You're probably thinking of the song "Sober" by Tool. It is a song about someone who struggles with addiction who is angry at God for not snapping his fingers and fixing him. He was in his 20s when they wrote it. I think all of us have known someone who was angry at God for allowing something bad to happen to them. I certainly have. Similar Psalm 88 https://biblia.com/bible/esv/psalm/88
Also with A Perfect Circle. In the song "Judith", he laments his mother’s faith that couldn’t save her from her stroke, but in 10,000 days album he sings about how her end is here and “now you’re going home.” He strikes me as passionate, and a bit teenage angsty, but not a literal demon.
Edit: The song "Opiate" is basically saying how Christianity and other religions are just like being an opiate addict. So I'd say they are anti organized religion, but not literal demons. I think Maynard might be more into eastern philosophy, or buddhism.
There is a YouTube channel that does reaction videos called "Vin and Sori" and they are Christians. They also absolutely love Tool. They are aware of Maynard's opinions on religion but still finds an awful lot of religious context to his lyrics.
Edit 2:
Here Maynard seems to be against organized religion, which I agree with. He implies Jesus is good.
Exactly… Into eastern religion is literally worshiping demons.
Also, I thought the song was called Lilith, so I thought he was paying homage to a demon. But thank you for correcting me on the Judith part.
Anyway, you look at it… They’re definitely not Christian. I’m just saying, neither tool or a perfect circle, are people that I would be taking spiritual advice from. That’s all I’m saying.
Thank you for the background info, I used to listen to them all the time! I would even sing tool at karaoke. I was a huge tool fan and perfect circle.
Each of us is on a different part of our journey. I don’t judge other people for the type of music that they listen to. I literally have a deathbat from Avenged Sevenfold tattooed on my back.
😂😂😂
Every once in a while, when I get in my car and Avenged Sevenfold song will come on from my iPhone… and yes, I do crank it up!
It just seems the closer I get to the Lord, the less I want to listen to that kind of music. 🤷♀️
that entire video is so Occultic it’s enough to make you want to vomit. The all seeing eye throughout the entire video. I know Maynard did not make the video though, so I minimize it and tried to listen to what he was saying.
Not everything is occult just because it has an eye my fren. That video is Alex Grey's art. Alex Grey's use of eyes is not at all connected to occult. In my interpretation the eyes symbolizes expanded states of consciousness, transcendence, and spiritual awakening. Alex Grey is/was into psychedelics. The various eyes in his art was inspired from Alex's experience with Ayahuasca, a South American psychoactive brew.
More proof he is not into occult, or the 'all seeing eye':
…we became individual fountains and drains of light, interlocked with an infinite omnidirectional network of fountains and drains composed of and circulating a brilliant iridescent love energy. We were the Light, and the Light was God… We felt like death was not to be feared because the Light was our spiritual core and we would eventually return to the profoundly transcendental bliss of the lattice realm. After the experience of the Universal Mind Lattice, we decided that a vision of sacred interconnectedness was the most important subject of art.
Further, these eyes in the artwork are more likely related to the "third eye". Tool has a song called "third eye."
This song seems to depict forcing a spiritual experience via psychedelics. The narrator alludes to being on the borderline of a spiritual awakening, and uses some kind of psychedelic to “pry open” his third eye in order to reconnect with himself.
If taken as a direct narrative of MJK’s life, it could be seen as a story of Maynard using psychedelics to confront his traumatic childhood and become whole. Ultimately, this song is about forcing some kind of personal awakening or healing through psychedelics. There is also a tribute to the late comedian Bill Hicks. It is explained in a hulu documentary titled “American: The Bill Hicks Story” that Bill had done mushrooms with 2 of his good friends and experienced something life-changing.
You're probably thinking of the song "Sober" by Tool. It is a song about someone who struggles with addiction who is angry at God for not snapping his fingers and fixing him. He was in his 20s when they wrote it. I think all of us have known someone who was angry at God for allowing something bad to happen to them. I certainly have. Similar Psalm 88 https://biblia.com/bible/esv/psalm/88
Also with A Perfect Circle. In the song "Judith", he laments his mother’s faith that couldn’t save her from her stroke, but in 10,000 days album he sings about how her end is here and “now you’re going home.” He strikes me as passionate, and a bit teenage angsty, but not a literal demon.
Edit: The song "Opiate" is basically saying how Christianity and other religions are just like being an opiate addict. So I'd say they are anti organized religion, but not literal demons. I think Maynard might be more into eastern philosophy, or buddhism.
There is a YouTube channel that does reaction videos called "Vin and Sori" and they are Christians. They also absolutely love Tool. They are aware of Maynard's opinions on religion but still finds an awful lot of religious context to his lyrics.
Edit 2: Here Maynard seems to be against organized religion, which I agree with. He implies Jesus is good.
https://youtu.be/fCmZ-zzBZtA?si=ezr3xwfZB8SZQjnY
Exactly… Into eastern religion is literally worshiping demons.
Also, I thought the song was called Lilith, so I thought he was paying homage to a demon. But thank you for correcting me on the Judith part.
Anyway, you look at it… They’re definitely not Christian. I’m just saying, neither tool or a perfect circle, are people that I would be taking spiritual advice from. That’s all I’m saying.
Thank you for the background info, I used to listen to them all the time! I would even sing tool at karaoke. I was a huge tool fan and perfect circle.
Each of us is on a different part of our journey. I don’t judge other people for the type of music that they listen to. I literally have a deathbat from Avenged Sevenfold tattooed on my back. 😂😂😂
Every once in a while, when I get in my car and Avenged Sevenfold song will come on from my iPhone… and yes, I do crank it up!
It just seems the closer I get to the Lord, the less I want to listen to that kind of music. 🤷♀️
Carry-on. 🫡
No problem anon. I think he is against organized religions but not against Jesus:
1 min video of him talking on the subject.
https://youtu.be/fCmZ-zzBZtA?si=ezr3xwfZB8SZQjnY
that entire video is so Occultic it’s enough to make you want to vomit. The all seeing eye throughout the entire video. I know Maynard did not make the video though, so I minimize it and tried to listen to what he was saying.
Thank you for sharing that!
Not everything is occult just because it has an eye my fren. That video is Alex Grey's art. Alex Grey's use of eyes is not at all connected to occult. In my interpretation the eyes symbolizes expanded states of consciousness, transcendence, and spiritual awakening. Alex Grey is/was into psychedelics. The various eyes in his art was inspired from Alex's experience with Ayahuasca, a South American psychoactive brew.
More proof he is not into occult, or the 'all seeing eye':
– Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey
foreword by Allyson Grey & Alex Grey
1990, Inner Traditions
https://www.alexgrey.com/about/
Further, these eyes in the artwork are more likely related to the "third eye". Tool has a song called "third eye."