10,000 DANA U VATRI...

Judith Marie Keenan/Garrison je pretrpela težak šlog u 32 godini života i ostala prikovana za kolica. Bila je veoma religiozna osoba i taj događaj je uvek spominjala kao "God's will". Takav njen stav je posebno teško padao njenom sinu Maynard James Keenan-u, koji je u više navrata "zahvaljivao" Bogu kroz svoje pesme (Jimmy, Judith), ponekad i veoma oštro... Ljutnja se okončala 18. juna 2003. godine, kada je Judith Marie preminula, nakon 27 godina poluživota (oko 10000 dana). Maynard je osetio olakšanje i zatvorio trilogiju pesama posvećenih majci fenomenalnom Wings For Marie/10,000 Days koja se nalazi na novom (hmm...od 2. maja novom) albumu njegove skupine po imenu TOOL. Sačekao sam 3 godine za Aenimu, pa onda 5 za Lateralus, a zatim i ovih 5 za 10,000 Days, da bih čuo pesmu koja je perfektna!! Neću sada da pišem ništa o ostatku ovog diska (osim da sam retko kada čuo bolji), jer oni koji vole Tool znaju šta im je činiti - 100ak megabajta downloada, a onda osećaj da uho ne želi ništa drugo... Bolje od ovoga mogu samo oni da snime!

JIMMY
What was it like to see
The face of your own stability
Suddenly look away
Leaving you with the dead and hopeless?

Eleven and she was gone.
Eleven is when we waved good-bye.
Eleven is standing still,
Waiting for me to free him
By coming home.

JUDITH
Oh so many ways for me to show you
How the savior has abandoned you
Fuck your God
Your Lord and your Christ
He did this
Took all you had and
Left you this way
Still you pray, you never stray
Never taste of the fruit
You never thought to question why

It's not like you killed someone
It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side
Praise the one who left you
Broken down and paralyzed
He did it all for you

10,000 DAYS
This little light of mine, the gift you passed onto me
I'll let it shine to guide you safely on your way
Your way home...

High is the way, but our lives are on the ground
You are the light and the way, they'll only read about
I only pray heaven knows when to lift you out
Ten thousand days in the fire is long enough
You're going home...