Tool - The Patient appreciation thread

In my opinion this song is perfect in every way. Musically, rhythmically, lyrically, everything. It may be my death bed parting song.

Album version LINK

Live version LINK

A groan of tedium escapes me,
startling the fearful,
is this a test?

It has to be, otherwise I can't go on.

Draining patience, drain vitality, this paranoid, paralyzed vampire act's a little old.

But I'm still right here, givin' blood, keepin' faith.

Wait it out
Gonna wait it out
Be Patient

If there were no rewards to reap
No loving embrace to see me through
This tedious path I've chosen here
I certainly would've walked away
By now

Gonna wait it out

If there were no desire to heal
The damaged and broken met along
This tedious path I've chosen here
I certainly would've walked away
By now

And I still may.

Be patient.

I must keep reminding myself of this:
If there were no rewards to reap,
No loving embrace to see me through
This tedious path I've chosen here
I certainly would've walked away
By now

And I still may

Gonna wait it out