Post #412581

Different kind of porn this morning. Way too early. Coffee still trying to convince my brain to cooperate. If I had to rank TOOL songs, this one sits at 1+. Not because it’s objectively better than the others… but because it meets me exactly where I am. After that come a lot of solid 1s, a few 1-, and only very few that sink lower. TOOL doesn’t really lose… some songs just wait until you’re ready. I love the music. The slow, deliberate progression. Nothing rushed, nothing wasted. It unfolds the way time does… steady, inevitable. And the lyrics hit harder now. At 53. Very soon 54. I spent 12 years with the German Marineflieger… naval aviation. A very specific branch of the German military that doesn’t really exist elsewhere. Aircraft, helicopters, long missions over water, structure, responsibility. Some might think that this background plays a role in how this song hits me. It doesn’t. That chapter is long closed… and that’s a good thing. This song isn’t about that time for me. It’s about life as a whole. At some point you start questioning your own value. Quietly. You remember the early days of being grown up… endless energy, nights out till morning, straight to work afterwards. Day after day. No problem. You didn’t feel immortal… you just didn’t question the cost. These days the math is different. The body negotiates, the mind keeps receipts. Making it to midnight on New Year’s Eve already feels like an achievement. Not sad. Just honest. This song doesn’t glorify the past or mourn it. It simply acknowledges the passage of time. And maybe that’s why it sits at 1+. Not as a memory… but as a mirror. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxsld16TjSU #TOOL #Invincible #ProgRock #Progressive #TodaysThoughts