Serj Tankian : Elect the Dead Symphony

Experimental Metal / USA
(2010 - Serjical Strike Records)
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Lyrics


1. FEED US

Maybe we believe
she was ready to go
In the morning light
Baby you believe
That she was made of gold
In the east where you killed her
You lead us
When you need to feed us
You comfortably delete us
When you need your fetus,

You cheat us when you feed us with the lie,
Stars look out and,
Cheat us when you feed us with the lie,
Stars look out,

Goodbye, goodbye,

She speaks unrehearsed
Languages from skin
In the morning light
Painting shadows on the
faces of the dead
In front of their widows,

You cheat us when you feed us with the lie,
Stars look out and,
Cheat us when you feed us with the lie,
Before its too late,
Before its too late,

Do you know that life is ending,
As we go, the dots connecting,
We had our chance to save the garden,
As it dies, our souls will harden,
With these words chastising your conscience
Were breaking through and praying for transcendence.

But you deceived us all now,

You cheat us when you feed us with the lie,
Stars look out and,
Cheat us when you feed us with the lie,
Stars look out and,
Cheat us when you feed us with the lie,
Stars look out and,
Cheat us when you feed us with the lie,
Stars look out.


2. BLUE

I'm
Wishin' and wishin' away at you God
I'm
Wishin' and wishin' away at you God

I don't see nothing but pain and misery,
Cause you are the one for me
Why can't it all be true?
Can I escape with my blue fallen reverie?
Why can't it all be true?
Why can't it all be true?
Can't it all be true...

I'm
Wishin' and wishin' away at you God
I'm
Wishin' and wishin' away at you God

Suddenly, I believe you are the one for me
Graciously you move through my closed hearts artery
Can I escape with my blue fallen reverie?
Why can't it all be true?
Why can't it all be true?

Suddenly, I believe you are the one for me
Graciously you move through my closed hearts artery
Can I escape with my blue fallen reverie?
Why can't it all be true?
Why can't it all be true?

Wishin' and wishin' away at you God
Wishin' and wishin' away at you God...


3. SKY IS OVER

Everybody knows,
Everybody knows,
That you cradle the sun.
Living in remorse,
Sky is over,

Dont you want to hold me baby,
Disappointed, going crazy,

Even though we cant afford
The sky is over,
Even though we cant afford
The sky is over,
I dont want to see you go,
The sky is over
Even though we cant afford
The sky is over,

Behind closes eyes lie
The minds ready to awaken us,
Are you at war with land
And all of its creatures,
Your not-so-gentle persuasion
Has been known to wreck economies
Of countries, of empires, the sky is over,

Dont you want to hold me baby,
Disappointed, going crazy,

Not even from the sun,
Not even from the sun
Not even from the sun,
Dont you want me to run,

Even though you cant afford
The sky is over,
Even though we cant afford
The sky is over,
I dont want to see you go,
The sky is over
Even though we cant afford
The sky is…,
I dont want to see you go,
The sky is over
Even though we cant afford
The sky is over,
I dont want to see you go,
The sky is over
Even though we cant afford
The sky is over,
The sky is over us.


4. LIE LIE LIE

Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie
Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie
Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie
Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie

My baby, my baby
let me know
and if you love me, you love me
Let me go
Cause I‘m your lover, you pay me
Twice my size
And on your knees you lay
In my Thighs,

Take my hand and lets end it all,
She broke her little bones
On the boulders below,
Take my hand and lets end it all,

My baby, My baby
let me go
And if you love me, you love me
Let me go,
Cause Im your brother, your brother,
Have some pride,
And now you love me, you love me
Then die tonight

Take my hand and lets end it all,
She broke her little bones
On the boulders below,
Take my hand and lets end it all,
Broke her little bones
On the boulders below,
And while she fell I delightfully said,

Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie
Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie
Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie
Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie

Took my hand and I let her go
Broke her little bones
On the boulders below,
Took my hand and she ended it all,
Broke her little bones on the boulders below,
And while she fell, I smiled.


5. MONEY

Waning patience
People's appetite
Disposition
This possession
Dispossessed from all the attractions,
Dancing bears of eroticism,
Self absorbed delusion
Inclusion of dysfunction
I now await the triumphant
Left baggage, train station,

The causes of ineptitude
Can be traced to my mandatory down,
The causes of my servitude
Can be traced to the tyranny of

Money,
All for money,
Make your money,
Stuff your money,
Save your money
Take your money
Hump your money
All for money,

My final surrender
Away from inclusion
I now await the triumphant
Left baggage, train station,

The causes of ineptitude
Can be traced to my mandatory down,
The causes of my servitude
Can be traced to the tyranny of a down
The causes of ineptitude
Can be traced to my mandatory down,
The causes of my servitude
Can be traced to the tyranny of

Money,
All for money,
Make your money,
Stuff your money,
Take your money
Hump your money
All for money, money
Money, money, money, money.


6. BABY

You came to me within a dream
Not everyone is who they seem,
All these words we cant redeem,
Like the great magic of our world,
Corroborated by your words,
Splitting planets into thirds.

Baby oh baby,
Baby my baby,
Baby ooh babe
I miss you, lalala,
Baby oh baby,
Baby my babe,
Baby ooh babe
You

To all the leaves that fall in vain,
While god and goddess go insane
All these words in your domain,
The watches kill time as the books read,
Inadvertently we bleed
Fighting for what we deceive,

Baby oh baby,
Baby my baby,
Baby ooh babe
I miss you, lalala,
Baby oh baby,
Baby my babe,
Baby ooh babe
IYou

Leave me alone,
Leave me alone,
Now why cant you see that you always perturb me so
Nearing the end of the world, just leave me alone
leave me alone
Why cant you see that you always perturb me so
Nearing the end of the world, leave me alone,
Leave me alone.

Baby oh baby,
Baby my baby,
Baby ooh babe
I miss you, lalala,
Baby oh baby,
Baby my babe,
Baby ooh babe
You


7. GATE 21

The love that you bring
You bring me alone
The pain that you give
Gives me a home

Do you wanna stay by my side
Do you want me to turn and hide
We are disappearing inside
Seeing pictures of our goodbyes

When we, we believe
That our love will survive
The pain that you bring
It brings me all alone

Do you love me,
Do you hate me,
Do you wanna believe me,
Do you think that you don't need me
Do you wanna deceive me

I can't take that, it's all over don't want to forget
I can take the disappointment down,
I want to repress your
Goodbye...
Goodbye...
The design, we broke the mold
The dreams when you see,
that goodbyes aren't for long

Please follow me
To the borders of destiny
I don't want to break from your side
The falling ground screams... goodbye

Please follow me
To the borders of destiny
I don't want to break from your side
The falling ground screams... goodbye

Goodbye...
Goodbye...
The design, we broke the mold
The dreams when you see, that goodbyes aren't for long


8. THE CHARADE

I do believe...
You were strong in forming violence!
We were strong performing silence...
I do believe...
You were strong in forming violence!
We were strong performing silence...

We are deceived, all the toys of our convenience,
Opening our hearts to the brilliance
We are deceived, all the toys of our convenience,
Opening our hearts to the brilliance

Love is strong, hearing as loud as gunfire away,
Never wrong, constantly dreaming of another way.

If love is wrong, go ahead and end the world with your charades.
We never wrong, constantly dreaming of another way.

*Can I get some more piano please?*

I do believe...
You were strong in forming violence!
We were strong performing silence...
I do believe...
You were strong in forming violence!
We were strong performing silence...

We are deceived, all the toys of our convenience,
Opening our hearts to the brilliance
We are deceived, all the toys of our convenience,
Opening our hearts to the brilliance

Love is strong, hearing as loud as gunfire away,
We never wrong, constantly dreaming of another way

If love is wrong, go ahead and end the world with your charades.
Never wrong,
Constantly dreaming of another,
Another day day day day day day day day day!

Find me a red bag
One without a tag.
Hope that you are near
Valliantly appear
Find me a red bag
One without a tag.
Hope that you are near
Valliantly appear

Na na na na na...
Na na na na na...

Love is strong, hearing as loud as gunfire away,
We never wrong, constantly dreaming of another way.

If love is wrong
Go ahead and end the world with it's charades
Never wrong
Constantly dreaming of another
Another day day day day day day day day day!

Find me a red bag
One without a tag
Hope that you are near
Valliantly appear
Find me a red bag


9. HONKING ANTELOPE

Why dont you go photograph
Everything that ever passed in time. (Time)
Indigenous traces, tribal chiefs,
Vanishing hereditary lines. (Lines)
Poets gone wild on the muse
Prophets all destroying the Tao,

When you see that honking antelope,
The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all,

Nature based being will survive
Apocalyptic days of now. (Now)
Poets gone wild on the muse
Prophets all destroying the Tao. (Tao)

When you see that honking antelope,
The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all,

Of it all,
Run away with me now,
Run away with me now,
My life,

We are the cause of a world thats gone wrong,
Nature will survive us human dogs after all,

Why dont you go photograph
Everything that ever passed in time. (Time)
Poets gone wild on the muse
Prophets all destroying the Tao. (Tao)

When you see that honking antelope,
The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all,
When you see that honking antelope,
The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all,

Of it all,
Run away with me now,
Run away with me now,
My love,

We are the cause of a world thats gone wrong,
Nature will survive us human dogs after all,
We are the cause of a world thats gone wrong,
Wouldnt it be great to heal the world
With only a song


10. SAVING US

Why do we sit around and
Break each others hearts tonight,
Why do we dance around
The issues till the morning light,
When we sit and talk and
Tear each others lives apart,
You were the one to tell me go,
But you were the one for me
And now youre going through the door
When you take that step
I love you baby more and more
We need to laugh and sing and cry
And warm each others hearts tonight,
Observing the fun of everything
And loving all of mother God,

Tearing us, you‘re tearing us,
Breaking us, you‘re breaking us,
Killing us, killing us,
You‘re saving us, you‘re saving us,
Tearing us, you‘re tearing us,
Breaking us, you‘re breaking us,
Killing us, killing us,
You‘re saving us,

Why do we sit around and
Break each others hearts tonight,
Why do we dance around
The issues till the morning light,
When we sit and talk and
Tear each others lives apart,
You were the one to tell me go,
You were the one for me
And now youre going through the door
When you take that step
I love you baby more and more
We need to laugh and sing and cry
And warm each others hearts tonight,
Observing laugh of everything
And loving all of mother God,

Tearing us, you‘re tearing us,
Breaking us, you‘re breaking us,
Killing us, killing us,
You‘re saving us, you‘re saving us,
Tearing us, you‘re tearing us,
Breaking us, you‘re breaking us,
Killing us, killing us,
You‘re saving us,

Forever alive, forever alive, forever, forever,
Forever alive, forever alive, forever,
Never and ever again,

You‘re tearing us, you‘re tearing us,
Breaking us, you‘re breaking us,

Tearing us, you‘re tearing us,
Breaking us, you‘re breaking us,
Killing us

Forever alive, forever alive, forever, forever,
Forever alive, forever alive, forever,
Never and ever again,


11. ELECT THE DEAD

Arms are raised above the sky,
But all I want is me

You are there beside the night
But I all I want is me
All I want is me.

Love we know
Comes from inside,
But all I want is me,
All I want is me.

Death we know
Comes to us alive
But all I want is you,

Death we know
Comes to all of us alive
But all I want is you,
All I need is you,
All I want.


12. FALLING STARS

Please raise your child to day
The way that you were born to play
Way that we all disappear
Allowing us to shade our fears

Pain, your every stamp
When you fault enough to wanna die
When you cry
You will find

Falling stars drain every night
Falling stars drain

Please raise your child to day
The way that you were told to play
Way that we all disappear
Allowing us to shade our fears

Pain, your every stamp
When you fault enough to wanna die
When you cry
You will find

Falling stars drain every night
Falling stars drain every night
Falling stars drain

In our arrested silence
We plead to our insane gods
In our voices
In our heads
Like the silence in the woods
To stop accusing man and his cool culture
Economic, global domination
The demons remains between that which is sought by the few - profit
And that which is sought by the most - peace, oh peace

Falling stars drain every night
Falling stars drain every night
Falling stars drain

I can't believe that you wanted me so much pain
Every,
Rie ra rie ra rie ra rie
Rie ra rie ra rie ra rie
Rie ra rie ra ra ra ra


13. BEETHOVEN’S C**T

Brushing, touching, feeling on your shoulders,
Believing, appealing, kneeling in your worlds,
Oceans are combined,

Being that I love you so much
In the end they all will say
Breaking someone else's heart again,

Find the little evil perpetrator
And feed him to the hungry alligator
You want it all,
You want it all,
Love is not about the profits
Nor the riches in your dreams,

The arms of time are breaking off,
Civilization is on trial,
The clocks eliminating time
Do you believe in me

Ive been walking through these dead farms
But I don't mind,
Ive been screaming through these dead lungs,
But I cant find,

Being that I love you so much
In the end they all will say
Breaking someone else's heart again,

Find the little evil perpetrator
And feed her to the hungry alligator
You want it all,
You want it all,
Love is not about the profits
Nor the riches in your dreams,

The arms of time are breaking off,
Civilization is on trial,
The clocks eliminating time
Do you believe, in me

But lately Ive been blind
You leave me all alone, left in time,
You left me here to die, left in time,
Leave me all alone, left in time,

The arms of time are breaking off,
Civilization is on trial,
The clocks eliminating time
Do you believe in nothing.

But lately Ive been blind
Leave me all alone, left in time.


14. EMPTY WALLS

Pretentious attention
Dismissive apprehension
Don't waste your time, on coffins today
When we decline, from the confines of our mind
Don't waste your time, on coffins today

Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning
Dying of anticipation
Choking from intoxication

Don't you see their bodies burning?

I want you
To be
Left behind those empty walls
Taunt you
To see
From behind those empty walls

„I’m not gonna sing this song alone, you sing it with me“

Those empty walls
When we decline, from the confines of our mind
Don't waste your time, on coffins today

Don't you see their bodies burning?
Desolate and full of yearning
Dying of anticipation
Choking from intoxication

Don't you see their bodies burning?

I want you
To be
Left behind those empty walls
Taunt you
To see
From behind those empty walls
Want you to be
Left behind those empty walls
I taunt you
To see
From behind those empty walls

„Auckland“

From behind those empty walls
From behind those empty walls
The walls
From behind those empty walls

I loved you
Yesterday, before
You killed my family.

Don't you see their bodies burn?
Don't you see their bodies burn?

„C’mon“

I want you
To be
Left behind those empty walls
Taunt you
To see
From behind those empty walls
Want you to be, left behind those empty walls
Taunt you
To see
From behind those empty walls
From behind those empty walls
From behind those fucking walls
From behind those goddamn walls
Those walls...
Those walls...

„You guys are awesome“

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