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Tool

Eulogy

Release date: 17th September 1996

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The second track on 'Ænima', 'Eulogy' adopts the structure of a funeral speech to dismantle the figure it ostensibly mourns. Maynard James Keenan's lyrics describe a loud, charismatic leader whose certainty and martyrdom mask an emptiness at the core, the narrator confessing an eagerness to follow someone prepared to die for a cause before turning that devotion into scorn. The song's subject is widely understood to be L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, though the critique extends to any self-appointed saviour trading on devotion and spectacle. Tool builds the mood through deliberate heaviness, the track stretching past eight minutes as it shifts between restraint and eruption. The arrangement allows space for the central accusation to land with full weight: the martyr had a lot to say, and a lot of nothing to say. By the final verse, the sarcasm hardens into dismissal, the narrator demanding the figure step down from the cross to make room for the next fool willing to die for someone else's sins. 'Eulogy' was issued as a promotional single from the album, one of four tracks selected for release alongside 'H.', 'Forty Six & 2', and 'Ænema'.

"Eulogy" is a track by Tool, from the album Ænima, released 17th September 1996. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Tool.

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Eulogy

He had a lot to say

He had a lot of nothing to say, we'll miss him

We'll miss him

He had a lot to say

He had a lot of nothing to say, we'll miss him

We'll miss him

We're gonna miss him

We're gonna miss him

So long

We wish you well

You told us how you weren't afraid to die

Well, so long

Don't cry

Or feel too down

Not all martyrs see divinity

But at least you tried

Standing above the crowd

He had a voice that was strong and loud, we'll miss him

We'll miss him

Ranting and pointing his finger

At everything but his heart, we'll miss him

We'll miss him

We're gonna miss him

We're gonna miss him

Yeah, no way, yeah

To recall

What it was that you had said to me

Like I care at all

But it was so loud

And you sure could yell

You took a stand on every little thing

And it was so loud

You could be the one who saves me from my own existence

Warn while some child might chill, nine-one-two

I'm too smart when you're invisible by the bone symbol on you

So he bashes his skull through the window while looking out to the sea

Like torment of my ego

And we're amused by this

Yeah, standing above the crowd

He had a voice that was strong and loud and I

Swallowed his facade 'cause I'm so

Eager to identify with

Someone above the ground

Someone who seemed to feel the same

Someone prepared to lead the way, and

Someone who would die for me

Will you?

Will you now?

Would you die for me?

Don't you fuckin' lie

Don't you step out of line

Don't you step out of line

Don't you step out of line

Don't you fuckin' lie

You've claimed all this time that you would die for me

Why then are you so surprised when you hear your own eulogy?

He had a lot to say

He had a lot of nothing to say

He had a lot to say

He had a lot of nothing to say

Come down

Get off your fuckin' cross

We need the fuckin' space

To nail the next fool martyr

To ascend you must die

You must be crucified

For our sins and our lies

Goodbye

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From Ænima

1996
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Ænima
Ænima
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1996
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  8. —Message to Harry Manback
  9. —Third Eye
  10. —Die Eier von Satan
  11. —Eulogy

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Production & Engineering

Writer
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Producer
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Drums
Danny Carey
Guitar
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Bass Guitar
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