The Pot

"The Pot" is the second single from American band Tool's album 10,000 Days. The song was their first #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In 2008, the song received a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance. According to The Rock Radio, a video was shot over the winter holidays of 2006. Lyrical meaning In a Guitar World interview, Adam Jones confirmed that the title is a reference to an idiomatic term for hypocrisy (i.e. the "pot calling the kettle black").

Who are you to wave your finger? You must've been out your head Eye hole deep in muddy waters You practically raised the dead Rob the grave to snow the cradle Then burn the evidence down Soapbox house of cards and glass so Don't go tossin' your stones around You must've been high You must've been high You must've been Foot in mouth and head up ass So whatcha talkin' 'bout? Difficult to dance 'round this one 'Til you pull it out, boy You must've been so high You must've been so high Steal, borrow, refer, save your shady inference Kangaroo done hung the juror with the innocent Now you're weepin' shades of cozened indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye When you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been high, high You must've been high, high Who are you to wave your finger? So full of it Eye balls deep in muddy waters, fuckin' hypocrite Liar, lawyer, mirror, show me what's the difference? Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent Now you're weepin' shades of cozened indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye When you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been So who are you to wave your finger? Who are you to wave your fatty fingers at me? You must have been out your mind Weepin' shades of indigo Shed without a reason Weepin' shades of indigo Liar, lawyer, mirror for ya, what's the difference? Kangaroo be stoned, he's guilty as the government Now you're weepin' shades of cozened indigo Got lemon juice up in your eye, eye Now when you pissed all over my black kettle You must've been high, high, high, high Eyeballs deep in muddy waters You're balls deep in muddy waters Ganja? Please! You must have been out your mind