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Die Eier von Satan (literally “The Balls of Satan” in German -though “Eier” can mean both “Balls” or “Eggs”) is a song by Tool that was released in 1996 on the album Ænima.

The song’s lyrics are actually a recipe for “Die Eier von Satan”, a kind of baked food.

The phrase “Sim sa la bim, bam ba, sa la du, sa la dim” originates from the old German nursery rhyme “Auf einem Baum ein Kuckuck” (Atop a Tree a Cuckoo). It also serves as a magical incantation along the lines of abracadabra.

The segue “Die Eier von Satan” (“Satan’s Eggs”, or, alternately, “Satan’s Balls”) has a heavy industrial guitar played over a reversed drum beat with an irregular time signature (5/4).

The lyrical component of the song is in German, performed by Marko Fox, a member of ZAUM. He is backed by a sound that resembles a hydraulic press, and crowd cheering and applause that increase in volume as the lyrics are read with increasing ferocity. These combined effects make the song sound like a militant German rant or Nazi rally. While the sound and the word “Satan” in the title may suggest to listeners that the lyrics feature aggressive or even violent content, the speaker is merely reciting a cookie recipe, for hashish or Mexican cookies.

The song was originally translated by Gudrun Fox. According to Blair McKenzie Blake, the maintainer of the official Tool website, “Die Eier von Satan” originally were cookies that “Marko Fox’s grandmother used to bake for him as a child, without using eggs as an ingredient.
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  • jpeiper

    The most ominous cooking instructions. Ever.

    10 days ago

  • autorretratos

    My mind is spinning.

    22 days ago

  • whoknoz

    mm love the cake

    29 days ago

  • Modestmousefan1

    Is this song really a cookie recipe? I read that somewhere

    last month

  • toolissy

    keine Eier !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....;-)

    last month

  • b1gag3

    Keine Eier!

    March 2012

  • -Ohtar-

    ...great lyrics!

    March 2012

  • Fullofblood

    Turkish Hashish, yummy!

    March 2012

  • Mauseprinzessin

    Lustige Idee

    February 2012

  • KChippie1

    MAYNARD KEENAN = TOOL & A PERFECT CIRCLE

    January 2012

  • amaroK_usr

    ...and really bad eggs. Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!

    December 2011

  • VillaFuzz

    AND NO EGGS.

    December 2011

  • Thecondemned

    Bei mir passiert nichts, wenn ich die Zauberwörter ausspreche. Kann mir jemand bei dem Problem helfen? -,-

    December 2011

  • vlix74

    :-) lol

    December 2011

  • Chili_Northman

    Schön wenn man mal auch über sich selber lachen kann.....

    November 2011

  • Mel_One

    Kochtipps von Tool, wie schön. :D

    November 2011

  • MaeHolmewintton

    Eies von Satan mit keiner Eier? Das klingt wunderbar! haha

    November 2011

  • MaeHolmewintton

    Wow, german is a hell of a sexy language @.@

    November 2011

  • kissesneverdie

    now mix in the eggs of satan.

    November 2011

  • eleinad

    e niente uova.

    October 2011
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