embrace my desire to feel the rhythm, to feel connected enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral, to swing on the spiral

This is what must be done.

i would say that i did this recently, about 2 weeks ago when i saw tool at the orpheum…

the lights dropped, the bass droned, and then maynard strutted out in low cut jeans and a cowboy hat and not much else

i thusly tore my shirt off and danced and writhed and screamed with thousands of other very sweaty, very happy people for the next hour and a half

when lateralus was performed i came to the brink of sobs, just from the sheer force of energy that was being generated and transfered throughout my person

even though i’ve done this, i’m gonna leave it on my list so i can do it again and again, with or without maynard james keenan :)

i love this song! tool is amazing…

with my feet upon the ground i move myself between the sounds & open wide to suck it in.
i feel it move across my skin.
i’m reaching up & reaching out.
i’m reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
what ever will bewilder me.
& following our will & wind we may just go where no one’s been.
we’ll ride the spiral to the end & may just go where no one’s been.
spiral out. keep going.
spiral out. keep going.
spiral out. keep going.
spiral out. keep going.

because
a) it is the best Tool song ever
b) i love Tool and find them remarkably inspiring
c) this lyric says it best…this is what i yearn to do…these are the places i want to take my soul, not on a casual ho-hum tour, but on a life changing quest…an expedition of the spirt

an unending, beautiful quest