Your reaction to the lyrics is a perfect example of why he writes them that way. He wants you to think; ask yourself questions. Relate it to yourself. It's a testament to the depth of his artistry and his intelligence. His lyrics tend to often be an allegory about "us" as people.

“ I gotta hear that again, y’all” said every Tool fan!!!!😅

You definitely "get" Tool. It's obvious in your reactions that you want to absorb every sound, every lyric, every nuance. And I LOVE watching your journey 💜

I was interested to see you get to this one. They'll hold up the mirror for us even when we're ugly.

Watching your face during Tool reactions is priceless 😊 It makes me soooooooo happy 💜

Danny, Adam & Justin put the music together, then Maynard sits down and puts words to each song. Amazing really. One of their best lyrically and musically!!

Welcome to the rabbit hole that is Tool. Love your reactions, keep it real. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Maynard said that he never wanted to mess with the music and that he wanted his voice to be an instrument in the band. He uses his lyrics as such

At around 9 mins where your saying maynard uses his lyrics to enhance the bass guitar. You nailed it, maynard thinks of his voice as just another instrument in the band.

Watching Brothers discover Tool is a joy I could have NEVER seen coming in the 90s. Love it

You want to hear Maynard almost rap ( very fast too) listen to their song called Lost Keys/ Rosetta Stoned. It is about an alien abduction. Creative Genius!

This is my favorite Tool song but am I the only one who thinks the lyrics aren't cryptic at all? This is one of the more straight forward Tool songs in my opinion. He's just straight up admitting we all like watching drama and carnage and such through a screen. But obviously dont want that done to ourselves.

If you love Maynard's lyrics and creativity you need to check out his other projects too. The bands "Puscifer" and "A Perfect Circle". I'm shure this isn't the first time you get this suggestion :)

So jealous of hearing Tool for the first time. 1. Lateralus, 2. 7empest, 3. Parabol(a), 4. Aenema, 5. Right in Two.

Tool being Jordan of music is a bold claim that I support 100%

I love the fact that you always use the lyrics and try and decipher just what Maynard was trying to say and the meaning behind it, that's awesome how you use you mind in these video reactions / breakdowns, keep doing that way..

This was the first tool album I ever got. Pop it in and this drop comes on. Sheesh. I’m hooked forever

You're doing an exceptional job on your TOOL reactions, man. Keep up the good work.

great reaction, the most important thing is that you understood the message of this song. Many people don't even pay attention to the lyrics in this song, which means they miss the most important aspect of this song.

I just got to live a little Vicariously through you. Thank you. I wish I could hear it again for the 1st time.

You have such a great outlook on music. I can tell its not just tool. You truly love just music in general

One of my favorites for sure. The build toward the end right before the last chorus (starts around 18:25 in this vid) is excellent, with the instruments each slowly changing their patterns to become harder and harder. The stream was a lot of fun to hang out on, thank you! Glad you are enjoying this band!

You must see them live at least once. They are amazing.

What a holistic and honest review of an incredible song. If you pay attention, you can always tell the fake reviews from the real ones. Here is the genuine article. What a great job!!

9:08 Sudden, violent, inexplicable loss like that is just indescribable. Shock and heartache like that can be deadly. "Heartstrings" are tendons (chordae tendineae) that connect parts of the heart, and they can rupture under extreme stress. That part of the song almost always brings tears to my eyes. For as hard and heavy as this song is, it's one of the hardest ones for me to sing along with for that reason. My throat just closes right up. But it brings the message that much closer to home. These are not things to celebrate, and yet our society thrives on them. Blessings on that family in your mom's neighborhood.

Bro when you said “I’m not gonna lie, I watched a kid fall out a tree” I completely lost my shit. Awesome video man. Please never stop doing you. Keep it up💪🤘

I've always kind of thought of Tool being their own genre, the effort that goes into each and every song every note,it speaks to me in a way that no other music does.

I love watching the birth of new tool fans.

I heard this from another reaction channel a perfect analysis “ WHAT IS ANOTHER BANDS MAGNUM OPUS IS A REGULAR TOOL JOINT ! ! !” His partner on the channel says “TOOL doesn’t seem to be able to do regular they put out so many songs that are epic”

There’s no other band like tool. A perfect circle is close because Maynard is in it but other than that. No one else

I secretly love that you call him James 😂

I’m glad you listened to this song and did a reaction video. It’s the first I have seen! I feel like a lot of people touch an edge they don’t want to with the message behind this song. Ugly truth.

Yes! love this song. Good insights, nice reaction. This stuff is definitely art. The joke is that Tool is their own genre.. but probably they’d be progressive metal.

My understanding is that the band creates all the music then gives it to Maynard and then Maynard puts his lyrics to it

This party was great! What a fun stream!

Welcome to the family my brother spiral out

Man you gotta listen to this again when you're NOT looking at the lyrics, close your eyes and listen, you'll get SOOO much more out it! This is an absolute top tier piece!

Had you said “they are like the Lebronda’s of music” I’d have never watched another one of your videos. Thank you for recognizing true greatness when you see it and hear it. Jordan is the G.O.A.T. TooL are the greatest band to ever form and will be combed over and studied and compared long after we are all gone. ➕💯. Sub’d

To describe the bass, I would say instead of tension, it's like the adrenaline of pursuit. Like a cougar hunting its prey.

Someday, all of us (and the members of Tool) will be gone from this world. And yet this music may be around for another 100 and maybe 1,000 years.

I just saw your first Tool reaction about an hour ago and now I'm going through all of them, haha! Glad to see you enjoying the ride so much my guy 🖤

Love ur reactions my man, from Philly

I love, love, love your TOOL journey. Welcome, my friend 🖤🤘🏼🖤

Funny enough they ask people not to film their live shows, but this is the song they always allow people to film for

I love the song Jambi. I think it’s often overlooked because they have so many great songs

Tool is my #1 band for this song. The instrumental is amazing, untouched by anything else, and the lyrics still resonate to this day, 15~years later. It’s just *chefs kiss*.

My mother told me I'd love this guy, I'm 52, banana for scale, and she's right, this dude is astute. ❤

This song makes me think Maynard predicted social media 💀

Jordan and effortlessness are synonymous 😂

Its so much fun to watch you react to my favorite music.

Tool is all about depth and introspection ! They want you to think about what's going on around you !

I love that you are doing this. Tool is my happy place, I'm loving watching it become yours. Welcome to the club!

Reactions are so important, and so many reactors ARE helping to keep the legendary recordings alive and introduce them to new fans. So many times I got into music and enjoyed it so throuroughly, and wanted someone else I knew, anyone else I knew to listen and get the same kind of joy and energy I did upon my first listen. Time and time again I sat in anticipation waiting for friends to have some kind of similar reaction, but usually it was someone sitting there kind of bored and talking through/over the music cause they were not digging it like I did. Finally, thanks to Reactors on YT, I get to VICARIOUSLY watch fan after fan discover these songs and react in the same ways I have. There's a supreme joy in watching people enjoy things, and a certain connection I seem to form with certain content providers such as yourself for appreciating similar things in music as I do. Thank you for what you do. Keep up the great work man. I'll be watching.

This is one of my favorite Tool songs that I wrote a whole 5 page paper on the song back in 2009 in high school.

This was the first reaction to Vicarious I have seen. Good job

4:30 Nailed it right away. Except for not picking up on it being an analogy for everyone, not just a specific subject like a villain. We LIKE death and suffering. Its more than just human, its animalistic nature. Those instincts have helped us to survive, our shadow selves, our darkness. That darkness will rule us if we are unwilling to admit we like to live vicariously through others suffering. It makes us feel better about ourselves

TOOL is a drug that always satisfies and you always want more.

The outro along with the drum buildup, outstanding.

I love your Tool reactions! Looking forward to more 😊

Tool is it's own genre, but it's 100% a subgenre of metal.

My favorite song is always the last Tool song I've listened to.

Stood the test of time... and released in 2006. That's a year BEFORE Twitter existed

Tool doesn't make music, they make art. 🌀☝️🇺🇲🤘

You are speaking some serious truths

Little kid fall off the tree...lololol. yes this song is so true, some people won't admitted but, if a guy stops freeway in the morning attempting to jump off the bridge, you know how you want that to unfold.

Ive lost 2 sons unexpectedly i know that cry 😞 Maynard is pretty particular about how it sounds, progressive rock😊

I gotta say out it all the tool reactions I’ve watched I enjoy yours the best man . Your hearing TOOL with the right headspace .

Dude, talking about the pain of a parent. I swear it must be the greatest pain

New subscriber here. Came for your Sleep Token Ascensionism reaction and found Tool! My two favorite bands! And not to put too fine a point on it but I love watching first time reactions to my favorites and seeing a new fan born. Kinda vicarious. Lol

Awesome reaction and talk at the end! You're doing perfectly. On Pneuma (I think) you said you wanted to do a album stream. Since you listened to at least one song on all albums, I recommend staying with that now and do the Opiate EP (which is from before their first album Undertow and uses mostly raw live recordings) as a full album reaction. The way you talked about preserving this music and giving it to future generations to listen to, that hit me. You are amazing, thank you for your videos ❤

It's a song about how humans are living Vicariously through everyone else's phones and videos.

4:44 To flip your words, there is a song by a 90's band named Live called Selling the Drama, I think you'd like it...they're the same group that does, Lightning Crashes...If you are familiar (It's also about death and birth)...but I totally agree, Tool has the BEST drops...and they can do it with any instrument or Maynard's vocals... EDIT: ROFL, I like how you call him by his middle name...Maynard James Keenan is his actual stage name (Real name: James Herbert Keenan), but I've got no objection to calling him MJK, K-Dog, Maynard, James, or anything else...I've never met the guy...

This is my favorite Tool song today.

TOOL ARMY IS ALIVE AND WELL

To answer your question on who recorded first. Bass and drums record together.

Very glad I came across your channel bc you’re saying what I’m thinking, many thanks

A friend of mine meet Joe Baresi who recording This album , and he said Tool record Alive and without métronome ❤

Credulous at best, your desire to believe in angels in the hearts of men… Pull your head on out [of] your hippie haze and give a listen…shouldn’t have to say it all again… The universe is hostile, so impersonal, devour to survive, so it is, so it’s always been… Don’t know why, but this section of lyrics is in my top 10 Maynard phrases. There’s something so raw, but deeply philosophical and insightful about it, kinda cynical but honest.

Him using the name “James” let’s me know it’s a real reaction. Love it.

Maynard said that the band wrote the music first, and then he added vocals to it, just coming up with whatever he thinks fits. He said that he wasn't even present during most of the creation of the instrumentation for the album, he was working on all of his other projects (wine business, clothing store, other music projects, etc, and his family)

So the band maticulously write the music, often for 5-10 years, then the singer listened to the tracks, and lays down the lyics/vocals in a week or two. It's why Maynard is in like 4 bands.

tool does a really good job of building tension with build ups and rythem. the song is a social commentary on the human condition. we all cant look away when a car crash, or terrorist attack or anything like that. thia album is from 2007,

Tool is so incredibly intelligent with music

This was my 1st album of their's, hooked from then on

Very good lyrics. Also in the "right in two"

checkin in... yes tool

It will be my new saying “A bands’ Favorite band is 🔥☄️🔥TOOL 🔥☄️🔥

Mang, I am an avid Tool fan and your interpretations have invigorated my love of the foursome!

great video man! love watching people discover tool

Great response, sounds like you get them.

It's like an orchestra, they all play off each other.

If you can, listen to each album from beginning to end in order. You'll realize their full genius when you hear how the songs are connected. Your reactions are genuinely awesome!

I’ll be honest I remembered this song from the radio but managed to never figure out it was TOOL as a kid

Got goosebumps on this video when James yells vicarious!! Always do

MySpace was the place to be when this came out...

Tool is my favorite. However, Pink Floyd, then Rush. Should be next. Much love.

Jambi is good to listen to after this song

I can’t wait for your reaction to the drop in ‘Jambi’ it’s epic.

This song is basically about humanity's obsession with watching violence in the news tv shows and movies think csi, ncis, law and order, law and order svu, ect ect

It’d be so much fun to attend a live performance with you! I’ve been twice now and I can’t image witnessing your experience! Spiral out!