I totally understand! I have a cousin who is studying music and is really good, he once was at my house and I played some Tool and I noticed he was like counting something so I asked him and he said he was trying to get the time of the song or something like that, but he couldn't and explained to me (I love music but can't even read tabs and stuff like that) that these guys must have studied a lot to make that kind of music
About the lyricsss......... aah I can't even explain it objectively since the ideas in their songs have actually integrated with and affected my personality in so many levels... hehe, but just for naming a few, I really like hush (I can say what I want to!), opiate, sober, disgustipated (life feeds on life feeds on life...), stinkfist, 46&2, aenema, the patient (I was obsessed with this song), schism, lateralus (ride the spiral!!), right in two (silly monkeys
)...
I have many things to say, I could just go on and on..
I'd like to discuss song meanings and more of this, perhaps we should open a thread??
PS: do you know if it's true that "h." is about Maynard's son?
edit: were are the t. leary and mckenna samples?