Tool - Rosetta Stoned Lyrics

It must feel amazing being in your teens finding tool for the first time.

Swegta ?

0:53 Did a slow-mo Matrix descent outta hubba da huba da hubba da hubba da my bug eyes

It makes you want to do things

Fucking Jam

Best song off the album.

Nobody writes a song this good unless they were actually abducted by aliens. The proof is in the pudding. Maynard made first contact. 👽

one of all of you is the chosen one and not the chosen one at the same time

one of all of you is the chosen one

one of all of you is chosen one

you all are chosen ones

I'm the chosen one and not chosen one at the same time

I'm the chosen one and not the chosen one at the same time

I'm chosen one and not chosen one at the same time

I'm the chosen one

we are all chosen, lol

you are the chosen one

I'm the chosen one

I'm the chosen one

I'm the chosen one

8:38 wocal part is so good

6:03 on is the greatest build up in music history, 8:39 is when we all cry together covered in chills, my god

I'm gonna tell my kids this a Faith No More song








Seriously, it sounds like Mike Patton x Tool. Vocals are similar to those in A Crack Hitler and the weird stream - of -consciousness lyrics could as well be written by Patton.

Hey, that's kind of a good point

I go to a different place from 7:04 onwards. That Bass riff!

fabulously intense and soothing. this is one of my favorites.

That simple story of how we were able will one day come to an end. What complex structures must we enable to preserve our spirit and fables; So beautiful, so dangerous, so few and far between? What structure must we refute to forever share our colors and our creeds? How to preserve a spirit forever granted all it needs, within the casting of simple rods of iron? So beautiful, so dangerous, so few and far between?
Iron deployed by spirits through spirits, made by gods. Gods engrossed with simple maniacle wishes. Wishes to banish, just banish, with no shock to themselves. Wishes to be engulfed by the beautiful rythm of mechanical action; inorganic perfection. Years of wish granting renders dull rods, chipped from bone and spear... only feet-long steel razors grant gods their wishes, thought still so long they take to grant them. Only cannons, machine guns, and atom bombs grant the gods their wishes... So what complex structures must we enable to preserve our spirit and fables; So beautiful, so dangerous, so few and far between?

Not impressed.

Violets are blue.
Roses are red.
God damn.
Shit the bed.

Once I play this song, there is no pausing or stopping. It’s way to good to not listen all the way through every time

The passage from 8:38 to 9:16 is for me the best moment in a tool song and surely one of the best in rock music in general.

This is the apogee, the final climax where the message is revealed but the narrator "forgets his pen". I'm feeling like the entire song is preparing the listener to this special moment since the beginning, especially the instrumental part just before with the groovy bass part and the destroyed guitar solo which create a very serious atmosphere, the suspens is at its peak. Tool's musicians create deeper and deeper atmospheres and moods that fit with the narrator's story, the tension finally peaks with the last instrumental part. By that point, the listener is totally focused on what Maynard is gonna say, the Rosetta Stone and the fate of humanity will finally be soon revealed.
What follows after that is one of the most mind-blowing thing I've ever heard, sadenly the narrator forgot his pen when the message was delivered by UFOs...
"Shit the bed again... typical."
Well said, Maynard.

Just excuse my English guys but I just wanted to point out the musical genusiness and the song writings skills of these guys.
The first time I listened to that, I just cried at that moment because it made (and still makes) me feel something I can't really explain, a special feeling related to the pure beauty and the greatness of our humanity filled with a feeling of pure hopeness for it and our future.
I love Tool so much since so many years, their discography is flawless and legendary, 10000 days is for me a rock masterpiece that will never be matched in its kind.

I love that part and this song too, but i do not have hope for the future.

@Dragon Of Dojima Same for me except when that song is playing lol. Check out vicarious and right in two if you have no hope.

@Maxence Penel yeah I've heard them. But isn't it funny that tools lead singer is a leftists.

@Dragon Of Dojima totally agreed but I try not caring lol

wtf it sound more attractive than xxx ...... :o :o :o <3

Oh look I can see a single gold atom magnified in my field of vision and see how it reacts chemically and electrically... Oh wait nevermind it was the angels and devils fighting with each other over my attention span.
Where did that machine go?
The cogs all seemed to fit and the appropriate dimensions measured in my field of sight. A quite powerful tool indeed.
But I wasn't chosen no...

What a masterpiece, together with Lost Keys.

Why did they take off that intro :(

It's called Lost Keys (if you didn't know, apologies if you did) apparently it's a separate track on the album which sucks because I love hearing them together too :(

@Charlotte Hill omg I actually didn't know, thank you for that !! And yeah they sound better together, + it explains what's happening in rosetta stoned

@Amal bennani np :) glad to help! and yeah, the context really helps and it's a great transition \w/

Danny fucking Carey is a fucking hybrid.. half-human half-alien.. nobody can play the drums like this.. also he's very very tall and never gets old.. say the true motherfuckers!! (i'm practing my english foolers)

Extraterrestrial supernatural chooses only certain souls of the spirit to see i was not afraid but enjoyed extreme levels of demonic energy and gf at the time turn grey

I c them in 2 days with the punisher..they should collaborate on this..#DAYDREAM

He's obviously explaining is interdimensional experience in hyperspace!

This song is soooo hard to top!!!! omg XD

This song reminds us to always bring a pen along with us whenever we go anywhere. A pen and maybe some paper too.

You could write on your hand if you need to.
Try to always dress like a gentleman but always wear a jacket with many pockets.

Always carry a swiss army knife or a Leatherman, which ever you fancy. And a handgun preferably with a flashlight attachment, a hankerchief, a watch, a pen, a wallet, and a handcuff key. Also coins, 1 penny, 1 nickel, 1 dime, 1 quarter. They all have a different thickness and as a result can be used like flat head screwdrivers, but so can your multi-tool.

Unfortunately a smartphone is something most people need, but if you could deal without it definitely try it out. I love the feeling that nobody can get a hold of me and that nobody can track me. Why it's almost like the feeling of freedom.

How many odd time signature for this song



Adam Jones : Yes

I'm guitar player wanna cover this song and the hardest part for this song is 2:24 2:35

Strapped down!! My bed!!
Feet cold !! Eyes red !!

GYROSCOPES!!! INFRARED !!

When the lsd hits you hard

bad ass

I floated away the first time I heard this song...the West Australian grown 'shrooms helped

War in heaven like fire in sky dude

im too baked for this shit

No one talks about 5:15

It was great to get to see this song live twice in my lifetime.

Yeah gl trying to learn this on guitar. I tried playing along to the riffs a little bit and he changed riffs what seemed like every 10 seconds lmao.

shnoopy doopy yeah it takes a good 40 listens to keep with his rhythm lol

2:43 Epic riff

Teacher:whats nine plus ten

Student: 0:18

did he say he can graduate from fucking highschool

Kinda stinks. Found tool about a month ago and now it’s ruined music for me. Nothing else can really compare, this stuff just transcends all of it

Same here

uh oh, it sucks

Great comment more like a statememt

Welcome to the club. 🤘😎

Fuck you

Somniferous almond 👀 don’t even know what that means. Must remember to write it down. This is so real .....

Someone needs to make an animated music video for this in the style of Ghost in the Shell. Only it's not about some guy tripping balls, it's about some guy who was actually contacted by aliens and is currently spilling his guts to a doctor, who listens quietly, nods politely, and every so often takes notes. Intercut that with shots of a strike team scrambling to get to him and capture him, because what he saw Should Not Have Seen.

GOD DAM SHIT THE BED

Classic 🤘

Made it commercial free 🤘

Friend: I can rap the fast part of Rap God!

Me: 0:53

First for 2020, but I forgot my pen

0/ saint Tarrant

The bass line near 7 minute mark, shut up and take my my money

Is Adam using a sustainer during his solo?

alrighty then. picture this if you will....

Your end time is unknown. Make the most of life.

And there's no consequences.

Got dayum shit tha bed

shiiiit theeee beeed agaAaiinnnn

this song is one of the best songs ever made, but for god sakes, fellow tool fans, stop reciting tool lyrics everywhere. I know every song by heart and I will never post a lyric anywhere. It is so cringey. Pls stop. <3

"Holy Fucking Shit.."

pls make some visual art for this piece!

What happened with the lost keys,why it is isn't here?

Previous track

I love this song. Lyrics are awesome. Got to write that shit down!
The only song I can remotely relate it to is Sammy Hagar “High Hopes”

8:38 GIVES ME FUCKING CHILLS

My earphones aren’t loud enough!!!

Stop blaming the Chemists, be a man and blame your own damned minds ;P

You've done a lot of drugs if you like this.
The good ones, of course

Weed shrooms and lsd

@christian mcmanaman Well since we're counting tool as a drug too, Tool, DXM, shroomies, and LSD

mdma, hofman, cryst4l m3th, weed aint a drug tho

I’m a kid mate hell if I’ve done drugs

Lol I used to listen to that on weed, sometimes on shrooms/LSD
Now I'm listening to that on smack... Don't do like me kids lol

Where has the extended video gone with the doctor part at the beginning?

That is Lost keys

@HeavyRaiden thanks.

I think these dudes all got together and did some Peyote and this was the result. Most of us die hard super fans appreciate the nonsensical genius madness this song is. I think. Lol

I graduated from bugeye school. Wasnt easy.. a.o.c. was my teacher... 😳

7:04 Holy Mother of Fuck, that rhythm section. Best in the business. Ever.

Danny did it

Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position
Such a heavy burden now to be the one
Born to bear and bring to all the details of our ending
To write it down for all the world to see
But I forgot my pen
Shit the bed again
Typical..

Strapped down to my bed
Feet cold and eyes red
I'm out of my head
Am I alive, am I dead
Sunkist and Sudafed
Gyroscopes and Infrared
Won't help, I'm brain dead
Can't remember what they said
God damn
Shit the bed!

My favourite part.

Ego talk

am i alive? am i dead?

Lateralus changed me......

GOT ME SEEIN
E-MOTHAFUCKIN-T

3:02 - 3:11 the momment u see the God In Danney Carrey

But I forgot my pen
Shit the bed again
Typical


Me in every exam

I only listen to this song on special occasions but when I do I close my eyes and try not to focus on anything but the music and Everytime t he takes me to a place out side of reality. This is definitely my favorite song of all time for this reason alone

My friends
Play it at 0.5 speed !
You won’t be disappointed 😉 trust me
I think I’m in love 😍

Overwhelmed as one would be
if placed in my position
Such a heavy burden now
To be the one
Born to bear and read to all
The details of our reckoning
To write it down
For all the world to see
But I forgot my pen
Shit the bed again
Typical

I love the weird sense of humor in this song.

Long time no listen this song I'm just chilling and enjoying , that part coming 7:20 I'm headbanging till my nose bleeding , Adam Jones guitar tone and solo beyond fckin amazing that tone like Indonesian trumpet called " Sompret "

Sama gendang nya. \m/

Jarang2 ketemu orang Indo

The Muse song Defectors transitions surprisingly well, like the first time I heard defectors and then rosetta stoned back to back I didn't even realize that I had switched bands.

9:40 When I pull a hangnail the wrong way

I listened to this song the first time I got high 😆

Found myself in a twisted mess and locked away into absolution by past wounds still bleeding, and without reverence, continuing the journey to self inside a system of wanderers hell-bent on destruction and marooned by the simplistic echoes from a time thought to be long faded and yet, quite colorful indeed.

Absolut love !

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Doctor: Well...Sorry I asked...O~o

Right? I kinda feel bad for the doctor 😂