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Tool

Right in Two

Release date: 2nd May 2006

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Tool frame humanity's self-destructive habits through the bewildered gaze of celestial observers. The song imagines angels watching from the sidelines, puzzled by a species blessed with reason and abundance yet compelled to divide and destroy. Maynard James Keenan adopts their voice, questioning why creatures given free will choose conflict over the plenty available in what he calls 'this holy garden'. The lyric builds its critique through repetition and escalation, moving from bemusement to something darker. The central image, humanity's instinct to split every resource and territory, becomes a refrain, the title phrase hammered home across multiple bridges. The arrangement stretches past eight minutes, allowing space for tabla-driven instrumental passages that punctuate the vocal sections. Released on the 2006 album '10,000 Days', the track has accumulated tens of millions of streams and remains a live staple. Its allegorical approach to human violence and tribalism sits comfortably within Tool's broader thematic territory, though some listeners consider the extended instrumental midsection essential to the song's impact whilst others find it tests patience before the final movement arrives.

"Right in Two" is a track by Tool, released 2nd May 2006. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Tool.

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Lyrics

Right in Two

[Verse 1]

Angels on the sideline

Puzzled and amused

Why did Father give these humans free will?

Now they're all confused

[Chorus 1]

Don't these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around?

Plenty in this holy garden, silly monkeys

Where there's one you're bound to divide it

Right in two

[Verse 2]

Angels on the sideline

Baffled and confused

Father blessed them all with reason

And this is what they choose?

(This is what they choose)

[Chorus 2]

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground

Silly monkeys, give them thumbs, they forge a blade

And where there's one they're bound to divide it

Right in two

Right in two

[Chorus 3]

Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground

Silly monkeys, give them thumbs, they make a club and beat their brother down

How they've survived so misguided is a mystery

Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability

To lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here

[Bridge 1]

Cut and divide it all right in two

Cut and divide it all right in two

Cut and divide it all right in two

Cut and divide it all right in two

[Interlude]

[Bridge 2]

Fight over the clouds, over wind, over sky and

Fight over life, over blood, over air and light

Over love, over sun, over another

Fight for the time, for the one, for the rise and

[Verse 3]

Angels on the sideline again

Benched along with patience and reason

Angels on the sideline again

Wondering where this tug of war will end

[Outro]

Cut and divide it all right in two

Cut and divide it all right in two

Cut and divide it all right in two

Right in two

Right in two

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Right in Two

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Adam Jones, Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Maynard James Keenan
    Producer
    Tool
    Bass
    Justin Chancellor
    Drums
    Danny Carey
    Guitar
    Adam Jones
    Vocals
    Maynard James Keenan
    Mastering Engineer
    Bob Ludwig
    Mixing Engineer
    Joe Barresi
    Recording Engineer
    Joe Barresi
    Tabla
    Danny Carey
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