TOOL - Flood (Audio)

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Lyrics:
Here comes the water
All I knew and all I believed
Crumbling images
No longer comfort me.
Scramble to reach higher ground,
Order and sanity,
Something to comfort me.
So I take what is mine, and hold what is mine
Suffocate what is mine, and bury what's mine
Soon the water will come
And claim what is mine
I must leave it behind
And climb to a new place now
This ground is not the rock I thought it to be
Thought I was high, and free
I thought I was there
Divine destiny
I was wrong
This changes everything
Running away,
Running away,
I'm running away,
Running away
I'm running away
Running away
I'm running away
Running away
I take what is mine
Hold what is mine
Suffocate what is mine
Bury what's mine
Soon the water will come
And claim what is mine
I must leave it behind
And climb to a new place
Water's rising up on me
The water is rising up on me
Thought the sun would come deliver me
But the truth has come to punish me instead
Grounds break down right under me
Cleanse and purge me
In the water

[@brandenwolverton8798]

Can't believe they played this live!!! This is my favorite Tool song!!!

[@michaelbinbc]

I heard them play this live in a 300 seat club back in 1994. I was working the kitchen, so I didn't actually 'see' it, but the stage was 30 feet across from the kitchen doors, so it sounded f'ing amazing! But my favourite of the night was No Quarter. A rush of energy flowed from the tips of my toes to the top of my skull, and every hair on my body stood on end. Every time I've heard it since I get the same rush, bringing me right back to that night. F'ing electric! 😎

[@chrisccc22]

LOL LOL This is hands down my fave Tool tune. Last time I saw them they busted it out. I was floored. Jaw dropped and dislocated.

[@hunterwilcox4681]

Only tool can make an 8 minute song feel like only 3 minutes

[@ILikeWafflz]

3 minute songs feel like 30 seconds now

[@LeFuzzyDunlop]

So glad they played this live in Manchester last night 😮

[@gretarobinson1142]

Seeing them tomorrow ❤

[@LeFuzzyDunlop]

@@gretarobinson1142 Enjoy ♥

[@shrimpy420]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who walks around like a dinosaur to the first part of this song

[@ristoramey6744]

no shit me too! be well my friend in TOOL !

[@j.prt.979]

LOL I did not expect that

[@derrickmiller5944]

Have you heard the hidden track on herevegetarians are murderers from the eyes of a carrot listen to it sometime when you get the chance

[@Cystlib]

It reminds me of Neurosis a lot

[@donaldcameron8909]

Yeah

[@yonatanmichael6210]

One of the most underrated songs from tool's discography.

[@debrahurford8517]

Yonatan michael , omg yes ,this is a musical. masterpiece !!

[@einherjar8147]

This and the title track of Undertow both.

[@DakotaofRaptors]

Aren't all of Tool's tracks underrated?

[@TillyandChris]

]]]]]]

[@jeannebrauher-trible4869]

Absolutely

[@mikegardiner3272]

I was wrong..... this changes everything

[@Jacob-ht7im]

Best line ever, and the delivery is haunting as fuck.

[@keenanehrhart3707]

Love every Tool album. No favourites. Each album is a tool I use for different purposes. Undertow to get pumped; Ænima for dealing with anger; Lateralus when forming new ideas; 10,000 Days for handling depression; and Fear Inoculum for meditation

[@MetgadethFan17]

What about Opiate?

[@keenanehrhart3707]

@@MetgadethFan17 I tend to listen to Opiate and Undertow together. Both are good for getting pumped, especially at work in the restaurant. Do you have a favourite Tool album? (And why is it your favourite?)

[@MetgadethFan17]

@@keenanehrhart3707 I’d have to say Ænima is my favorite if I were to choose just one. I feel like it’s got some really catchy riffs, and the song Hooker With A Penis is actually one of my favorite songs of theirs. It’s a very underrated song and it’s one of their heaviest. I feel like Ænima is just the best well rounded album in the intensity of the vocals/instruments, and how good the song writing is. Undertow would probably be a close second though, all killer, no filler.🤘🏼

[@keenanehrhart3707]

@@MetgadethFan17 hell yeah, man. Both albums are incredible. Ænima was the first album by Tool that I listened to from beginning to end. When I first heard it (20 years ago), I had no idea what I was listening to. I'm glad understanding has come with age. Makes the album all the more powerful. You got good taste sir!

[@MetgadethFan17]

@@keenanehrhart3707 Thank you, as do you!

[@MrBruinman86]

Undertow is a seriously underrated and underappreciated album. Loaded with powerful tracks from beginning to end.

[@toprak3479]

It's a banger from start to finish. Much better than their latest album imo.

[@alfrichter969]

the problem is the rating i always read these comments that some songs are "underrated" there is no ranking in music its about emotions you cant rate an emotion right?

[@axebox]

Before Aenima came out Undertow was always a really, really, really good album. All at the top of everyone's lists. And then Aenima came out and totally blew everything away. It was like these guys were wayyyy beyond what everyone thought they were, even though they came out with an album that everyone absolutely loved.

[@waltergoring8428]

It is a masterpiece

[@maximummatt73]

Except for that last track

[@simpatico.official]

How has this song not hit a million yet!? That epic long intro to that dirty riff and beat come onnnnnnn. One of the top 10 tool songs

[@tamwehwukzdcti8198]

Never was a favorite of mine, but I will say it's an EXPERIENCE live. I was shocked how well it translated in that sphere since it wasn't a standout to me. Found a new appreciation for it.

[@markfromct2]

Which million are you referring to? They all have millions

[@johnlandry7775]

Top 5 imo

[@johnlandry7775]

​@@tamwehwukzdcti8198I agree I got hooked when they played this LIVE

[@johnsimpson4009]

Probably because you got people like me that listen to 1 tool song over and over for months and after 4 years are just discovering this song... it's like a tool Christmas gift every time I click on another song I've never heard.. 👍

[@aalbert78]

My god what a beast. You have to listen to this from a proper f*ing cd with a pair of good headphones to appreciate the depth of the bass and the darkness of the production.

[@Cameron-or8qw]

aalbert78 How is sound quality any better on cd?

[@JustinJagger]

@@Cameron-or8qw i have to agree. i'm finding the audio here to be quite stellar

[@aalbert78]

@Cameron Botelho It was more of a general comment, the audio here is indeed very good and a pretty good substitute. Still, I find the CD sound better, tighter and fuller. Perhaps my ear is conditioned after getting to know how these songs sound like from the CD in the first place. The thing is this is KZbin. It is neither the canon to find such good audio in YT, nor to listen through good earphones or a proper sound system & speakers (obviously I'm not talking about expensive hi end but just decent equipment). It is more likely that people will listen from a phone.

[@itsfine5818]

@@aalbert78 KZbin does compress the fuck out of audio, even if it is on an acceptable level nowadays

[@nickaguilera4839]

Bass is Power

[@feywildheart2878]

As a fairly new fan of Tool, I thought their stuff was chill and beautiful. 5:57 I was wrong. This changes everything.

[@rastomasstanford7708]

So wrong but so right 🤣

[@no22sill]

eeuuuphhooorrriiiiiaaaa

[@MetgadethFan17]

Underrated comment

[@theRavensRed]

Welcome to TOOL. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🧿🖤🖤🖤🖤 If you put on noise cancelling headphones, 2:22 is where it starts getting....odd.

[@AdolphusOfBlood]

@@theRavensRed nothing strange about perfection

[@inconvenientreq]

“...but the truth has come to punish me instead.”

[@patgreco2098]

C'est la vie...punish it back.

[@the2ndcoming135]

When you walk into a roomful of grandpa’s with well groomed beards and all the fuss and murmur is about you having 3 of the most badass grandpas ever😅

[@flannigan7956]

@@patgreco2098 Ben la verite quoi

[@patgreco2098]

@@flannigan7956 Well the truth what

[@napoleonsolo5929]

I was WRONG. This changes EVERYTHING.

[@Dimes329]

They played this in New York last night

[@gurindersingh614]

I am in love with their music. Addicted so badly.

[@no22sill]

yes paaji we too

[@Rikki-Chik]

Addicted? Yes. Yes I am. I'm not looking to quit either. It's come to be where I rarely listen to anything else. Even when my mood changes, there's a TOOL album that's appropriate. I've loved them since I first heard Opiate back in its release in '92' (i think). Ima long term addict. 🖤🎶🖤🎶🖤🎶🖤🎶

[@the2ndcoming135]

“Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...”👀

[@lousasso3487]

Welcome to the Spiral, brother

[@arpandutta1344]

Friday aaa pajji gaane suno

[@IvanFloresArt]

I go back and forth between this and bottom as my favorite from Undertow.

[@justdude1241]

Same here

[@pricc-om]

4 degrees is up there

[@seang92]

This is my favorite for sure. I think it is a glimpse of what Tool would later become. After this it goes Intolerance then Bottom.

[@snowblind8572]

no love for the title track?

[@JustinJagger]

the whole damn album

[@anaihilator]

I lived every word of this song And I survived and am still here

[@donQpublic]

❤️

[@ericphilen3433]

This is the best band in the world of all time!

[@averagejoe6971]

Still sends chills through me almost 30 years later...

[@dylanharris4670]

The long intro pulls you in and drowns you in a daze and then at 3:17 when the little riff hits...a feeling accompanied with chills that I have never felt before. And yes I realize its 2020 and I'm commenting. But tool is tool.

[@DaydreamAllday]

I used to be OBSESSED with tool. Especially this album

[@lennyrepongo78]

30 years and counting... still am

[@gnortsmralien4189]

Here comes the water. All I knew and all I believed are crumbling images that no longer comfort me. I scramble to reach higher ground some order and sanity or something to comfort me. So I take what is mine, and hold what is mine suffocate what is mine, and bury what's mine. Soon the water will come and claim what is mine. I must leave it behind and climb to a new place now. This ground is not the rock I thought it to be. Thought I was high, and thought I was free. I thought I was there divine destiny. I was wrong. This changes everything. Runnin' away I will take what is mine, hold what is mine Suffocate what is mine, bury what's mine Soon the water will come and claim what is mine I must leave it behind and climb to a new place, WATER'S RISING UP ON ME SAID THE WATER'S RISING UP ON ME Thought the sun would come deliver me but the truth has come to punish me instead. FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD The ground is breaking down right under me. Cleanse and purge me in the water

[@madamelove4148]

Learn to swim

[@coopergoss350]

Amazing lyricist and vocalist. Being smart and introspective enough to write well and blessed with a voice to sing it is rare to say the least.

[@NickGerse]

No album will surpass the raw intensity of the sound of Undertow.

[@tatocancelled7186]

Opiate maybe

[@M.J.B27]

@@tatocancelled7186 ænema

[@hetornhetorn]

Opiate.

[@longerino]

you said raw dawg

[@anthonyhatfield3185]

Lataralus is right there for me

[@tyvekhomewrap9164]

You know you're metal when you have a 4 minute long intro

[@holyshit1916]

_takes a bayath_

[@srobbins1973]

Prog metal

[@justindrake6992]

THEY ARE NOT FUCKING METAL THEY HATE THAT SHIT

[@justindrake6992]

@zoro riddick not at all actually my auto lock was on didn't mean it but was trying to to state it sorry lmao

[@AllisonChains64]

@@justindrake6992 Do they? When did they say that?

[@jofall91]

Arguably one of their most overlooked songs and yet it still kicks ass

[@mikerhoa]

They're playing this live again!

[@nepaliNamastey]

"Grounds break down right under me Cleanse and purge me In the water" If you can relate to this, you surely feel the goosebumps!!

[@thedarkforce9596]

I played this song while my toilet overflowed and flooded my bathroom

[@sokks5]

Nice

[@Ketannabis]

Ecin

[@TheyRiseBand]

Here comes the water

[@bubbles6883]

Nice

[@nerdycat9180]

Soon the water will come and claim what is mine...

[@johnsummers9660]

That bass though...

[@iron1man7818]

This has a strong Melvins presence to it.

[@syncopy667]

At last, someone said it 😂

[@JoseGomez-ys3zs]

Joan Of Arc most likely.

[@joshuasizemore4862]

Here comes the water [Verse 1] All I knew and all I believed Are crumbling images That no longer comfort me I scramble to reach higher ground Order and sanity Or something to comfort me [Chorus] Take what is mine, hold what is mine Suffocate what is mine, bury what's mine Soon the water will come and claim what is mine I must leave it behind and climb to a new place now [Post-Chorus] This ground is not the rock I thought it to be [Verse 2] Thought I was high Thought I was free I thought I was there Divine destiny I was wrong This changes everything [Bridge] Running away Running away now Running away Running away now Running away Running away [Chorus] Take what is mine, hold what is mine Suffocate what is mine, bury what's mine Soon the water will come and claim what is mine I must leave it behind and climb to a new place The water is rising up on me Said the water rising up on me Thought the sun would come deliver me But the truth has come to punish me instead [Outro] The ground is breaking down right under me Cleanse and purge me in the water

[@theRavensRed]

Thank you muchkies, kind sir! 🖤🖤🖤

[@hihihihihello]

this is a song about the flood that happened 12k years ago, younger dryas impact hypothesis, tons of evidence look at the wiki. be a fool to deny it at this point. its recorded in most every culture too with stories tales ''myths legends'' creation stories religions. most cultures have a similar story about a flood..

[@drillbit8280]

@@hihihihihello so you’re saying that this song is about the Biblical Flood? It actually makes sense.

[@XBludclahtX]

Forgot “Diiiiiiivvvvveeeeee” thats what I’d like to think he says anyway lol

[@joshuasizemore4862]

@@XBludclahtX I believe he screams "Die."

[@julianholland4009]

One of the greatest songs ever written!

[@ristoramey6744]

it is ! be well my friend in TOOL!

[@yosshy4774]

Amen!

[@ristoramey6744]

Yosshy M amen ra

[@lyricriott7582]

I like this song, however, anything by Deftones begs to differ

[@cowboystinkysweat6887]

Nobody but Tool can pull this one off from the Swamp Song.

[@brianfleming6882]

I used to be obsessed with Tool. I'm obsessed now...but I used to be too.

[@diggerdogadventures976]

😁

[@intraterrestrial5035]

flash flood warning popped up on my phone, needed a soundtrack, came here

[@justinpolk1331]

Nice to see an old man like you on here with me. 😀

[@rikukega4564]

True artistry transcends time to become timeless itself. I feel like this masterpiece is exactly that kind of artwork. The raw power and emotion contained within is staggering.

[@bigdaddypiggy]

I remember when this came out….i heard “Sober” on the radio in the summer of 93 on 98Rock Baltimore & went out & bought the CD 1st chance I had & man 😳🤯🤤 I still listen to it beginning to end

[@sharonbakley8922]

There is an awesome video of them doing it live. Maynard looks like some kind of lunatic in his red long Johns.

[@GatoQLO]

​@@sharonbakley8922 A VIDEO OF THEM DOING WHAT????? 🤯

[@sharonbakley8922]

@@GatoQLO sober

[@juanvenegas7834]

I walk around like a fuckin man eating giant to the beginning of this beautiful song...

[@rastomasstanford7708]

Danny's a beast on this track

[@blsm-burminilaicalseparati6214]

I've had multiple eargasms from 6:00 to 6:46.

[@rpg_haven]

This is Tool's best song

[@janeferguson6729]

For those that were there first time, this is TOOL, raw 🤘

[@joshuaturner7343]

4 degrees into Flood is my favorite moment on this masterpiece of an album

[@pauliescott]

This ground is not the rock I thought it to be....... I was wrong, this changes everything. Heavy shit. Blew my mind back in 92. Still does

[@stephenmckimmie9025]

Every song on this could have been a single.

[@johngumersell6936]

Every man will come to a place where they are destroyed and must start a new way of life to survive or drown. That's what this song is for me.

[@davidjenson1570]

That guy sure did have a monster voice!

[@filiplahor]

Flood is the best Tool song, imo.

[@KhanhTrieu]

My personal fave, so much mood!

[@centerofthesea9180]

When you hear that NASTY riff at 4:16

[@joehynes5452]

Boneriffic

[@vinyldiary6664]

Adam worshiping King Buzzo and Duane Denison...two of the most badass and underrated guitar players in Rock&Roll history.

[@billrobertjoe]

@@vinyldiary6664 New Orleans sludge better

[@kevinc5086]

Undertow is the most underrated TOOL album

[@briansmad1]

Best concert I’ve ever witnessed. I’m not certain but would imagine it rivals a Pink Floyd concert experience. The visuals were incredible

[@boubix]

4 bands in the same concert : RATM, Tool, Living Colour and Fishbone. We were fans of the 2 last ones and just starting to know RATM (and already fans). The only ones we did not know were Tool. Well, we were really impressed : they were the best that night !

[@derekvaughn7252]

Briansmad1 Where did you see them? Recently?

[@kellydimon15]

Yes. I attended the concert 1/31/22 was a gift for my youngest son who worships Tool. He is sort of his own worst enemy here and unfortunately in a place that only he can crawl above. I went anyway. What a life changing experience !!

[@stonesheeva7158]

Tool is a special kind of music. For people trying to reach a higher plateau of self-consciousness.

[@brianfleming6882]

Jesus Christ can you possibly sound more pretentious? C'mon dude!

[@UnfitElvis3rd]

I'm giving you a swirlie just for writing this absolute nonsense.

[@daviddorger6916]

Dude. Nobody is doing that. It's fucking music. We like it. That all it is. I wish you were here, I'd give you a wedgie. Fucking nerd.

[@ederrocha7758]

2 much mental fap, the lyrics are just humans beign humans

[@hihihihihello]

This songs actually about the flood that's talked about in nearly every culture and religion since forever. Look up the lyrics. 😐

[@jeremymullins1294]

easily in the top ten... I know that for sure.

[@dyanes]

I was wrong. This changes everything. 🤘

[@jorgevergara9392]

It's extraordinary the way everything Tool does musically is perfect.

[@ronaldviens7862]

This.. changes everything. A Song of Life.

[@NesNeedsBoost]

Utter brilliance. This is without a doubt Maynard's absolute peak vocal talent. Probably his best performance on a TOOL record. Shame I never saw it live.

[@alexgrindnshine2522]

I agree. Seeing them live during this time would have made my head explode.

[@thisisagmailaccount9277]

i saw it. epic. nothing more to be said. New tool (other than fear inoculum which is 10000 days shit that got cut) is amazing. every album different yet epic. but old angry tool was some shit you just cant imagine live. Ive seen them 10 + times over the years, last time about 8 years ago and swore i was done. maynard behind a sheet is missing something. but wife wants to see them. so I guess Im going to pay $500 to see them one more time. danny still dannys. best band ever. so glad i had the chance to see them so many times.

[@jenniferjudy1620]

Welp they played Flood TONIGHT at the MSG show in NYC 1/12! U should go check them out this year in 2024!

[@scottkocher7006]

Saw them play this last night at Hard Rock Live. Unreal... Seriously amazing

[@JaneDoe-zc2zn]

Best Tool album.

[@MFIepyon]

I used to rock the fuck out to this album and this song especially. I remember playing Diablo 1, the creepy intro in this song went so well with it lol. TOOL rules.

[@ristoramey6744]

they rule, be well my friend in tool!

[@pullthelevercronk]

This is objectively the best tool song.

[@nickolasg495]

Fucking love the drums in this song. Makes me wish I still played.

[@matthewcotterill7155]

Makes me wish i played

[@christophcarle]

Nobody stops you from starting again.

[@zasha9539]

Never too late to pick it back up

[@troythomasseejr6078]

Still play man,,

[@thepeascakefactory]

Just when you think aenima is the one, undertow pulls you back in

[@speedking7224]

and then you're back in the UNDERTOW, awake and left to die.

[@angelotrinidad6888]

Just when I thought Ænima was the one, Undertow pulled me back in

[@deathjargon]

there doesnt seem to be a way out of the undertow

[@lonewanderer958]

Yep something about undertow that just hits that spot. Cold, raw, and brute festering anger

[@that_heretic]

One of the things about Tool I love is, sometimes they go, "Oh, you like (insert rock style...ie grunge), watch this." And they make the best grunge song of the 90s. SMH.... Crazy talent.

[@speedking7224]

this ain't grunge. This is DOOM metal

[@jaychen2000metal]

Underrated af

[@tigerlilysoma588]

Just as Shakespeare contains a plethora of situations so corespondent to reality, Tool contains a range of emotional stimuli that allow us to utilize this artistic medium to learn about reality, as we are escaping from it. Safety is a place we create, by creating a feeling, and that feeling is only made by other humans. Tool is safety for me. I find my home nestled inside it’s red, blue, and black ribbons of silken spirals melodically pulsating to the rhythm of a 14 piece drum set played by the devil himself, while an angel of death sings songs of sorrow and rebirth.

[@justinpolk1331]

Well said my friend. Been a fan you 30 years, still listen to them everyday. 😀

[@vingaxoc6543]

This is basically doom metal!

[@the2ndcoming135]

Fan boys: Hey, what happened to the snail video?🤔 Roach video: Yup😎

[@billrobertjoe]

pure sabbath intro

[@souichi725]

"You know, I really should thank you Jase...It's thanks to you, I now know that the value of life is simply optional. There is no point of friends and family. There's no point to anything really...except doing what you please."

[@undertow3461]

Misanthropic, anarchic, nihilist...but happy? No wonder i cant keep any realationships alive...

[@camerontriplett9199]

This is like Ænima’s older brother

[@officialProject-X]

It is

[@iggie100]

so true

[@kevinkibble8342]

It's like a prototype for Forty Six & 2

[@Dark-tx9nx]

It's the older brother alright

[@nickpieroni8390]

They considered putting this on Aenema.

[@centerofthesea9180]

Highlight of the album

[@bent718]

they opened with this at the secret sydney show in 2001, so much power live

[@eliguerrero171]

If only the "running away running away running away" part lasted longer. 🤯

[@adityatyagi4009]

My favorite song from Undertow. The drum part and mix really drives the song!

[@TiagoPatula84]

My favourite Tool's song. So intense.

[@aguero9118]

Best tool song.. Period..

[@johngumersell6936]

I'm at around Maynard's age when they produced this record. I'm finally understanding a lot more of the themes on here than I ever have before. It's about growing up

[@napoleonsolo5929]

Death & Rebirth.

[@Maximus-hq1cz]

They played this recently at the show I went to , it was so epic. Man I love this band

[@biostarwilliams]

One of the best songs, IMO, of my life...and have listened to this for almost 30 yrs now. I find it hard to believe the lack of views of this great tune.

[@csalop1]

Its like every Tool song is better than any other Tool song. This is one of my Favorites. I was wrong this changes everything.

[@barrygreig4511]

Been off the opioids 9 months, and these lyrics hit HARD. Thought I was high Thought I was free I thought I was there Divine destiny I was wrong This changes everything

[@Theirhypocrisyisrealb]

One of my all time favorite tool songs. So many bangers off this album

[@Fenrir077]

This is god-tier

[@williamjones1077]

Goosebumps.....every fuckin time!!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@anytorp]

today, outside was one of the heaviest rain i have ever seen. I emedietly thought of this song

[@jabp1807]

ugh the drumming here

[@Joeypopshot]

Reminds me of the only best friend that I have ever had. His name was Mayfield. We weren't sure what to think of each other when we first met but we went to his house got stoned & listened to Undertow. I only knew him for 2 years but we actually went through a lot together. We met in small town Nebraska but said fuck that place, got a wild hair up our ass & decided to take a greyhound bus to Oregon stopping in Vegas for a couple nights. Had a blast in Vegas & ended up at Cougar Mountain right outside Eugene Oregon. We were absolutely dazzled & blown away by the majestic landscape, people, & drugs (coming from Nebraska). We were living out of a tent like a couple hippies in the mountains for the summer. Summer was about over & the weather was about to change. We didn't wanna go back so I talked him into hitching down the Pacific coast or "highway 1" to San Diego. I said I had seen some of it as a kid & he needs to experience it. This was back in '94-'95 mind you so hitching was still a thing. We had quite an adventure slowly going down the coast, stopping in San Jose, Santa Cruz, & Rosemead. It was the best & happiest time of my entire life, going on that adventure. We parted ways in San Diego & I went back home & he ended up going to Alaska to work on a fishing boat. He made enough money to get himself a trailer back home & got a girl & knocked her up. I saw him one other time when he was getting his trailer ready. We partied & reminisced about our trip. I ended up moving down to Arizona & I guess we kinda lost touch. About 6 months later I called my Mom & she had told me that he passed away. "Suicide by cop". It saddened me & kinda shocked me but I thought back to all the times we had joked about it & talked about how fucked up our lives were. To this day though I cant help but think it should have been me. He was young successful, was about to get married & have a baby. I'm 44. Never been married, never had kids, & I'm a complete fuck up & loser. The water came & took him & embraced him, took him to that place that he longed for & it left me there on that rock, with the sun beating down on me, punishing me. It should have been me....

[@sousay2000]

Joe Shadley don’t beat up yourself to bad.

[@ayansenroy1967]

You lived a life a lot of others in other countries dream of. In today's age Forties are the new Thirties. So just move on and make the best of what life has to offer. \m/

[@Joeypopshot]

Thanks guys. I was having a moment there. I try not to dwell on it too much. Everything happens for a reason blah, blah, blah. And yes, I feel very blessed & fortunate to have lived my life and the many awesome experiences I've had. ☮👍🙂❤☮

[@anonymousanonymous8306]

Ha, I was 17 in 93 and got stranded in Omaha for the summer when some fuckhead in Council bluffs stole my motorcycle on the way back from the Chicago Dead show. I had a blast in Nebraska but i live 45 minutes from Cougar hot springs. I prolly left a few bastards in Nebraska and Iowa, dem girls like to screw.

[@sfy2004]

if you truly want too honor him, be the person he would have wanted you to be.

[@ChrisKrusey]

"The truth is in the noise."

[@H46_2]

Flood rules!

[@jasonwiseman9984]

Tool is just simply the best band that ever walked this Earth most other bands can't even hold a candle to opiate which it was their first album and they progressed big time since that this band is The perfect Storm

[@daveleafey9283]

I love this since the day it came out

[@padronphane5120]

best tool song of all time

[@petermessenger501]

waters rising up on me, thought the sun would come deliver me but the truth has come to punish me instead

[@Guillermohistoriador999]

6:44 i love bassline

[@subiebro2803]

Bass line sounds like 46&2 🤘🏻

[@averagejoe6971]

Masterpiece.

[@CarrionMorris]

4:14 best Riff out of any tool song

[@RDR-qg9pw]

I don't know man...Jambi is pretty rad

[@CarrionMorris]

@@RDR-qg9pw jambi is great, but even 7empest beats jambi.

[@daddydanks8004]

The patient is pretty great

[@CarrionMorris]

@@daddydanks8004 its great but idk how its riffs are compared to undertow, parabola, jambi, flood, and 7empest

[@ledsabbazepplath3889]

Idk man

[@JoseFernandez-zd8yh]

I love all tool albums, but i like this one because it's raw. I think it's underrated.

[@Swim_Jonse]

To say this song is understated in how good it is in itself is an understatement. This is like your friend who likes The Downward Spiral but has really only heard Closer and Reptile while Ruiner sits there to be stumbled upon only by those who actually listen to the album and not just the hits. This is that for Tool. I know a number of people, Tool fans, who ignore or find this song unappealing on Undertow even still that I've slowly introduced to this and it rose to each one of their top five Tool tracks period. To make another analogy, it's someone finally getting why Hourglass is not only not annoying but is the best ignored track on Eat the Elephant.

[@Guillermohistoriador999]

Excelent!

[@iqthief4547]

This is beautiful.

[@capconami]

Possibly the best tool song ever

[@jadecady3424]

I've been with tool since the beginning for some reason I can't stop playing this track lately this changes everything

[@StonedMeadowOfDoom]

If you like this, go listen to the Melvins RIGHT NOW

[@ricothepoolboy1758]

Agreed. Also, love your channel man. You're doing fantastic work

[@spartantotoro4099]

BRUH. Thank you for this. I love new music!

[@stevenbode285]

i should

[@the2ndcoming135]

Yup✍🏽

[@ianflanagan8744]

This sounds like it has melvins, swans, crimson and black sabbath allover it. I really wish Tool did more doom metal songs, their cover of you lied and the outro to parabola still showcase their doom side.