Tool: Learn To Swim

I was walking home from work, and that song, 'Learn to Swim' by Tool
came to mind. So, I search for the lyrics, and downlaoded the song once
again just to play it and sing the lyrics to the song. This song is
excatly how I feel.

'Fret for your figure and,
Fret for your latte and,
Fret for your lawsuit and,
Fret for your hairpiece and,
Fret for your prozac and,
Fret for your polit and,
Fret for your cable and,
Fret for your car and.
Its a 3 ring circus sideshow of freaks.'

I worry about way too much shit sometimes...but only for a second.
Cause, I keep in mind that thers is A Higher Power who knew 2000 years
ago just what I was going to, am going to face on this day or any given
day, then... All the worry dissappears as quickly as it came. There are
certain things iisues that I have control over, and then there are some
that I don't. My thoughts...let shit happen the way it suppose to
happen, then worry about changing what doesn't go my way. Its hard to
explain, and I know it doesn't sound right, but...

'Some say a comet will fall from the sky,
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumfounded dipshits.

'Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I could sure use a vacation from this..
Silly shit... stupid shit'

That last paragraph is what it all boils down to. Like sometimes, I wish
this world would just end. I don't want to kill myself in no way. I just
want the world to end...all of us, just be gone. Hence.. 'Silly shit,
stupid shit.

'One great big festering neon distraction
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied...
Learn to swim
Moms gonna fix it all soon.
Moms comin' around to put it back the way it ought to be.'

Learn to swim

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all those gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim

Fuck retro anything
Fuck your tattoos
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short term memory.

Learn to swim

Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfuntional
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves.
I wanna see the ground give way
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna watch it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Learn to swim.

I know these lyrics may not make any sense reading them, but listen to
the song, and sing along with it.
--michaelchappell