Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Chris Pittman
Synthesizer
Adam Jones
Guitar
Bill Hicks
Sampled Artist
Danny Carey
Drums
Justin Chancellor
Bass
Maynard James Keenan
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Adam Jones
Songwriter
Danny Carey
Songwriter
Justin Chancellor
Songwriter
Maynard James Keenan
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
TOOL
Producer
David Bottrill
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
See, I think drugs have done some good things for us, I really do
And if you don't believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor
Go home tonight and take all your albums, all your tapes, and all your CD's and burn 'em
'Cause you know what?
The musicians who've made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years
We're real fuckin' high on drugs
[Verse 2]
Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration
That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively
There is no such thing as death
Life is only a dream
And we're the imagination of ourselves
Here's Tom with the weather
It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom is what it is, okay?
Keep that in mind at all times, thank you
[Verse 3]
Dreaming of that face again
It's bright and blue and shimmering
Grinning wide
And comforting me with its three warm and wild eyes
[Verse 4]
On my back and tumbling
Down that hole and back again (Back again)
Rising up
And wiping the webs and the dew from my withered eye
[Verse 5]
In, out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in, out
In, out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in, out
In, out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in, out
In, out, in, out, in
[Verse 6]
A child's rhyme stuck in my head
It said that life is but a dream
I've spent so many years in question
To find I've known this all along
[Verse 7]
So good to see you
I've missed you so much
So glad it's over
I've missed you so much
Came out to watch you play
Why are you running away?
Came out to watch you play
Why are you running?
[Verse 8]
Shrouding all the ground around me
Is this holy crow above me
Black as holes within a memory
Blue as our new second sun
I stick my hand into the shadow
To pull the pieces from the sand
Which I attempt to reassemble
To see just who I might have been
I do not recognize the vessel
But the eyes seem so familiar
Like phosphorescent desert buttons
Singing one familiar song
[Verse 9]
So good to see you
I've missed you so much
So glad it's over
I've missed you so much
Came out to watch you play
Why are you running away?
Came out to watch you play
Why are you running away?
[Verse 10]
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
[Verse 11]
So good to see you once again
I thought that you were hiding
You thought that I had run away
Chasing the tail of dogma
[Verse 12]
I opened my eye, I opened my eye
I opened my eye and there you were
I opened my eye, I opened my eye
I opened my eye, I opened my
[Verse 13]
So good to see you once again
I thought that you were hiding from me
And you thought that I had run away
Chasing a trail of smoke and reason
[Verse 14]
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Prying open my third eye
Written by: Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones, Maynard James Keenan