Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead lyrics
Tracks 01. Empty Walls
02. The Unthinking Majority 03. Money 04. Feed Us 05. Saving Us 06. Sky Is Over 07. Baby 08. Honking Antelope 09. Lie Lie Lie 10. Raise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition 11. Beethoven's Cunt 12. Elect The Dead 13. The Reverend King 14. Blue 15. Falling Stars 17. Empty Walls 01. Empty Walls Music & lyrics by Serj Tankian
Your empty walls...
Your 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? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication I want you To be Left behind those empty walls Don't You see From behind those empty walls 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? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication I want you To be Left behind those empty walls Don't You see From behind those empty walls Want you to be Left behind those empty walls Don't You see From behind those empty walls 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 burning? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication Don't you see their bodies burning? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication I want you To be Left behind those empty walls Told you To see From behind those empty walls Want you to be, left behind those empty walls Told you To see From behind those empty walls From behind those empty walls From behind those fucking walls From behind those goddamned walls Those walls... Those walls... 02. The Unthinking Majority
We don't need your democracy.
Execute them kindly for me. Take them by their filthy nostrils Put them up in doggy hostels. We don't need your hypocrisy Execute real democracy. Post-industrial society The unthinking majority Anti-depressants Controlling tools of your system Making life more tolerable (x2) Anti-depressants Controlling tools of your system Making life more tolerable (x2) We don't need your hypocrisy Execute real democracy. Post-industrial society The unthinking majority Anti-depressants Controlling tools of your system Making life more tolerable (x2) Anti-depressants Controlling tools of your system Making life more tolerable (x2) We don't need your hypocrisy Execute real democracy. Post-industrial society The unthinking majority Post-industrial society The unthinking majority We don't need your hypocrisy Execute real democracy. Post-industrial society The unthinking majority Post-industrial society The unthinking majority I believe that you're wrong Insinuating that they hold the bomb Clearing the way for the oil brigade (x2) I believe that you're wrong Insinuating that they hold the bomb Clearing the way for the oil brigade (x2) Ooooohahh... Anti-depressants Controlling tools of your system Making life more tolerable (x2) Anti-depressants Controlling tools of your system Making life more tolerable (x2) Anti-depressants Controlling tools of your system Making life more tolerable (x2) I believe that you're wrong Insinuating that they hold the bomb Clearing the way for the oil brigade (x2) We don't need your hypocrisy Execute real democracy. Post-industrial society The unthinking majority We don't need your democracy. Execute them kindly for me. Take them by their filthy nostrils Put them up in doggy hostels. (We don't need your hypocrisy Execute real democracy. Post-industrial society The unthinking majority) x2 I believe that you're wrong Insinuating that they hold the bomb Clearing the way for the oil brigade (x2) 03. Money
Money,
All for money, Save your money, Hide your money, Stuff your money, Hump your money Keep your money All for 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 Lost 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, Hide your money, Stuff your money, Hump your money Save 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, Hide your money, Stuff your money, Hump your money Save your money Take your money Hide your money All for money Make your money Hide your money Stuff your money Hump your money Take your money All for money, Money, money, money, money. 04. Feed Us
Maybe we believe
She was ready to go In the morning light Maybe 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 Lauguages from skin In the morning light Painting shadows on the faces of the dead In front of their windows, 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, 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, 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. 05. Saving Us
Why do we sit around and
Break each other's hearts tonight? Why do we dance around The issues 'till the morning light? When we sit and talk And tear each other's lives apart. You were the one to tell me go... But you were the one for me, And now you're 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 other's hearts tonight, Having fun of everything And loving all of mother god Tearing us, You're tearing us, You're breaking us, You're breaking us, You're carrying us, Carrying us, You're saving us, You're saving us... You're tearing us, You're tearing us, You're breaking us, Breaking us, You're killing us, Killing us, You're saving us... Why do we sit around and break each other's hearts tonight? Why do we dance around the issues 'till the morning light? When we sit and talk and tear each other's lives apart. You were the one to tell me go... But you were the one for me, And now you're 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 other's hearts tonight, Having fun of everything and loving all of mother god You're tearing us, You're tearing us, You're breaking us, You're breaking us, You're killing us, Killing us, You're saving us, You're saving us... You're tearing us, You're tearing us, You're breaking us, You're breaking us, You're killing us, Killing us, You're saving us... Ohhhhh... Ohhhhh... Forever I lie, Forever I lie, Forever, Forever... Forever I lie, Forever I lie, Forever, And never and never again... You're tearing us, You're tearing us, You're breaking us, You're breaking us, You're killing us, Killing us, You're saving us, You're saving us... You're tearing us, You're tearing us, You're breaking us, You're breaking us, You're killing us, Killing us, You're saving us, You're saving us... You're tearing us, You're tearing us, (Forever I lie) You're breaking us, You're breaking us, (Forever I lie) You're killing us, Killing us, (Forever) You're saving us, You're saving us... (And never...) You're tearing us, You're tearing us, (Forever I lie) You're breaking us, You're breaking us, (Forever I lie) You're killing us, Killing us, (Forever) You're saving us, (And never...) 06. Sky Is Over
Everybody knows,
Everybody knows, That you cradle the sun, sun Living in remorse, Sky is over, Don't you want to hold me baby, Disappointed, going crazy, Even though we can't afford The sky is over, Even though we can't afford The sky is over, I don't want to see you go, The sky is over Even though we can't afford The sky is over, Behind closes eyes lie The minds ready to awaken you, Are you at war with land And all of it's creatures, Your not-so-gentle persuasion Has been known to wreck economies Of countries, of empires, the sky is over, Don't you want to hold me baby, Disappointed, going crazy, Not even from the sun, Not even from the sun Not even from the sun, Don't you want me to run, Even though you can't afford The sky is over, Even though we can't afford The sky is over, I don't want to see you go, The sky is over Even though we can't afford The sky is over, I don't want to see you go, The sky is over Even though we can't afford The sky is over, I don't want to see you go, The sky is over Even though we can't afford The sky is over, The sky is over us. 07. 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, lalalala, Baby oh baby, Baby my babe, Baby ooh babe I miss 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, lalalala, Baby oh baby, Baby my babe, Baby ooh babe I miss you 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, lalalala, Baby oh baby, Baby my babe, Baby ooh babe I miss you 08. Honking Antelope
Why dont you go photograph
Everything that ever passed in time, Indigenous traces, tribal chiefs, Vanishing hereditary lines, Poets gone wild on the muse Prophets all destroying the Dao, 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, Poets gone wild on the muse Prophets all destroying the Dao, 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 don't you go photograph Everything that ever passed in time, Poets gone wild on the muse Prophets all destroying the Dao, 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, Wouldn't it be great to heal the world With only a song 09. Lie Lie Lie
Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie [3x]
My baby, my baby let me know because you love me, you love me Let me go and you're my 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 I'm 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 [3x] She took my hand and I let her go She 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. Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie [3x] 10. Raise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition
Come lay it down, wont you,
Come burn it down, cant you, Lay it down, the guns above the ground Come lay it down, wont you, Come burn it down, cant you, Lay it down, the guns above the ground Nlelith is a prophet From the prophet came the king From the king came the pauper From the pauper came the swing From the swing came creation From creation came love, You don't know what this love is all about, Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition Praise praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, Life affirming and our spiritual trust Lay it down, wont you, Come burn it down, cant you, Lay it down, the guns above the ground Nlelith is a prophet From the prophet came the king From the king came the pauper From the pauper came the swing From the swing came creation From creation came love, You don't know what this love is all about, Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition Praise praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition Praise praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, Buddha, Mohammad and the Hindu Lost 100 Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition Praise praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, People still ask when will Armageddon begin, Dragging my feet any longer through the pussy litter, [2x] Nlelith is a prophet From the prophet came the king From the king came the pauper From the pauper came the swing From the swing came creation From creation came love, You dont know what this love is all about, Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition Praise praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition Praise praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, Do we ever have enough, When we see that blue dove Do we ever have enough When we see that blue dove We want to go where no ones been No ones been Come lay it down, wont you, Come burn it down, cant you, Lay it down, the guns above the ground Wont you. 11. Beethoven's Cunt
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 I've been walking through these dead farms But I don't mind, Ive been screaming through these dead lungs, But I can't 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 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 But lately I've 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 I've been blind Leave me all alone, left in time. 12. Elect The Dead
Arms are raised above the sky,
But all I want is me You are there beside the night But 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. 13. The Reverend King Music & lyrics by Serj Tankian
The viscera, application of death in your own
Your own time, your wedges of strength lay beyond you Discover what it is that you need The reverend king said All the lights are gone (all the lights are gone) All the lights are gone and the turns, the turns that turn us into space Seeing is believing in, Believing in seeing is seeing in believing The reverend king said Dead Question me for the life of my subjects But you had a craved miracle The viscera, application of death in your own Your own time, your wedges of strength lay beyond you Discover what it is that you need The reverend king said All the lights are gone (all the lights are gone) All the lights are gone and the turns, the turns that turn us into space Seeing is believing in, Believing in seeing is seeing in believing 14. 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... 15. 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 Go now when you Why can't you see that I always belong to me? Now when we Why can't you see that you always belong... Fall, falling stars drain every night Falling stars drain every night 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 17. Empty Walls Music & lyrics by Serj Tankian
Your empty walls...
Your 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? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication I want you To be Left behind those empty walls Don't You see From behind those empty walls 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? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication I want you To be Left behind those empty walls Don't You see From behind those empty walls Want you to be Left behind those empty walls Don't You see From behind those empty walls 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 burning? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication Don't you see their bodies burning? Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication I want you To be Left behind those empty walls Told you To see From behind those empty walls Want you to be, left behind those empty walls Told you To see From behind those empty walls From behind those empty walls From behind those fucking walls From behind those goddamned walls Those walls... Those walls... |