I love the mental imagery of the halo being your noose. Like not to allow the highs to cloud your judgement..the potential for the fall is always there. Don't be too quick to tell me how great you are doing..or when you aren't maintaining that state it steepens the fall. When I got clean I never told anyone "how long I've been clean." Because I thought it didn't matter..as long as I was clean that day.
@jainelson88402 жыл бұрын
I think the point of the song is “yeah, you got better, but that doesn’t mean what you’ve done is erased, or that I forgive you”. You can’t expect forgiveness. You’re not “holy” just because you improved yourself. As a recovering addict myself, there are people who don’t forgive me for the BS I put them through, and I don’t blame them. Edit: Your music volume is peaking and distorting. You might wanna turn it down a bit on the input, then boost it to taste afterward.
@justinmccln2 жыл бұрын
This was the very first song i ever heard from A Perfect Circle when i was 14. I listened to it for at least a year while also discovering Tool before I realized it was both Maynard writing and singing. Great nostalgia for me and the ambience of this song absolutely helps to manifest that nostalgia.
@jdraider92510 ай бұрын
Thats wild, same here and still watch the same exact youtube video from when i found it at 14.
@PneumaNoose2 жыл бұрын
It came out in 2003. I know because I had just graduated high school a few months earlier. I drove across town to Best Buy to buy this album when it dropped and I listened to it start to finish in my car right there in parking lot in the rain. One of the most significant moments of my entire life. Next fall (2023) will be the 20th anniversary. “The Noose” became my favorite song and “Thirteenth Step” became me favorite album that day, and it’s still my favorite almost 20 years later. This album tells a story in the most beautiful way. Anyone who’s struggled with the lure and excitement of drugs and then falls into addiction and then into dependence… you feel this album in a way no one else can. From the first song “The Package” when you have that excitement of scoring to the last song when you know you have to take the leap… this album isn’t just a collection of songs. It’s a fkn lifetime of experiences.
@cainealexander-mccord280526 күн бұрын
Beautifully put. APC was always on our altar as well. Met my late husband in -'96, we both loved Tool. Then came the turmoil and APC. Hubs gone now 7 years, and APC is still in heavy rotation and always will be. Thanks for sharing. Be well.
@PneumaNoose26 күн бұрын
@@cainealexander-mccord2805 same to you 🖤🤘🏻
@rnrweb19682 жыл бұрын
This is one of my all time favorite albums! You can play from beginning to end! Just Beautiful!!
@el-violador2 жыл бұрын
This is one of those "shivers" songs. A song about how the road to recovery is longer than just giving up your vice. You can be proud that you're a better person but you can't completely move on until you to confront the "dead" that you hurt along the way and atone as best you can. The family, the friends and everyone else whom you have burned on the way are still there and likely are still hurting even if you're not
@DannyLeeOGT2 жыл бұрын
Layne finished rehab 2 or 3 times and stayed clean 6 months to a year each time. Then fall hard back into secluded addiction. MJK was struggling with his mother slipping into coma! So much rehabilitation went into and comes out in this album!
@peregrinehp42612 жыл бұрын
Love this song, definitely in my top 3 fav apc songs. So beautiful
@chrono0502 жыл бұрын
Thisis maybe my fav song on this album... It's hard to pick a fav but this song is amazing
@chrisredig31542 жыл бұрын
I always took this literally. You can't make amends or seek reconciliation with the dead. Your ability to reform or be reborn has physical limits. One of my all time favorites.
@PowderedToastMan4202 жыл бұрын
Sebs these are CONCEPT ALBUMS. Continue reacting to the entire album in chronological order. ✌️
@riverbedfred73522 жыл бұрын
Walk if you want to, dont if you dont. Nothing has to be set in stone lol great reaction!
@hop2ithomeservicesllc582 жыл бұрын
I am a massive Tool fan and have been since seeing Sober on Headbangers Ball..... but this is by far my favorite album of all time. It's perfect no matter what mood I am in. It can be hopeful and energizing or soothing and ambient. It is always what I need to hear
@THEbenagain2 жыл бұрын
Good Lord, one of my favorite songs. I enjoyed this very much!
@icyflows2 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite song to see them play live.
@ndnd2023 Жыл бұрын
The lyrics to this song were inspired by a line Maynard heard in a 12 step meeting 'Don't let that halo slip down around your neck and choke you...'. Maynard interpreted it as a cautionary comment towards someone in recovery allowing their ego to take over in life and in sobriety, I guess. This was coupled with a sober reminder to not lose sight of the harm and destruction that addiction causes, hence the line about making amends to the dead. Maynard has not had drug or alcohol addiction issues, but he has, of course, had friends who have - This is mostly gathered from his commentary on this song on the 13th Step DVD, so facts. The rumour is that he was accompanying Layne Staley to a meeting at the time. Certainly Maynard stated that this song was an ode of sorts to friends who are or were struggling with addiction, especially those who unfortunately succumbed to the illness. The whole album is lyrically reflecting on addiction from perspectives of the addict, family and friends affected, the drug/ substance even (Pet), or more simply for 'The Outsider' looking in and watching an addict self destruct - Again this is all from Maynard's own comments on the overall concept of the album lyrically and how it reflects his attempting to understand.
@thepooz72052 жыл бұрын
Two points: 1. I feel like you missed that “..curious how you’re planning to go about making your amends” was followed by “to the dead” - maybe it was how they were written wherever you were referencing the lyrics, so it doesn’t read as a single sentence - I interpret that as meaning it is too late to make amends. 2. l’m not sure you made the connection on your first listen between the name of the song “The Noose” and the lyrics “your halo slipping down to choke you now”. I very much enjoy how Maynard is adept at titling a song very appropriately without explicitly using the title of the song within the lyrics
@brianlautner48222 жыл бұрын
I listen to this song at least once a day..
@beezysbeatz49242 жыл бұрын
Wtf man? Are viewers complaining abt you walking while you react? And you honored that silly shit? Brother don't listen to trolls. Speaking for myself, I thought it unique, inspiring and impressive you could pay close attention to musical nuance, commenting abt the nuances and not miss a step 😆 You do you and don't mind the lazy people triggered by seeing a healthy person getting healthier. Tool for the mind, treadmill for the glutes.
@senecalouck23352 жыл бұрын
Came here to say the same.
@KlooKloo2 жыл бұрын
13th Step has songs from the perspective of people IN recovery, people out of recovery, people who KNOW people in recovery, from the DRUGS themselves, from victims, victimizers, it's very comprehensive.
@katarzynagrygierczyk6822 жыл бұрын
Ok I found you already did it 😃 . You have best reactions on yt . Smart guy who listen to smart music . Thank you !
@DannyLeeOGT2 жыл бұрын
This is the song that inspired my tattoo Sebs! I thought you had done this one for some reason! Great song 🎵
@kalanhitchens87822 жыл бұрын
Hey man, I just had the random idea to search up reactions to this song. Came across your channel, and I had to subscribe
@russseidel65102 жыл бұрын
to each their own, enjoy the art, enjoy the wonder, enjoy the music, follow us down the rabbit hole..............
@krisfyock53102 жыл бұрын
I don't understand your position on not walking. Heck it made you unique, inspires others to multitask with health benefits. Walking and growing at the same time just conveys the be better message
@Lateralus1382 жыл бұрын
You can "make a call out" to yourself. "check your head" and all that. Even in recovery (which I'm more than familiar with) it's a battle of trying to get help and check yourself at the same time. Been dealing with various forms of recovery and relapse for 30 years now. Been clean from hard stuff for over 10 years since my kids were born.
@hank356822 жыл бұрын
Not only is he telling whoever in the song that it’s gonna be a forever uphill battle, but the lines “go about making your amends, to the dead.” Is his way of saying now that your well, how are you going to atone for all the horrible deeds you’ve done and they go on just pretending all the deeds are someone else’s horrible actions
@cainealexander-mccord280526 күн бұрын
Yes, it was a call-out, yes it was a personal friend of Maynard's. He's talked about it, but it's been 20 years on now.
@jeffjames6575 Жыл бұрын
Bro , I would love to have conversations about music with you...MAJOR compliment to you!
@TheZinnmaster2 жыл бұрын
I recommended this song in a comment section awhile ago. I put a link to the video that Maynard tells what this song is about. 👍
@richskater2 жыл бұрын
This song started my Maynard journey. I was aware of Tool as a kid, but of the few songs I had heard, they just weren't what I was into at the time. Later in life I got in the World of Warcraft craze when it was real popular. There was this boss kill video that someone made with The Noose in it and I rewatched it 100 times just for the song. Ultimately I did some digging to find more and down the rabbit hole I went. All 3 bands consumed me, still here. Even Carina Round's solo stuff hits hard.
@jainelson88402 жыл бұрын
Such a gorgeous song.
@50NewEyes2 жыл бұрын
Definitely in my top APC songs…..
@PowderedToastMan4202 жыл бұрын
Keep walking Bro. It's your channel. ✌️
@CitroChannel2 жыл бұрын
The drum groove in this song just hits different! So good.
@jmc2112662 жыл бұрын
I talk to my great grandmother even though I never met her. She died in early 50s at about 45yrs old. I look at a picture of her with my infant grandfather on her lap and it's mind blowing shiite.
@jmc2112662 жыл бұрын
I see my mother, myself and my daughter in her face
@reneelyons68362 жыл бұрын
It's just soooooooo deep.
@michaelcs418317 күн бұрын
It's about someone who finished rehab after they killed someone while drunk driving. Basically, the singer is saying "Yeah, it's great that you're sober now, but don't forget that someone died because of you and pretending it didn't happen doesn't make you a better person." There are some things that can't be fixed, and the only way to make things right is to stay sober. "Your halo is slipping down" refers to a relapse.
@jonib58812 жыл бұрын
My interpretation… Sometimes it is impossible to say we are sorry, or make amends to those we’ve hurt and wronged. So don’t be fooled into thinking that making amends to everyone else shores up that halo you think you’re wearing by completing this Step. Some of the people we need to make amends to the most are literally dead and gone. This is when, no matter how hard you try, saying you are sorry is impossible. I feel like it’s a warning that if you physically cannot make amends, the halo can become a noose that chokes if you because you cannot complete the Step. This noose will always be around your neck and hold you back from recovery unless you can forgive yourself. To quote Blue Oyster Cult’s, line from The Revenge of Vera Gemini, “Hell’s built on regret”. Hope this makes sense.
@jokergreeting2 жыл бұрын
Definitely keep going through the album
@ocrOPK2 жыл бұрын
All time favourite. Haunting. Beautiful.
@ocrOPK2 жыл бұрын
Jeez, it came out in 2003. :o
@aaroncole39412 жыл бұрын
This song makes me want to be a drummer!
@eggstu2 жыл бұрын
Josh Freese is so good. I love his style
@beriliumsphere107 Жыл бұрын
Love it
@johnleblanc71689 ай бұрын
How i interpreted the song is, someone went to AA and did there steps to get clean. But afterwards denied they ever had an issue from the ketgo and thought they were better then those with addictions. And that persons halo needed to be pulled down to remind them they are not better then those who are struggling the same issues.
@malhondize38982 жыл бұрын
i dont know how true it is but i have heard this album and the concept behind it was to tell the story from 3 separate points of view. 1 from the addicts perspective. 2 the perspective of a loved one dealing with the addicted person. 3 from the perspective of a friend doing the same. in fact MJK was a very close friend of layne staily former singer of alice in chains. the album is kind of his expression of the loss of a close friend that he was helpless to save. i would not doubt that it could be true. great album for sure
@PowderedToastMan4202 жыл бұрын
Watch EVERY TOOL FAN from Kmac2021 on your next livstream.. 🤞
@ocasio3024 Жыл бұрын
You may have missed out on a lot back then but you’re here now brother…. Welcome! Love the videos man.
@tambuistuff2 жыл бұрын
One thing I think you might have misinterpreted is that he may not be singing about someone else. He could be talking to himself. But yeah, beautiful effing song.
@beezysbeatz49242 жыл бұрын
Being in recovery for 4 yrs now, when I hear these words I think of the drug dealers who are trying to make amends for all the people their heroin and FENTANYL have killed. Sure the addicts made their choices, but that disease has fingers pointed in many directions to blame for the epidemic.
@kenkevrizerYT2 жыл бұрын
check out the live version of it
@williamgeary83592 жыл бұрын
You cut @ the drum solo....🤬 Anyway - I'm over it 🤨 I love that their music is still alive today 😌 Thank ya sir
@jmc2112662 жыл бұрын
I think you can make amends to the dead if you get in the right mindset and are truly, and sincerely repentant.
@donnadoak6750 Жыл бұрын
Garth Brooks. The Dance
@ChaseVonnegut2 жыл бұрын
Why can't we not be somber?
@chrono0502 жыл бұрын
Song is more about how when people get to the amends step all it is, is a way for the wrong doer to feel better.. Like how he says making amends to the dead
@rukamukus Жыл бұрын
What can you say to the dead? Just cause one person died and you did not. A woman killed my sister no court wanting anything done about it. So this woman gets to walk free…for a short time that is, her halo is around her neck, and hooked to my chain.
@lucifirr5393 Жыл бұрын
I’m just a little curious on how you make a mends to the dead too, simply you can not. Just like the person who killed my sister because as a caregiver she didn’t want the job anymore.
@paulashanks312911 ай бұрын
I think its fine if you walk ❤😊
@chuzjes2882 Жыл бұрын
Man, You look like Peter Loeffler from Chevelle 👀
@nephilliumsilver88262 ай бұрын
Which step has a huge yellow worm in it?
@lonelyplanet10802 жыл бұрын
Yessir, this is a great album, thanks for the reaction.... recently I've been listening to a band called SOEN, their song FRACCIONS is awesome, their drummer is similar to Danny Carey... check them out if you haven't 🤘🔥
@ecooke752 жыл бұрын
I can promise this has nothing to do with AA... Judith should tell you what Maynard thinks about anything religious...
@eggstu2 жыл бұрын
don't skip Weak and Powerless
@martinellul16042 жыл бұрын
A drug dealer who is now clean and does no longer deal, there's your story, "to the dead"
To be honest, it’s kind of weird seeing you NOT walking.
@thomastaylor95792 жыл бұрын
Sebs, would you still think the same of Maynard James Keenan, if his political views didn't align with yours ?
@pinballjay9726Ай бұрын
2003 !😒
@LanceThompsonKssooner2 жыл бұрын
Meh 🤷♂️...I don't just blindly fall all over myself for everything Maynard does. As a TOOL zealot, APC & Pucifer just don't do it for me musically. They have a few songs I listen to.