cool letter bro

Not sure how I feel about the lyric "Looking to turn my piss to wine." now that Maynard has opened a vineyard.

H is the middle initial of his son. This song is about Freud’s concept of repetition compulsion and not wanting to repeat what was done to you again on your kids. The life and his blood before him is is son. The snake behind him is his dad. Nobody intentionally means harm but because of dysfunctional patters and different pressures and expectations they’re killing him but he’s finding a way to love his son and not repeat the cycle

After like 25 years of Aenima I'm pretty sure this actually is the best song on the album

This song was so great they named a letter after it

Tool makes me... Take extra long trips to the gas station

I was a heroin addict off and on for 20 years thank you tool getting me thru my demon!

This is my "All-Time" Favorite song. Always will be, & has been for years. I even named my puppy H.

So my father passed away horrible recently and I don't know if Maynard will see this but thank you for uniting us and giving me a special bond with him because of your music. He meant so much to me and I'm happy for the time we had.

The build up from <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="240">4:00</a> to the ''I don't mind'' gives me some crazy chills. One of the most underrated songs, it's amazing.

[Verse 1] What's coming through is alive What's holding up is a mirror But what's singing songs is a snake, it is Lookin' to turn my piss to wine They're both totally void of hate, and... Killin' me just the same [Refrain] The snake behind me hisses What my damage could have been My blood before me begs me Open up my heart again And I feel this coming over like a storm again Considerately [Verse 2] Venomous voice, tempts me And drains me, bleeds me Leaves me cracked and empty Drags me down like some sweet gravity [Refrain] The snake behind me hisses What my damage could have been My blood before me begs me Open up my heart again And I feel this coming over like a storm again, now And I feel this coming over like a storm again, now [Chorus] I am too connected to you To slip away, to fade away Days away, I still feel you Touching me, changing me [Post-Chorus] And considerately killing me Considerately killing me Considerately killing me Considerately killing me [Verse 3] Without the skin, here Beneath the storm Under these tears, now The walls came down Once the snake is drowned And as I look in his eyes My fear begins to fade Recalling all of the times I could have cried then I should have cried then As the walls come down and As I look in your eyes My fear begins to fade Recalling all of the times I have died And will die It's alright [Pre-Chorus] I don't mind I don't mind I don't mind [Chorus] I am too connected to you To slip away and fade away Days away, I still feel you Touching me, changing me [Post-Chorus] And considerately killing me Considerately killing me, yeah Considerately killing me

During several tours, the lead singer of Tool, Maynard James Keenan, has referenced his son, whose middle name is H, just before performances of this song. Anthony Hubert Fantano.

The way Maynard says “And I feel it coming over me like a storm again” gets me every time. Just a chilling line.

Literally never heard another band pull off this kind of fucking sound that can be so fluent and beautiful but still be heavy as shit. Definetly a eargasm band for me. I also really love that theres actually like a story with mostly all their songs or theres a good meaning to it.

I remember being almost 11 years old when I would be in the living room playing video games on silent while my dad would play all sorts of tool, (my mother died when I was basically born) and I was terrified of this music. Being that young of a age your mind can’t comprehend how good this music is. I am now finishing my last year in college and have been listening to tool for the past 4-5 years. I never can get enough, it’s difficult to put into words but this band has helped me with so much and understand how great my father is. He’s 61 now and I dread the days he will leave my side. My superhero. Thanks dad, and thank you Tool.

I’m working on putting together a playlist of my favorite Tool songs. So far, it has all of them.

“I have died, I will die, I don’t mind”

There are only a few Bands that come once in a lifetime that hits you in the face and reminds you that they are "Special" and damn TOOL is one of them.

There's no way to compliment this song without sounding cringey. I love it

“And as the walls come down and As I look in your eyes My fear begins to fade Recalling all of the times I have died And will die It's all right I don't mind” chills every time

Me after having a nice LONG Tool listening session: "I will die. It's alright. I don't mind."

Tool's bass licks bend space and time.

The last time tool played h was in 2002. It’s 2023 now. They are about to go on tour. It will be my 5th time seeing them. I would love nothing more that to see them open with H 🙏

So I’ve been a Tool fan my whole life, had my kids alone and young. They’re young adults now. This relates to me, as they’re no longer babies that look at me as a hero, but see me for my faults and don’t feel they need me protecting them anymore. The kids and I always had a plan to move out of LA and state together as a family, but now they have relationships and lives and don’t want to leave. So I’m torn in half, I’ve planned and made everything perfect for the move and I’m ready for the adventure and new life, I’m miserable here. But, I can’t leave them, yet that love that’s not returned the same way as it was is tearing me apart, the loss of their companionship is breaking me. If I stay I doom myself and dreams, and yet I can’t leave them. At least that’s what it speaks to me. It’s enough to make you feel like dying. Thank you Tool, for saying it a hell of a lot better than I ever could.

I've been in love with this guy's voice for almost 30 years!

Good job Tool taking Taylor Swifts spot on number 1. this is what we needed

I feel compelled to explain and share the why behind a lot of Maynard lyrics: I placed these song lyrics on my mother during her funeral when I was 29. She was 50 when she suffered an accidental overdose from prescribed meds that I spent a year warning everyone, including all her doctors, would eventually kill her. Maynard's mother suffered a basically life ending aneurysm when he was 11. It left her a vegetable for roughly 30 years before she finally died (about 10,000 days if you wondered where the album title came from). His mom was Judith Marie, hence two tracks on "10,000 Days" called, respectively, "Wings for Marie" parts one and two. Nearly every song Maynard ever wrote was about his mother, Judith Marie Keenan, who was a devout Christian despite God blessing her with 10,000 days of paralyzed agony after an aneurysm. Every Tool album makes a lot more sense after you know that backstory. This song is about the personal struggles with substance abuse during a thirty year torture, about the lies we tell ourselves during our most emotionally desperate moments, about our transformation and resurrection after we become self aware of our situation, and how we heal from injustice without killing ourselves, without killing others, without forgetting those lost along the way, and eventually learning to feel gratitude for how the pain of life turned us into better humans by destroying our former selves and enemies. It's about the deepest regrets, recalling all the times we failed the dead, and how we had to eventually refuse to give mind to our mistakes and forgive ourselves to survive tragedy. Pretty sure 99.99% of you missed the point of the song. Dude is talking about coming to grips with his anger with God, his mother, his self, and his self awareness of the fact it will eventually make him better because he doesn't mind killing his former self, doesn't mind others killing his former self either. Get it together, KZfaq! You're better than this. Go listen to the song he wrote for A Perfect Circle, "Judith," and tell me this man didn't have personal issues with his vegetable mother continuing to praise Jesus after her aneurysm 😂 If you wanna get REAL deep into analysis, you'll go ahead and read everything Carl Jung wrote about psychology and, in particular, our psychological archetypes created by middle age: the band and their most used artist, Alex Grey, were all fans of Jungian psychology (as was I after reading all Freudian disciples between age 12 and 18); the greatest lesson Jung will give you is awareness of the fact that everyone's unconscious mind contains the drives and desires of a murderer, every one of us has the capacity and unconscious will to kill anything that threatens that which we love the most. All Jungian psychology and psychological archetypes are based on that division between the conscious and unconscious, much like his master Freud taught him. You can hate the way Freud presented his facts all you want but it will never change the fact he accurately described problems of human consciousness long before neuroscience began to understand it. When you listen to Tool and A Perfect Circle, you're listening to the thoughts of a man aware of all the above as he learns to navigate the life experiences above. Maynard had a degree in psychology and was a military school graduate by the time he wrote most of his songs. Want another example? Go listen to his song "Orestes" by APC. Y'all getting a master class in artist inspiration tonight: it's drugs and tragedy. Then remind yourself of the Orestes story here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orestes

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="107">1:47</a>: Perfect example of why these guys are rock stars and we aren't. The musical talent it took along w/ the vision, patience, ingenuity and arrangement here is nothing short of genius.

I don't know why, but "All of the times I could have cried... I should have cried" has such a sense of emotion to it that gets me every time

I don't mind I don't mind I DON'T MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND

I know that this has been said too much, but god... from <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="209">3:29</a> to <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="280">4:40</a> it's just magic, words can't describe what that part makes me feel... it's just too epic but and the same time too beautiful and even sad, that's what tool is, I've found this song today, and I'm still hearing all of their others songs, definitely one of the best band I've ever heard.

Imagine being one of Maynards kids, you ask "Hey dad can I stay at my friends house tonight?!"...Maynard replies: " I don't mind, I don't mind...I DON'T MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND!!!!"

I never realized how long this song is. It really doesn't feel 6 min long.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="208">3:28</a> is the greatest low key break down of all time. The build up is incredible!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="278">4:38</a> "i don't mind." - "H." - Tool "lost my mind, can't find it anywhere, i don't mind." - "Angry Chair" - Alice in Chains

There are only a few times in life when you hear something you’ll never forget. I will never forget the first time I heard this. I was a teenager in high school on the way home from work and this came on the radio. I literally pulled over so I could listen to it.

This is a god damn masterpiece. This song is way too underrated by Tool fans.

What's coming through is alive What's holding up is a mirror But what's singing songs is a snake Looking to turn this piss to wine They're both totally void of hate But killing me just the same The snake behind me hisses What my damage could have been My blood before me begs me Open up my heart again And I feel this coming over like a storm again Considerately Venomous voice, tempts me Drains me, bleeds me Leaves me cracked and empty Drags me down like some sweet gravity The snake behind me hisses What my damage could have been My blood before me begs me Open up my heart again And I feel this coming over like a storm again And I feel this coming over like a storm again I am too connected to you to Slip away, to fade away Days away I still feel you Touching me, changing me And considerately killing me And considerately killing me And considerately killing me And considerately killing me Without the skin Beneath the storm Under these tears The walls came down And the snake is drowned and As I look in his eyes My fear begins to fade Recalling all of those times I could have cried then I should have cried then And as the walls come down and As I look in your eyes My fear begins to fade Recalling all of the times I have died And will die It's all right I don't mind I don't mind I don't mind I am too connected to you to Slip away, to fade away Days away I still feel you Touching me, changing me And considerately killing me And considerately killing me And considerately killing me

I'm stoned as fuck and at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="288">4:48</a> I swear I could feel the spirit of Maynard screaming around me coming down and reaching around my ears like god in that Michaelangelo painting

When he get's to the "I don't mind part." I just get a cold shiver it's just hauntingly beautiful

A buddy of mine used to always talk shit about Tool. And this one time we were smoking i put this song and once he heard the part at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="205">3:25</a> he officially became a Tool fan 🤘

I’m 15 rn and my parents have been playing tool for me since i was an infant, tool has been the biggest influence in my life and this one, the pot and 46 and 2 Are ones a brain has permanently retained. Tool was and will always be #1

I accidentally typed H in and let my intrusive thoughts win . Now I love the song 😂😂

One of Tool’s most underrated songs

Me: shows gf this song her: does that mean theres songs A-G to? Me:

Still my favourite Tool album, after all these years

Underrated song

The key change at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="326">5:26</a> really makes this song. Incredibly powerful and the perfect closing to a masterpiece of a track.

This song is filled with love. Love that a man can have towards his child. A newborn child is a part of you. It is your renewed self without pain, without mistakes, without regrets. I've never been a father, but I can share the emotions which were put in this song by Maynard.

What's coming through is alive. What's holding up is a mirror. But what's singing songs is a snake it is Looking to turn my piss to wine. They're both totally void of hate, And killing me just the same. The snake behind me hisses What my damage could have been. My blood before me begs me Open up my heart again. And I feel this coming over like a storm again. Considerately. Venomous voice, tempts me, Drains me, bleeds me, Leaves me cracked and empty. Drags me down like some sweet gravity. The snake behind me hisses What my damage could have been. My blood before me begs me Open up my heart again. And I feel this coming over like a storm again now [2x] I am too connected to you to Slip away, fade away. Days away I still feel you Touching me, changing me, Considerately killing me. [4x] Without the skin here Beneath the storm, Under these tears now The walls came down. As the snake is drowned As I look in his eyes, My fear begins to fade Recalling all of the times. I could have cried then. I should have cried then. And as the walls come down and As I look in your eyes My fear begins to fade Recalling all of the times I have died And will die. It's all right. I don't mind. [3x] I am too connected to you to Slip away, fade away. Days away I still feel you Touching me, changing me, And considerately killing me. [3x]

That double bass fill at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="335">5:35</a> is just legendary. Something as simple as that just makes the sound that much bigger.

My God and my woman somewhere in the wilderness❤

Easily my favorite tool song, and I'm glad to finally see it officially on youtube, spotify etc!

I love how this song takes 2 minutes and 45 seconds to get to the chorus. They take their time but it's always worth it.

After going through hell with child abuse and addiction my life seemed like it was gonna be a never ending battle for myself but at 23 years old I found out I was having a little girl. Looking in her eyes as I seen her for the first time took all the pain away and lifted me from the darkness and pain I had felt and gave me a second chance at life. She is two years old now and I have a beautiful wife and a good job, my life couldn’t be better. This song reminds me that my pain has made me who I am today.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="265">4:25</a> and the riff at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="285">4:45</a> ... omg ... will never get tired of this

Venomous voice Temps me Drains me Bleeds me And leaves me Cracked and empty DRAGS ME DOWM LIKE SOME SWEET GRAVITY. Consideratly killing me. Thank you Maynard

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="287">4:47</a>-<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="298">4:58</a> will forever be one of the greatest things I’ve ever heard in music.

The riff at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="40">0:40</a> - <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="50">0:50</a> is one of my favorite riffs of all time

I love the Way it comes in when he says, "I DONT MIND!!!"

h

A truly underrated song.

Musical Geniuses. Nothing else to say.

2024 listening to this masterpiece from Iraq 🇮🇶 🤟🏻

Tool is still the greatest band ever whooooooo

Ya ever wonder why they just DO NOT play that song on tour, like hardly at all, even though it's so popular? Well it's because this song has a special meaning to Maynard. Devo Keenan, his son, has the middle name of H... not anything extra... just H. The song isn't about any person at all, it's about his son... think about the song. Maynard had a bad relationship with his father when he was young, constantly being abused. Even though he loves Devo, sometimes he has a problem, and wants to hurt him. He gets it from his father... and it causes him to want to lash out at his wife and his child. that's why when he says they're "void of hate, but killing him just the same"... he means that Devo loves him, but he's still hurting Maynard because of Maynard's past.... When he talks about "snake behind me hisses, what my damage could have been", he's talkin about how what his father did to him wants to resurge through him and onto Devo. then the next verse "my blood before me begs me, open up my heart again"... he's sayin that the blood before him (his children, future grandchildren, etc.) is begging him to forget the past and start over... Infer the rest of the song for yourself. I think this is the best explanation possible. Think about it "what's holding up is a mirror" And "My blood before me makes me open up my heart again" His sons middle name is "H"

Hands down my favorite Tool song for a bunch of reasons, too many to get into but I will say music will help you get through some hopeless shit in your life if you find the right artists/songs

for a song about his son this is beautiful.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="265">4:25</a> might be my favorite tool moment ever. Compared to everything else tool has done this part of the song feels so stripped back and genuine.

The lines “I could’ve cried then, I should’ve cried then” hit me hard because I remember one time I started to listen to this song but I literally stopped it because it was going to make me cry. I wish I would’ve just listened because I haven’t cried in a long time man.

I remember someone telling me they weren't into Tool post Undertow. Aenima was too "artsy." SHEER LUNACY! LISTEN TO THIS!

I found this song in lockdown. I really struggled but once my buddy put me on to this song, I got through. I have listen to this song over 1000 times now, 3rd eye is opening boys 👽, THANK YOU TOOL 🤟

MJK's delivery on this song is perfect!

“I could have cried... I should of cried”

The guitar riffs are straight up Grammy award winning sounds ! 🎸🎧🎤

i wonder how many TOOL fans were made just because they searched for the letter "H" by mistake 🤟Welcome brothers!

An underrated Tool classic and one of my personal favourites. The heavy atmosphere in those verses, weaving almost like the snake described by the lyrics, before moving into an explosive chorus that crashes back down again into uncertainty. Then the epic slow build up to the chaotic breakdown before bringing that amazing chorus back for one last crash, fading out beautifully on the words "considerately killing me...". A song that truly takes you on a journey, masterpiece.

As much as I love the environment of their songs,what truly breaks my heart here is the vocal you can feel the hurt in his voice

I feel this song is about addiction, over coming addiction, Facing yourself, transforming yourself, overcoming your fears, ego death. And finally acceptance understanding and transcending. Maynard you're a beautiful soul. Thank you for existing and sharing your energy with us.

The way this song is sang by Maynard pierces the soul...

One of the best songs on Aenima!

This song made Danny my all time favorite drummer. Just the whole band though. Very tribal like. Real. Genuine. Rare. I can honestly say I have never heard a band quite like Tool. I have also never really had a band MOVE me so much musically & lyrically. Dedicated fan since '93

H hits different period. This song has never been done before & there is nothing to even compare it too honestly..

What a perfect song.

So underrated. Adam's solo is great.

#sprialout . What a great time to be alive and to be a Tool fan.

My favorite Tool song of all time 💗

His vocal skill is flawless.

Can we just take a moment to appreciate Paul D'Amour? The best songs from Ænima (Stinkfist, Eulogy, H., Pushit and probably Ænema too) were all written with him in the band.

This is one of my favorite rock songs of all time.

Probably one of the most underrated Tool songs.

Can't wait for "I"

I played this song a thousands times.. Timeless and a masterpiece

This song is about the letter H, obviously.

i listen to alot of other bands but i always find myself coming back to TOOL and especially this song, i still cant believe they named a Letter after it

I’m a 13 year old girl, huge tool fan. Spotify said I listened to this song 300 times this year. I get chills listening to it, and the meaning, don’t get me started. I fucking love itttt

My fav Tool album! Anyone else?

This is the song that got me hooked. I heard it on the radio as a teenager in the 90's. Loved the music but the voice and lyrics are what got me. I've been listening ever since!

Love the bass on this

Thanks for the upload, love you guys. Keep it up, wherever you are. And to the other fans, you as well, don't give up on your progression.