| System of a Down – Chop Suey! Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| SOAD does not seem Christian, they seem to be new age (or cosmic humanists). They seem to believe everyone is one and all religions are pieces to their believed one true religion. A huge part of cosmic humanism is that everyone is god or holy and in the end of this world everyone will be united into one god. Since they might believe all religions are pieces to one true religion, an explanation of them sounding as if they are Christian to some is because they believe in some Christian values (like murdering is wrong) but do not hold true to every Christian belief. Also, on the Toxicity cd booklet Daron Malakian thanks "God, Buddha, Allah and Lucifer because they are all so lovely..." and Serj thank "The Great Spirit for vision..." The song seems to be saying that Christ's sacrifice was self righteous rather than a selfless act for the people he loves as the Bible describes. I like Extremus' idea about the keys. It's like they are saying the pieces to the truth are there, but all one needs to do is pick up the keys and unlock the truth. And I like JofaGuht's idea about the makeup, but it could be used to cover up the other religions rather than hidden stories from the Bible. Also, look at the song Aerials. I seems very New Age ("Life is a waterfall, we're one in the river and one again after the fall." It seems to be saying everyone was once One and will be One again after these lives on earth or something). I do not agree with SOAD's beliefs if I am correct in this analysis, but this could be what the song is talking about. | |
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