Serj Tankian - Harakiri lyrics
Tracks 01. Cornucopia
02. Figure It Out 03. Ching Chime 04. Butterfly 05. Harakiri 06. Occupied Tears 07. Deafening Silence 08. Forget Me Knot 09. Reality TV 10. Uneducated Democracy 11. Weave On 01. Cornucopia Music & lyrics by Serj Tankian
I loved you in the sunshine
You chase the moon with a spear Tardy afternoons in utopia Kiss an ugly turtle and make it cry Sever the head of cornucopia We rape the earth and don't know why it strikes Do you believe in stormy weather, stormy weather Hurricanes play musical chairs with homes and chattel The whirling dervish tornadoes reek all disaster Seaside tsunamis give and take, what's the matter? I loved you in the sunshine You chase the moon with a spear I pray that you will be all mine You foam at the mouth and disappear Sever the head of cornucopia We fuck the earth and don't know why it cries Do you believe in stormy weather, stormy weather Hurricanes play musical chairs with homes and chattel The whirling dervish tornadoes reep all disaster Seaside tsunamis give and take, what's the matter? I loved you in the sunshine You chase the moon with a spear I pray that you will be all mine You foam at the mouth and disappear We broke our pact And away we go to another place Home, where we call home Why do we disfigure all the things that are so beautiful inside? Where we compose the calamities for all to abide Microcosm, macrocosm are the same What a lame game Don't you think we're extraordinary? Believing and seeing Realizing the imaginary Don't you? Don't you? Yes, I think we're extraordinary Being and living Yes, I think we ought to marry We broke our pact And away we go to another place I loved you in the sunshine You chase the moon with a spear I pray that you will be all mine You foam at the mouth and disappear 02. Figure It Out Music & lyrics by Serj Tankian
Why pretend that we don't know?
CEOs are the disease Freedom is raped by war like whore like technology, technology, technology of materialism Personal freedom only an obstruction Freedom is raped by war like whore like technology, technology, technology of materialism Personal freedom only an obstruction Why pretend that we don't know? CEOs are the disease Fuck, let's figure it out (no bullshit) Fuck, let's figure it out (no bullshit) Fuck, let's figure it out Fuck, let's figure it out Freedom is raped by war like whore like technology, technology, technology of materialism Personal freedom only an obstruction Fuck, let's figure it out (no bullshit) Fuck, let's figure it out (no bullshit) Fuck, let's figure it out Fuck, let's figure it out Freedom is raped by war like whore like technology, technology, technology of materialism Personal freedom only an obstruction Why pretend that we don't know? CEOs are the disease Why pretend that we don't know? CEOs are the disease Control ordinary behavior through political extremism industrial society is the arch enemy of nature Including human nature, the unthinking majority should just not be? Condemned, condemned CEOs are the disease CEOs are the disease Why pretend that we don't know? CEOs are the disease CEOs are the disease CEOs are the disease Fuck, let's figure it out 03. Ching Chime
Why make time
When no one pays a dime To remunerate a rhyme Over the ching chime Ch-ch cha-ching chime Ch ch cha-ching chime Creating a crime To start with melamine Looking at a mime The rhymes are all mine But no one pays no mind Over the ching chime Ch-ch cha-ching chime Ch-ch cha-ching chime In the daytime Face covered by the grime Sucking on a lime When no one pays no mind Slamming on a rhyme Over the ching chime Over the ching chime Ch-ch ch-ching chime Superbowl, half time Anytime is war time Second season is past time Gonorrhea, overtime Fuck that it's bedtime No more friend of mine Over the ching chime Ch-ch cha-ching chime I'll fuck your mind Over the spring time Degrading in your prime A thought so asinine But no one pays no mind And no one pays a dime Over the ching chime Ch-ch cha-ching chime Open your eyes don't be this way Though all your dreams are swept away The stairs will rise from yesterday Your tears and fears all melt away Superbowl, half time Anytime is war time Second season is past time Gonorrhea, overtime Fuck that it's bedtime No more friend of mine Over the ching chime Ch-ch cha-ching chime I'll fuck your mind Over the spring time Degrading in your prime A thought so asinine But no one pays a dime And no one pays a dime Over the ching chime Ch-ch cha-ching chime Open your eyes don't be this way Though all your dreams are swept away The stairs will rise from yesterday Your tears and fears all melt away The waters will rush but don't dismay Our smiles will cross the world will stay The bridge has crossed itself today Now close your eyes and sway the sway, sway the sway (Leylia, Leylia, Ley, Ley) Open your eyes don't be this way Though all your dreams are swept away The stairs will rise from yesterday Your tears and fears all melt away The waters will rush but don't dismay Our smiles will cross the world will stay The bridge has crossed itself today Now close your eyes and sway the sway, sway the sway To remunerate a rhyme Over the ching chime Ch-ch cha-ching chime Ch ch cha-ching chime Creating a crime To start with melamine Looking at a mime The rhymes are all mine But no one pays no mind Over the ching chime Ch-ch cha-ching chime Ch-ch cha-ching chime In the daytime Face covered by the grime Sucking on a lime When no one pays no mind Slamming on a rhyme Over the ching chime Over the ching chime Ch-ch ch-ching chime Superbowl, half time Anytime is war time 04. Butterfly
Spare me the night trampled upon by submission
A mask within one's own inhibition Where the only prohibition is love Spare me the night trampled upon by submission A mask within one's own inhibition Where the only prohibition is love Love Children out cry, grandfather sky Rivers surviving through our eyes We certify, how you falsify The beauty of a moth turned butterfly, butterfly Spare me the night trampled upon by submission A mask within one's own inhibition Where the only prohibition is love We are being sacrificed by our own suspicions We are being sodomized by repetitions Oceans calcified, eagles gratified I won't be crucified nor terrified, I'm not terrified Before we say goodbye, no need to falsify The beauty of a moth turned butterfly, butterfly Spare me the night trampled upon by submission A mask within one's own inhibition Where the only prohibition is love We are being sacrificed by our own suspicions We are being sodomized by repetitions We are being sacrificed by our own suspicion We are being sodomized by repetition Dark gray matter of fact sky Nannies are nights with our half sister moon Why can't we switch automatically to Eco-centric persuasions? Why can't we ditch autocracy for Eco-centric persuasions now? We are being sacrificed by our own suspicions We are being sodomized by repetition We are being sacrificed by our own suspicions We are being sodomized by repetition 05. Harakiri
We're the day birds
Deciding to fly against the sky Within our dreams, we all wake up To kiss the ones who are born to die We're the greying herds Hurting each the other with our lives Within our dreams, we all wake up To kiss the ones who are born Born to die, born to die The drum fish They beached themselves in Harakiri The blackbirds They fell in thousands form the sky Their red wings Streaming down from the higher seas Deflected by the ground They crowned the sun They crowned the sun But I believe that they are free When their time was done They were drownes by the only One But I believe that they are free Washed by the sun Our statues The soaring edifice of our times Detracted form the ways of the wise The future will view all history as crime So father, tell us when is the time to rise They crowned the sun They crowned the sun But I believe that they are free When their time was done Their were drowned by the only one But I believe that they are free They crowned the sun They crowned the sun But I believe that they are free And we believe that they are free Cus' I believe that they are me Washed by the sun 06. Occupied Tears
I forgot to bring you roses
When you hit the floor Your new wall poses Asking for war Have you forgot the wall? I've foreseen it all We've foreseen it all Holocaust, you've tasted great fear How could you just occupy another child's tear? Don't you all know? Don't you all care? Don't you all see how this isn't fair? Are we all blind? Do we not see? Do we not bleed? Faith cries of lost limbs. Minds surrounded by mines. Without warning signs of the great sacrifice Holocaust, you taste the great fear How could you just occupy another child's tear? Don't you all know? Don't you all care? Don't you all see how this isn't fair? Are we all blind? Do we not see? Do we not bend to misery? Of course we all know Of course we all care Of course we all see how this isn't fair We are not blind. Yes, we do see It's time to end this misery It's time to go up to bed No more sipping on our regret Tuck the kids in without worry No more running out in a hurry No more bombs falling over head No more sirens predicting death Yes, it's the two-state solution No more glaring through oblivion Asking for war Have you forgot the wall? I've foreseen it all We've foreseen it all Holocaust, you've tasted great fear How could you just occupy another child's tear? Don't you all know? Don't you all care? Don't you all see how this isn't fair? Are we all blind? Do we not see? Do we not bend to misery? Of course we all know Of course we all care Of course we all see how this isn't fair We are not blind. Yes, we do see It's time to end this misery It's no mystery... It's no mystery... 07. Deafening Silence
I know who you are
I know who you are not I know who you are I know who you are or not The silence is deafening to my ears How could the obvious be ignored? The silence is threatening that she appears The ceremony is performed I'm here to paint you with my tears That cried with spirit, over my fears I can't walk away from all the years Serene inside, she disappears Ends of my mind, my thoughts trembling The ends of time, time always mattering The silence is deafening to my ears How could the obvious be ignored? The silence is threatening that she appears The ceremony is performed I'm here to paint you with my tears That cried with spirit, over my fears I can't walk away from all the years Serene inside, she disappears Night lights are for children Morning's for adults, know the ? aquanox The ends of my mind, my thoughts trembling The hands of time, time always meddling The silence is deafening to my ears How could the obvious be ignored? The silence is threatening as she appears The ceremony will always be performed The silence is deafening to my ears Seized by the impressions of pastors in the night I'm here to paint you with my tears That cried with spirit, over my fears I can't walk away from all the years Serene inside, she disappears I'm here to paint you with my tears That cried with spirit, over my fears I can't walk away from all the years Serene inside, she reappears I know who you are. 08. Forget Me Knot
Don't forget me now, laughing through the tears
For somewhere, somehow, life becomes the years You speak to millions, but you're talking to no one Home is the place that you can't walk away from You seek our opinions but listen to no one You throw up your hands and tell me that it's all done We intend to rise through motion, speak through silence And fight 'til the ocean No more glimmering hopes or commotions Our dedication's to each other in devotion No pretending now, your heart is open and you reappear For somewhere, somehow, you dropped the ball and you ran with fear You speak to millions, but talk to no one Home is the place you can't walk away from You seek opinions but listen to no one You throw up your hands and tell me that it's all done We intend to rise through motion, speak through silence And fight 'til the ocean No more glimmering hopes or commotions Our dedication's to each other in devotion We intend to speak through peace Cross the ocean and wake up in the east Make Jerusalem home for all creeds Unsheathe your swords and take the eagle's peace I want you, I need you I pray that God absolves you Can't live this life without you I've cleared the coffin for two I want you, I need you I pray that God absolves you Can't live this life without you I've cleared the coffin for two Come, today is another day Come, your hairs are no longer grey Come, we're clearing the runway There's no turning back from the path for the chosen ones We intend to rise through motion, speak through silence And fight 'til the ocean No more glimmering hopes or commotions Our dedication's to each other in devotion We intend to scream through peace Cross the ocean and wake up in the east Make Jerusalem home for all the creeds Unsheathe your swords and take the eagle's peace 09. Reality TV
Buzzing from watching others dramatic lies
As the TV slyly stares at me Body piercings, like those of Ancient Egyptians kinky slave prisoners fly at me Placing a thorn upon her head Slashing her wrist, rowing around on her cavity Being chased by little kids Playing miniature toy accordions, her destiny I abhor the whore who calls herself reality, reality TV I abhor the whore who calls herself reality, reality TV Fundamentally mental, deprived of meaning, Hedonistic theatrical entropy The gaining of lost confidence, From the failures of others cheering "No, that can't be me" I abhor the whore who calls herself reality, reality TV I abhor the whore who calls herself reality, reality TV A genetically mysterious horde of specimens, Sharing their empty lives with me Grammatically inept common denominators, Destroying all of life's mystery Body piercings, those of Ancient kinky Egyptians slave prisoners fly at me Nipples, tongues, testicles, cheeks Nipples, tongues, testicles, cheeks The century of liquid residual wishes call me Body piercings, those of Ancient kinky Egyptians slave prisoners fly at me Nipples, tongues, testicles, cheeks Nipples, tongues, testicles, cheeks The century of liquid residual wishes call me Buzzing from watching others dramatic lies As the TV slyly stares at me I abhor the whore who calls herself reality, reality TV I abhor the whore who calls herself reality, reality TV I abhor the whore who calls herself reality I abhor the whore who calls herself reality 10. Uneducated Democracy
When doors of hope open
To illuminate silence Release us to the Utopians Let go of your resistance As sex scandals dictate The winding road of realpolitik The bully runs from his corner Images rule through the media Hungry hunger further The hungry hunger further Thanks for allowing us to fuck you Behind closed doors Closed minds Attractive feudalism Commercial Orwellianism Thanks for allowing us to fuck you Behind closed doors Closed minds Attractive feudalism Commercial Orwellianism The final revolution Will illuminate silence Release us to the Utopians Let go, let go In dire need of reason In a truly deaf nation In dire need of reason In a truly deaf nation Without an education there is no real democracy Without an education there is only hypocrisy Just you Sitting alone Open your eyes Open your mouths Close your hands And make a fist Down with the system As we lay helpless against the machine Open your eyes Open your mouths Close your hands And make a fist Down with the system As we lay helpless against the machine Open your eyes Open your mouths Close your hands And make a fist Down with the system As we lay helpless against the machine As sex scandals dictate The winding road of realpolitik The bully runs from his corner Images rule through the media Hungry hunger further The hungry hunger further Thanks for allowing us to fuck you Behind closed doors Closed minds Attractive feudalism Commercial Orwellianism The final revolution Will illuminate silence Release us to the Utopians Let go of your resistance The final revolution Will illuminate silence Release us to the Utopians Let go, let go In dire need of reason In a truly deaf nation In dire need of reason In a truly deaf nation Without an education there is no real democracy Without an education there is only hypocrisy In dire need of reason In a truly deaf nation In dire need of reason In a truly deaf nation Without an education there is no real democracy Without an education there is only hypocrisy 11. Weave On
Weave on sisters of the night
On your loom of pain, Try to stitch the darkness through the light Weave on property and crime, the wars and waste Gives our souls a break from the hunger, For the profits and the saints Stitch it on, the weapons drawn and children's playing And the fathers found In unmarked graves with your fingers pale and numb Just weave Oh, you sisters weave on Let the blood run through your thread Oh, you sisters weave on Weave your stitching purple, blue and red Oh, you sisters weave on Let the blood run through your thread Just you still weave on Sewn on sorry sons of state Preaching salvation, while we fall with such amazing grace Sewn on love of money, love of race Disrespect of country, And of neighbor's neighbored in our hate Stitch it on, the bothers gone, And lives they gave to the foreign graves With your fingers pale and numb Just braid, just braid Oh, you sisters weave on Let the blood run through your thread Oh, you sisters weave on Weave your stitching purple, blue and red Oh, you sisters weave on Let the blood run through your thread Oh, you sisters weave on Weave your stitching purple, blue and red Oh, you sisters weave on Let the blood run through your thread Oh, you sisters weave on Weave your stitching purple, blue and red Just you sisters weave on, Let the blood run through your thread Oh you sisters just weave on, on, on! These are the plans, the words we live for, minds arranged You there we cherish pain, With growth from this place ends speedily Lest the harsh, smite your mind, I'll sow in madness How dare you just reduce to cowardice I'm ready to endure with him whatever must be I am ready to endure with him whatever must be Oh, you sisters weave on Let the blood run through your thread Oh, you sisters weave on Weave your stitching purple, blue and red Oh, you sisters weave on Let the blood run through your thread Oh, you sisters weave on Weave your stitching purple, blue and red Just you sisters weave on, Let the blood run through your thread Oh you sisters just weave on, on, on, on! |