 Genius Meanings
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System Of A Down – Sad Statue
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“Sad Statue” talks mainly about the government, but it talks about war and history too. It is a anti-government song, like many other SOAD songs, like “B.Y.O.B.” or “F**k the
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System Of A Down – B.Y.O.B.
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“B.Y.O.B.” (“Bring Your Own Bombs”) is the first single released from American heavy metal band System of a Down’s fourth album Mezmerize.
Like their earlier song “Boom!,” it was
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System Of A Down – Fuck the System
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If the title of the song wasn’t clue enough; this song is just a big fuck you to the system.
A lot of the band’s personal work goes toward preventing/spreading awareness of war
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System Of A Down – Jet Pilot
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“Jet Pilot” is one of those songs that nobody really knows the meaning behind—neither Serj Tankian, maybe. Following the band’s Armenian descendency, the song could talk about a
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System Of A Down – ATWA
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“ATWA” stands for “Air, Trees, Water, and Animals.” Which was an ecologist mandate begun by the notorious Charles Manson, whom Malakian has cited several times as an inspiration.
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System Of A Down – Sugar
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Like many System of a Down songs, “Sugar” doesn’t have a specific meaning. The term “sugar” is a well-known euphemism for cocaine, which has even worse addictive effects than sugar
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System Of A Down – Tentative
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“Tentative” is a war stance, in which Serj and Daron sing from the perspective of bombing victims—innocent and vulnerable people, crying out to those in charge to save them.
Serj
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System Of A Down – Needles
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“Needles” is a song that talks about the danger of abusing drugs, more specifically heroin, comparing it to have a parasite in your body; the band advertises everybody, don’t do
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System Of A Down – Toxicity
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“Toxicity” is one of System of a Down’s biggest hits, the song reached No. 70 on Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on Mainstream Rock chart. During a performance at the 2005 Download
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System Of A Down – Chop Suey!
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Rick Rubin, who produced Toxicity for System of a Down, cites this song as one of his most important projects. He told Rolling Stone:
This song was originally going to be called “
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System Of A Down – CUBErt
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“CUBErt” talks about how society is becoming dumber every day, everyone is cliche. How we blindly follow authority without question, we just sit back and watch our society crumble
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System Of A Down – Lonely Day
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“Lonely Day” is a song by System of a Down, from Hypnotize. Contrary to popular belief, this song is not about Daron Malakian’s brother, because he is an only child. He wrote this
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System Of A Down – Attack
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“Attack” starts off Hypnotize with a bang—some would argue the song attacks your ears. The track is sonically the polar opposite of its sister album, Mezmerize’s intro “Soldier
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System Of A Down – Peephole
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The song is considerably less thrash metal oriented than most of the other songs on the record, with the chorus being heavier, and the verses having a more polka oriented sound
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System Of A Down – Thetawaves
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System of a Down has two demo versions of “Thetawaves,” both in Toxicity II, by the names of “Waiting For You (Version 1)” and “Waiting For You (Version 2).”
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System Of A Down – Ego Brain
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Man made shame
This line is the crux of the whole song. It states that humanity as a collective clings to the Ego, believing it to be as real as the source, to our own detriment
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System Of A Down – Old School Hollywood
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“Old School Hollywood,” the 10th song on Mezmerize, was written by Daron Malakian. It was written about a celebrity baseball game Daron participated in; presumably the 45th
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System Of A Down – Roulette
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This song’s composition is very atypical for a SOAD song; definitely not metal, and hardly rock. Additionally, the lyrics are considerably more literal (less Dadaist) than the rest
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System Of A Down – Deer Dance
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“Deer Dance” is about police brutality against peaceful protesters who are standing up for what they believe in but to no avail. It also criticizes the tendency of extreme
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System Of A Down – Psycho
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“Psycho” is a song that talks about heavy metal and all the things around this music genre. Groupies, a kind of people that tries to be in a relationship with a band member. Being
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System Of A Down – P.I.G.
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“P.I.G.” is the first song of System of a Down’s first demo tape. This song was re-released with heavy changes by the name of “Mr. Jack” on Steal This Album. Only the first verse
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System Of A Down – Suite-Pee
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The opening track of System of a Down’s first album is, in general, a criticism about pedophile cases in churches and extremely religious people, it isn’t criticizing people’s
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System Of A Down – Nüguns
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“Nüguns” is an allegorical reference to wider political corruption, implying the government sells the American military and funds to the highest bidder. America is referred to as “
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System Of A Down – U-Fig
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“U-Fig” is an abbreviation for “You Flag-waving Ignorant Geeks.” It strongly criticizes the military’s propaganda by extracting the key message as ‘die for us’ and ‘kill for us and
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System Of A Down – P.L.U.C.K.
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All the members in System are of Armenian descent and outspoken about their views of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. This song is a giant middle finger to the Turkish government, as
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System Of A Down – Suggestions
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“Suggestions” talks about the media and how the authority treats you as nothing. The whole song is a metaphor with the storyline of a ship that is being attacked by another
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System Of A Down – Prison Song
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“Prison Song” is a criticism of the prison-industrial complex, the war on drugs, and the incredibly high rate of incarceration in America compared to other modern nations. The
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System Of A Down – Aerials
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“Aerials” was released in June, 2002 as the third single from System of a Down’s second album Toxicity, which itself was released in September, 2001. It was critically and
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System Of A Down – DDevil
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“DDevil” talks about plagiarism, the first verse is self-explanatory and ‘refrigerator’ is a metaphor for the ones that stole. But it also talks about the media,
Double D’s
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System Of A Down – ATWA
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“ATWA” stands for “Air, Trees, Water, and Animals.” Which was an ecologist mandate begun by the notorious Charles Manson, whom Malakian has cited several times as an inspiration.
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System Of A Down – Shimmy
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“Shimmy” talks, basically, about the mind control of the people. For example, Serj just screams orders in the imperative mood, inducing the people’s mind control. The bridge
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System Of A Down – Pictures
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[Verse 1: Serj Tankian] / Flaunt your will at every wheel / Perish it, your chocolate soul / Cobblestones under your wheels / [Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian] / I got
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System Of A Down – Streamline
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[Intro: Serj Tankian] / I wasn't there for you / I wasn't there for you / [Verse 1: Serj Tankian] / I know weather's gonna be fine / But I can't see you 'cross the streamline / My
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System Of A Down – Protect the Land
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Initially intended for the next Scars On Broadway album, “Protect The Land” ended up in System’s hands after Daron—who wrote it—sent the track to his bandmates in System. To the
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System Of A Down – Metro
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This song is a cover of Berlin’s song “The Metro”, being featured on the soundtracks of Dracula 2000 and Not Another Teen Movie, as well as being on some official releases from the
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