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Forty Six & 2

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Metal

Forty Six & 2 was released on September 17, 1996 by RCA Records Label as a part of the album Ænima

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OVERVIEW

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Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Adam Jones

Guitar

Danny Carey

Drums

Justin Chancellor

Justin Chancellor

Bass

Maynard James Keenan

Maynard James Keenan

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Adam Jones

Songwriter

Danny Carey

Songwriter

Justin Chancellor

Justin Chancellor

Songwriter

Maynard James Keenan

Maynard James Keenan

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

TOOL

Producer

David Bottrill

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

My shadow's shedding skin

I've been picking scabs again

I'm down digging through

My old muscles looking for a clue

[PreChorus]

I've been crawling on my belly

Clearing out what could've been

I've been wallowing in my own confused and

Insecure delusions

For a piece to cross me over

Or a word to guide me in

I wanna feel the changes coming down

I wanna know what I've been hiding

[Chorus]

In my shadow

My shadow

Change is coming through my shadow

My shadow's shedding skin

I've been picking my scabs again

[Verse 2]

I've been crawling on my belly

Clearing out what could've been

I've been wallowing in my own chaotic

Insecure delusions

[PreChorus]

I wanna feel the change consume me

Feel the outside turning in

I wanna feel the metamorphosis and

Cleansing I've endured in

[Chorus]

My shadow

My shadow

Change is coming, now is my time

Listen to my muscle memory

Contemplate what I've been clinging to

Forty-six and two ahead of me

[Bridge]

I choose to live and to

Grow, take and give and to

Move, learn and love and to

Cry, kill and die and to

Be paranoid and to

Lie, hate and fear and to

Do what it takes to move through

I choose to live and to

Lie, kill and give and to

Die, learn and love and to

Do what it takes to step through

[Outro]

See my shadow changing

Stretching up and over me

Soften this old armor

Hoping I can clear the way by

Stepping through my shadow

Coming out the other side

Step into the shadow

Forty-six and two are just ahead of me

Written by: Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones, Maynard James Keenan

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