(We're rolling suicide)

Wake up (wake up)
Grab a brush and put a little make up
Hide the scars to fade away the shake up (hide the scars to fade away the)
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go, create another fable, you wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little makeup, you wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shake up, you wanted to
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table? You wanted to

I don't think you trust
In my
Self-righteous suicide
I cry
When angels deserve to die

Ah
Wake up (wake up)
Grab a brush and put a little make up
Hide the scars to fade away the (hide the scars to fade away the)
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
(Here you go) create another fable, you wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little makeup, you wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shake up, you wanted to
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table? You wanted to

I don't think you trust
In my
Self-righteous suicide
I cry
When angels deserve to die
In my
Self-righteous suicide
I cry
When angels deserve to die

Father (father), father (father)
Father (father), father (father)
Father, into your hands
I commend my spirit
Father, into your hands
Why have you forsaken me?
In your eyes forsaken me
In your thoughts forsaken me
In your heart forsaken me, oh

Trust in my
Self-righteous suicide
I cry
When angels deserve to die
In my
Self-righteous suicide
I cry
When angels deserve to die


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Chop Suey! Lyrics as written by Daron V. Malakian Serj Tankian

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    i think this song is about suicide. bear with me on this.... 'wake up ....little make up' could be about making yourself look your best for when you die. 'i don't think you trust ....suicide' could be about whether one has the right to take one's own life, with 'self-righteous' simply meaning to have the right. [thnking about it, it could be him having the argument with himself] now, this bit is even more tenuous [sp.?], but it kinda fits: in the lines 'i cry...to die", 'angels' could refer to himself, and the line could mean that he is sad, but death is the best option. ok, now for the religious bit... 'why have you forsaken me?' could mean that he feels abandonned by God [let's face it, it couldn't mean much else], and 'father into ....spirit' could mean that he is sorry for whatever he has done to make God 'abandon' him, and is ready to embrace Christianity in death. [i'm not religious, and i don't know that much about christianity, so im probably wrong] this might have already been said, but i'm not reading 21 pages of messages, when most of them are long insulting matches started beacuse someone spelled something wrong. i'd be interested to hear what you think of my idea, thanks!!

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