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Posted: Jun 26, 2005 - 12:29 AM
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Almost Member
Joined: Jun 13, 2005
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Location: Naples, Ny
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I love this song but I cant satnd listening to It without knowing what It means.
OMG I just bought Steal This Album and System of a Down completing my colection. YES YES YES LIKE GOOD SEX!!! |
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Posted: Jun 26, 2005 - 12:43 AM
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Marmalade
Joined: Feb 17, 2005
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Location: Lost in Oldchool Hollywood
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| Well I even think pictures is about nothing at all lyric wise but I think it's about the evils of TV. |
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Posted: Sep 04, 2005 - 06:20 AM
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Needle
Joined: Jul 18, 2005
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Location: Melting in the sun
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i have absolutely no idea on this one. but i like it !  |
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Posted: Sep 04, 2005 - 07:51 AM
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Joined: Aug 29, 2005
Posts: 188
Location: Canaduh
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| I like the Daron and Serj part..."Fear waits - FEAR WAITS!..etc" |
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Posted: Sep 15, 2005 - 06:53 PM
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It sounds almost like preminition? Pictures in my mind...seeing things.
"Flaunt your will at every wheel,
Parachute your chocolate soul,
Cobblestones under your wheels"
Pushing/forcing an idea or item to everyone
Despite losing your soul(identity)
Travelling while doing this(physically/mentally)?
"Circumvent your thick ego,
Wooden farts, they’re on the go,
You can’t tell me that I’m real"
Get past human ego
Old (power) men marching forward
I am something not a nobody.
"Fear waits, for us,
When the present can’t be sealed,
Away, gold dust,
Now the dishes can be cleared.
Fear waits, for us,
Till the moment is revealed,
Then turns to rust
For the mighty conquered meal."
Fear is the biggest tool to keep everyone in line. The 'gold dust' reference, I can only think of stories about the Anunaki(gold given eternal life). Gold also could refer to a materialistic world. Clear the fear of money and you clear your mind of fear itself? Not knowing was is and will happen to us brings fear in us all. The mighty could be the fear itself or those creating the fear?
Probably not at all what was meant, but to each his own right  ) |
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Posted: Sep 19, 2005 - 05:20 AM
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Ego Brain
Joined: Jun 12, 2005
Posts: 653
Location: No where anyone wants to be.
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| I wasn't sure what it means, but no way was my idea like the post above me (MelekTaus's post) I probably wouldn't have made references to other material. Once you said what does Pictures mean, I drew a blank even though I listened to that CD about an hour ago, man I hate when that happens. |
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Posted: Dec 06, 2005 - 11:07 PM
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Joined: Nov 18, 2005
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| Oh man, has anyone besides me caught that serj sings about shaving his ass in this song |
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Fear is only the price of our imagination and the consequence of creativity......
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Posted: Dec 09, 2005 - 01:16 PM
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Joined: Oct 01, 2005
Posts: 198
Location: I'm stuck in the sky
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OK everybody watch out... here's Funny Astronaut with his interpretation (I Like speaking of myself in the 3rd person)
"Flaunt your will at every wheel
Parachute your chocolate soul
Cobblestones under your wheels"
Maybe this refers to modern means to transportation and our dependance on them. Or somebody is somehow struggling in his life and fails getting forward, thus having "cobblestones under his wheels". He tries to save it by parachuting his chocolate soul.
"I've got pictures on my mind"
I think you can take this literally: You're thinking about something and you're seeing in front of your eyes. Maybe also a reference to TV.
"Circumvent your thick ego
Wooden farts, they're on the go
You can't tell me that I'm real"
Many people out there have a very egoistical point of view and thus have to circumvent it and think more about the other people around them. The "wooden farts" always remind me of bad jokes you make when you're in a smalltalk with somebody and both don't really have anything to talk about so you make some jokes. I'm not sure about the third line, it could be about somebody who always makes jokes and if he wants to be taken serious, he isn't.
"Fear waits for us
When the present can be sealed
Away, gold dust
Now the dishes can be cleared"
The first two lines are about looking into the future by "sealing the present". People think that you can't do anything more and are scared about the future. "Gold dust" are all those things we think of as very important and special but in the end are nothing else than dust. If we take take away those things we can "clean the dishes" and focus on those things in life that are important.
"Can't you look at my shaved ass?
Ounce is god and god is once
You can't see me suddenly"
The first line is being proud of or showing off with things that are in fact unimportant, like "shaving your ass". OK, nobody wants a hairy ass, but anyway... ^^ Since ounce is a measurement, this means that we are ruled by officialism. "God is once" is contrary to Christian belief that God is everywhere and in everything, but that he is only at special places (like the church) or in special people (like bishops or the Pope). I'm not sure about the last line so I'll leave it out, but I think it's not important for the understanding of the whole lyrics. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2006 - 02:29 PM
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Joined: Mar 30, 2006
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| I think this song is about how the government tries to get you to join the military using subliminal messages. Well first off during some parts of it they use miltary music and Serj can be heard making a trumpet noise. He then keeps repeating "I've got pictures on my mind" which represents picdtures always quickly flashing onto your tv screen. "Flaunt your will at every wheel" means how they continously try to exploit you and get you to join all the time. There's a few other lyrics that give it away to, but I won't mention them at the moment (too lazy). |
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Posted: May 08, 2006 - 08:12 PM
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Posted: May 08, 2006 - 11:04 PM
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Peephole
Joined: Mar 18, 2006
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Location: Fucking the system, thus impregnating it.
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| ^ Omg You Never Heard the Song? I Can't Believe That! |
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