She just used “Earth” twice but in different ways to make a point about the difference between the Earth and dirt.
We like this line because of the play on words. That’s just how good this song is in message, word choice, and sound. “Colors of the Wind” makes the list again… we know, we know.
This lyric makes the list just because songwriters were somehow able to work the word “Baklava” into the song, and Baklava is delicious. Think for a second: there are things you don’t even know that you don’t know… minds blown. This line is not only beautiful and true, but she does this whole repetition thing that somehow drives the point home. Here are a few Disney lyrics choice selects that really butter our toast. Sometimes it’s because they turn into hope-giving life mottos. Sometimes it’s word choice, devices like alliteration or assonance that make the lyrics so great. Fact: Some Disney songs are a little more great because of some truly awesome lyrics. The final verse is the very same as the first, "Say hello to the rugs topography." The patient receives medication from the nurse and the love cycle continues.Fact: we love Disney songs. The multiple vocal layers within the 3rd chorus indicates an alternate reality the patient is experiencing. "I'm taking her home with me, all dressed in white" He snaps from his fantasy to see the nurse bringing him love (or medication?) "She's got everything I need" " It's even more a part of your life now that you can't touch it." "They were once in your eyes, but you sneezed them out while sleeping." The nurse has lost her life including everything she was or had (including the patient,) "Say hello to everything you've left behind." The death of the nurse is beautiful and important as she can no longer reach for it. Within the verse in question, the patient is in a manic imaginary state."Say hello to the apples on the ground" is in reference to the nurses red pool of blood (roughly the size of an apple.) He see's the nurse as an "apple of my eye." She is deceased or unconscious as the red "apple" pools of blood accumulate from her nose onto the rug. "She acts just like a nurse with all the other guys." He believes he is receiving special treatment. He's so wrapped up in his delusional love, he doesn't notice the nurses behavior with other patients. "All dressed in white." "She's got everything I need, Pharmacy keys," she has the key to making him feel good (love or medication?)Īs nurses are typically kind and friendly at heart, the patient notices these general nurse-like acts of care and kindness as love. "I'm taking her home with me," is his determination to have or take the uniform wearing nurse. The chorus focuses on his misconceived love for the nurse and his love for medicine. "You can't see it, but you know it's there so don't neglect it."
"It holds quite a lot of interest with your face down on it."Īfter doing this, medical staff sedate him and take him away, "Say hello to the shrinking in your head." When the sedative starts taking effect, the patient is fighting against it and is soon unconscious. "Say hello, to the rugs topography." He assaults the nurse and pushes her face to the floor to visualize how she and the rug look together. Within the first verse, the patient fancies the integrate patterns of the rug. Ultimately, the song is very dark with strong metaphoric value Maynard accomplishes so well. The music is atmospheric, calm and meditative giving off the feeling of fantasy and imagination. The general story of the song is about a patient in and out of a manic mental state and his delusional fascination in his caring nurse. Considering this is Maynard, he's more than likely the only one that knows the "true" meaning of the song (unless he talks about it in an "interview" I missed.) He typically leaves his audience to make of it as they wish, hence his primary band name Tool (use the music as a tool for yourself.)