But I was also looking forward to doing something that would be like running down a set of stairs with my eyes closed and know that I’m gonna land on my feet. I wanted to do some of that because I really enjoy the challenge of a puzzle, and putting lyrics to those complex pieces. 10000 days is the Grammy-Award winning fourth full-length studio album by. ‘Wings for Marie’, the track slotted just before ‘10,000 Days’ on the album, contains many of the same themes of religious devotion and struggling to understand and appreciate the. Judith would inspire a small number of other Tool songs beyond ‘10,000 Days’. It was very difficult to get a groove going on some of 10,000 Days because everything was so complex and choppy and like running up an uneven set of stairs with a blindfold and a wooden leg. Listen free to Tool 10000 Days (Vicarious, Jambi and more). Ten thousand days in the fire is long enough/You’re going home. I was kind of hoping the album would bring back some of the energy we expressed on our early records. This is tasty.‘ And I can add my spice to it and take it to some other level or take it in a different direction lyrically or structurally.

I can just enjoy it on the table and go, ‘Oh, this is fun.

I love going away and coming back and having something that I get to enjoy because I wasn’t there in the kitchen helping cook it. It requires some sort of form of psilocybin to enjoy – which is great. They’re the ones that kind of meander off and go crazy and there are all these complicated turnarounds and loops. You can tell which tracks on the album I was away for.

Tool 10000 days album playlist