The DVD contains the music video, audio commentary by David Yow, and a remix by Lustmord.

How are we as lovers, as artists, as brothers - how are we going to reconstruct this beautiful temple that we've built and that's tumbled down?

As for the trademark hook, bassist Justin Chancellor said, "The twiddly 'Schism' riff came from fooling around.

[4] "Schism" was Tool's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100 until "Fear Inoculum" in 2019, peaking at number 67 and staying on the charts for 20 weeks.

[5] It also hit number two on both the Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.

[6][7] The song is featured in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour.

The music video for "Schism" was created with stop-motion animation techniques featuring live actors and was directed by the band's guitarist Adam Jones.

The music video revolves around two humanoids, one male and one female presumably in a blue room with a letter "X" on the wall.

The stem melts and then reanimates into the same stop motion animated creature seen in the vessels.

"Schism" is renowned for its use of uncommon time signatures and the frequency of its meter changes.