Forty-Six & 2

Forty-Six & 2

Infobox Single
Name = Forty Six & 2


Artist = Tool
from Album = Ænima
Released = 1996
Format = CD
Genre = Alternative metal, Progressive metal
Length = 6:02
Label = Volcano Records
Writer = Tool
Last single = "Ænema" (1997)
This single = "Forty Six & 2" (1998)
Next single = "Schism" (2001)

"Forty-Six & 2" is a song by American progressive metal band Tool from their 1996 album "Ænima". It was also released in the form of a promo single, [cite web
url = http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html
title = The Tool FAQ: G25
author = Akhtar, Kabir
work = The Tool Page
date = 2001-07-16
accessdate = 2007-04-24] and received radio airplay.

Since the "Ænima" tour, Tool has performed "Forty Six & 2" at nearly every show. [The Tool FAQ, G25.]

Title and lyrics

The title references an idea first conceived by Drunvalo Melchizedek concerning the possibility of reaching a state of evolution at which the body would have two more than the normal 46 total chromosomes and leave a currently disharmonious state. [Cross, Alan. " [http://www.edge102.com/station/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?rem=18667&pge=1&arc=2 Tool] ." The Ongoing History of New Music. Corus Radio. September 30, 2001. "At our current level, according to this dude, our chromosomal composition can be expressed as “44 & 2" That’s a disharmonic state of consciousness, we need to add those two new chromosomes, hence '46&2.'"] [cite news
url = http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2006-06-01/music/finnegans-shake/
title = Finnegans Shake
author = Lewis Goldberg
work = New Times Broward-Palm Beach
date = 2006-06-01
accessdate = 2008-01-27] The premise is that humans would deviate from the current state of human DNA which contains 44 chromosomes and 2 sex autosomes. The next step of evolution would likely have 46 and 2 chromosomes in their DNA, according to Melchizedek.

Furthermore, the song references a wish to experience change through the "shadow"; an idea which represents the parts of one's personality that one hates and fears, which also exists as a recurring theme in the work of Carl Jung. [The Tool FAQ, G36.]

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