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System of A Down
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Chic ’n’ Stu
02 : 23
2
Innervision
02 : 33
3
Bubbles
01 : 56
4
Boom!
02 : 14
5
Nüguns
02 : 30
6
A.D.D. (American Dream Denial)
03 : 17
7
Mr. Jack
04 : 09
8
I‐E‐A‐I‐A‐I‐O
03 : 08
9
36
00 : 46
10
Pictures
02 : 06
11
Highway Song
03 : 13
12
Fuck the System
02 : 12
13
Ego Brain
03 : 21
14
Thetawaves
02 : 36
15
Roulette
03 : 21
16
Streamline
03 : 37
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Track Lyrics
Chic ’n’ Stu Lyrics
[Intro: Daron Malakian]
Ballgame's in the refrigerator
Door is closed
Lights are out
Butter's gettin' hard!
[Verse: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
What a splendid pie, pizza-pizza pie
Every minute and every second, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy
What a splendid pie, pizza-pizza pie
Every minute and every second, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy
Pepperoni and green peppers, mushrooms, olive, chives
Pepperoni and green peppers, mushrooms, olive, chives
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Therapy, therapy, advertising causes
[Verse: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
What a splendid pie, pizza-pizza pie
Every minute and every second, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy
What a splendid pie, pizza-pizza pie
Every minute and every second, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy
Pepperoni and green peppers, mushrooms, olive, chives
Pepperoni and green peppers, mushrooms, olive, chives
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Therapy, therapy, advertising causes
[Bridge: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Well, advertising's got you on the run
Need therapy, therapy advertising causes
Well, advertising's got you on the run
Need therapy, therapy advertising causes
Well, advertising's got you on the run
Advertising's got you on the run
Advertising's got you on the run
Advertising's got you on the run
Advertising's got you on the run
Advertising's got you on the run
Advertising's got you on the run!
[Verse: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
What a splendid pie, pizza-pizza pie
Every minute and every second, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy
What a splendid pie, pizza-pizza pie
Every minute and every second, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy
Pepperoni and green peppers, mushrooms, olive, chives
Pepperoni and green peppers, mushrooms, olive, chives
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes
Need therapy, therapy, advertising causes need
Innervision Lyrics
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
Well, I have a home, longing to roam
I have to find you, I have to meet you
Signs of your face, slowing your pace
I need your guidance, I need to seek my innervision
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Innervision
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]
My pupils dance, lost in a trance
Your sacred silence, losing all violence
Stars in their place, mirror your face
I need to find you, I need to seek my innervision
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Innervision
Innervision
[Bridge 1: Serj Tankian]
It's never too late to reinvent the bicycle
A smile brings forth energy or life, giving you force
It's never too late to reinvent the bicycle
A smile brings forth energy or life, giving you force
Vision
[Bridge 2: Serj Tankian]
There's only one true path in life
The road that leads to all leads to one
There's only one true path in life (Innervision)
The road that leads to all (Innervision)
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Innervision
[Outro: Serj Tankian]
Your sacred silence, losing all violence
Bubbles Lyrics
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
Fish that don't drown, life in a bubble jungle
I wouldn't frown, not short another chuckle
Snake in the ground, but I was in there for you
Now, leaving town, life in a bubble jungle
[Chorus: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
Seeing you believing, us adhering, we're the power struck
Believing, then kneeling, appeasing, the power struggle
We're left with no arms right in the power struggle
We're left with no arms right in the power struggle
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]
Wearing the crown, life in a bubble jungle
Chasing a clown, not short another chuckle
Snake in the ground, but I was waiting for you
Now, we have found, life in a bubble jungle
[Chorus: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
Seeing you believing, us adhering, we're the power struck
Believing, then kneeling, appeasing, the power struggle
We're left with no arms right in the power struggle
We're left with no arms right in the power struggle
[Post-Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Left with no arms in the power struggle
Left with no arms in the power struggle
[Bridge: Serj Tankian & Arto Tunçboyacıyan]
May I remind you, may I remind you, may I remind you
May I remind you, may I remind you, may I remind you
(Bad men would have told us the lie)
May I remind you, may I remind you, may I remind you, may I remind you
May I remind you, may I remind you, your life is in a bubble jungle
(Bad men would have told us the lie)
[Chorus: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
Seeing you believing, us adhering, we're the power struck
Believing, then kneeling, appeasing, the power struggle
We're left with no arms right in the power struggle
We're left with no arms right in the power struggle
[Post-Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Left with no arms in the power struggle
Left with no arms right here in the power struggle
Boom! Lyrics
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
(Oh, oh-oh-oh)
I've been walking through your streets
Where all your money's earning
Where all your buildings crying and clueless neckties working
(Oh, oh-oh-oh)
Revolving fake lawn houses, housing all your fears
Desensitized by TV
(Oh, oh-oh-oh)
Overbearing advertising, god of consumerism
And all your crooked pictures looking good
(Oh, oh-oh)
Mirrorism, filtering information for the public eye
Designed for profiteering your neighbor, what a guy
[Chorus: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every time you drop the bomb
You kill the God your child has born
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
(Oh, oh-oh-oh)
Modern globalization, coupled with condemnations
Unnecessary death
(Oh, oh-oh-oh)
Matador corporations
Puppeting your frustrations with the blinded flag
Manufacturing consent is the name of the game
(Oh, oh-oh-oh)
The bottom line is money, nobody gives a fuck
4000 hungry children leave us per hour from starvation
(Oh, oh-oh)
While billions are spent on bombs, creating death showers
[Chorus: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every time you drop the bomb
You kill the God your child has born
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
[Bridge: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Why must we kill our own kind?
[Chorus: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every time you drop the bomb
You kill the God your child has born
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every time you drop the bomb (Boom!)
Nüguns Lyrics
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
And the little boy stared to the eyes of the night
Button collects price of his time
Little girl glared, sheets of denial
Bullet connects to the price of her crime
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
What have we said, wasn't in their bed
What of presence haven't we paid penance
For the nüguns
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]
Now, the little boy sees through the eyes of delight
Levers erect note of his rhyme
Little girl bled, sheets of the night
Lovers connect to the price of his dime
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
What have we said, wasn't in their bed
What of presence haven't we paid penance
For the nüguns, for the nüguns
[Oud Solo]
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
What have we said, wasn't in their bed
What of presence haven't we paid penance
What have we said, wasn't in their bed
What of presence haven't we paid penance
For the nüguns, for the nüguns (To you)
A.D.D. (American Dream Denial) Lyrics
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
We fought your wars with all our hearts
You sent us back in body parts
You took our wills with the truth you stole
We offer prayers for your long lost soul
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
The remainder is an unjustifiable
Egotistical power struggle
At the expense of the American dream
Of the American dream, of the American
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
We don't give a damn about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a damn about your world
Right now, right now
We don't give a f- about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a f- about your world
Right now, right now
Right now, right now
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]
Thеre is no flag that is large enough
To hidе the shame of a man in cuffs
You switched the signs then you closed their blinds
You changed the channels and you changed their minds
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
The remainder is an unjustifiable
Egotistical power struggle
At the expense of the American dream
Of the American dream, of the American
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
We don't give a damn about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a damn about your world
Right now, right now
We don't give a f- about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a f- about your world
Right now, right now
Right now, right now
Right now, right now
Right now, right now
[Bridge: Serj Tankian]
No flag large enough
Shame on the men in cuffs
Close their blinds
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
The remainder is an unjustifiable
Egotistical power struggle
At the expense of the American dream
Of the American dream, of the American
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
We don't give a damn about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a damn about your world
Right now, right now
We don't give a f- about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a f- about your world
Right now, right now
Right now, right now
Right now, right now
Right now, right now-now-now-now
Mr. Jack Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Hey, Mister Jack
Is that the mouthwash in your eyes?
Hey, Mister Jack
Is that the cause of your surprise?
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Hey, where you at?
On the side of the freeway in the car?
Hey, where you at?
On the side of the freeway in the car, in the car?
On the side of the freeway in the
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Hey, Mister Jack (Hey)
Is that the trick of your disguise?
Hey, Mister Jack
Is that the cause of your demise?
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Hey, where you at?
On the side of the freeway in the car?
Hey, where you at?
On the side of the freeway in the car, in the car?
On the side of the freeway in the car, in the car?
On the side of the freeway in the
[Bridge: Serj Tankian]
Wake up…
7 AM, morning, came to take us away
Little men, big guns, pointed at our heads
7 AM, morning, came to take us away
Little men, big guns, pointed at our heads
At our, at our heads
[Outro: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Your prospect of living gone, you ran the light at dawn
Protectors on your back, lights are on their track
You must now face authority, you're nothing like me
You must now face authority, you're nothing like me
Put your hands up, get out of the car, put your hands up, get out of the car
Put your hands up, get out of the car, fuck you, pig!
Fuck you, pig! Fuck you, pig!
Fuck you, pig! Put your hands up, get out of the car!
I‐E‐A‐I‐A‐I‐O Lyrics
[Verse]
Peter's pecker picked another pickle-bearin' pussy pepper
Peter's pecker picked another pickle-bearin' pussy pepper, why?
Meetin' John at Dale's Jr, winked an eye an' point a finger
Meetin' John at Dale's Jr, winked an eye an' point a finger, why?
A former cop, undercover, just got shot, now recovered
A former cop, undercover, just got shot, now recovered, why?
Fightin' crime with a partner, Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter
Fightin' crime with a partner, Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter
[Chorus]
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
Why?
And we light up the sky
[Verse]
Peter's pecker picked another pickle-bearin' pussy pepper
Peter's pecker picked another pickle-bearin' pussy pepper, why?
Meetin' John at Dale's Jr, winked an eye an' point a finger
Meetin' John at Dale's Jr, winked an eye an' point a finger, why?
A former cop, undercover, just got shot, now recovered
A former cop, undercover, just got shot, now recovered, why?
Fightin' crime with a partner, Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter
Fightin' crime with a partner, Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter
[Chorus]
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
Why?
And we light up the sky
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
Why?
And we light up the sky
[Bridge]
Mind delusions acquainted, bubbles erotica
Plutonium wedding rings, icicle stretchings
Bicycles, shoestrings, one flag, flaggy but one
Painting the paintings of the alive
[Chorus]
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
Why?
And we light up the sky
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
Why?
And we light up the sky
36 Lyrics
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Television is disgrace
Life you get old, it's the race
Can you break out, can you break out
Will you live at your own pace?
[Bridge: Serj Tankian]
Life, so, unnecessary
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Television is disgrace
Life you get old, it's the race
Can you break out, can you break out
Will you live at your own pace?
[Outro: Serj Tankian]
Now will you live at your own pace?
Will you live at your own pace?
Pictures Lyrics
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
Flaunt your will at every wheel
Parachute your chocolate soul
Cobblestones under your wheels
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
I got pictures on my mind
I got pictures on my mind
I got pictures on my mind
I got pictures on my mind
[Post-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
On my mind
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]
Circumvent your thick ego
When in fights, they're on the go
You can't tell me that I'm real
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
I've got pictures on my mind
I've got pictures on my mind
I've got pictures on my mind
I've got pictures on my mind
[Post-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Ba-ba-ba-ba
[Bridge: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Fear waits, fear waits, for us, for us
When the present can't be sealed
Away, away, gold dust, gold dust
Now the dishes can be cleared
Fear waits, fear waits, for us, for us
Until the moment is revealed, revealed
Then turns, then turns, to rust, to rust
For the mighty conquered meal
[Verse 3: Serj Tankian]
Can't you look at my shaved ass
Ounce is gone, and God is once
You can't see me suddenly
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
I got pictures on my mind
I got pictures on my mind
I got pictures on my mind
I got pictures on my mind
[Outro: Serj Tankian]
I got pictures on my mind
Highway Song Lyrics
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
I need, I feel, a love, you love to love the fear
I never wanna be alone, I've forgotten to
The road keeps moving the clouds, the clouds become unreal
I guess I'll always be at home
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Do you want me to try?
Directing your night
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]
An exit lights the sky, the sky becomes complete
Traveling hearts divide the throne, I've forgotten to
Friction, lines, bumps, the "Highway Song" complete
The signs are all turning right
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Do you want me to try?
Directing your night
Want me to try?
Directing your light
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
The purest forms of life
Our days are never coming back
The cannons of our time
Our days are never coming back
The purest forms of life
Our days are never coming back
The cannons of our time
Our days are never ever coming back
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro: Serj Tankian]
Days are never coming back
Our days are never coming back
Our days are never comin' back
Fuck the System Lyrics
[Verse: Serj Tankian]
I'm, but a little bit-bit-bit, show, but a little bit-bit-bit, shame
But a little bit-bit-bit, bit! Bit! Bit!
I'm, but a little bit-bit-bit, show, but a little bit-bit-bit, shame
But a little bit-bit-bit, bit! Bit! Bit!
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
I'm just the man in the back, just the man in the back
Just the man in the back "tchu tcha tcha"!
I'm just demeanin' the pack, just demeanin' the pack
Just demeanin' the pack!
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
War! Fuck the system
War! Fuck the system, fuck the system
War! Fuck the system
War! I need to fuck the sys, I need to fuck the sys, I need to fuck the sys
[Verse: Serj Tankian]
I'm, but a little bit-bit-bit, show, but a little bit-bit-bit, shame
But a little bit-bit-bit, bit! Bit! Bit!
I'm, but a little bit-bit-bit, show, but a little bit-bit-bit, shame
But a little bit-bit-bit, bit! Bit! Bit!
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
I'm just the man in the back, just the man in the back
Just the man in the back "tchu tcha tcha"!
I'm just demeanin' the pack, just demeaning the pack
Just demeanin' the pack
[Chorus: Serj Tankian]
War! Fuck the system
War! Fuck the system, fuck the system
War! Fuck the system
War! I need to fuck the sys, I need to fuck the sys, I need to fuck the sys
[Bridge: Serj Tankian]
"Tum tchic-pah! Tum tchic-pah!
Tum tchic-pah! Tum tchic-pah!"
You need to fuck the sys, you need to fuck the sys
You need to fuck the sys, you need to fuck the sys
[Verse: Serj Tankian]
I'm, but a little bit-bit-bit, show, but a little bit-bit-bit, shame
But a little bit-bit-bit, bit! Bit! Bit!
[Outro: Serj Tankian]
I need to fuck the system, I need to fuck the sys
I need to fuck the system, we all need to fuck the system!
Ego Brain Lyrics
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Life is but a dream drifting on a stream, a stream
Consciously it seems all of what remains
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Ego Brain, man-made shame
Shame, love after it rains
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
You see my pain is real, watch my world dissolve
And pretend that none of us see the fall
As I turned to sand, you took me by the hand
And declared that love prevails over all
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
I am just a man fighting other men for land, for land
While I turn to sand, in spite of the pain
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Ego Brain, man-made shame
Shame, love after it rains
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
You see my pain is real, watch my world dissolve
And pretend that none of us see the fall
As I turned to sand, you took me by the hand
And declared that love prevails over all
[Bridge: Serj Tankian]
All of what remains…
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Ego Brain, man-made shame
Shame, love after it rains
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
You see my pain is real, watch my world dissolve
And pretend that none of us see the fall
As I turned to sand, you took me by the hand
And declared that love prevails over all
[Outro: Serj Tankian]
(Love after it rains)
Thetawaves Lyrics
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
The unsettled mind is at times an ally
Leaving the senses to fend for themselves
The senses collect undeniable data
Of beta-carotene and thetawaves
The unsettled mind is at times an ally
Leaving the senses to fend for themselves
Then the senses wanted the sky
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
All rise
Eyes bound
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Time feels like a midnight ride
Finality waits outside
Weeping in perplexity's arms
Caressing our smiles inside
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]
The national debt is at times an ally
Leaving the people to fend for themselves
The people collect undeniable data
About high pulse weapons and microwaves
The national debt is at times an ally
Leaving the people to fend for themselves
Then the people found out the lie
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
All rise
Eyes bound
Now arise
Heaven bound
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Time feels like a midnight ride
Finality waits outside
Weeping in perplexity's arms
Caressing our smiles inside
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge: Serj Tankian]
Wanting to get you high
Waiting to touch the sky
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
All rise
Eyes bound
Now arise
Heaven bound
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Time feels like a midnight ride
Finality waits outside
Weeping in perplexity's arms
Caressing our smiles in-
Roulette Lyrics
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
I have a problem that I cannot explain
I have no reason why it should have been so plain
Have no questions but I sure have excuse
I lack the reason why I should be so confused
[Chorus: Daron Malakian & Serj Tankian]
I know how I feel when I'm around you
I don't know how I feel when I'm around you
Around you
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]
Left a message but it ain't a bit of use
I have some pictures, the wild might be the deuce
Today you saw, you saw me, you explained
Playin' the show when runnin' down the plane
[Chorus: Daron Malakian & Serj Tankian]
I know how I feel when I'm around you
I don't know how I feel when I'm around you
I, I know how I feel when I'm around you
I don't know how I feel when I'm around you
Around you
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus: Daron Malakian & Serj Tankian]
I, I know how I feel when I'm around you
I don't know how I feel when I'm around you
I, I know how I feel when I'm around you
I don't know how I feel when I'm around you
Around you
[Outro]
Around you
Around you
Around you
Streamline Lyrics
[Intro: Serj Tankian]
I wasn't there for you
I wasn't there for you
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
I know weather's gonna be fine
But I can't see you 'cross the streamline
My love waits for me in daytime
But I can't see you through the snowblind
[Chorus: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
But I wasn't there for you, you are gone
And I wasn't there for you, goodbyes are long
Goodbye
And I wasn't there for you, goodbye, I
I wasn't there for goodbye
I wasn't there for goodbye
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
Well, I know time reveals in hindsight
I can wrestle with the stormy night
Because your love lasts a lifetime
But I can see you through the snowblind
[Chorus: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
But I wasn't there for you, you are gone
And I wasn't there for you, goodbyes are long
You are gone
And I wasn't there for you, goodbyes are long
And I wasn't there for you, goodbye!
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge: Serj Tankian]
I wasn't there for you, I wasn't there
I wasn't there for you
[Chorus: Serj Tankian with Daron Malakian]
But I wasn't there for you, you are gone
And I wasn't there for you, goodbyes are long
Goodbye!