intolerance

tool - undertow albümünün açılış parçası;

i don't want to be hostile.
i don't want to be dismal.
but i don't want to rot in an apathetic existance either.
see
i want to believe you,
and i want to trust
and i want to have faith to put away the dagger.

but you lie, cheat, and steal.
and yet
i tolerate you.
veil of virtue hung to hide your method
while i smile and laugh and dance
and sing your praise and glory.
shroud of virtue hung to mask your stigma
as i smile and laugh and dance
and sing your glory
while you
lie, cheat, and steal.
how can i tolerate you.

our guilt, our blame,
i've been far too sympathetic.
our blood, our fault.
i've been far too sympathetic.

i am not innocent.
you are not innocent.
noone is innocent.

i will no longer tolerate you
even if i must go down beside you.
because,
noone is innocent.