System of a Down Lyrics: A Deep Dive into 9 Iconic Songs

Aerials

Life is a waterfall,
We’re one in the river,
And one again after the fall.
Swimming through the void,
We hear the word,
We lost ourselves,
But we find it all?
Cause we are the ones that want to play,
Always want to go,
But you never want to stay,
And we are the ones that want to choose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.
Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Life is a waterfall,
We drink from the river,
Then we turn around and put up our walls.
Swimming through the void,
We hear the word,
We lost ourselves,
But we find it all?
Cause we are the ones that want to play,
Always want to go,
But you never want to stay,
And we are the ones that want to choose,
Always want to play,
But you never want to lose.
Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal prize.
Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal prize.

Chop Suey!

(Chorus x2)

Wake up
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
Grab a brush and put a little
Hide the scars to fade away the shakeup
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 shakeup
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, die.

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

Cigaro

My cock is much bigger than yours,
My cock can walk right through the door,
With a feeling so pure,
It’s got you screaming back for
Cool, in denial,
We’re the cruel regulators smoking cigaro, cigaro, cigar
Cool, in denial,
We’re the cruel regulators smoking cigaro, cigaro, cigar
My shit stinks much better than yours,
My shit stinks right down to the floor,
With a feeling, a feeling so pure,
It’s got you coming back for
Cool, in denial,
We’re the cruel regulators smoking cigaro, cigaro, cigar
Cool, in denial,
We’re the cruel regulators smoking cigaro, cigaro, cigar
Cool, in denial,
We’re the cruel regulators smoking cigaro, cigaro, cigar
Cool, in denial,
We’re the cruel regulators smoking cigaro, cigaro, cigar
Can’t you see that I love my cock?
Can’t you see that you love my cock?
Can’t you see that we love my cock?
We’re the regulators that deregulate,
We’re the animators that de-animate,
We’re the propagators of all genocide,
Burning through the world’s resources,
Then we turn and hide
We’re cool, in denial,
We’re the cruel regulators smoking cigaro, cigaro, cigar
Cool, in denial,
We’re the cruel regulators smoking cigaro, cigaro, cigar
We’re the regulators that deregulate,
We’re the animators that de-animate
We’re cool, in denial,
We’re the cruel regulators smoking cigaro, cigaro, cigar
Cool, in denial,
We’re the cruel regulators smoking cigaro, cigaro, cigar
My cock is much bigger than yours,
My cock can walk right through the door,
With a feeling so pure,
It’s got you screaming back for more

I-E-A-I-A-I-O

(Chorus x2)

Peter’s pecker picked another
pickle-bearing pussy pepper,
Peter’s pecker picked another
pickle-bearing pussy pepper, why?
Meeting John at Dale’s Jr.,
Winked an eye and pointed a finger,
Meeting John at Dale’s Jr.,
Winked an eye and pointed a finger, why?
A former cop, undercover,
Just got shot, now recovered,
A former cop, undercover,
Just got shot, now recovered, why?
Fighting crime with a partner,
Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter,
Fighting crime with a partner,
Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter, (siren).
Aa ee eh aa eh aa oh
Aa ee eh aa eh aa oh, why
As we light up the sky.

Mine delusions acquainted,
Bubbles erotica,
Plutonium wedding rings,
Icicles stretching,
Bicycles, shoestrings,
One flag, flaggy but one,
Painting the paintings of the alive.
Aa ee eh aa eh aa oh
Aa ee eh aa eh aa oh, why
As we light up the sky.
Aa ee eh aa eh aa oh
Aa ee eh aa eh aa oh, why
As we light up the sky.

Kill Rock N’ Roll

So I felt like the biggest asshole
Felt like the biggest asshole
When I killed your rock and roll
Fuck all the sexy people

Every time I look in your eyes,
Every day I'm watching you die
All the faults I see in you die, and why?

So I don't like the biggest asshole
(I want the biggest asshole)
When I killed your rock and roll
(Or killed the sexy people)
Every time I look in your eyes,
Every day I'm watching you die
All the thoughts I'm singing you defour and why

Leave all the grass
Eat all the grass that you want
Accidents happen in the dark
Eat all the grass that you want
Accidents happen in the dark
Eat all the grass that you want
Accidents happen in the dark
Eat all the grass that you want

Accidents happen

Every time I look in your eyes,
Every day I'm watching you die
All the thoughts I'm singing you defour and why

Why, why
Why, why

So I felt like the biggest asshole
When I killed rock and roll
When I felt like the biggest asshole
When I killed rock and roll

Lonely Day

Such a lonely day… And it’s mine
The most loneliest day of my life
Such a lonely day… Should be banned
It’s a day that I can’t stand

The most loneliest day of my life x2

Such a lonely day… Shouldn’t exist
It’s a day that I’ll never miss
Such a lonely day… And it’s mine
The most loneliest day of my life

And if you go
I wanna go with you
And if you die
I wanna die with you
Take your hand and walk away

The most loneliest day of my life x3

Such a lonely day
And it’s mine
It’s a day I’m glad I survived

Lost in Hollywood

I’ll wait here
You’re crazy
Those vicious streets are filled with strays
You should’ve never gone to Hollywood
They find you
Two-time you
Say you’re the best they’ve ever seen
You should’ve never trusted Hollywood
I wrote you
And told you
You were the biggest fish out here
You should’ve never gone to Hollywood
They take you
And make you
They look at you in disgusting ways
You should’ve never trusted Hollywood

I was standing on the wall
Feeling ten feet tall
All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard.
This is my front page
This is my new age
All you bitches put your hands in the air
And wave them like you just don’t care
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Sunset Boulevard.
All you bitches put your hands in the air
And wave them like you just don’t care
Phony people come to pray
Look at all of them beg to stay
Phony people come to pray
(The lines in the letter said
“We have gone to Hackensack”)
Look at all of them beg to stay
Phony people come to pray

All you maggots smoking fags on Santa Monica Boulevard.
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Sunset Boulevard.
All you maggots smoking fags out there on Hollywood Boulevard.
You should’ve never trusted Hollywood
You should’ve never gone to Hollywood
All you bitches put your hands in the air
And wave them like you just don’t care
You should’ve never trusted Hollywood

Needles

I cannot disguise, all the stomach pains
And the walking of the cranes when you, do come out
And you whisper up to me in your life of tragedy
But I cannot grow till you eat the last of me
Oh when will I be free and you, a parasite
Just find another host
Just another fool to roast, cause you
My tapeworm tells me what to do, you
My tapeworm tells me where to go
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
I cannot deny all the evil traits and the filling of the crates
When you, do come out and you slither up to me
In your pimping majesty but I cannot grow
Till you eat the last of me oh when will I be free
And you, a parasite just find another host
Just another stool to post, cause you
My tapeworm tells me what to do, you
My tapeworm tells me where to go
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
Pull the tapeworm out of me…
I’m just sitting in my room
With a needle in my hand
Waiting for the tomb
Of some old dying man
Sitting in my room
With a needle in my hand
Waiting for the tomb
Of some old dying man, cause you
My tapeworm tells me what to do, you
My tapeworm tells me where to go
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey

Forest

Walk with me my little child
To the forest of denial
Speak with me my only mind
Walk with me until the time
Make the forest turn to wine
You take the legend for a fall
You saw the product

Chorus
Why can’t you see that you are my child?
Why don’t you know that you are my mind?
Tell everyone in the world that I’m you
Take this promise to the end of you

Walk with me my little friend
Take this promise to the end
Speak with me my only mind
Walk with me until the end
Make the forest turn to sand
You take the legend for a fall
You saw the product
Chorus
Take this promise for a ride
You saw the forest now come inside
You took the legend for its fall
You saw the product of it all
No televisions in the air
No circumcisions on the chair
You made the weapons for us all
Just look at us now!
Chorus