[Monologue: Maynard James Keenan]

We've been, we've been trying something

A little different this tour

We've been looking at one of our songs

From a different angle, under a different light

So we can hopefully kind of

See it almost for the first time

We'd like to try that for you tonight, is that okay?

We're gonna need your help though

We need your help and your permission

So we need you to find a comfortable space

That's not only comfortable, but vulnerable

And to just shut your eyes and go there

And we'll meet you on the other side...

[Intro]

I saw the gap again today

While you were begging me to stay

Take care not to make me enter

If I do we both may disappear

If I do we both may disappear

I saw the gap again today

While you were begging me to stay

Managed to push myself away

And you as well, my dear

And you as well

Pushed you away, my dear

Pushed you away

Pushed you away

Pushed you away, my dear

[Verse 1]

I will choke until I swallow

Choke this infant here before me

What are you but my reflection?

Who am I to judge or strike you down?

Who am I to judge or strike you down?

[Refrain]

But you're pushing, and I'm shoving you

And you're pushing me, and I'm shoving you

[Verse 2]

Rest your trigger on my finger

Bang my head upon the fault line

You'd better take care not to make me enter

If I do we both may disappear

If I do we both may disappear

[Refrain]

But you're pushing, and I'm shoving you

And you're pushing me, and I'm shoving you

[Chorus]

You still love me, you still love me

You still love me, you still love me

You're pushing, and we're shoving

And we're pushing, and I'm shoving

And you still love me, you still love me

You still love me, you still love me

You're pushing, and we're shoving

And I'm pushing, and you're shoving me

[Verse 3]

And I'm slipping back into

The gap again

I feel alive when you touch me

I feel alive when you hold me

Down

Slipping back into

Slipping back into

[Bridge]

I am somewhere I don't wanna be, yeah

Put me somewhere I don't wanna be

Push me somewhere I don't wanna be

Seeing someplace I don't wanna see

Never wanna see that place again

[Verse 4]

I saw the gap again today

While you were begging me to stay

Managed to push myself away

And you as well, my dear

If when I say I might fade like a sigh if I stay

You minimize my movement anyway

I must persuade you another way

Pushing and shoving

And pushing and shoving

And pushing me

There's no love in fear

[Outro]

Staring down the hole again

Hands are on my back again

Survival is my only friend

Terrified of what may come

Remember I'll always love you

As I claw your fucking throat away

It will end no other way

It will end no other way