Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Adam Jones
Guitar
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
Vince De Franco
Assistant Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I have come curiously close to the end, though
Beneath my self-indulgent pitiful hole
Defeated
I concede and move closer
Let me find comfort here
I may find peace within the emptiness
How pitiful
It's calling me
It's calling me
It's calling me
It's calling me
[Verse 2]
And in my darkest moment, feeble and weeping
The moon tells me a secret, a confidant
As full and bright as I am
This light is not my own and
A million light reflections pass over me
Its source is bright and endless
She resuscitates the hopeless
Without her, we are lifeless satellites drifting
And as I pull my head out I am without one doubt
Don't want to be down here soothing my narcissism
[Verse 3]
I must crucify the ego before it's far too late
I pray the light lifts me out
[Verse 4]
Before I pine away
Before I pine away
Before I pine away
Before I pine away
[Verse 5]
So crucify the ego, before it's far too late
And leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical
And you will come to find that we are all one mind
And capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable
So let the light touch you so that the words spill through
And let the past break through, bringing out our hope and reason
[Verse 6]
Before we pine away
Before we pine away
Before we pine away
Before we pine away
Written by: Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones, Maynard James Keenan