Las alas de la perfección

Grandiosos... eternos... profundos... subliminales... sencillamente Dioses.

Así son Tool, el grupo Californiano de Metal Progresivo mejor cualificado de todo su género. Sin duda alguna han realizado un estilo de música propio, llegando a unificar la musicalidad de las notas con el sentimiento que las unen, creando canciones que te llegan directamente al alma, a lo más profundo de tu ser...que conectan contigo.

Desde sus inicios hasta la fecha han publicado 4 discos en estudio y 2 EP. Han dado numerosos conciertos y grandísimas giras donde lo más destacado para mi son sus espectáculos de luces y vídeos que son alucinantes, muy originales y dignos de observación.

Tool está formado por el batería Danny Carey, el guitarrista Adam Jones, el bajista Justin Chancellor, y el gran vocalista/compositor Maynard James Keenan. En sus inicios se acogieron a la filosofía llamada "Lachrymology" como base a la inspiración de sus letras. Esta filosofía la definieron como "La ciencia de utilizar el llanto como terapia". Dicho de otra manera, lo que pretenden es explorar y comprender los miedos físicos y emocionales para crecer como persona. (ojito al dato O_o )

A lo que quería yo llegar es a ese sentimiento que te envuelve al escuchar a Tool, y os voy a mostrar uno de sus temas que más me han hecho reflexionar, y es su doble tema "10,000 Days", dividido en dos canciones (Wings for Marie y 10,000 Days). Os dejo la letra para que veais como componen y entendais de que hablo...son grandiosas.

Poned el vídeo, subid el volumen, disfrutad de las imágenes y leed la letra mientras... DeJAd QuE ENtrE eN VoSOtROs...

Wings for Marie

You believed...
You believed in movements none could see.
You believed in me.

A passionate spirit
Uncompromised
Boundless and open
A light in your eyes then
Immobilized.

Broken, Broken
Fell at the hands of those movements that I wouldn't see

You who prayed for me.
So what have I done
To be a son to an angel?
What have I done
To be worthy?

Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescents
Difficult to see you in this light
Please forgive this selfish question, but
What am I to say to all these ghouls tonight?
"She never told a lie,
...well might have told a lie,
But never lived one.
Didn't have a life,
Didn't have a life,
But surely saved one."
See? I'm alright
Now it's time for us to let you go.

10,000 Days

Listen to the tales and romanticize,
How we'd follow the path of the hero.
Boast about the day when the rivers overrun.
How we rise to the height of our halo.

Listen to the tales as we all rationalize
Our way into the arms of the savior,
Feigning all the trials and the tribulations;
None of us have actually been there.
Not like you.

Ignorant siblings in the congregation
Gather around spewing sympathy,
Spare me.
None of them can even hold a candle up to you.
Blinded by choice, these hypocrites won't see.

But, enough about the collective Judas.
Who could deny you were the one who
Illuminated your little piece of the divine?

And this little light of mine, a gift you passed on to me;
I'm gonna let it shine to guide you safely on your way,
Your way home ...

Oh, what are they going to do when the lights go down
Without you to guide them all to Zion?
What are they going to do when the rivers overrun
Other than tremble incessantly?

High is the way, but all eyes are upon the ground.
You were 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.

You're the only one who can hold your head up high,
Shake your fists at the gates saying:
"I've come home now!
Fetch me the spirit, the son, and the father.
Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.
It's time now!
My time now!
Give me my, give me my wings!"

You are the light and way that they will only read about.

Set as I am in my ways and my arrogance,
(With the) burden of proof tossed upon the believers.
You were my witness, my eyes, my evidence,
Judith Marie, unconditional one.

Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescents.
Difficult to see you in this light.
Please forgive this bold suggestion, but
Should you see your Maker's face tonight,
Look Him in the eye, look Him in the eye, and tell Him:
"I never lived a lie, never took a life, but surely saved one.
Hallelujah, it's time for you to bring me home."

Ésta entrada se la dedico a Dani, gracias tío por enseñarme la profundidad de este grupo, se que te gustará esta entrada ;)

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