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War Man
He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say.
We'll miss him.
I'll miss him.
We're gonna miss him..
So long. We wish you well.
You told us how you weren't afraid to die.
Well then, so long.
Don't cry here
Or feel too down.
Not all martyrs see divinity.
But at least you tried.
Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice that was strong and loud. We'll miss him.
Ranting and pointing his finger
At everything but his heart.
We'll miss him.
We'll miss him.
We're gonna miss him.
No way to recall
What it was that you had said to me,
Like I care at all.
But it was so loud.
And you sure could yell.
You took a stand on every little thing
And it was so loud.
Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice that was strong and loud and I swallowed his facade cuz I'm so
eager to identify with someone above the ground,
Someone who seemed to feel the same,
Someone prepared to lead the way, and
someone who would die for me.
Will you? Will you now?
Would you die for me?
Don't you fuckin lie.
Don't you step out of line.
You've claimed all this time that you would die for me.
Why then are you so surprised when you hear your own
eulogy?
He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say.
Jump down.
Get off your fucking cross.
We need the space,
to nail the next fool martyr.
To ascend you must die.
You must be crucified,
For our sins and our lies!
Good-bye!!!
~TOOL~ Eulogy
image ©2011 stephen lippay
Image: Well, what can I say? I've been working pretty hard lately. I've also been physically sick. Enough so that i actually went to the E.R. to have blood tests run.. Anyway, I was on Tool bender all week when this image surfaced. I then became obsessed with the idea. Obsessing is something I tend to do well. Despite being busy, I had to pull this together. I've always seemingly gotten artfully inspired in my down and out times... Thanks to my friend Shane for lending me the hat, and to local Sally's for the long corporate overcoat. I have no idea if I'll wear it again..
Image info:
ISO 400
Canon 40D
16-35 f/2.8 L @ f/7.1 fcl length 33.0mm
wireless flash triggers
24" softbox left 580ex at full power
430ex rear above right backlight facing down full power bout 12 feet high.
Grave stone names, "Warman" pulled from second image, another stone in graveyard, and added in CS5.
Multiple adjustments in hue saturation, sharpness, dodging and burning in CS5.
bleach effect, vintage effect, and concrete effect added in onOne proTools software.
War Man
He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say.
We'll miss him.
I'll miss him.
We're gonna miss him..
So long. We wish you well.
You told us how you weren't afraid to die.
Well then, so long.
Don't cry here
Or feel too down.
Not all martyrs see divinity.
But at least you tried.
Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice that was strong and loud. We'll miss him.
Ranting and pointing his finger
At everything but his heart.
We'll miss him.
We'll miss him.
We're gonna miss him.
No way to recall
What it was that you had said to me,
Like I care at all.
But it was so loud.
And you sure could yell.
You took a stand on every little thing
And it was so loud.
Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice that was strong and loud and I swallowed his facade cuz I'm so
eager to identify with someone above the ground,
Someone who seemed to feel the same,
Someone prepared to lead the way, and
someone who would die for me.
Will you? Will you now?
Would you die for me?
Don't you fuckin lie.
Don't you step out of line.
You've claimed all this time that you would die for me.
Why then are you so surprised when you hear your own
eulogy?
He had alot to say.
He had alot of nothing to say.
Jump down.
Get off your fucking cross.
We need the space,
to nail the next fool martyr.
To ascend you must die.
You must be crucified,
For our sins and our lies!
Good-bye!!!
~TOOL~ Eulogy
image ©2011 stephen lippay
Image: Well, what can I say? I've been working pretty hard lately. I've also been physically sick. Enough so that i actually went to the E.R. to have blood tests run.. Anyway, I was on Tool bender all week when this image surfaced. I then became obsessed with the idea. Obsessing is something I tend to do well. Despite being busy, I had to pull this together. I've always seemingly gotten artfully inspired in my down and out times... Thanks to my friend Shane for lending me the hat, and to local Sally's for the long corporate overcoat. I have no idea if I'll wear it again..
Image info:
ISO 400
Canon 40D
16-35 f/2.8 L @ f/7.1 fcl length 33.0mm
wireless flash triggers
24" softbox left 580ex at full power
430ex rear above right backlight facing down full power bout 12 feet high.
Grave stone names, "Warman" pulled from second image, another stone in graveyard, and added in CS5.
Multiple adjustments in hue saturation, sharpness, dodging and burning in CS5.
bleach effect, vintage effect, and concrete effect added in onOne proTools software.