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System of a Down - Violent Pornography

System of a Down - Violent Pornography Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Hypnotize
Released: 2005

Violent Pornography Lyrics

Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody fucks.
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody sucks.
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody cries
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody dies.

It's a non-stop disco
Bet you it's Nabisco
Betcha didn't know
It's a non-stop disco
Bet you it's Nabisco
Betcha didn't know
It's a non-stop disco
Betcha didn't know
Betcha didn't know
It's a non-stop disco
Bet you didn't know,
Bet you didn't know,
Bet you didn't know.

Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody fucks.
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody sucks.
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody dies,
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody cries.

It's a non-stop disco
Bet you it's Nabisco
Betcha didn't know
It's a non-stop disco
Bet you it's Nabisco
Betcha didn't know
It's a non-stop disco
Betcha didn't know
Betcha didn't know
It's a non-stop disco
Bet you didn't know,
Bet you didn't know,
Bet you didn't know

It's a Violent Pornography!
Choking chicks and sodomy!
The kinda shit you get on your TV!
It's a violent pornography!
Choking chicks and sodomy!
The kinda shit you get on your TV!

Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody sucks.
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody fucks.
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody dies.
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody cries.

It's a non-stop disco
Bet you it's Nabisco
Betcha didn't know
It's a non-stop disco
Bet you it's Nabisco
Betcha didn't know
It's a non-stop disco
Betcha didn't know
Betcha didn't know
It's a non-stop disco
Bet you didn't know,
Bet you didn't know,
Bet you didn't know

It's a violent pornography!
Choking chicks and sodomy!
The kinda shit you get on your TV!
It's a violent pornography!
Choking chicks and sodomy!
The kinda shit that's on your TV!

It's a violent pornography!
Choking chicks and sodomy!
The kinda shit that's on your TV!
It's on the TV.
Fuck.
Turn off the TV.

Can you say "brainwashing?"
It's a non-stop disco.

Writer/s: DARON MALAKIAN, SERJ TANKIAN
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Violent Pornography

This contains similar themes to System Of A Down song "Vicinity Of Obscenity," but is more in depth and attacks television as a main source of distribution. Violent pornography is a new trend, especially in Internet porn. There are multiple web sites dedicated to it, and if you actually watch this material you can see how misguided, drugged-up, lied to, and manipulated the "actresses" really are. It delivers the same affect to the opposite gender; a false view of women.

The song implies that organized religion, our food supply, the force feeding of entertainment (in a restaurant - play music, in an office - feed em' magazines, in your house blare the TV, fill the mailbox with crap; fill your mind with crap), is all intended to prevent you from having a relationship with God and knowing the truth; that your life has a purpose above obtaining material goods. That there is a force out there with the intention of controlling your mind.

System of a Down - Bounce

System of a Down - Bounce Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Toxicity
Released: 2001

Bounce Lyrics

Jump, Bounce, down, up

I went out on a date,
With a girl, a bit late,
She had so many friends,
Gliding through many hands.
I brought my pogo stick,
Just to show her a trick,
She had so many friends,
Gliding through many hands.

Jump pogo,
Bounce pogo,
Down, up
Jump, bounce, up, down

Unannounced twister games,
All players with no names,
They lined up double quick,
But just one pogo stick,
Everyone gets to play,
Runaway, expose',
It was so exotic,
But just one pogo stick.

Jump pogo,
Bounce pogo,
Down, up
Jump, bounce, up, down

Oh, I'd like to spread you out,
Touching whoever's behind

Jump pogo,
Bounce pogo,
Down, up
Jump, bounce, up, down
Bounce pogo,
Down pogo, up pogo

Writer/s: DARON MALAKIAN, SHAVO ODADJIAN, JOHN DOLMAYAN, SERJ TANKIAN
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Bounce

This is about an imaginary sexual orgy. The "pogo stick" symbolizes the human male penis.

System of a Down - Mr. Jack

System of a Down - Mr. Jack Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Steal This Album!
Released: 2002

Mr. Jack Lyrics

Hey Mr. Jack
Is that the mouthwash in your eyes?
Hey Mr. Jack
Is that the cause of your surprise?

Hey where you at?
On the side of the freeway in the car
Hey where you at?
On the side of the freeway in the car
In the car
On the side of the freeway in the

Hey Mr. Jack
Is that the trick of your disguise?
Hey Mr. Jack
Is that the cause of your demise?

Hey where you at?
On the side of the freeway in the car
Hey where you at?
On the side of the freeway in the car

In the car
In the car
In the car

Seven a.m. morning
Came to take us away
Little men
Big guns
Pointed at our heads

Seven a.m. morning
Came to take us away
Little men
Big guns
Pointed at our heads
At our
At our heads

Your prospect of living gone
You ran the light at dawn
Protectors on your back
Lights are on their track

You must now face authority
You're nothing like me
You must now face authority
You're nothing like me

Put your hands up
Get out of the car
Put your hands up
Get out of the car
Put your hands up
Get out of the car

Fuck
Fuck you pig
Fuck
Fuck you pig
Fuck
Fuck you pig
Fuck
Fuck you pig
Put your hands up
Get out of the car

Writer/s: DARON MALAKIAN, SHAVO ODADJIAN, JOHN DOLMAYAN, SERJ TANKIAN
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Mr. Jack

This song is about a drug dealer known as "Mr. Jack," and where his lifestyle has landed him: on the side of the freeway in the car, surrounded by cops, most likely after running from the little men pointing big guns at his head at 7 a.m. This is probably the "cause of your surprise" mentioned in the first verse.

It was originally titled "P.I.G."

System of a Down - Radio/Video

System of a Down - Radio/Video Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Mezmerize
Released: 2005

Radio/Video Lyrics

Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the radio.
Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the video.
Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the radio.
Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the video.

With Danny and Lisa.

[Repeat: x2]
They take me away from
The strangest places.
Sweet Dannyny and Lisa.
They take me away from

Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the radio.
Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the video.
With Danny and Lisa.

They take me away from
The strangest places.
Sweet Danny and Lisa.
They take me away from
X2

Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the radio.
Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the video.
With Danny and Lisa.

They take me away from
The strangest places.
Sweet Danny and Lisa.

La la la la la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la
La la la la

Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the radio
Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the video
Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the radio
Hey man, look at me rockin' out
I'm on the video
With Danny and Lisa

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Radio/Video

Danny and Lisa are Daron Malakian's friends from when he was a kid.

System of a Down - Old School Hollywood

System of a Down - Old School Hollywood Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Mezmerize
Released: 2005

Old School Hollywood Lyrics

Old school
Hollywood
Baseball
Old School Hollywood, Baseball

Tony Danza cuts in line
Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood
Standing in the sun I'm wasting my time
Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood

Old school Hollywood, baseball
Jack Gilardi's ten feet tall
Old school Hollywood, baseball
Me and Frankie Avalon

Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood
Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood

Hey man, don't you touch my belt
Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood
Standing in the sun I'm about to melt
Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood

Old school Hollywood, baseball
Jack Gilardi's ten feet tall
Old school Hollywood, baseball
Me and Frankie Avalon

Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood
Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood

Old school Hollywood, baseball
Old school Hollywood, baseball
Old school Hollywood, baseball
Old school Hollywood, baseball
Old school Hollywood, baseball
Old school Hollywood, baseball

Old school Hollywood, baseball
Jack Gilardi's ten feet tall
Old school Hollywood, baseball
Me and Frankie Avalon

Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood
Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood
Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood
Old school Hollywood, washed up Hollywood

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Old School Hollywood

Guitarist Daron Malakian wrote this based partly on his experience playing in the 2003 Celebrity Baseball Game, hence the lyric, "Old School Hollywood Baseball." Malakian also sings the verses.

System of a Down - Lost In Hollywood

System of a Down - Lost In Hollywood Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Mezmerize
Released: 2005

Lost In Hollywood Lyrics

Ahhh... ahhh
I'll wait here, you're crazy.
Those vicious streets are filled with strays.
You should have never gone to Hollywood.

They find you to time you,
Say you're the best they've ever seen.
You should have never trusted Hollywood.

I wrote you and told you,
You were the biggest fish out here.
You should have never gone to Hollywood.

They take you and make you,
They look at you in disgusting ways.
You should have never trusted Hollywood.
(ahhh... ahhh)

I was standing on the wall feeling ten feet tall.
All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard.

This is my front page. This is my new rage.
All you bitches put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care.

(ahhh... ahhh)

All you maggots smoking fags out there on Sunset Boulevard.
All you bitches put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care.

(ahhh... ahhh)

Phony people come to pay.
Look at all of them, back to stay.
Phony people come to pray.

(the lines in the letter said)
Look at all of them, back to stay.
(we had gone to reckon send)
Phony people come to pray.

(ahhh... ahhh)
All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard.

(ahhh... ahhh)
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Sunset Boulevard.

(ahhh... ahhh)
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Hollywood Boulevard.

(ahhh... ahhh)
You should have never trusted Hollywood.
You should have never gone to Hollywood.

(ahhh... ahhh)
All you bitches put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care.

You should have never trusted Hollywood.

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Lost In Hollywood

This song was written by guitarist Daron Malakian. He grew up in Hollywood and now lives there. It is about him telling a girl that people in Hollywood lie and they shouldn't be trusted. She goes anyway, but he is right.

System of a Down - Psycho

System of a Down - Psycho Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Toxicity
Released: 2001

Psycho Lyrics

Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy,
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy,
Psycho groupie cocaine crazy,
Psycho groupie coke,
Makes you high, makes you hide,
Makes you really want to go- stop.

Psycho groupie cocaine crazy
Psycho groupie coke,
Makes you high, makes you hide,
Do you really want to think and stop,
Stop your eyes from flowing,

Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy,
Psycho groupie cocaine crazy,
Psycho groupie coke,
Makes you high, makes you hide,
Makes you really want to go, stop.
Psycho groupie cocaine crazy
Psycho groupie coke,
Makes you high, makes you hide,
Do you really want to think and stop,
Stop your eyes from flowing out

So you want the world to stop,
Stop in and watch your body fully drop,
From the time you were a
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy,

So you want to see the show,
You really don't have to be a ho
From the time you were a
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy.

Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy,
Psycho groupie cocaine crazy,
Psycho groupie coke,
Makes you high, makes you hide,
Makes you really want to go - stop.

Psycho groupie cocaine crazy
Psycho groupie coke,
Makes you high, makes you hide,
Do you really want to think and stop,
Stop your eyes from flowing out

So you want the world to stop,
Rushing to watch your spirit fully drop,
From the time you were a
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy,

So you want to see the show,
You really don't have to be a ho
From the time you were a
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy.

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / ODADJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Psycho

This is a song against groupies, which is a surprise since many Rock bands write affectionate songs about them. It basically says that if you want to see the show, you don't have to sleep with the band.

System of a Down - Prison Song

System of a Down - Prison Song Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Toxicity
Released: 2001

Prison Song Lyrics

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison

Following the rights movements
You clamped on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids
Following the rights movements
You clamped on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids

I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
Right here in Hollywood

Nearly two million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
(For you and me to live in)
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
(For you and me)

Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich

I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
Right here in Hollywood

The percentage of Americans in the prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
(For you and me to live in)
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
(For you and me)

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
For you and me
Oh baby, you and me

All research and successful drug policies show
That treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased
While abolishing
Mandatory minimum sentences
All research and successful drug policies show
That treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased
While abolishing
Mandatory minimum sentences

Utilizing drugs to pay for
Secret wars around the world
Drugs are now your global policy
Now you police the globe

I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
Right here in Hollywood

Drug money is used to rig elections
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
(For you and me to live in)
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
(For you and me)

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
For you and me
Oh baby, you and me

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / ODADJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Prison Song

This is about how America has too many people in prison and it throws out some facts (the percentage of Americans in the prison system has doubled since 1985; nearly 2,000,000 Americans are incarcerated). The chorus describes America's need to build more prisons, yet it none-too-discretely blames the government for the problem.

System of a Down - Prison Song

System of a Down - Prison Song Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Toxicity
Released: 2001

Prison Song Lyrics

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison

Following the rights movements
You clamped on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids
Following the rights movements
You clamped on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids

I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
Right here in Hollywood

Nearly two million Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system, prison system
Prison system of the U.S.

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
(For you and me to live in)
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
(For you and me)

Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
You don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your wars
Against the new non-rich

I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
Right here in Hollywood

The percentage of Americans in the prison system
Prison system, has doubled since 1985

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
(For you and me to live in)
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
(For you and me)

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
For you and me
Oh baby, you and me

All research and successful drug policies show
That treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased
While abolishing
Mandatory minimum sentences
All research and successful drug policies show
That treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased
While abolishing
Mandatory minimum sentences

Utilizing drugs to pay for
Secret wars around the world
Drugs are now your global policy
Now you police the globe

I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
Right here in Hollywood

Drug money is used to rig elections
And train brutal corporate sponsored
Dictators around the world

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
(For you and me to live in)
Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system
(For you and me)

They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
For you and me
Oh baby, you and me

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / ODADJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Prison Song

This is about how America has too many people in prison and it throws out some facts (the percentage of Americans in the prison system has doubled since 1985; nearly 2,000,000 Americans are incarcerated). The chorus describes America's need to build more prisons, yet it none-too-discretely blames the government for the problem.

System of a Down - X

System of a Down - X Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Toxicity
Released: 2001

X Lyrics

Tell the people,
Tell the people that arrive,
Tell the people,
Tell the people that arrive,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
Die!

Show your people,
Show your people how we died,
Show your people,
Show your people how we died,
We don't need to nullify,
We don't need to nullify,
We don't need to nullify,
We don't need to nullify,
No need to nullify,
No need to nullify,
No need to nullify,
We don't need to nullify,
Die!

We don't need to,
We don't need to,
We don't need to,
We don't need to,
Ask your people,
Ask your people what is right,
Ask your people,
Ask your people what is right,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
No need to multiply,
No need to multiply,
No need to multiply,

We don't need to multiply!

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / ODADJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

X

"X" is overpopulation and the dire need for a decrease.

System of a Down - Chic 'N' Stu

System of a Down - Chic 'N' Stu Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Steal This Album!
Released: 2002

Chic 'N' Stu Lyrics

This ballgames in the refrigerator
The door closed
The lights are out
And the butters getting hard

What a splendid pie
Pizza pizza pie
Every minute, every second
Buy buy buy buy buy
What a splendid pie
Pizza pizza pie
Every minute, every second
Buy buy buy buy buy

Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives

Need therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need
Therapy, therapy
Advertising causes
Need therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need
Therapy, therapy
Advertising causes

What a splendid pie
Pizza pizza pie
Every minute, every second
Buy buy buy buy buy BUY
What a splendid pie
Pizza pizza pie
Every minute, every second
Buy buy buy buy buy

Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives

Need therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need
Therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need
Therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need
Therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need
Therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need
Therapy, therapy
Advertising causes

Well advertising got you on the run
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Well advertising got you on the run
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Well advertising got you on the run
Advertising got you on the run
Advertising got you on the run
Advertising got you on the run
Advertising got you on the run
Advertising got you on the run
Advertising got you on the run

What a splendid pie
Pizza pizza pie
Every minute, every second
Buy buy buy buy buy
What a splendid pie
Pizza pizza pie
Every minute, every second
Buy buy buy buy buy

Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives
Pepperoni and green peppers
Mushrooms, olive, chives

Need therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need
Therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need
Therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need
Therapy, therapy
Advertising causes need

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / TANKIAN, SERJ / ODAJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Chic 'N' Stu

This song is about how advertising creates an artificial need for a product, in this case it is pizza. (thanks, JD - Whitebread, TX)

This song deals with compulsions and addictions using pizza as a metaphor. The lyrics, "What a splendid pie, pizza-pizza pie, every minute, every second, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy" relates to how if you crave something you will buy it like there's no tomorrow. (thanks, Melanie - Scarboro, MD)

The title refers to Los Angeles Lakers broadcasters Chick Hearn and Stu Lantz. The first verse includes a line Hearn used about the game being "In the refrigerator." This was when The Lakers had the game in control. (thanks, James - Covina, CA)

The original title was "Therapy" and it was among the songs that were leaked over the Internet. The band re-recorded the song under a different name, like the rest of the songs on Steal This Album! (thanks, Jim - Oxnard, CA)

When Daron and Serj are listing the pizza toppings, it is a common misconception that they are saying, "pepperoni, angry peppers...". They are simply saying, "pepperoni, and green peppers...". (thanks, Dax - San Diego, CA)

System of a Down - Suite-Pee

System of a Down - Suite-Pee Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: System Of A Down
Released: 1998

Suite-Pee Lyrics

Had an out of
Body experience
The other day
Her name was Jesus
And for her everyone cried
Everyone cried
Everyone cried

Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy, try

You die for her philosophy
Die for her philosophy
Die her philosophy die

Crossed and terrored
Ravages of architecture
Lend me thy blades
We're crossed and terrored
Ravages of architecture
Hoist around the spade

Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy, try

You die for her philosophy
Die for her philosophy
Die her philosophy die

Die, die, die, why
Lie naked on the floor
And let the messiah
Go through our souls
Lie naked on the floor
And let the messiah
Go all through our souls
Die, like a motherfucker
Die, like a motherfucker
Die, like a motherfucker
Why, like a motherfucker
I want to fuck
My way to the garden
Cause everyone needs
A motherfucker
Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy
Try her philosophy, try

You die for her philosophy
Die for her philosophy
Die her philosphy die

The following of a Christ [Repeat: x4]
The falling of Christ [Repeat: x4]

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / ODADJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Suite-Pee

This song criticizes religion and people's willingness to accept almost anything as fact. The lyrics detail a fad religion that everyone bought into despite its fishiness.

The song uses heavy profanity to drive home the point that what is good and what is bad, religiously, can and often is completely opposite depending on personal beliefs.

One of a few system songs to feature Daron Malakian (guitar) on backup vocals (background of the bridge, screaming). (thanks, Dennis - Toledo, OH, for all above)

System of a Down - P.L.U.C.K.

System of a Down - P.L.U.C.K. Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: System Of A Down
Released: 1998

P.L.U.C.K. Lyrics

Elimination
Die
Why walk down

A whole race, genocide
Taken away all of our pride
A whole race, genocide
Taken away
Watch them all fall down

Revolution
The only solution
The armed response
Of an entire nation
Revolution, the only solution
We've taken all your shit
Now it's time for restitution

Recognition
Restoration
Reparation
Recognition
Restoration
Reparation
Watch them all fall down

Revolution
The only solution
The armed response
Of an entire nation
Revolution
The only solution
We've taken all your shit
Now it's time for restitution

The plan was mastered
And called genocide
(Never want to
See you around)
Took all the children
And then we died
(Never want to
See you around)
The few that remained
Were never found
(Never want to
See you around)
All in a system of down
Down, down, down
Walk down

Watch them all fall down
Revolution
The only solution
The armed response
Of an entire nation
Revolution
The only solution
We've taken all your shit
Now it's time for restitution

The plan was mastered
And called genocide
(Never want to
See you around)
Took all the children
And then we died
(Never want to
See you around)
The few that remained
Were never found
(Never want to
See you around)
All in a system, down

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / ODADJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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P.L.U.C.K.

This is about the Armenian Genocide in 1915 that was caused by the Turkish army. P.L.U.C.K. Stands for "Politically Lying Unholy Cowardly Killers."

Serj Tankian sings most of the lyrics. Daron Malakian yells "watch them all fall down" before the chorus and sings "Never wanna see you around" at the middle and end part of the song. (thanks, Scott Baddwin - edmonton, Canada, for all above)

System of a Down - Sugar

System of a Down - Sugar Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: System Of A Down
Released: 1998

Sugar Lyrics

The Kombucha mushroom people,
Sitting around all day,
Who can believe you,
Who can believe you,
Let your mother pray, (Sugar)
Well I'm not there all the time you know
Some people, some people, some people,
Call it insane, yeah they call it insane, (sugar)
I play Russian roulette everyday, a man's sport,
With a bullet called life, yeah called life,(sugar)
You know that every time I try to go
Where I really want to be,
It's already where I am,
Cause I'm already there.(sugar)
The Kombucha mushroom people,
Sitting around all day,
Who can believe you,
Who can believe you,
Let your mother pray, (sugar)
I got a gun the other day from Sako,
It's cute, small, fits right in my pocket,
Yeah, right in my pocket, (sugar)
My girl, you know, she lashes out at me sometimes,
And I just kick her, and then she's O.K. ,she's O.K.(sugar)
People are always chasing me down,
Trying to push my face to the ground,
Where all they really want to do,
Is suck out my mother fucking brains, my brains (sugar).
The Kombucha mushroom people,
Sitting around all day,
Who can believe you,
Who can believe you,
Let your mother pray
I sit, in my desolate room, no lights, no music,
Just havoc,
I've killed everyone,
I'm away forever, but I'm feeling better,
How do I feel,
What do I say,
Fuck you, it all goes away,
How do I feel,
What do I say,
Fuck you, it all goes away,
How do I feel,
What do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
How do I feel,
What do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
How do I feel,
What do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
How do I feel,
What do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
How do I feel,
What do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
How do I feel,
What do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
In the end it all goes away,
In the end it all goes away,
In the end it all goes away,
In the end it all goes away.
Yeah, right in my pocket, (sugar)
My girl, you know, she lashes out at me sometimes,
And I just fucking kick her, and then, oh baby, she's o.k. (sugar)
People are always chasing me down,
Trying to push my face to the ground,
Where all they really want to do,
Is suck out my mother fucking brains, my brains (sugar)

I sit, in my desolate room, no lights, no music,
Just havoc, I've killed everyone,
I'm away forever, but I'm feeling better,
How do I feel, what do I say,
Fuck you, it all goes away,
How do I feel, what do I say,
Fuck you, it all goes away,
How do I feel, what do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
How do I feel, what do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
How do I feel, what do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
How do I feel, what do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
How do I feel, what do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
How do I feel, what do I say,
How do I feel, what do I say,
In the end it all goes away,
In the end it all goes away,
In the end it all goes away,
In the end it all goes away.

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / ODADJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Sugar

System Of A Down's first single, this song is most likely about a person dealing with the disease AIDS.

The video makes reference to the artificial sweetener Aspartame. Aspartame has been linked to people having uncontrollable homicidal tendencies, and an increase in the numbers of brain tumors as suggested in the report by the World Health Organization. In the video, the words 'Aspartame kills' pop up briefly. In the lyrics Serj makes reference to violence: 'My girlfriend she lashes out sometimes and then I just f*cking kick her then baby, she's ok.' (thanks, Hubert - Portsmouth, UK)

System of a Down - Aerials

System of a Down - Aerials Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Toxicity
Released: 2001

Aerials Lyrics

Life is a waterfall
We're one in the river
And one again after the fall

Swimming through the void
We hear the word
We lose ourselves
But we find it all?

Cause we are the ones that want to play
Always want to go
But you never want to stay

And we are the ones that want to choose
Always want to play
But you never want to lose

Aerials, in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life

Life is a waterfall
We drink from the river
Then we turn around and put up our walls

Swimming through the void
We hear the word
We lose ourselves
But we find it all?

Cause we are the ones that want to play
Always want to go
But you never want to stay

And we are the ones that want to choose
Always want to play
But you never want to lose

Aerials, in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
Aerials, so up high
When you free your eyes
Eternal prize
Aerials, in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
Aerials, so up high
When you free your eyes
Eternal prize

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / ODADJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Aerials

This song is about how people can lose their identities and become just like everyone else. Some lyric analysis:
"Life is a waterfall,we're one in the river, one again after the fall." - We all start off the same and we all end up the same.
"Swimming through the void, we hear the words,we lose ourselves, but we find it all." - As we go through life we are told lessons, but we ignore them. We forget who we really are in the mix of seeking the synthetic lifestyle, and that's the price to lose who we really are.
"'Cause we are the ones that wanna play, always want to go, but you never want to stay." - We always want to be part of the scene. We strive for what we want and when we get it, it still does not satisfy.
"And we are the ones that want to choose, always wanna play, but you never wanna lose." - We want and want. We do whatever we can but if trouble is ever near we do whatever we can to maintain innocence.
"When you lose small mind you free your life." - When we stop to see the full picture is when we really have control of our lives.
"Life is a waterfall, we drink from the river then we turn around and put up our walls." - We take and take and in the end we give nothing. This shows how greedy, oblivious and inconsiderate people can be. (thanks, joe - visa, CA)

The final track on the Toxicity album and the third single. The lyrics were written by Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian. Malakian wrote the music. (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ)

On the CD, right after the song ends, another song called "Arto" comes on. "Arto" is based on a traditional Armenian song with a chant that is played at funerals in the Armenian community. It is named "Arto" because their friend Arto Tuncboyaciyan played a duduk (a reed instrument similar to an oboe) on the track. Daron and Serj's grandparents both wept when they heard it. (thanks, Anthony - Willow Wood, OH)

Daron Malakian once said that this song is about the beauty of retarded children and how they see the world. They have also said that it is about nothing. (thanks, Ankabandoodoo - lala, MT)

The band performed this on Saturday Night Live in 2005. The first song they performed, "B.Y.O.B.," caused some controversy because they swore on the air.

System of a Down - A.T.W.A.

System of a Down - A.T.W.A. Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Toxicity
Released: 2001

A.T.W.A. Lyrics

A.T.W.A. Song Chart

The name stands for Air Trees Water Animals, and is about Charles Manson's environmental movement of the same name.

One should be cautious not to read too much into Manson's motives. His main drive was to have a pack of sexually enslaved women at his disposal in the remote desert, funded by theft and robbery and enabled by drugs used for brainwashing. The rest was props: Including his music and his preaching about race relations and environmentalism. Manson did little in his lifetime to demonstrate genuine belief in any altruistic philosophy; he did much to demonstrate that he simply learned what slogan the hippies were chanting lately and then mimicked their calls to attract women who identified as hippies. The trend to try to whitewash his reputation speaks volumes about the Occupy Wall Street / Anonymous movement, heirs to the values-weakened side of Flower Power.

System guitarist Daron Malakian has an interest in Manson and wrote some of the lyrics. Charles Manson was a songwriter and environmentalist, but that stuff usually gets trumped by the fact that he's a murderer. Malakian believes the media has not portrayed all sides of Manson, and feels that some of his ideas were actually very good, especially his thoughts on the environment.

"Air, Trees, Water, Animals" is also a nod to mythological foursomes, be they the four elements, the four humors, the four axis of personality types (Myers-Briggs, Keirsey, Big Five, etc.), the four blood types in Japanese personality typing, the four seasons in the Zodiac, four corners of pyramids, and so on. The number four is given huge significance in worldwide religions as well, symbolizing the trinity plus one (mankind).