Very nice! Love the Alex Grey stuff too. Adam is amazing. Nice job on this!

Did you make sure all the pieces fit?

Hey, I goto a therapist and my therapist says people who make puppets can't be trusted!

thanks i hate it. jk jk but they are disturbing. XD

Right on!🌿🌸

Well said my friend 👊

Whatever will bewilder me. A therapist reacting to Tool (my normal therapist). It's when 2+2 = 13

Many times brother, many times...

same same, brother Mikey. Much love.

So glad to hear this…stay happy & healthy!

Same. Stay strong and spiral out!

So many hard times and they are always there.

Word

And the song is actually really catchy. It's mind fck of a song. I love it.

It's currently my favorite tool song

The words beeped out where "shit blood and cum on my hands"

It doesn’t have to define who you are . It shouldn’t . Right now it probably is more than it ever should but hopefully the help you seek will help with that . Been there. Godbless

I went through the same thing. My abuse was from 2 until 10 & then the beatings were for a long time after! My step father was the one who did it. And my mom didn't believe me. And she said maybe I wanted it! Wanted it, how the hell would a 2 year old baby girl want some type ish like that! I still can't wrap my mind around that! And the pain that I carried with me made me sick for decades. And the only one who helped me come out on the other side was the Lord Jesus Christ Almighty!! And I pray that he'll help you with your trauma & heal from it!! I love you so much & I'm so grateful that you're here. I'm praying for you. May Abba Father continue to Bless you & Keep you. May he cause his face to shine upon you & be gracious unto you. May he lift up his countenance upon you & give you his Beautiful Peace which surpasses all understanding in Jesus Mighty name I pray, Amen!

You are incredibly strong! You got this

I knew someone that was sexually abused by their dad. The dad died on the couch as the daughter held his hand. Then she got sexually abused (can we please just use the R word? Bloody censorship) by a stranger in the street. Which is different. That's discarding after at that point. It's one thing to use someone. It's another to discard.

Nothing but raw talent 💯🔥

This video was banned from MTV for being too offensive so your statement isn’t really accurate.

@@bom2 just remember seeing it several times…….on MTV. It’s the very first place I saw it. Maybe stuff happened after that but I’m mostly so happy about you being right.

One of their best! But they have so many, I guess that's not saying much 😅

Yes, and also every other one

As full and bright as I am, this light is not my own…

I've recommended Reflection to her several times. It's right up her alley. Great song!

10000 days more so

@@EnlightenedSavage the deepest cut..I wasn’t going that far that quickly

H. is all-mighty!

please please please.... took me a long time to appreciate 'the grudge' but now it is one of the the most helpful of Lateralus album...

...Transmutate these leaden grudges into gold... This might be my favorite TooL song!

Pushit

YES Pushit!

Both bottom and push it, my favorite top two songs

Also has Henry Rollings doing the spoken word part.(Bottom)

I can tell you it’s not an approved method of treating trauma, but I do agree that music can play a part in healing, but not as the primary treatment, when there exists tried and true methods. Music would be more of an expressive form that the client can associate with or relate to, or have the same or similar experience, which could normalize their experience.

@@danduntz2539 l never said it was “approved” (whatever that means in this world today and by whatever government body decides such things) or was the primary method of treatment, I said it was being used by some therapists - that’s all.

song made me a fan of the band. never hear it on the radio which is a true shame.

@@kl8455I heard it on the radio once. Definitely edited but it was still pretty great.

@@kl8455 Yeah def needs more air time

I can only support this suggestion of her making a video on it, if _Intermission_ is allowed to properly segue into _Jimmy_ as it does on the album; no pause. 😊 Seriously, that is my *favorite* lead-in of all time!! 🥹

@@DUKE_of_RAMBLE Oh absolutely they MUST be played the way it was intended on the album.

truly magnificent set, similar mother saga and helps put it all out there.. these have been a blessing

I can relate. They hate me and turned my siblings against me.

From AliceBlue: @mennaris I hate that you experienced so much hurt and abuse from your parents. I’m deeply sorry for the pain it must have caused and may still cause you. Our parents are such a huge instrument in our lives for the better and unfortunately for the worse. Having to survive through abuse is something nobody should ever have to experience. It’s often a repeated cycle passed on from before, but it doesn’t make it okay and it sure is something horrible and difficult to have to be the one to break the cycle that was so unfairly passed onto you. I love that music is such a connection and bridge to so many. There’s something less isolating hearing a song that reflects your soul and life experience and then seeing other people come out and say the same thing. There’s some solidarity in the midst of the hurt and pain. There’s a beauty in people coming together to say “this hurts and it ends with me”.

Poet is my favorite song, though I am suicidal everyday. So I listen to it on repeat all the time to help me cope.

@@brettwillard8892 I’m sorry to hear about your struggles. I’ve been there and just keep moving forward one day and one step at a time.

Maynard is a straight up lyrical genius

60? Fuuuuu

I hear Green Jelly is making a comeback as well

In that case...Potions - Puscifer is a colab between Trent & Maynard. And it fully kicks ass

From Micro: @compujohn96 The injustice of having to be a cycle breaker is too often unseen and unspoken, thank you for bringing light to this topic as well and sharing about your own journey. It's good to hear how this part of the video especially brings light on this topic, resonates with you and offers validation. Breaking the cycle of generational trauma is a kind of experience that shouldn't even *have* to be, and definitely feels like self-sacrifice sometimes. Although you know that a decision would be *right* and healthy, it doesn't make it easier or less painful to deal with. It forces you to grieve so many things at once, and the idea of how life *should* have been prior to any abuse and trauma. When you are forced to be in this position, it's hard to not delve into the ruminations of wondering WHY it happened to you, and how to make sense out of it without hurting yourself even more. Somehow, there is a strength to find in this feeling of injustice - it activates a needed anger that helps the wounded child that you were to stand up for themselves and the people they love. It's an incredibly powerful way to embrace what is *right*, what is *safe*, and what love truly is - at millions and millions of miles away from the abuse you've suffered while growing up. It was sold to you as love or care because that's what your parents also learned - but you have refused to stop looking at this narrative like some truth to be preserved. No, you've stepped away from it, saw it for what it is, named it accurately, and are doing the work of an entire family just in one life. That is a huge responsibility, and it's understandable that it feels profoundly unfair at the same time. For what it's worth, I'm on the same path as you regarding generational abuse/traumas and going no contact with my parents. It's been an insane amount of ugly tears and feeling like my soul gets ripped apart - which I have no doubt you're familiar with. As you said so well, the sense of fear that feels like it's sticking to you, at your core, is an awful reminder of all the pain you've been through and the burdens you've been left carrying as an adult. Sometimes it is healing to scream out the anger and injustice, but other times this very sense of unfairness feels like a cage that our soul could be stuck in for the rest of our lives. It's hard to figure out how to move outside of it, to re-build a complete identity and purpose that isn't the result nor the consequence of the abuse, without ever forgeting where we come from, without ever losing sight of who we DON'T want to be. You are without any doubt a wonderful dad who leads by example. Not one made of lies, illusions and false expectations. But one who learns to embrace their own vulnerability, who shows strength through authenticity, and who encompasses through who they are what unconditional love truly means. Your younger self would look up to you and be proud of you. I hope that, somehow, he can find comfort in the way you have been learning to re-parent yourself while being an amazing dad to your little boy. :heart: -Micro

@@HeartSupport Thank you for your response and sadly, your understanding...but more importantly your own strength.. I know that I'm not alone in this trauma and I send you hugs and strength to continue your own battle. I came to terms with my abuse a long time ago...BUT I'm lucky and so many are not. What y'all are doing helps us all. Discussing these topics with a pure intention takes some of the sting away and opens doors for others to tell their story.

It's just not a socially accepted reality.

She isn't at that part of her Tool journey yet. She needs to get through Jimmy, Judith, and then she can get to them. All with good time.