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DaronMalakian=God - Jul 05, 2006 - 09:00 AM
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When I first came across this song, analysis proved to me that this song was about someone being raped, possibly a small child. But after looking at it from a different point of view, this song is actually about some random family getting pissed off by a couple of bees while on a picnic. Yes you did read that correctly. Anyway now I shall prove my poignant point.

"Look at each other, Look at each other, Look at each other, Look at each other."

The song only officially starts when Serj says these lines, anything before that is improvised and not officially part of the song. Well, this may sound strange, but this part is from the bee’s point of view, saying to the unsuspecting humans that they should look at each other for support and comfort, and to look at them while they still can. Freaky, these guys are evil bees… Twisted Evil

"Go away, Go away, Go away, Go away.......

Mutually, mentally molested children of a Mother,
Mutually, mentally molested children of Sin,
The ever so popular beating that took you under,
The ever so popular beating that broke your skin."

I shouldn’t even have to explain the "Go away", I’m sure that you have realized that the bee has now revealed himself and the Dad of the family is shouting at the fuzzy little striped creature. Now this verse is about how the kids are being tortured by this bee, and it is mentally molesting them (molesting as in bothering, not raping). The kids are the children of a mother (duh) and also, since their father is viciously trying to kill a living creature I guess I could call him a sin, which they are also children of. The next couple of lines describe the bees sting, and maybe at this point the bee has stung one of the family. Oh and also if you listen to the guitar in the first couple of lines, it sounds like…a bee! Coincidence? I think not!

"Free thinkers are dangerous,
Blame, Hate, For Fate's Seed."

Now I’m gonna be honest here and say I have no clue what this has to do with my theory…Sorry! I never said it was perfect… for now lets just say a nearby cat is reading out poetry or something…sounds kinda poetic so we shall stick with that.

"Need the ones you love and love the ones you need,
Need the ones you love and love the ones you bleed,
Lives rearranged and lives in my range can you breath
Lives rearranged and lives in my range can you see."

Basically, the bee is being evil again, and explaining how the humans need each other if they’re planning on surviving this horrific ordeal. Then, it goes on about how such a small thing (the bee) can make people have to change what they were doing (rearrange their lives).

Now here we have a plot twist. The line which I had no clue about is repeated, followed by a silence; all has calmed down, the humans are safe again. But then, when they least expect it, a whole swarm of bees is attacking! This madness is represented musically, not lyrically, and then theses lyrics follow:

"Why, Why, Why, Why,
Gonna let you mother fuckers die, Gonna let you mother fuckers die,
Gonna let you mother fuckers die, Why........"

Now the dad of the family is really getting mad, screaming Why at the bees, and then the next line is interesting. As you may or may not know, bees die once they have stung. So the dad screams that he’s gonna let them die, so he lets them sting him.

"Look at each other, Look at each other.. "

Now I don’t know whether this dad was allergic to bee stings or if there were just a mass amount of stings, but that guy is dee ee ay dee DEAD. His last words are advice to his family about how they should look at each other and appreciate each others’ company, and this song slows down over these lines, and on the final guitar line, where he should say something, he doesn’t representing his death.

Now as I’m sure you’ve realized this is a very strange interpretation, and I shall eat my hat if it has been posted before. I would be surprised if you had read all that but please do, and reply with thoughts about my theory, or maybe your theory of this song!

Adios!

leaf - Jul 05, 2006 - 10:02 AM
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This is the funniest interpretation of song i've ever read!! i'd never thik of this song like you. You're great, man! Smile

kombucha_guy - Jul 05, 2006 - 01:51 PM
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Well, it made me laugh. Your style (spoofing songs) could be good. But if you're serious, no like dead serious, then man you're wrong. In the self titled booklet it says something about mind controlling. So you are definitely wrong.

36dam36 - Jul 05, 2006 - 02:20 PM
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a picnic!who nows, maybe its part of some kind of story the self titlied is telling us! maybe peephole is the family reminising about happy times with the dad.and the "dont ever get stuck in the sky"part is them telling him to think about them and these kinds of thoughts and not "sky"(sky=heaven) thoughts some times.i dont remember who but i think someone said cubert was about a horror movie audience and film. maybe the family went to see a movie.darts is thier church (arise as did the gods ninti and ishkurishkur is the church service)and pluck is a war thats goin on in thier world right now.im serious.maybe this cd is some kind of story about a family!any ideas?daronmalakian=god,i love the "bee"mind thing.unique. Very Happy

DaronMalakian=God - Jul 05, 2006 - 03:34 PM
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Thanx for all the comments, they're great. No, I was not being serious, but just explaining my strange way of seeing songs Smile

Check out my ATWA one, not quite as zany but close. I could post my one about Sugar being about some dude trying to spread HIV though...if you want me to just ask Smile

Eskimoes - Jul 05, 2006 - 03:45 PM
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Nice theory (and funny too) but according to the self titled lyric booklet that came with the album, it's about the CIA using mind control devices since the 1930's.

AirWaterDesign - Jul 05, 2006 - 06:38 PM
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actually i think u guys placed the wrong explanations in that booklet to the wrong songs, i believe that little note belongs to spiders did it not? i can't find mine right now... Sad

Eskimoes - Jul 05, 2006 - 06:55 PM
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I have the booklet BRB

*Runs to cd collection*

Mind says: "Mind control technology has been used by the CIA since the 1950's as part of their non-letal, covert weapons program."

While Spiders says: "Your thoughts, and dreams are no longer sacred, as they are exposed to a weapon known as remote viewing and monitoring."

BurningPoop - Jul 05, 2006 - 07:00 PM
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Wow, well good interpretation but I agree with Eskimoes, ITS ABOUT THE CIA.

36dam36 - Jul 05, 2006 - 11:38 PM
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DaronMalakian=God wrote:

Thanx for all the comments, they're great. No, I was not being serious, but just explaining my strange way of seeing songs Smile

Check out my ATWA one, not quite as zany but close. I could post my one about Sugar being about some dude trying to spread HIV though...if you want me to just ask Smile

POST THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!the bee thing was awsome,and im sure the other ones are Very Happy

cool,too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps. im not saying you said it ,but if you do think it, i wasnt making fun of you whin i said the "story"thing. i really came up with that! but really,
POST THE ATWA AND THE SUGAR THINGS!!!!!!PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol. Very Happy

whiteboi3 - Jul 06, 2006 - 02:24 PM
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lmao...that was hilarious

loner4life34 - Jul 07, 2006 - 06:52 AM
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Eskimoes wrote:

Nice theory (and funny too) but according to the self titled lyric booklet that came with the album, it's about the CIA using mind control devices since the 1930's.

u took all the fun out of this post for me the bee version is better it may be wrong but better

Ventende~sjeL - Jul 07, 2006 - 02:08 PM
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loner4life34 wrote:

Eskimoes wrote:

Nice theory (and funny too) but according to the self titled lyric booklet that came with the album, it's about the CIA using mind control devices since the 1930's.

u took all the fun out of this post for me the bee version is better it may be wrong but better

tru, the bees story rocks lol Razz

but gotta accept reality i guess

leilaerkani - Jul 07, 2006 - 02:29 PM
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that's outrageous! i love it!! Laughing

i meant the bee version--CIA meh

again??

kombucha_guy - Jul 07, 2006 - 02:34 PM
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The bee version sounds funnier. But the CIA mind controlling version is much better and even cooler.

pizza_pizza_pie - Jul 08, 2006 - 02:25 PM
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wow, thats great! who knows, it could 'bee' that!!! haha, im not funny!

DaronMalakian=God - Jul 17, 2006 - 01:49 PM
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pizza_pizza_pie wrote:

wow, thats great! who knows, it could 'bee' that!!! haha, im not funny!

o....k... I'll just say you have a "unique" sense of humour Smile

Well anyway I'll be posting the other theories sometime this week...something to look forward to! Shocked

toxicity1193 - Jul 18, 2006 - 09:03 PM
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lmao ... this is a joke... haha bees at a picnic NICE ONE thumb right

toxicity1193 - Jul 18, 2006 - 09:04 PM
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DaronMalakian=God wrote:

pizza_pizza_pie wrote:

wow, thats great! who knows, it could 'bee' that!!! haha, im not funny!

o....k... I'll just say you have a "unique" sense of humour Smile

Well anyway I'll be posting the other theories sometime this week...something to look forward to! Shocked

OOH! do like tentative haha i wanna see what you have to say about that Smile

kombucha_guy - Jul 18, 2006 - 09:07 PM
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Stop...double posting...the fuck up toxicity1193.

BlazingSephiroth - Jul 18, 2006 - 09:42 PM
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that is crazy but cool

toxicity1193 - Jul 20, 2006 - 11:52 PM
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lol ha

36dam36 - Jul 21, 2006 - 12:03 AM
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ahem ahem ahem ahem ahem,toxicity1193,would you pleasepleaseplease be so kind as to do no such acts in the "double-posting" areas?if so i would be quite pleased with your decision.please.

the bee thing was so funny i cannot contain myself.
......................HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA.................i love the other ones...as well as this one

McCloud - Jul 21, 2006 - 12:15 AM
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I love everyone one this forum! Talk about creativity! Go Bees!

DaronMalakian=God - Aug 07, 2006 - 12:17 PM
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Yeh, go bees...lol...I think this is the best one in my collection....it was my first, and I think will always be my best...Well thanx for the nice comments everyone Smile

*Bulma*lovesSerj - Aug 07, 2006 - 12:43 PM
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Wow. I must say I'm impressed! That's a really original view. And as you said, I've always thought this song to be about a child that has been raped or something. I also have a theory it might be about bullying (like in school), and what it does to you, psychically and physically. Anyway, you're really original, and you rock! Very Happy

I'd love to see more of your zany interpretations of SOAD songs!

DAMnUs - Aug 07, 2006 - 10:13 PM
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You have your own original way of thinking these interpretations of soad songs! Do you just come up with these ideas or you have to sit down and spend hours thinking?

DaronMalakian=God - Aug 08, 2006 - 09:30 AM
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DAMnUs wrote:

You have your own original way of thinking these interpretations of soad songs! Do you just come up with these ideas or you have to sit down and spend hours thinking?

Thanks

Actually it depends on the song...with the Tentative one it was from a suggestion so i literally spent like half an hour just staring at the lyrics...until I found one link...like on the Tentative one it was the "spiral to the ground" bit that made me think of a rollercoaster, then it all spread out from there. But when making this one, i was on a walk with my family with mind in my head, and a bee started pissing me off, and I guess it got me thinking Smile

So they all come up in different ways.

DaronMalakian=God - Sep 10, 2006 - 05:08 PM
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Actually another theory about this one has come to me: that it's about someone who keeps on getting woken up by their baby in the middle of the night. Maybe one day I'll make a "Mind: Bet you've never seen this one before 2" XD

Malakianfan - Sep 10, 2006 - 05:14 PM
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hey tom. you double posted!!! Evil or Very Mad

blender715 - Sep 13, 2006 - 04:33 AM
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lol someone getting woken up in the middle of the night by their baby
lol a picnic with killer bees

you are officially the best song interpreter [might have spelled that wrong] I have ever seen

si_soad4ever - Sep 14, 2006 - 01:50 PM
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Your theories are great...

Congratulations....

hackthesystem2 - Jun 16, 2007 - 03:36 AM
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It makes perfect sense...cool!

nosferatu-bryan - Aug 24, 2007 - 09:57 PM
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well i think the bee represents the CIA because in the booklet
of the first system of a down album, there is a footnote before the lyrics for mind
and it says

"Mind control technology has been used by the CIA since the 1950s as part of
their non-lethal, covert weapons program."

amon213 - Aug 25, 2007 - 02:22 AM
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well 1st of all dude i think ur wrong stick to the original idea of a person getting raped if u cannot support every line of the song then ur theory is incorrect and u should think it through more clearly

headbanger-joe10 - Sep 07, 2007 - 02:20 AM
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lol i love ur song meanins lmao

JayRikoshae - Sep 07, 2007 - 02:43 AM
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amon213 wrote:

Uh, welcome to SOADFans but as Serj has said many times he puts many meaning in one song.
Post more, my man. This site roxx.

shhhuugaaah - Dec 19, 2007 - 02:46 AM
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well the bee theoy does make perfect sense lol

rainbows_are_gay - Apr 05, 2008 - 09:03 PM
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amon213 wrote:

why should he do that if the bee sting theory is way cooler? Laughing

i love your theorys man

Dr.Clock - Apr 13, 2008 - 05:50 PM
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1998 in a park , SOAD are having a picnic :
Daron : ah , picnics are relaxing
Shavo : yeah
Jhon : true
Serj : cool gardens man

SUDDENLY ! THE BEES ARE COMING !

Daron : GO AWAY , GO AWAY ! GONNA LET YOU MOTHERFUCKERS DIE !
Shavo : Serj , are you getting this ?
Serj : oh yeah ! this is goin straight to the album !

TheThinkingMinority - Jun 25, 2008 - 10:18 PM
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I think the important thing here is the intro. I can't think of anything sexier than Serj whispering "Oh baby come close to me..." Damn, gets me hot just thinking of it! Embarassed

ElectTheSOAD - Jul 14, 2008 - 09:06 PM
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hahahahah! funny.

ShavoFan456 - Jul 25, 2008 - 08:25 PM
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this song's about mind control.

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