System of a Down

Outer Space

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Edmund Kemper solved it all
He fooled the shrinks
Fooled the shrinks
It then apears the proclaimation
He fooled the shrinks
Fooled the shrinks

The fortress of forever
Been forsaken
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye
Air, water, design
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye

Can we tamper
We have gained
Outerspace, outerspace
A million years
The devistation of
Outerspace, outerspace

Can we tamper
We have gained
Outerspace, outerspace
That's not true
that's not true
the human race, the human race

The fortress of forever
Been forsaken
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye
Air, water, design
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye

Fortress of forever
Been mistaken
Man made promise
Polluting of the sky (x2)

The fortress of forever
Been forsaken
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye
Air, water, design
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye

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xtreme2252 On Dec 06, 2007

Science (feat. Arto Tunçboyacıyan)

Edmund Kemper solved it all
He fooled the shrinks
Fooled the shrinks
It then apears the proclaimation
He fooled the shrinks
Fooled the shrinks

The fortress of forever
Been forsaken
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye
Air, water, design
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye

Can we tamper
We have gained
Outerspace, outerspace
A million years
The devistation of
Outerspace, outerspace

Can we tamper
We have gained
Outerspace, outerspace
That's not true
that's not true
the human race, the human race

The fortress of forever
Been forsaken
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye
Air, water, design
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye

Fortress of forever
Been mistaken
Man made promise
Polluting of the sky (x2)

The fortress of forever
Been forsaken
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye
Air, water, design
Man made promise
Polluted with blue dye

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2007-12-06 05:34:07

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by allb

18y ago

I love this song, its sooooo good and it needs to be recognized by others, i'm pretty sure its about pollution of nature, but i really have no idea...

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by FourthQuark

18y ago

Yeah it may be about pollution, but I wonder what does "Polluted with blue dye" mean.

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by kikkedinthabewtlegg

17y ago

uhm, just to throw this out there, but could he be saying "pulled the strings"? idk i havent looked on the official site.

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by CaptainMorgan28

14y ago

Well, if you look up Edmund Kemper like I did, you'll find that he was a serial killer and necrophile in the Santa Cruz area a couple of decades ago. He killed his grandparents at age 15, got committed into a mental hospital, befriended a psychologist and got released, and spent a year killing and having his way with 8 girls and his mother. This ties into some of these lyrics, "edmund kemper solved it all he fooled the shrinks". I'm kinda speculating with this next bit, but Kemper lied to people to get them into his car so he could kidnap them,"man made promise polluted with blue dye"

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