System Of A Down - Toxicity - Lyrics
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All of the album's singles reached the Billboard Hot 100; "Chop Suey!" peaked at number 76, "Toxicity" at number 70, and "Aerials" at number 55. "Aerials" would remain the band's biggest domestic hit until "B.Y.O.B." surpassed it, reaching number 27 in 2005.[49] "Aerials" peaked at number one on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart[50] and number one on the Alternative Songs chart.[51] "Chop Suey!" and "Toxicity" were both top ten hits.[51] In 2005, Toxicity went to number one on the Catalog Albums chart.[52] Added to the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum,[53] "Chop Suey!" was temporarily pulled from playlists of most radio stations after the September 11 attacks in 2001, as it featured some lyrics that Clear Channel deemed inappropriate following the attacks. The song returned to the airwaves when things settled down.[54]
This is my interpretation of the lyrics of the song, one of my favorite songs I might add. It is extremely long but very thorough, as it covers every lyric in the song. It's a very long read, but I think it will be worth it if you are a true System fan. I typed all of this very sleep deprived at 5 in the morning and finished at almost 6, I worked hard, so haters, don't hate.My interpretation of the first two lines (Conversion, software version 7.0, looking at life through the eyes of a tire hub) is SOAD's way of saying that the United States government is watching all this bad stuff happen in plaeces like Armenia and aren't really doing anything about it. SOAD is heavily influenced by their roots in Armenian culture and Armenian immigrants and natives would eat sunflower seeds as a pastime activity because of disease, famine, and unemployment. It is all they have to do to pass the time. The next lyrics (The Toxicity of our city, of our city) really means to me, The Toxicity of America, of America (or of our government). Then next (New, what, do you own the world? How do you own disorder? Disorder?) means you might think you own the world, but you can never own the people inside it (disorder). Also I think he may be citing the "New World Disorder" theory of the lyrics listed before me. Next (Now! Somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep, Disorder, disorder. Disorder!) Means now stop being silent (Sacred silence) and act before you die or it's too late (sleep). And that all this toxicity in our culture and government can only be changed by revolt, reform, or anarchy (Disorder, disorder. Disorder!). Then next, (More wood for the fires, loud neighbors) be nice to your neighbor no matter how disruptive or annoying (loud) you may think they are. then (Flashlight reveries, caught in the headlights of a truck) Means that the governent is taking our small (flashlight) ideas or dreams, (reveries) and replacing them with their own large scale (truck headlight) ideas, maybe brainwashing but I'm not sure. Being caught in the headlights may also mean that we are being "run over," by our government. The rest of that verse and the chorus is already explained above. The only part left is, When I became the sun,I shone life into the man's hearts. And to me this means when our government was created, (When I became the sun) it gave us a new hope to be free from the tyrrany of Great Britain (I shined life into the man's hearts, in other words bringing us to life, but into a life full of suffering.). 781b155fdc