Lyric discussion by TallesPerez 

Cover art for Dam lyrics by System of a Down

To me this song seems to be an amalgamation of physical and mental exhaustion of a visionary and rational person before the dumb and stupid society we live in, people hate the artist for this cause, because they argument, criticize, break paradigms in general. Another interesting factor is the massive repetition of "everyone is slepping," it is the human condition to pretend to be alive, pretend to care about things, everyone is asleep mentally to the problems and situations, the singer repeats that several times emphatically and when the song ends, it ends with the impression of the population continue to sleep before the problems forever.

My Interpretation