| System of a Down – Thetawaves Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| System of a down is direct about their opinions that they know will be accepted such as their strong opinion on war. Others that seem to make no sense to people have a more subtle meaning, meaning that the general population may not agree but they want to put a concept in people's mind. I came at this with a certain mindset so you may not agree. When you take the first verse and it talks about the unsettled mind collecting information on beta-carotene and thetawaves . Beta carotine i'm not so sure why he included, but thetawaves are the brainwaves that occur when you are in an interactive form of sleep. And in conjuction with the chorus when it says time is like a midnight ride- midnight being the very beginning of the day- this means life is the beginning and finality comes afterward. Meaning this life isn't the end but since we don't know what will happen we weep when we're perplexed and to find meaning in our lives we caress our smiles and try to fill our lives with happiness showing affection to the good times. So looking back on the first verse when we think of midnight we think of being asleep (unless you're a partier) and he's comparing that to life so through life we're in an interactive sleep and we awake afterwards. By the second verse he expands to a view of our nation saying we discover high pulse weopons and microwaves and eventually found out the lie. Meaning we made inventions to defend ourselves and make our lives better and the lie is that we won't be satisfied with our protection or the amount of enjoyment and ease in our lives so i don't want to stretch this on too long (I already have) hope this sheds some light on the song. | |
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