This is a heavy one... I can only listen to this song every so often, it gets me really emotional... Hug your mom's if you can. ❤🤘🏻

My mother passed away in 2020 after suffering a stroke and spending the last 18 years paralyzed and mute. We read the lyrics, "Shake your fist at the gate...give me my wings" at her funeral. Probably not too many 72 year olds have TOOL lyrics read at their funeral. 😢

@tylero8595

8 ай бұрын

She has her wings now brother.

@LanceThompsonKssooner

8 ай бұрын

@tylero8595 Yes, she does. Much thanks 😊

@sarahpope8658

8 ай бұрын

My sister passed away in a car accident when she was 26 back in 2008 and my family put together a soundtrack for her service. I played Part 2 among other songs. She's the one who introduced me to Tool in 1992 when I was just 9 years old and they've been my favorite band ever since.

This is as close to Maynard as you'll ever get, this is a son writing a personal goodbye to his dying and then in part two deceased mother, I am blessed to still have my mom but I cannot get through this tune without tears...He bared his heart and soul to us......RIP Judith Marie...thanks for the little gift you left us, BTW this is 2006

@Gideonite

8 ай бұрын

She shared her little light with him and he shared the little light with us.

@reginasamilpa44

3 ай бұрын

Hug your Mom tight. I miss mine every single day and I cry like a big baby over it..

Maynard in a recent interview says he regrets making this song, and the amount of emoiton he put in it, and that he’ll never do it again.

Hypnotizing is a very good description of their live shows. I've never been to a show like it, where everyone is quiet and fully focused on the stage.

“Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescence. Difficult to see you in this light.” Is a freaking genius line. Such a double meaning.

That bang at the end is to symbolise a coffin lid closing….😢😢

I apologize if I missed it, but one of Maynard's side projects is the band A Perfect Circle. Their song Judith is amazing, and is also about Maynard's mother.

Can never go wrong with Tool

Maynard is very much not into organized religion (I think his work shows that pretty clearly), but his mother was insanely devoted to her religious beliefs. I think it's a great tribute and show of respect to her that in these songs he uses strong religious terminology and references. And he shows how important she was to him when he says of her "Never took a life but surely saved one", with the life saved being his own. Knowing how much his mother meant to him really gives some stronger meaning and emotions of the song "Jimmy". And you're right the bass really carries the song.

These songs show his evolution in perception of his mom. Judith was years prior and was him questioning how she can keep her faith through her health issues. These two are so impactful once you can pick up the lyrics while listening.

Very impactful and beautiful track. Tool are masters of atmospheric music. ❤

Awwwww! Love you both so much! TOOL forever! 🖤🤘🏾🖖🏿👽

i'm still on a high from seeing them live again a couple weeks back; it had been waaaay too long...22 years! truly feels like a transcendental experience. from what i've come to understand about those songs: part I relates to his mom while she was still alive vs part II is past her death. i read online (not 100% sure whether it's accurate or not though) that the loud sound at the very end of part I is meant to represent her coffin being closed off. his mom was deep into religion & apparently even moreso after her stroke, which (i find) brings a whole new level of intensity in this context. the song "judith" from maynard's other band "a perfect circle" pretty much completes the trilogy. p.s.: please react to "the pot" from the same album!

Best love song ever written!

These two are only very occasional listens for me. The word is heavy. The definition I've come up for TOOL is "organism of sound". Greatest band that ever was.

this is a super hard listen, but I do it every time - saddest two songs in conjunction I may have heard. Love that you guys did both, though. Thank you for that. If I remember correctly, Maynard made these and never performed them because it would be too much for him. That means you've made some serious art.

@cashmoney8060

8 ай бұрын

I think they played them live once

@heyskipj

8 ай бұрын

@@cashmoney8060 Yeah, I think it was only once and Maynard was like, F that. No more.

@noahgossman1868

8 ай бұрын

They’ve played them live more than once. I’ve seen them play both live.

@sarahpope8658

8 ай бұрын

I've also seen both of them played live....it was beautiful.

Such a beautiful song ..everything at the beginning the percussion was slight,chiming than developed to a feverish aggressive tempo with a lot of beautiful drum fulls in there..The guys can write such magical pieces and Maynard comes in and kills it with the song and the story.Amazing band I've seen 3 times..all out of my head experiences..there visuals are as fantastic as there songs

FYI, at the very end, the swooshing sound is the sound of her flapping angel wings

@MatandChelsReact

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@kjohn6926

4 ай бұрын

At the very start you can hear it too

I genuinely got so excited when i saw this video pop up on my feed. Yes more Tool plz. Right in Two is what i would recommend if you want to keep with this album or do something from their AEnima album (1996)

All the Tool! 🤘🌀

Y'all should do some stuff off their Salival Live album, some absolutely amazing compositions there. Pushit, You Lied, No Quarter etc...Any or all of the above off that album would be solid choices!

How Tool writes songs is the band puts together the music then gives it to Maynard then he writes the lyrics which is totally backwards if you talk to other musicians

@heyskipj

8 ай бұрын

I've heard this too. I'm sure it happens often. But when I listen to this song/s I reject that idea completely as a gross oversimplification. I imagine there were lots of discussions (and trials and tribulations 🙂) creating this song.

Maynard always ends up sounding like a superhero at the end of Tool songs… and at the beginning and the during the middle…

Still waiting on that Tool poster to show up on the wall behind you guys! Great job!

This song makes me tear up every time

All mums matter.

His mom was very religious and this caused lots of conflicted feelings for Maynard. He didn't understand how she could remain faithful to a God that did this to her and him (referencing her stroke and paralysis).

Mom passed from Parkinson’s, I connect with Maynard on this every time

My mother died of cancer; her last weeks were spent in hospice. I know exactly what the ‘difficult to see you in this light’ lyric meant. Couldn’t listen to these two tracks for years after.

Listen to Jimmy from the Aenima album with your newly gained knowledge.

You describe it as hypnotizing. Then say spiritual. The latter is closer to reality. They chose keys/notes used in meditation. It was very deliberately done like that to give you that response.

Im going trhru this pain right now...my mom is dying of cancer..my dad died from.pancreatic cancer 15 years ago...i was angry for many years until i finally heard these two songs...and it helped me cope...i cried alot listening two thwse two songs..but i was able to go on...but now..im facing the same exact thing with my mom. And ive been listening to tgese songs agsin alot...im still angry...but its at the church..and hrr God...if gid is real ehy dies he allow..the sweetest woman ti go thrubthid...if he exists

I feel Tool is a step above all others

It’s not surprising so many people find them hypnotizing. They’re essentially casting a spell on you. Make no mistake, tool writes most of their music in drop D tuning. It’s where their creativity is centered. Which means most of their music is centered around the d note. The d note is associated with the sacral chakra; which represents creativity, sensuality, and emotional balance. Very hypnotizing indeed.

For me the line “What am I to say to all these ghouls tonight?” hit. About a year before my mom passed she started going bible study-to pass the time and hang with friends. She soon figured it wasn’t for her and some of her friends were “crazy” with the stuff. But at her church funeral all those people were talking how my mom “found God” in her last days. Not a Judith Marie situation where they turned on her for not having enough faith, but it made me furious anyway. Who were these people to define my mother? By talking about her in such a way they were taking away who she was. As if they were stealing her soul to feed their dogma. Ghouls. Really wanted to flip the programmed audio from “Amazing Grace” to “Judith” by APC. If only. 😒 Whew! Y’all really oughta do Ænima or Lipan/Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned and lighten things up in here! 😇

Commenting for the algo and showing that Tool love ❤️

Remember, it's only a ride..

Guys, it's great you're vibing with the melody, but this song isn't about that. This is deeply emotional sh*tstorm of sadness which breaks down everybody who lost someone important and as someone put it before me: "I don't trust people who do not cry during this song." If you're new to Tool or if your friends and relatives are still alive, I get it, but nobody gives a sh*t about the bass, storm sounds or other arrange in this song, everybody hears it and understands its geniality. Singer stopped playing this live, because he can't go through it without crying and neither can't I. This song f*cking heals sadness inside.

Maynard brought you to the death bed with him.

I believe the correct order is Wings Part 1, then Judith (by A Perfect Circle), and then 10,000 Days. That is what I've heard.

@gavinbarnum9458

5 ай бұрын

Damn didnt know that thanks ill try it out

I just said farewell to my dad today so this might sting a bit…😢 miss you old mate, already…

This song makes me sad

Maybe try some early TOOL. Maybe "Intolerance" or "Prison sex"

@heyskipj

8 ай бұрын

Angry Tool = Fave Tool

🤘🏻🌀

You could also follow up with ‘A Perfect Circles,’ JUDITH. It’s his mother’s name, and another song about her.

Hi, I don't know where I can ask you that but could you please do a react to : "A Place To Die - The Sentence" This is a french metalcore, singing in english, i'm sure you're gone love it !!! :D 😘

You need to see the lyrics.

Moar TooL

How the fuck yall got ice nine kills and green day pics up, but not tool LOL

As a reaction, if you're not getting all the lyrics for both songs, you're missing 80% of the song.....

Вы такие классные🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

If you can listen to Slaughter to Prevail then you can listen to TOOL 😝

bruh that intro song is sick af who is that

Kim Dracula - Unstoppable

Were they not reading the lyrics during this song? They indicated they knew it was a heavy song but all they can speak of was the vibe. Bleh. 👎

Dimebag Was shot 19 years ago today…. Maybe do a pantera song please