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System Of A Down – Snowblind
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This song is a cover from Black Sabbath. System of a Down’s version was included on Storaged Melodies, but it was also released in 2006 in the single “Vicinity Of Obscenity/Lonely
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Black Sabbath – Snowblind
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This song is about cocaine, “Snowblind” refers to being high on the drug. The members of Black Sabbath used a lot of cocaine during this period. They originally wanted the album to
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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 – Streamline (Demo)
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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 & Wu-Tang Clan – Shame
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System of a Down does a cover of Wu-Tang’s “Shame On a Nigga”, from the classic, highly influential 1993 debut album Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers). The song features RZA with a
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System Of A Down – Johnny
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Johnny was the B-side of the “Chop Suey!” single.
While it is unknown what this song is about, it has been theorized that this song is about multiple personality disorder; Johnny
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System Of A Down – Prison Song (Demo)
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[Intro: Serj Tankian] / They're tryna build a prison / They're tryna build a prison / Oh! / [Verse 1: Serj Tankian] / Following the rights movements, you clamped down with your
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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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System Of A Down – Temper
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“Temper” is a rare demo off System of a Down’s second demo tape, which also features another rarity, “Honey,” and the demo version for “Soil.” It was written and performed prior to
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System Of A Down – Honey
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“Honey” is a rare demo off System of a Down’s second demo tape, which also features another rarity, “Temper”, and the demo version for “Soil”. It was written and performed prior to
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System Of A Down – Cherry
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This song was leaked as a demo on the unofficial demo album “Toxicity II.” The song has been given various names, including “Virgin Tea,” “Virginity” and “Cherry.”
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System Of A Down – Toxicity (Live)
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[Intro] / We're a lasting world / And the stars above, and the stars below / It's like chill in my eyes / La-la-laa-la-ooh / I really love you / Ooh-ooh-oh / Na, na-na-na, na-na
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System Of A Down (Ft. Diddy, Lil' Kim & Ma$e) – Will They Die 4 You
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[Intro: Chef] / And here they are, Puff Daddy, Ma$e, and Lil' Kim! / [Chorus: Ma$e and Serj Tankian] / How many niggas that'll die for you? / How many get the keys so they can ride
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System Of A Down – Goodbye Blue Sky
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This song is a cover of Pink Floyd’s Goodbye Blue Sky with modified lyrics and was strictly performed live during their Toxicity tour.
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System Of A Down – Dam
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“DAM” is a rare demo off System of a Down’s second demo tape named Demo Tape #1. It is the only song from the demo not to be re-recorded. Guitarist Daron Malakian sings lead vocals
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Wig Wam – Do Ya Wanna Taste It
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[Intro] / Do you really wanna, do you really wanna taste it / [Verse 1] / (Get it on, get it on top) Make a move extreme / Make a pose shortcut to your dreams / A float straight to
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Megadeth – Never Say Die (Live)
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[Verse 1] / People going nowhere, taken for a ride / Looking for the answers that they know inside / Searching for a reason, looking for a rhyme / Snow White's mirror said "
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Cold – The Devil We Know
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Sat with the devil time to settle the score / Traded all our religion for American lore / Here we come, count the villains / It's your crown or a war / We're the cold blooded
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Busta Rhymes (Ft. Ozzy Osbourne) – This Means War!!
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[Intro: Busta Rhymes] / Just make sure them, them drums is smackin' / [*Heavy breathing*] / This, means, war!! / [Verse 1: Busta Rhymes] / I work hard to take care of every one of
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SiriusXM – Sirius Hard rock top 1000 list
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1000. AC/DC - It’s a long way to the top (If you wanna rock and roll) / 999. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction / 998. Fever 333 - Walking In My Shoes / 997. Black Label Society
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Machine Head – Hole in the Sky
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I'm looking through a hole in the sky / I'm seeing nowhere through the eyes of a lie / I'm getting closer to the end of the line / I'm living easy where the sun doesn't shine / I'm
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Halsey – 929
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“929” takes its name from Halsey’s birthday, September 29, 1994. A section of the song’s lyrics were revealed in Rolling Stone’s review of Manic, published 3 days before its
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Black Sabbath – Into the Void
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Track #8 (originally the 4th track on side two) from Black Sabbath’s 3rd studio album from 1971, Master of Reality. This song tells about a man who flees from the earth in a
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Black Sabbath – Behind the Wall of Sleep
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This song is based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story Beyond the Wall of Sleep. The story is about an otherworldly entity trying to communicate through a dying inmate in a mental
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Pantera – Electric Funeral
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[Verse 1] / Reflex in the sky / Warn you you're gonna die / Storm coming, you'd better hide / From the atomic tide / Flashes in the sky / Turns houses into sties / Turns people
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Black Sabbath – Sabbra Cadabra
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“Sabbra Cadabra” is a love song written by bassist Geezer Butler and features a Moog solo by Rick Wakeman of the rock band Yes.
Metallica covered this song with the intro of “A
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Black Sabbath – Hand of Doom
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“Hand of Doom” describes addiction, specifically intravenous drug abuse such as IV heroin. The light bass that opens the song sets a tone of impending doom. Ozzy claims that there
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Cold – Shine
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Summer's locked in her room / Praying bruises will fade away / With her headphones on / Everything's A-okay / They don't know how she feels / A beat-up left out, a weirdo / People
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Black Sabbath – Electric Funeral
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This song is about a nuclear holocaust, a topic the band would often return to.
[For most of the bands of our time] it was all the ‘flowers in your hair’ and we wanted to sing and
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