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System Of A Down
System Of A Down


Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre(s) Alternative Metal
Progressive Rock
Hard Rock
Experimental
Years active 1994—2006
Label(s) Columbia Records
Sony Music
American Recordings
Associated acts Serj Tankian
Axis of Justice
Scars on Broadway
Achozen
George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love
The Apex Theory
Website Website
Members
Serj Tankian
Daron Malakian
John Dolmayan
Shavo Odadjian
Former members
Ontronik "Andy" Khachaturian



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System Of A Down Album


Toxicity (09/04/2001)
09/04/2001
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Arto (hidden track)
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Johnny (bonus track)
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They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
Following the rights movement 
You clamped on with your iron fists 
Drugs became conveniently 
Available for all the kids 
Following the rights movement 
You clamped on with your iron fists 
Drugs became conveniently 
Available for all the kids 
I buy my crack, I smack my bitch 
Right here in Hollywood 
(nearly 2 million Americans are 
incarcerated in the prison system 
prison system of the US) 
They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
(for you and me to live in) 
Another prison system 
Another prison system 
Another prison system 
(for you and me to live in) 
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons 
you don't even flinch 
all our taxes paying for your wars 
against the new non-rich 
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons 
you don't even flinch 
all our taxes paying for your wars 
against the new non-rich 
I buy my crack, I smack my bitch 
right here in hollywood 
The percentage of americans in the prison system 
prison system, has doubled since 1985 
They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
(for you and me to live in) 
Another prison system 
Another prison system 
Another prison system 
For you and I, For you and I, For you and I. 
They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
For you and me 
Oh baby, you and me. 
All research and successful drug policy show 
that treatment should be increased 
And law enforcement decreased 
While abolishing mandatory minimun sentences 
All research and successful drug policy show 
that treatment should be increased 
And law enforcement decreased 
While abolishing mandatory minimun sentences 
Utilising drugs to pay for secret wars around the world 
drugs are now your global policy now you police the globe 
I buy my crack, I smack my bitch 
right here in hollywood 
Drug money is used to rig elections 
and train brutal corporate sponsored dictators 
around the world 
They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
(for you and me to live in) 
Another prison system 
Another prison system 
Another prison system 
(for you and me to live in) 
For you and I, for you and I, for you and I 
For you and I 
They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
They're trying to build a prison 
for you and me 
oh baby, you and me

. . .



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 pimpin 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 your ass, HEY 
Pull the tape worm 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

. . .



Round, round 
Circumventing circuses 
lamenting in process 
to visible police 
presence sponsored fear 
batallions of riot police 
with rubber bullet kisses 
baton courtesy 
service with a smile 
Beyond the staples center you can see America 
with it's tired poor avenging disgrace 
peaceful loving youth against the brutality 
of plastic existence 
pushing little children 
with their fully automatics 
they like to push the weak around 
pushing little children 
with their fully automatics 
they like to push the weak around 
round, round 
A rush of words 
pleading to disperse 
upon your naked walls, alive 
A political call 
the fall guy accord 
we can't afford to be neutral on a moving train 
Beyond the staples center you can see America 
with it's tired poor avenging disgrace 
peaceful loving youth against the brutality 
of plastic existence 
pushing little children 
with their fully automatics 
they like to push the weak around 
pushing little children 
with their fully automatics 
they like to push the weak around 
A deer dance, invitation to peace 
war staring you in the face, dressed in black 
with a helmet, fierce 
trained and appropriate for the malcontents 
for the disproportioned malcontents. 
The little boy smiled, it'll all be well 
The little boy smiled, it'll all be well 
Pushing little children 
with their fully automatics 
they like to push the weak around 
Pushing little children 
with their fully automatics 
they like to push the weak around 
Push the weak around 
Push the weak around 
Push the weak around 
They like to push the weak around.


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Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
My horse is a shackled old man 
His, his remorse, was that he couldn't survey 
the skes, right before 
right before they went gray 
my horse and my remorse 
flying over a great bay 
Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
My source is the source of all creation 
Her, discourse, is that we all don't survey 
The skies, right before 
Right before they go gray 
My source, and my remorse 
Flying over a great bay 
Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
Where were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
Where were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
Where were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
Where were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
Where were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay 
Where were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot 
One that smiled when he flew over the bay


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(We're rolling "Suicide")
Wake up (Wake Up)
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
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

Wake up (Wake Up)
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
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
In my self righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die

Father!(Fucker!)
Father!(Father!)
Father!(Fucker!)
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.

In my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die

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Jump, bounce, down, up 
I went out on a date 
with a girl, a bit late 
she had so many friends 
gliding through many hands 
I brought my pogo stick 
just to show her a trick 
she had so many friends 
Gliding through many hands 
Jump pogo.....Bounce pogo 
Down pogo, up pogo 
Unannounced twister games 
All players with no names 
they lined up double quick 
but just one pogo stick 
everyone gets to play 
runaway expose 
it was so exotic 
but just one pogo stick 
Jump pogo.....Bounce pogo 
Down pogo, up pogo 
Oh I like to spread you out 
touching whoever's behind 
Jump pogo.....Bounce pogo 
Down pogo, up pogo

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Walk with me my little child 
To the forest of denial 
speak with me my only mind 
walk with me until the time 
and make the forest turn to wine 
you take the legend for a fall 
you saw the product 
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 
And make the forest turn to sand 
you take the legend for a fall 
you saw the product 
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 
Take this promise for a ride 
you saw the forest, now come inside 
You took the legend for it's 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 
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

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Hey you, see me, pictures crazy 
All the world I've seen before me passing by 
I've got nothing, to gain, to lose 
All the world I've seen before me passing by 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
Hey you, are me, not so pretty 
All the world I've seen before me passing by 
Silent my voice, I've got no choice 
All the world I've seen before me passing by 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
I don't see, anymore 
I don't hear, anymore 
I don't speak, anymore 
I don't feel 
Hey you, see me, pictures crazy 
All the world I've seen before me passing by 
I've got nothing, to gain, to lose 
All the world I've seen before me passing by 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
You don't care about how I feel 
I don't feel it any more 
I don't sleep, anymore 
I don't eat, anymore 
I don't live, anymore 
I don't feel

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Making two possibilities a reality 
predicting the future of things we all know 
fighting off the diseased programming 
of centuries, centuries, centuries, centuries 
Science fails to recognise the single most 
potent element of human existence 
letting the reigns go to the unfolding 
is faith, faith, faith, faith 
Science has failed our world 
science has failed our mother earth 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Letting the reigns go to the unfolding 
is faith, faith, faith, faith 
letting the reigns go to the unfolding 
is faith, faith, faith, faith 
Science has failed our world 
Science has failed our mother earth 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Spirit-moves-through-all-things 
Science has failed our mother earth

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Education, fornication, in you are go 
Education subjugation, now you're out go 
Education fornication, in you are go 
Don't be late for school again boy 
I think me, I want life 
I think me, I want a house and a wife 
I want to shimmy-shimmy-shimmy 
through the break of dawn yeah 
Education, fornication, in you are go 
Education subjugation, now you're out go 
Education fornication, in you are go 
Don't be late for school again girl 
I think me, I want life 
I think me, I want a house and a wife 
I want to shimmy-shimmy-shimmy 
through the break of dawn yeah 
I think me, I want life 
I think me, I want a house and a wife 
I want to shimmy-shimmy-shimmy 
through the break of dawn yeah 
Indoctrination of a nation 
Indoctrination of a nation 
Subjugation of damnation 
Subjugation of damna.... 
Don't be late for school again boy 
Don't be late for school again girl 
Don't be late for school again boy 
Don't be late for school again girl

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Conversion, software version 7.0
looking at life through the eyes of a tired hub
eating seeds as a pastime activity
the toxicity of our city, of our city
Now, what do you own the world?
how do you own disorder, disorder
Now somewhere between the sacred silence
Sacred silence and sleep
somewhere, between the sacred silence and sleep
disorder, disorder, disorder
More wood for the fires, loud neighbours
flashlight riveries caught in the headlights of a truck
eating seeds as a pastime activity
the toxicity of our city, of our city

Now, what do you own the world?
how do you own disorder, disorder
Now somewhere between the sacred silence
Sacred silence and sleep
somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep
disorder, disorder, disorder
Now, what do you own the world?
how do you own disorder, disorder
Now somewhere between the sacred silence
Sacred silence and sleep
somewhere, between the sacred silence and sleep
disorder, disorder, disorder
When I became the sun
I shone life into the man's hearts
When I became the sun
I shone life into the man's hearts


[Thanks to [email protected] for these lyrics]

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Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
Psycho groupie coke 
Makes you high makes you hide 
makes you really want to go, STOP 
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
Psycho groupie coke 
Makes you high makes you hide 
makes you really want to think and stop 
stop your eyes from flowing 
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
Psycho groupie coke 
Makes you high makes you hide 
makes you really want to go, STOP 
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
Psycho groupie coke 
Makes you high makes you hide 
makes you really want to think and stop 
stop your eyes from flowing out 
so you want the world to stop 
stop in and watch your body fully drop 
from the time you were a 
psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
so you want to see the show 
you really don't have to be a ho 
from the time you were a 
psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
Psycho groupie coke 
Makes you high makes you hide 
makes you really want to go STOP 
psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy 
psycho groupie coke 
do you really want to think and stop 
stop your eyes from flowing out 
so you want the world to stop 
rushing to watch your spirit fully drop 
from the time you were a 
psycho, groupie, cocaine crazy 
so you want to see the show 
you really don't have to be a ho 
from the time you were a 
psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy

. . .


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 lose 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 lose 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

. . .



Life is a waterfall, 
We won in the river and won again after the fall 
Swimming through the void we hear the Word 
We lose ourselves but we gain it all 

We are the ones that want to play 
Always want to go but you never want to stay 
We are the ones that want to choose 
Always want to play but you never want to lose 

Areas, In the sky 
When you lose small minds you free your life 

Life is a waterfall 
We drink from the river then we turn around put up our wall 
Swimming through the void we hear the Word 
We lose ourselves but we find it all 

We are the ones that want to play 
Always want to go but you never want to stay 
We are the ones that want to choose 
Always want to play but you never want to lose 

Areas, In the sky 
When you lose small minds you free your life 
Areas, In the sky 
When you free your eye's eternal prize 
Areas, In the sky 
When you lose small minds you free your life 
Areas, so up high 
When you free your eye's eternal prize

. . .



hello, my name is Johnny. 
well hello, my name is Johnny. 
I, like to explain myself, and I like to complain in vain. 

Sweet little boy, Johnny. 
Sweet little boy, Johnny! 

[chorus] 
Let me show you the ways you're mine 
Let me show you the ways you're mine 
Let me help you explain you're mine 
When I help you explain you're mine 

Hello, my name is Roger. 
well hello, my name is Roger. 
I, like to proclaim myself; a God, likely ordain myself 

Sweet little boy, Roger. 
Sweet little boy, Roger! 

chorus 

Sweet little boy, Johnny. 
Sweet little boy Roger!! 

chorus 2 times

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