Ongoing History Daily: Was this the cleverest hidden track of all time?

Part of the reason Tool takes so long to record new music is because they insist on insane levels of complexity in their songwriting. That includes everything from strange time signatures to writing lyrics that follow the Fibonacci sequence, which is a pattern found throughout nature.

Another great example is a little trick they employed on their 10,000 Days album. If you take the songs “10,000 Days,” “Viginti Tres,” and “Wings for Marine,” and play them at the same time on top of each other, an entirely new song is created. It’s a bit tricky to line things up, but if you’re a Tool fan, it’s worth the effort.

Or you can simply go online and find someone who has done it for you already.