[extropy-chat]Music with a message about war and genocide

[Brian J. Shores]

Even if you don't like their music... System Of A Down
(www.systemofadown.com) has some amazingly brilliant and poignant lyrics on
the subject of war and WMD's... Even if you don't read that which is below
(or preferably LISTEN to the songs), check out what the band has to say on
their website, especially about genocide.. watch the EPK if its available in
the media section.
Best,
-Arti
 
Lyrics below:
 
"B.Y.O.B."
Why do they always send the poor


Barbarisms by Barbaras
With pointed heels
Victorious victories kneel
For brand new spankin' deals



Marching forward hypocritic and
Hypnotic computers
You depend on our protection
Yet you feed us lies from the tablecloth



Everybody's going to the party have a real good time
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine



Kneeling roses disappearing into
Moses' dry mouth
Breaking into Fort Knox stealing
Our intentions



Hangers sitting dripped in oil
Crying freedom
Handed to obsoletion
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth



Everybody's going to the party have a real good time
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine



Everybody's going to the party have a real good time
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine



Blast off
It's party time
And we don't live in a fascist nation



Blast off
It's party time
And where the fuck are you?



Where the fuck are you?
Where the fuck are you?



Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?



Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?



Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?



Kneeling roses disappearing into
Moses' dry mouth
Breaking into Fort Knox stealing
Our intentions



Hangers sitting dripped in oil
Crying freedom
Handed to obsoletion,
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth



Everybody's going to the party have a real good time
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine



Everybody's going to the party have a real good time
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sun



Where the fuck are you?
Where the fuck are you?



Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?



Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?



Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?
They always send the poor
They always send the poor

"SAD STATUE"
Conquest to the lover
And your love to the fire
Permanence unfolding in the absolute
Forgiveness is the ultimate sacrifice
Eloquence belongs to the conqueror


The pictures of time and space are rearranged
In this little piece of typical tragedy
Justified candy
Brandy for the nerves
Eloquence belongs to the conqueror



You and me
We'll all go down in history
With a sad Statue of Liberty
And a generation that didn't agree



You and me
We'll all go down in history
With a sad Statue of Liberty
And a generation that didn't agree



I forgot to
I forgot to let you know that
Justified candy
Brandy for the nerves
Eloquence belongs to the conqueror



Conquest to the lover
And your love to the fire
Permanence unfolding in the absolute
Forgiveness is the ultimate sacrifice
Eloquence belongs to the conqueror



You and me
We'll all go down in history
With a sad Statue of Liberty
And a generation that didn't agree



You and me
We'll all go down in history
With a sad Statue of Liberty
And a generation that didn't agree
Generation



What is in us that turns a deaf ear to the cries of human suffering
Suffering, suffering now



You and me
We'll all go down in history
With a sad Statue of Liberty
And a generation that didn't agree



You and me
We'll all go down in history
With a sad Statue of Liberty
And a generation that didn't agree
Generation



Belonging
Belonging to


 
"BOOM!"
I've been walking through your streets,
Where all your money's earning,
Where all your building's crying,
And clueless neckties working,
Revolving fake lawn houses,
Housing all your fears,
Desensitized by TV,
Overbearing advertising,
God of consumerism,
And all your crooked pictures,
Looking good, mirrorism,
Filtering information,
For the public eye,
Designed for profiteering,
Your neighbor, what a guy. 
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the god your child has born.
BOOM, BOOM,BOOM, BOOM 
Modern globalization,
Coupled with condemnations,
Unnecessary death,
Matador corporations,
Puppeting your frustrations,
With the blinded flag,
Manufacturing consent 
Is the name of the game,
The bottom line is money,
Nobody gives a fuck f***.
4000 hungry children die per hour,
from starvation,
while billions spent on BOMBS,
create death showers. 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 
Why,why,why,why must we kill,kill,kill,kill, our own,own,own,own kind??
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.
 
"A.D.D. (American Dream Denial)"
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, 
The remainder is, 
An unjustifiable, egotistical, power struggle,
At the expense of the American Dream,
Of the American dream, of the American,
Of the American, 
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 fuck f*** about your world,
With all your global profits, and all your jeweled pearls,
We don't give a fuck f*** about your world,
Right now, right now. 
There is no flag that is large enough,
To hide the shame of a man in cuffs,
You switched the signs then you closed our blinds,
You changed the channel then you changed our minds. 
You bring about the stick,
We bring about the confusion,
Bring about the solution,
Bring about the fusion,
Bring about the collusion,
Bring about revolution,
Bring about revolution,
Bring it about, 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 fuck f*** about your world,
With all your global profits, and all your jeweled pearls,
We don't give a fuck f*** about your world,
Right now, right now, right now, right now. No flag large enough,
Shame on a man in cuffs,
You closed our blinds. The remainder is, 
An unjustifiable, egotistical, power struggle,
At the expense of the American Dream,
Of the American dream, of the American,
Of the American, 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 fuck f*** about your world,
With all your global profits, and all your jeweled pearls,
We don't give a fuck f*** about your world,
Right now, right now, right now, right now,
Right now, right now, right now, pararara'.
 
"War?"
Dark is the light,
The man you fight,
With all your prayers, incantations,
Running away, a trivial day,
Of judgment and deliverance,
To whom was sold, this bounty soul,
A gentile or a priest ?
Who victored over, the Seljuks,
When the holy land was taken

We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens

Was it the riches, of the land,
Powers of bright darkness,
That lead the noble, to the East,
To fight the heathens

We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens

We must call upon our bright darkness,
Beliefs, they're the bullets of the wicked,
One was written on the sword,
For you must enter a room to destroy it,
International security,
Call of the righteous man,
Needs a reason to kill man,
History teaches us so,
The reason he must attain,
Must be approved by his God, 
His child, partisan brother of war,

Of war, we don't speak anymore,
Of war, we don't speak anymore,
Of war, we don't speak anymore,
Of war, we don't speak anymore,

We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens, We will fight the heathens
 
"P.L.U.C.K."
Elimination, Elimination, Elimination

Die, Why, Walk Down, Walk Down

A whole race Genocide,
Taken away all of our pride, 
A whole race Genocide,
Taken away, watch them all fall down.

Revolution, the only solution,
The armed response of an entire nation,
Revolution, the only solution,
We've taken all your shit, now it's time for restitution.

Recognition, Restoration, Reparation,
Recognition, Restoration, Reparation,
Watch them all fall down.

Revolution, the only solution,
The armed response of an entire nation,
Revolution, the only solution,
We've taken all your shit, now it's time for restitution.

The plan was mastered and called Genocide (Never want to see you around)
Took all the children and then we died, (Never want to see you around)
The few that remained were never found, (Never want to see you around)
All in a system of Down......Down.....Down.......Down........Walk
Down...........

Know
Cursed Earth, Cursed Earth, Cursed Earth, Cursed Earth.

I will never feed off the evergreen luster of your heart all because we all
live in the valley of the walls when we speak we can peak from the windows
of their mouths to see the land the women chant as they fly up to the sun.

You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, Ever think you know why,
Know.

Books all say different things while people flap their yellow wings trying 
to soar by being a whore of life and almost everything the sheep that ran 
off from the herd may be dead but now's a bird able to fly able to die able 
to break your cursed earth


You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, Ever think you know why,
Know.

On the other side, on the other side, the other side,
Do you ever try to fly, Do you ever try to fly?
Have you ever wanted to die, you ever want to die?

Don't ever try to fly, don't ever try to fly,
Don't ever try to fly, unless you leave your body on the other side,
Never try to die, you ever try to die.

Know, You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, You never think you know why,
Know, Ever think you know why, Know.

Watch them all fall down,
Revolution, the only solution,
The armed response of an entire nation,
Revolution, the only solution,
We've taken all your shit, now it's time for restitution.

The plan was mastered and called Genocide (Never want to see you around)
Took all the children and then we died, (Never want to see you around)
The few that remained were never found, (Never want to see you around)
All in a system , Down~
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