Top 20 Songs by Tool

Words cannot descibe... If this really is the future of TOOL then I say bring it on. Truly beautiful.

Seriously, one the most beautiful songs ever made. When Maynard says "you're going home" I always get chills. This song is a pure masterpiece. I love Vicarious and Stinkfistbut this is a personal favorite.

Well, I think this sound is the future of Tool. Pure Atmospheric Awesome.

I didn't love this song at first but it's grown on me A LOT. I've got no problem with it being 1st place.

Beat stiff competion in Third Eye (2nd place) and 10,000 Days (3rd place) to win the TOOL Madness competition. A worthy winner, in my opinion. Is it me or do TOOL have three songs there that are a cut above any created by this species?

The outro is awesome but I think the best part is where the lyrics go "I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired", etc. The drumming for that part is just... insane.

one of the strongest uplifting songs ever made.

I listen to that song at night in the dark on vinyl. I learnt to play guitar at 27 for this song and its the first full song I ever played. Best song in the world. Curios to know why Vicarious is rated higher at this point.

The outro is the best 2 mins in music. Period.

It came from an Irish novel. Open it in the light.

The quintessential Tool track. Awesome.

There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves... here's Tom with the weather.

30 second scream...nuff said

Best song ever.

My personal favorite from 10,000 Days. This song just kicks ass, every thing on this song is awesome, I love it and I can listen to it all day.

Anyone who thinks Tool are pro-drugs really ought to check this song out. If this song is pro-drugs then I'm Ace Ventura. You can get high without drugs, how many times do they need to say it? Saying that people should have the right to take drugs if that's what they want to do is not the same as being pro-drugs.

By the way, slight spelling mistake, the actual title is 'Rosetta Stoned'.

I love this song, I'm listening to it right now. The bass line that kicks in at around the seven minute mark with all the percussion and everything is great.

I love this song in every sense, it's probably one of my faves from Lateralus.

This is really really smart and awesome. The best tool song by far.

Yep. Defo the best one.

listen to it with parabol and you have tool's best song

No it isn't a brilliant song by Maynard... it's a brilliant song by Tool. Maynard is one quarter of the band.

What is it you disagree with? I'm not sure what you mean. The lyrics are satirical in that they ridicule an aspect of the human condition, they seem to suggest that we are all addicted to watching things die, but can't admit it - which you seem to understand, which is why I'm confused. :)

I love this song but disagree with all the "satire" associated with it. I think it reflects humanity pretty darn well....Why can't we just admit it?

Excellent song. A good one for newcomers to Tool, I would imagine.

The best Tool song, in my opinion. It just builds up and builds up and keeps building up until it builds up into a truly awesome climax. You really have to hear this if you haven't.

need to be way higher then this

This song needs to be higher on the list...

Maybe the most famous Tool song. Also... a damn good one.

This song is just awesome, probably my favorite song from Aenima. Lyrics and Maynard's singing are incredible. It's just a beautiful song.

best song on Aenima

Underrated, for sure. Unbelievably, the Salival version of this is even better than the AEnima version!

music just beautiful

Overall I don't like this song that much but the ending is full on toolgasm.

Oh yeah it's easily the best track from Undertow.

Exactly. The entire song is great. For me, it was one of those songs that I didn't really give much of a chance at first (because of the intro, probably), but now I think it's the best song on Undertow by a million miles and the intro rules!

Nah, the intro ain't too long at all... I love it! Maynard's voice is spooky.

The intro is probably too long but if you can get through it there is a great song to be found.

Best lateralus song, Maynard singing is just insane, guitar is ****ing awesome, bass is incredible and the drums are out of this world. It's just a beautiful masterpiece, It's on my Tool's Top 10.

soooo good so good!!!!

You gotta love that drum that goes booooooing. Check out the D/R/T sync-up with the Jupiter and beyond bit of 2001. If you catch it just right it works really well but you can't tell if you've got it right straight away which is kind of frustrating. I don't think it was intentional but it's still cool.

Come on, guys, this song is a masterpiece! Should be higher.

a song about untapped potential. should be in the top ten of anyone's list

Get your metal galloping, but guess what - tool takes you on a little rock/latin/jungle adventure...

Really awesome song. Love the bass.

The song does a great job of simply layering three of four wonderful parts. The lyrics are poetry.

Sigh...

That's something I hadn't thought of before, to be honest... food for thought, certainly. I still think what Maynard's getting at seems pretty obvious but I will admit that my opinion on it probably says more about me than anything else. Also, a note to the last-but-one guy: not everything TOOL says is lies (though most of it clearly is), so it could be true that Maynard sais that in an interview. I've never heard such an interview but there's a chance that it did happen.

Some good ideas here. I am leaning more towards the sexual abuse theory but the nods to christianity are interesting. It could be that the victim sees the abuser as a sort of godlike figure and thus becomes the abuser in order to attain a godlike power over others.

Maynard says a lot of things... It's called disinformation. Tool do that kind of thing a lot. If you automatically believe what they say then you're not really thinking for yourself. They want people to think about it and figure it out for themselves. I gotta agree that it's about religion. The sexual abuse is a metaphor, it's a similar thing to the song Opiate. The song is saying that forcing religion on children is a form of abuse. It's all subjective anyway, so you can take what you want from it.

Maynard has stated in interviews it's about sexual child abuse.

Seems fair. I can live with that.

It's not that direct! There's room for other interpretations, only one man can say for sure what the real meaning is, and that man isn't you! I agree with you that the song is probably about that, however.

"It seems to be about man's relationship with god" - More specifically the song is about religious indoctrination. Obviously. It's pretty direct, guys.

Well, on the surface, yes. Mostly, though, it seems to be about man's relationship with god. Seriously, re-read the lyrics. Yeah, I know. Weird, huh?

absolute great song-probably my favorite

I don't know about that... they have a lot of good songs! This song is great though.

Great guitar riff in this song, And the vocals... Amazing

Surely one of the best songs! The bass sounds so good.

Great old-school Tool track. Classic Tool.

Beautiful. All hail TOOL

I'd probably have to go with Original Gangster Tool as well but you never know with those guys. Could stand for anything.

No it's obviously original gangster tool otherwise there would be no need to abbreviate it and in context it fits best. Everyone knows what OG stands for, so it's not hard to figure out what OGT could stand for. It has an obvious double meaning, that the man was a tool fan from the beginning (or thinks he was) and also that he is a tool.

OGT doesnt stand for Original Gangster Tool, fool. Means on good terms. Orignial Gangster tool?? Jeez

Send more money!

Original Gangsta Tool right here :) This tune ROCKS and the lyrics are so funny!

agree with you, there are many great tool songs but this is my favorite driving song

jimmy only at #32? Can't have that. Up you go, my son.

Four Degrees

i`m a little bit of surprised that this song is not at top 20. Vote!

this song is Perfect

I hear ya, buddy!

In a way, I kind of prefer this to Parabola. Really, though, they need to be listened to together. They are one song.

My favourite of Opiate. Should be higher

You know what I'd like to do? I'd like to take an inflatable ring out into the middle of the ocean and listen to that riff over and over again. You know the riff. I'd just be bobbing up and down in the ocean with an ice cold milkshake, just... winning, you know?

Dunno about top 5 but I reckon this is the best song of the Opiate EP

I love this song. The drums are so amazing. You can really feel the anger in this song, which is great to listen to, when you need to get out with some rage yourself. This belongs in top 5

Trippy tune.

Life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on life. This is necessary.

Disposition is so underrated. I love that relaxing riff!

such a chill song.

I think they played it live before with some sort of vocal effect so Maynard didn't have to strain his voice as much. I never heard them play it live though.

Yeah, Maynard won't sing this song because it messed his voice up good and proper when he sang it before. Maybe they could work out a more chilled out version of this song, it would be good to hear it live.

This should be in the top 20....

Sure, it's beautiful, but it only really makes sense as an intro to Rosetta Stoned. It's not that great in itself, in my opinion.

Ha! You could say that... in fact you did. I only really listen to this one when I listen to the whole album.

I guess you could say it really depends on how "positive" or negative" your mood is at that moment...

This track is so underrated. Awesome soundscape. You need to be in a certain zone to appreciate it.

Such a stupid song. This is their worst song. Still, not bad compared to the crap some bands churn out.

lol... Nice!

They actually played this live when I saw them. (Only for about 2mins). But most of us fans thought it was hilarious !