Maynard James Keenan is the greatest lyricist to ever live.

I honestly do not understand the lyrical appeal to him, every tool song i've seen has terrible lyrics.

paul westerberg
beck
warren zevon
aesop rock
rakim
nick cave
tom waits

@prog

moved post, just letting ya know

Bowie!!!!!
Tom Waits
Ian Dury
Thom Yorke
John Lennon
Bob Dylan
Nick Cave
George Gershwin
Jim Morisson
Eddie Vedder

They've all written some awesome lyrics.

He writes about things most artists don't write about, which is why I most appeal to him. I mean look at the song Die Eier Von Satan. We all know the true reason why that song is that specific German cookie recipe. He can also deliver a much more complicated point with simple lyrics. In the case of the song "Hush" this works well:

"Hush"

**** youuuuuuu!

I can't say what I want to,
even if I'm not serious.
I can't say what I want to,
even if I'm not serious.
Things like....
**** yourself, **** Yourself,
you piece of ****, why don't you just go, kill yourself!
I said,
I can't say what I want to, even if I'm not serious.
I can't say what I want to, even if I'm just kiddiiiiingg!

People tell me what to say,
what to think, and what to play.
I said, people tell me what to say,
what to think, and what to play.
Things like.... **** yourself
**** Yourself,
you piece of ****, why don't you just go kill yourself?
I said, I can't say what I want to, even if I'm not serious.
I can't say what I want to, even if, I'm just kiddiiiiingg.

**** yourself,
**** yourself,
you piece of ****,
why don't you go **** yourseeeeeeeelf?

People tell me what to say,
what to think, and what to play.
I said, people tell me what to say,
what to think, and what to playyyy!

Just Kidding [3x]

thats a lot of vulgar language D=

Yeah, wrong thread I suppose...

MF DOOM
Thomas Erak
the singer of Saetia

Oh well. It helped him get his point across.