I feel its about how difficult the world can be for the downtrodden and 'out of the wheel' type people, e.g. homeless, jobless and such. In the video the homeless guy can be seen as someone who needs help while the world and all their misguided/twisted ideals ignore him and let the man struggle on through life yet it is the people who are not tied to the majority of the world who are willing, no they want to help and do (the children in the vid).
Because its difficult to break free and see the world as it is, away from all the trappings people forget the whole point of being human and thats love.
To me the lyrics are telling how hard it is for someone without these so called 'ideals' and attempting to fit into the world as it is but mostly rejected and attacked, the saving us bit is how only an small portion of people want to help and even then most do it for guilt/ego (thus continuing the 'tearing us' thing). Serj lying I think is about how people lie to avoid false judgement from others because they fear it, and 'being honest is a sign of weakness' mentality. Not to mention in doing so it would probally scrap most of the 'ideals'.
Pretty much this song is about how much conflict and aggression there is in todays society, with almost everyone trying to force their ideals on everyone else 'for the better'.
I feel its about how difficult the world can be for the downtrodden and 'out of the wheel' type people, e.g. homeless, jobless and such. In the video the homeless guy can be seen as someone who needs help while the world and all their misguided/twisted ideals ignore him and let the man struggle on through life yet it is the people who are not tied to the majority of the world who are willing, no they want to help and do (the children in the vid).
Because its difficult to break free and see the world as it is, away from all the trappings people forget the whole point of being human and thats love.
To me the lyrics are telling how hard it is for someone without these so called 'ideals' and attempting to fit into the world as it is but mostly rejected and attacked, the saving us bit is how only an small portion of people want to help and even then most do it for guilt/ego (thus continuing the 'tearing us' thing). Serj lying I think is about how people lie to avoid false judgement from others because they fear it, and 'being honest is a sign of weakness' mentality. Not to mention in doing so it would probally scrap most of the 'ideals'.
Pretty much this song is about how much conflict and aggression there is in todays society, with almost everyone trying to force their ideals on everyone else 'for the better'.