Revisting Tool, 10,000 Days

Last month, while eating breakfast and getting ready for the day’s classes, I was compelled to listen to a song I hadn’t heard, or even thought of, since high school: “Weak and Powerless” by A Perfect Circle. The second track on the band’s sophomore album, Thirteenth Step, “Weak and Powerless” is a haunting, atmospheric cry of helplessness in the face of addiction, presented under the guise of a catchy, radio-ready nu-rock song.  I could enumerate what draws me to the song — the melody,  the lengthy chorus guitar riff, the song’s overall conciseness — but