System of a Down
We are fed 'lies from the tablecloth,' meaning lies from our parents, that they heard from the media, who lies to us under an age-old oath of fear-inspired loyalty to the American 'freedom' fist. People have certainly been de-sensitized, as is shown by an interview of a Phantom-bomber pilot during the Gulf-war, in which when asked what he. 1.) System Of A Down was under the “American” record label which features an upside down American flag as a logo. 2.) The album was released one week prior to the attack. 3.) The song “Jet Pilot” is strangely coincidental to 9/11. Here are the lyrics. Jet Pilot Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot, One that smiled when he flew.
By the end of 1997, the group had signed to American, then distributed by Columbia Records. American/Columbia released the group's eponymous debut album in the summer of 1998, securing the band opening spots on the Slayer and Ozzfest tours. System eventually went gold, and set up the September 2001 release of the even more ambitious Toxicity. System's second effort was another heavy music triumph, shaming the majority of their nu-metal competition and running away with multi-platinum honors. The quartet didn't slow down. Malakian started the eatURmusic imprint and Tankian a label called Serjical Strike; Tankian also collaborated with Armenian avant-garde folk musician Arto Tuncboyaciyan in a project called Serart. In November 2002 System issued the bare-bones but no less powerful odds 'n' ends set Steal This Album!; they also remained politically active.
By 2004, System of a Down was back in the studio with Rick Rubin. The bold result of those sessions was a single, epic album released in two parts. Mezmerize/Hypnotize kept System's furious creativity alive, incorporating the wild vocal melodies, lyrical passion, and rabid structural shifts that had become their trademark. Mezmerize, or part one, appeared in May 2005, while Hypnotize, its final section, appeared later in the year, and both hit the top of the album charts.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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|---|---|
| 36 | 89 |
| A.D.D. | 102 |
| Aerials | 397 |
| Arto | 1 |
| Attack | 53 |
| ATWA | 197 |
| B.Y.O.B. | 475 |
| Blue | 50 |
| Boom! | 115 |
| Bounce | 170 |
| Bubbles (feat. Arto Tunçboyacıyan) | 31 |
| Census | 35 |
| Cherry | 48 |
| Chic 'n' Stu | 137 |
| Chop Suey! | 1087 |
| ChupaCabra | 73 |
| Cigaro | 186 |
| CUBErt | 46 |
| Dam | 40 |
| Darts | 56 |
| DDevil | 89 |
| Deer Dance | 118 |
| Defy You | 17 |
| Delphy | 0 |
| Desecrate | 21 |
| Don't Go Wandering | 19 |
| Dreaming | 51 |
| Drugs | 55 |
| Ego Brain | 53 |
| Feel Good | 15 |
| Flake | 6 |
| Forest | 210 |
| Fortress | 63 |
| Friik | 49 |
| Fuck The System | 98 |
| Genocidal Humanoidz | 0 |
| Goodbye Blue Sky (live KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas) | 3 |
| Goodbye Blue Sky (Pink Floyd cover) | 42 |
| Highway Song | 58 |
| Holy Mountains | 132 |
| Honey | 18 |
| Hypnotize | 198 |
| I-E-A-I-A-I-O | 145 |
| I.E.A.I.A.I.O. Demo | 6 |
| Innervision | 56 |
| Jet Pilot | 137 |
| Johnny | 82 |
| K.I.T.T. | 70 |
| Kill Me Now | 23 |
| Kill Rock 'n' Roll | 102 |
| Know | 45 |
| La Isla Bonita | 5 |
| Lonely Day | 199 |
| Lost In Hollywood | 141 |
| Louder | 0 |
| Marmalade | 56 |
| Mind | 58 |
| Mr. Jack | 140 |
| Needles | 119 |
| Nuguns | 39 |
| Old School Hollywood | 59 |
| On My Mind | 0 |
| Outer Space | 4 |
| P.I.G. | 3 |
| P.L.U.C.K. | 96 |
| Patterns | 15 |
| Peephole | 89 |
| Pictures | 42 |
| Pizza Pie | 19 |
| Prison Song | 89 |
| Protect the Land | 0 |
| Psycho | 70 |
| Question! | 170 |
| Radio/Video | 87 |
| Revenga | 63 |
| Roulette | 57 |
| Sad Statue | 77 |
| Science (feat. Arto Tunçboyacıyan) | 254 |
| Shame on a Nigga (Wu-Tang Clan cover) | 61 |
| She's Like Heroin | 81 |
| Shimmy | 80 |
| Side Of The Freeway | 0 |
| Snowblind (Black Sabbath cover) | 39 |
| Soil | 50 |
| Soldier Side | 159 |
| Soldier Side (Intro) | 25 |
| Spiders | 167 |
| Starlit Eyes | 11 |
| Stealing Society | 43 |
| Störagéd | 40 |
| Streamline | 52 |
| Sugar | 247 |
| Sugar (Demo Version) | 25 |
| Suggestions | 48 |
| Suite-Pee | 154 |
| Temper | 44 |
| Tentative | 45 |
| The Metro (Berlin cover) | 87 |
| The Proclamation of 1763 | 5 |
| Thetawaves | 44 |
| This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm on This Song | 65 |
| Toast | 5 |
| Toxicity | 361 |
| U-Fig | 57 |
| Vicinity of Obscenity | 191 |
| Violent Pornography | 112 |
| Virginity | 5 |
| Waiting for You (Thetawaves Version1) | 3 |
| Waiting for You (Version 2) | 1 |
| War? | 65 |
| Weekends (Intro To Sugar) | 17 |
| When the Smoke Is Going Down (Scorpions cover) | 17 |
| Will They Die 4 You? | 34 |
| X | 164 |
Found on more albums:Toxicity
Chop Suey [Single]
Cursed Earth,
Cursed Earth,
Cursed Earth.
I will never feed off the evergreen luster of your heart all
Because we all live in the valley of the walls when we speak
We can peak from the windows of their mouths to see the land
The women chant as they fly up to the sun.
You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, Ever think you know why,
Know.
Books all say different things while people flap their yellow wings
Trying to soar by being a whore of life
And almost everything the sheep that ran off from the herd may be dead
But now's a bird able to fly able to die able to break your cursed earth
(fuck your mother's earth)
You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, Ever think you know why,
Know.
On the other side, on the other side, the other side,
Do you ever try to fly, Do you ever try to fly?
Have you ever wanted to die, you ever want to die?
Don't ever try to fly, don't ever try to fly,
Don't ever try to fly, unless you leave your body on the other side,
Never try to die, you ever try to die.
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, Ever think you know why,
Know.
Lyrics submitted by soadude01, edited by I'm_Who_I'm_-_
'Know' as written by Shavo Odadjian Daron Malakian
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Original lyrics of Toxicity song by System Of A Down. Explore 4 meanings and explanations or write yours. Find more of System Of A Down lyrics. Watch official video, print or download text in PDF. Comment and share your favourite lyrics. The word 'Toxicity' means the level of toxins in an item. There is lots of room for interpretation in the lyrics, as the toxins could refer to the city of Los Angeles (a 'toxic city') and the Hollywood lifestyle, but could also be a commentary on the music industry, religion, corruption, drugs or any number of things that the band feels is poisoning people.
Toxicity Of Our City
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