@TroublesomeOwl]

It is, but i must admit, it was heart wrenching to have them play it live, and NOT follow it with Right In Two lol

[@Melody-ee9qe]

Intension is the most relaxing tool song in my opinion, i love it

[@unwantedscrub]

I never really payed any attention to the lyrics of it until now.. And god damn, that's some pretty heavy shit.

[@aoischmidt]

Relaxing and VERY underrated

[@cranboogie]

I love Intension.

[@thewildhealer541]

Underrated.

[@---Vector]

This is so transcendental track.

[@mattbaggette9963]

Right in two is one of my favorites. Intension is such a great intro for it. Can’t wait for the FI songs.

[@redhotchilifan98]

Right in two is some of Maynard's best lyrics he ever wrote

[@slantz49]

HOW DOES ONE CHOOSE WORDS SO MAGICIAL...? THEY TERMINATE OR ALLEVIATE THIS MORBID DISPAIR YOU FEEL.... LYRICS FROM PUSCIFER. SONG IS UPGRADE THE OLDER I GET THE MORE MEANINGS MAYNARDS LYRICS CONNECT WITH ME IN MY OPNION HE IS UP THERE WITH SOME OF THE TOP POETS IN HISTORY .... MY PERSONAL FAVORITE IS REFLECTION WHEN IT COMES TO SHOW CASING HIS TALENT

[@justinbenson3516]

I guess it's all personal opinion. For me 10000 days and fear innoculum are far and away the lesser albums for lyrics but some of the best musically. Still amazing but lack the deeper meaning for me. Vicarious and right in two are among my favorites sound wise but least favorite lyrically.

[@jakecameron2976]

He has so many magical moments. This song and Gravity are some of my favorite Maynard achievements.

[@chadrange2147]

Now imagine being where you are now and having to wait 13 years for a new album..

[@SeanD313]

PLUS the ever-present uncertainty about whether there would actually ever be a new album.

[@rays402]

Had to wait for Saturn

[@efcdk92]

And it finally came and it wasn't good

[@paetz4]

@@efcdk92 you're not good

[@efcdk92]

@@paetz4 good one

[@jimmyg.6487]

I have a feeling this is going to be in your top TOOL songs.

[@jimmyg.6487]

...seems like I was right.

[@musicmademejester]

Intension is a very underrated song. I love it and it's so relaxing. And well, Right in Two is just as awesome as people say it is. One of Tool's best songs, with a timeless sound and timeless message. These two songs go together like peanut butter and jelly. Love watching your reations!

[@blazehnt]

Really excited to see Fear Inoculum reactions, especially Descending and 7empest, I cant give one song in this album a rating below 9.

[@LuckykidA]

I think they will dig Culling Voices too.

[@guywithalltheanswers6942]

@@LuckykidA Culling Voices is the most meh of all Tool songs but its still great.

[@LuckykidA]

@@guywithalltheanswers6942 I respect that, but for some reason, it really resonates. It culls to me. ;) Descending is a great one too. She mentioned in this reaction that she enjoys it when Maynard sings the mellower tunes so I think she's dig it.

[@guywithalltheanswers6942]

@@LuckykidA No I like the lyrics a lot but the music actually fall short for me.

[@whitejosh444]

Agreed

[@jameswayne2422]

The great thing about interpretations is that they're open to change. Growth through experience and expansion of knowledge. Something that Tool has made into an art form, introspection. Just another reason that makes me love these guys for their musical genius. Thanks you two, another great reaction.

[@MrKoutsuko]

Its about "using your tool", the more interpretations you get, the better you are using it, some interpretations will have their flaws, but that don't take away the merit of thinking about it and trying a new point os view. The most poisonous thing you could do it to put it on a box of right or wrong or good or bad and disregard all the arguments that a different lens could make it visible just because it can be a bit blurry and different from what you are expecting. I'm loving this channel and it is having one of the best takes on the whole Tool Reaction rabbithole, keep doing this great work, I wish I could devaur all in one day, but I'm not regretting to take only a bite each day and appreciate their work!

[@richardchurchill5181]

The two songs are an integral pairing dealing with two perspectives on the same behaviors. Intention is from the human perspective while Right in Two is from the angelic perspective. This is the sort of pattern and pairing (or tripling or more) that shows up throughout tools albums. Again, the pairs and triples are often separated by non-vocal pieces that serve functions, though the functions vary. Even when the vocal pieces stand apart from other vocal pieces the non-vocal piece separating it has thematic ties to the vocal pieces on one or both sides. Stepping back from the groupings within albums, the albums themselves have broader thematic integrity, and the albums themselves form an arc of development as individuals. I doubt that this latter was planned (as that would take an intention from the start of the first album that I think they lacked), but it does show the process of maturation among the members. The most directly identifiable links between the two songs are the references to will and free will, the stone used in Intention to attack the stranger and the club in Right in Two used to beat down the brother, and the blade forged in both. The perspective in each is reflected reference to strangers in Intention and brothers in Right in Two. Humans see others as strangers while the angels see us all as brothers. A key difference that is not well explained in either song is the part of Intention where it says, "Move by will along / Leave as we come in / Pure as light return to one." What the members of tool meant by this is a pretty open question, but I think it is simply saying that we are born with nothing, we leave with nothing, and we return to the "one" stripped of all our possessions and intentions. Angels, being not limited by mortality and possessing a perspective that is essentially eternal but not yet that of God miss this return and its meaning. PS: I like the braids.

[@adamsganchala2180]

12:53 love the tone of that wow

[@faitestealer]

Your production value on these is some of the best in the reaction game for sure.

[@Brandon_Beaty]

In my opinion, the song can be distilled to one word: perspective. The angels have been there from before man. Our lives in the context of history are like popping flash bulbs. Humans formed tribes, then countries. They tried to conquer each other and the known world without sailing too far out to sea to avoid falling off the edge of the planet. Astronaut interviews about first reaching orbit are terribly interesting. They usually include a life changing, seismic shift in perspective looking down on our plantet through its thin atmosphere as they circle it every 90 minutes without seeing any borders or markers on countries. Countries continue to try and dominate the globe or wall themselves off from the outside world. Still the fact remains if humanity doesn't destroy itself or an asteroid destroys the planet, eventually the sun will burn out in a supernova that obliterates Earth. If humanity is to continue past that point lots of cooperation and innovation will have to take place to make humanity multi planetary. That will require expanding thinking and perspective. Edit - typos.

[@baxterbozeman9072]

At 35:00 I love his interpretation about angels being unable to comprehend free will.

[@initum1599]

Thanks. I would expand perhaps, maybe it's about need for existance of evil so we can appreciate goodness, kinda contrast thing, or ying yang concept. Anywho, super interesting discussions could be made.

[@undertow5164]

love your content. its amazing listening to my favorite bandwith fresh ears

[@donkeydarko77]

The last concert I attended in which they performed Right in Two, the "Fight" verse was different. Not sure if Maynard is still performing it this way, or if he changes it frequently: "Fight, over ground, over wind, over water Fight, over life, over blood, over air and Light, over lust, over love, over lies, they Fight, 'til they die, everyone, under rising Sun..."

[@yakgelder]

I passed this video up so many times because of the length. Now, after watching it, I'm like.. YEAH, LISTEN TO IT AGAIN! I'LL WAIT!!!!"

[@diegofiorillo6412]

Sometimes i literally cannot believe how amazing they are as a band. There is more wisdom in Tool's lyrics than any book you could ever show me.

[@justinajuste1236]

Amazing! Thank you for your videos ❤️

[@ryanlane7692]

Where did you guys go?? I absolutely loved your videos. I hope all is well 🤙🍺😊

[@MrKoutsuko]

A song about Free Will isn't bound on one side or interpretation being 'Right or Wrong'. Like Vicarious and many Tool song that touch the human nature, any "judgement" of what is being said can fall in a trap of being shallow. Every virtue and flaw of humanity is essential for our sirvival and grace. I bring Vicarious for the discussion again as it ilustrate this as well, It might be a vicious behavior, but it is our survial Instinct, is the core tool that prevent us to repeat the mistake of others and rewarded those who learn how to usit, to survive longer and pass it to their children. Great work!

[@christoffsimply3179]

Love your channel. You are on the deep end of the musical pool here. If music is a form of communication, this communicates. If it is a showcase for talent, this is talent. If it is meant to carry emotions, this is emotions. If music is meant to be "deep and spiritual", what do you feel from that song? I love all kinds of music. It's all great because it is someone else's message. But after much open-minded searching, I do think Tool figure out all the best of what music can be.

[@Michael-on4ti]

Right in Two should be played on all media platforms

[@jonikagrigsby6609]

The song is about how humanity is without balance, we're upsesed with taking anything and turning it into a tug of war. Conflict will always exist as long as there are two sides who think that they're right and the other is wrong, and this cycle will continue until we find a balance in all thing's.

[@jameswayne2422]

Balance? I doubt that'll ever happen. A common enemy is the more likely scenario to bring both sides to forgo their differences.

[@faitestealer]

It is definitely an "intro" or almost one song imo. When this album first came out I found myself almost always listening to these together rather than playing just Right in Two.

[@jamieperdue8663]

That is honestly the first time I read the lyrics to Intention. Now that I have, Those songs are totally related. Obviously Right in two has angels looking at humans and asking why they act the way they do with the gift of free will. Intention is like a human looking at humans and realizing they act the way they do because of free will. Their are several songs paired together on 10,000 days.

[@patriciastanley7816]

I've been thinking that both songs are a meditation from two different perspectives about the physical nature of survival and the will to survive corrupting the spiritual purity and divine nature of humanity. Intension is from the human perspective and Right In Two from the perspective of angels that cannot understand the consequences of free will coupled with a need to survive and cultivate resources and how this naturally creates division and violence.

[@mattsmith3839]

Wow such a thought provoking interpretation...

[@guywithalltheanswers6942]

Intention is from the perspective of humans. Right in two is from the perspective of the angels there are other interpretations of course and I really liked yours because it is 100% what he appears to be trying to convey using the perspective of those living these lives and those witnessing from afar.

[@stephenlackey5852]

Love your channel

[@brianmomgaudas1812]

This will allways be one of my favorites it nakes me sad about humanity and i like that

[@Corneliussong]

Yes, it was my favourite once experienced for the first time also, love your reaction to this ( and your plats 😉) 😁

[@woundsofthecrisis]

Probably one of my favorite songs, then again..........ehhh I love them all, but this one!! I love love ;)

[@lucassilvadedeus]

I think the fact that we can have multiple interpretations of the same lyrics (and sometimes even change your interpretation) is a testament of how good maynard is

[@whitejosh444]

Woot woot super excited for this one

[@syntheticsleep]

I've always thought he was saying "cut my love right in two...." Even with lyrics on the screen this is how I hear it. A truly beautiful and sad song. Reminds me a lot of the movie The Prophecy with Christopher Walken and Aragorn. Highly recommended watch if you haven't seen it.

[@joshbuck8000]

The "lyrics" in the video are incredibly inaccurate. He's actually saying 'cut-divide it all right in two'

[@shaneH1]

are we ever going to get to see your m8? loved the reaction btw :)

[@shaunwhelan17]

Have been waiting for this one

[@jerryg1708]

Through the eyes of a higher being (angels) they would see us as simple as monkeys. Watching us from the sidelines makes it sound like a game we’ve been put in,like pawns armed only with free will and reason. A game of tug of war that sadly will never end !

[@calebm3466]

This is the “So good, honestly” podcast 👍

[@kotavu6004]

Ok subscribed - you guys have done some good songs and I’m impressed but still a lot out there to get into - curios - I know you’re in London but originally from where? I can’t tell - Belgium Dutch or something?

[@mmk7340]

Can't wait for your reactions to Fear Inoculum. Keep up the good work.👍

[@vwacadtech1]

I closed my eyes and just got engulfed with thus and opened my eyes and u were feeling what I was I swear

[@fudhater8592]

REALLY looking forward to the Fear Inoculum album review

[@jerrycooper2566]

So... Pretty long journey so far. After truly listening to the artist's...art, and taking the time to analyze and discuss each track, what do you think of these works as a whole? Are you experienced yet? Really have enjoyed your trek with this artist and affiliates. Kinda probing to see if your a big fan of the band yet😁

[@aaroncole3941]

I believe in the chorus he's saying "cut my own right in two" rather than whatever else was in the text on the lyric vid.

[@michaelpeterson9016]

I hear "cut and divide it all right in two". but everyone hears it differently

[@aaroncole3941]

Never sounded that way to me but according to reputable sites, you're correct.

[@ViewGoodThings]

I think the point of it all is that although we have been given free will (whether by God or just by nature), it appears that human nature is to separate/divide. Where there is one, we are “bound” to divide it (all) in two. “Angels” could be any outside perspective, judging the decisions we make, left feeling baffled and confused. Whether the lyrics are “gotta divide it all right in two” or “cut it all right in two” (it’s always sounded like “cut” but “gotta” might be the correct lyrics and are more damning of man’s decisions) doesn’t matter, it’s the same sentiment. The Judgement of Solomon bible story comes to mind, although maybe not a direct correlation to the song. In the end, to an outside viewer, we have free will, reason, and resources, yet “this is what we choose”.

[@initum1599]

Thank you for this. Well said :) She

[@ViewGoodThings]

@@initum1599 And I must commend you for what you’re able to discern from a first listen. I’ve listened to these songs hundreds of times since buying them on their release date (during college we would wait at Tower Records in Atlanta, GA at midnight to buy them), yet you make it 90% of the way on a first listen. I hope you are well and I look forward to your views on many more songs.

[@Spooked.J]

Absolutely a top tier track!

[@PongGod]

Since you seem to love the Maynard's softer side, I can't wait until you get to the Fear Inoculum album. His beautifully delivered vocals along with the extraordinary musicianship and production quality from the rest of the team is gonna blow you away. In particular, Pneuma, Invincible, and Descending are masterpieces, and 7empest is a massive tour de force!

[@xavierhenriques1116]

Always good Thank you both You two should consider ASMR You have very calm demeanors and soothing voices The duality picks right up again in Fear Inoculum

[@77dopey]

Iv been waiting for this so stocked

[@BH02377]

Right in Two = my favorite Tool song!!!

[@fatjonseatingadventures5429]

I love how this song is just a reminder how we're not much different than apes. They fight over territory and resources and we are no better.

[@chrisa5631]

Will you do fear inoculum?

[@LanceThompsonKssooner]

Many fans consider Intention an intro and the rhythm seems to follow into Right in Two but they don't play them together in concert (at least in the 5 shows I've seen). EDIT: Angels 😇 do have free will. Ever heard of Lucifer and his followers that were thrown out of Heaven? It's called devotion, not enslavement.

[@patriciastanley7816]

when i saw them in 2007 they played a shortened version of intension leading straight into right in two

[@TroublesomeOwl]

Yeah one of the 5 shows i've seen they played Intention and no Right in Two. as much as i love it, i was gutted lol

[@LanceThompsonKssooner]

@@TroublesomeOwl that is definitely a strange mix. How could they do that! Total troll.

[@Tramadoltony]

i would really like to see you react to descending. An extremely artful piece imo

[@rays402]

Finding beauty in the dissonance. Better every time. God I love this band lol

[@fan-i-am]

Angels in heaven saw God & his Son create the first humans. (angels on the sidelines) God created angels and humans perfect, AND gave them free will. Our nature was perfect, meaning: left idle our thoughts and actions will drift towards good things, righteous things. Without even trying! But since Adam & Eve went AGAINST their own perfect inclinations and sinned, they became imperfect. And as such, all humans thereafter are imperfect and have imperfect/bad inclination. Without even trying! BUT! We can go against our inherited imperfect nature and do good! But it's so damn hard! Thanx mum & dad!

[@m.6246]

VERY VERY GOOD!!!👍👍👍

[@Dahench]

👍

[@brianmomgaudas1812]

I like his take on evolution and god together

[@LuckykidA]

First like of the year!

[@jonthomson8392]

👍👍👍👍

[@garrettgearhart6123]

Do what thou WILL Shall be the whole of the law

[@cikame]

I can't really say what my favourite song is, but as time goes by i feel like i'm more and more likely to say it's Right in Two.

[@TroublesomeOwl]

i cannot pick a favourite, but i definitive top 5 that are 4 degrees, Pushit, Reflection, Right in Two, Descending

[@50NewEyes]

That bass though.....

[@rob0tic931]

I've never been sure if Intension is in fact tied to Right In Two at all. It's always bothered me that the exit notes for Intension are pulled almost note for note from Pushit. Is this intentional, just a muscle memory moment from Justin? Again, maybe it's nothing, but those notes have always caused an itch in my brain...

[@bSQUARED08]

An interesting note about the "snake hissing" portion, as you referred to it, at the beginning of "Intension": there are actually lyrics that are played backward during this. They go like this: "Work hard, Stay in school, Listen to your mother, your father is right/rising/right, son... Jesus loves you... Work hard, Stay out of school, Listen to your mother, your father is right/rising/right son..." Edit: pulled this from another source... The "stay out of school" part may not be right- I'm sure you could find the song played backward and interpret this for yourself.

[@devanhammack695]

i always thought this was one of their more straightforward songs... "repugnant is the creature who would squander the ability to lift and eye to heaven conscious of our fleeting time here..." Angels (Creations of God) have no free will.. they do Gods bidding. Humans are given the gift of reason and are so senseless. The earth is so plentiful, yet they build tools to fight and kill each other instead of growing together.

[@xraysteve]

And contextually, this album was released in ‘05, just a few years after we went to war. So I’m betting that was partially the inspiration for som of the lyrics. One of my biggest questions about this album was if evolved from atheism to agnostic. Specifically, centering around the lyrics you cite and a few in “Wings for Marie/10,000 days.”

[@TheChazz1225]

I don't listen to Intension really. On it's own it's quite lackluster but when paired with Right In Two, it just becomes the best intro you could want for that song.

[@ohiotoolfan2755]

Now that you are a fulltime Tool fan like the rest of us I think it's only fair that you now wait 13 years to listen to Fear Inoculum!!

[@initum1599]

I don't think I can wait that long :) She

[@heyskipj]

I just can't guys. Fuck, no... I'll do it. "Right In Two" best Tool track ever.

[@heyskipj]

Did you guys go to their concerts and just be bummed for all the Tool tracks they didn't play?

[@dustinshadle732]

Try listening to the song Orestes, same singer, amazingly done!

[@absolutezero6423]

Religious beings using a Darwinian reference (talking monkeys} to describe humans sounds ironic to me.

[@JustNice980]

Are you implying that Tool (Maynard) is religious? If so, I think you've missed some things along the way.

[@absolutezero6423]

@@JustNice980 I was implying the angels are the beings of a religion.

[@yosshy4774]

That is the point of the song, 1 situation divided "right in two". Angels (religions) and Monkeys (Darwin's theory)

[@doozythedoctor]

So I'm usually good with accents but I'm having a super hard time identifying where these folks are from. My guesses are one of the Baltic countries, or a long shot guess at Israel

[@jessemahan9988]

Check out “a perfect circle” maynards other band if you would like to hear his voice in a different way it’s def more showcased

[@stevenrumney3182]

Culling voices. You won’t be disappointed. Could be top 2 on fear inoculum album.

[@joehynes5452]

My fav, next to Wings For Marie, from 10,000 Days. DEF one of his better penned tunes but it's impossible to rank Tool songs

[@acousticscarab]

I love the debate at the end. I don't think the song is contradictory as you say around the 30 minute mark. You say the lyrics dehumanize us, compares us to animals. Maynard says "Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here." Intension and the beginning of Right in Two shows us the inherent duality born in us, but we have choice and free will. And we have a third path. To see divinity and to share and help each other rather than fight over resources that are plentiful. What dehumanizes us is our choice to fight, to treat each other like animals. It seems like duality, but the angels benched along with patience and reason are waiting for our tug of war to end. We do best when we unite and help each other. We fail when we war and fight over things we have enough to share

[@XxExoNine]

LOST KEYS + ROSETTA STONED

[@edcummings2379]

Maynard speaks parsel tongue 😁

[@psycho416s]

she is gonna skin you up dude. lol

[@50NewEyes]

Multiple toolgasms.......or eargasms...

[@toolfan862]

Please use Dany Carey cam video for Pneuma insteed of original song track. I strongly belive that this would be best way to feel this song :)

[@gimphandjeff]

False. Maynard sounds awful on the drum cam. And the instruments aren’t balanced properly because it’s focusing on the drums.

[@toolfan862]

​@@gimphandjeff Everything you said is true, but overall experience is better imo. Lets be honest on that. Live version is much more impressive then original :)

[@joshbuck8000]

The "lyrics" on this video are so wrong.

[@KuroKoopa]

These lyrics were so wrong tho :(

[@FatBoySlim696]

Don't be too hard on yourself

[@JHopkins]

Its a shame that lyric video is still up after all these years. Crazy amount of mistakes throughout the whole thing, and it completely butchers arguably the best part of the song. During the "fight til the die, over___" part, Maynard interchanges the words/order during live shows, but as far as I know it always ends with "they fight, till they die, over words, polarizing", which that video completely replaces with gibberish. Luckily you had separate lyrics pulled up.

[@LanceThompsonKssooner]

Lighten up...so they made a few mistakes.

[@JHopkins]

@@LanceThompsonKssooner I think you're taking my comment more seriously than it was.

[@LanceThompsonKssooner]

@@JHopkins ok. So saying a "crazy amount of mistakes" and saying they "butchered" it is NOT being hyper critical? I guess we're all entitled to our own opinion.

[@JHopkins]

@@LanceThompsonKssooner I mean its literally filled with mistakes. It's misrepresenting a piece of art. I don't think the words I used are particularly hyperbolic. I would say even the butchered part isn't unreasonable if you read the actual lyric and what the video shows.

[@LanceThompsonKssooner]

@@JHopkins so then we are agreed that I wasn't taking it "more seriously than it was". It's totally fine if you think the video did the song a disservice but that is not what your initial reply insinuated. All I'm saying is plenty of other people pointed out the same issues without being abusive.

[@sloughater18]

react??????????? or listen