| System of a Down – Mind Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I imagine the song being about a snapshot of a person's thoughts. He is being brainwashed and some scenes of his childhood are revolving in front of his eyes. As a kid, he used to be molested by his mother, as well as his sister. The mother forced the children to look at each other, probably after forcing them to have sex with each other. He is thinking of the phrase "need the ones you love and love the ones you need", trying to deal with the situation. Another thought is that it's about two siblings having a sex relationship. From one's perspective free thinkers like them (if they can be described like that) are dangerous. This is just a try to picture some thoughts, don't call me a weirdo. But I'm quite sure it has to do both with brainwashing, as well as some thoughts of that person being brainwashed (remember, the song is call "mind"). Most of Serj's lyrics have to do with two things, mixed together. |
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| System of a Down – Suggestions Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think all the interpretations made sense, good work guys. But I'd like to add another thought about the meaning (which is surely open to many interpretations). The first verse probably talks about the few people who control the light post, thus the ships. But like cliche in sorts said (5 years ago, wow) the post was designed to make sure ships don't hit the rocks. The ships however, in the second verse, are heading ashore, runned by those post hypnotic suggestions, followed by an orange light. So I thing that this light comes NOT from the light post, but guiding the ships against it, towards the shore. This light represents revolution, the urge for the system to change. And like many times in history, if the revolution succeeds, the leaders of it, once being trusted by the people they guided, become the new dictators (will soon proclaim itself a god). So actually Serj talks about that circle, from dictatorship and tyranny to anarchy, and then back to dictatorship. The people who controled the light post are forced to evacuate, but it will be controlled by someone else after that. In conclusion I think that Serj just points out that that's the doom of our societies, he isn't even blaming those that control us, he just observes what happens. These are just my thoughts, I might well be wrong. |
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