System Of A Down

Toxicity - 2001

1. Prison Song
2. Needles
3. Deer Dance
4. Jet Pilot
5. X
6. Chop Suey!
7. Bounce
8. Forest
9. ATWA
10. Science
11. Shimmy
12. Toxicity
13. Psycho
14. Aerials
15. Johnny
16. Inner Vision
17. Fuck the System



1. Prison Song


Theyīre trying to build a prison

Following the rights movement
You clamped on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids

Following the rights movement
You clamped on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently
Available for all the kids

I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
Right here in hollywood

Nearly 2 million americans are
incarcerated in the prison system
prison system of the US

Theyīre trying to build a prison
For you and me to live in

Another prison system
For you and me to live in

Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
you donīt even flinch
all our taxes paying for your wars
against the new non-rich

Minor drug offenders fill your prisons
you donīt even flinch
all our taxes paying for your wars
against the new non-rich

I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
right here in hollywood

The percentage of americans in the prison system
prison system, has doubled since 1985

Theyīre trying to build a prison
For you and me to live in

Another prison system
For you and I, For you and I, For you and I.
Theyīre trying to build a prison
For you and me
Oh baby, you and me.
All research and successful drug policy show
that treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased
While abolishing mandatory minimun sentences
All research and successful drug policy show
that treatment should be increased
And law enforcement decreased
While abolishing mandatory minimun sentences
Utilising drugs to pay for secret wars around the world
drugs are now your global policy now you police the globe

I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
right here in hollywood
Drug money is used to rig elections
and train brutal corporate sponsored dictators
around the world

Theyīre trying to build a prison
For you and me to live in

Another prison system
For you and me to live in

For you and I, for you and I, for you and I
For you and I
Theyīre trying to build a prison
for you and me
oh baby, you and me



2. Needles


I cannot disguise,
all the stomach pains
and the walking of the cranes
when you, do come out
and you whisper up to me
in your life of tragedy
But I cannot grow
till you eat the last of me
oh when will I be free
and you, a parasite
just find another host
just another fool to roast

cause you
my tapeworm tells me what to do you
my tapeworm tells me where to go
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, HEY

I cannot deny
all the evil traits
and the filling of the crates
when you, do come out
and you slither up to me
in your pimpin majesty

but I cannot grow
till you eat the last of me
oh when will I be free
and you, a parasite
just find another host
just another stool to post

cause you
my tapeworm tells me what to do
you
my tapeworm tells me where to go

Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, HEY
Pull the tape worm out of me...

Iīm just sitting in my room
with a needle in my hand
waiting for the tomb
of some old dying man
sitting in my room
with a needle in my hand
waiting for the tomb
of some old dying man

cause you
my tapeworm tells me what to do
you
my tapeworm tells me where to go
Pull the tapeworm out of your ass, Hey
Hey



3. Deer Dance


Circumventing circuses
lamenting in process
to visible police
prescence sponsored fear
batallions of riot police
with rubber bullet kisses
baton courtesy
service with a smile

Beyond the staples center you can see america
with itīs tired poor avenging disgrace
peaceful loving youth against the brutality
of plastic existence

pushing little children
with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around

A rush of words
pleading to disperse
upon your naked walls, alive
A political call
the fall guy accord
we canīt afford to be neutral on a moving train

Beyond the staples center you can see america
with itīs tired poor avenging disgrace
peaceful loving youth against the brutality
of plastic existence

pushing little children
with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around

A deer dance, invitation to peace
war staring you in the face, dressed in black
with a helmet, fierce
trained and appropriate for the malcontents
for the disproportioned malcontents.
The little boy smiled, itīll all be well
The little boy smiled, itīll all be well

Pushing little children
with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around

Pushing little children
with their fully automatics
they like to push the weak around
Push the weak around
They like to push the weak around.



4. Jet Pilot


Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot
One that smiled when he flew over the bay

My horse is a shackled old man
His, his remorse, was that he couldnīt survey
the skies, right before
right before they went gray
my horse and my remorse
flying over a great bay

Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot
One that smiled when he flew over the bay

My source is the source of all creation
Her, discourse, is that we all donīt survey
The skies, right before
Right before they go gray
My source, and my remorse
Flying over a great bay

Where were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot
One that smiled when he flew over the bay



5. X


Tell the people
Tell the people that arrive
We donīt need to multiply
Die

Show your people
Show your people how we died
We donīt need to nullify
No need to nullify
Die

We donīt need to

Ask your people
Ask your people what is right
We donīt need to multiply
No need to multiply



6. Chop Suey!


Wake up
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
Grab a brush and put a little
Hide the scars to fade away the shakeup
Hide the scars to fade away the
Whyīd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go create another fable
You wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
You wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shakeup
You wanted to
Whyīd you leave the keys upon the table?
You wanted to

I donīt think you trust
In, my, self righteous suicide
I, cry, when angels deserve to die

Wake up
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
Grab a brush and put a little
Hide the scars to fade away the shakeup
Hide the scars to fade away the
Whyīd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go create another fable
You wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
You wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shakeup
You wanted to
Whyīd you leave the keys upon the table?
You wanted to

I donīt think you trust
In, my, self righteous suicide
I, cry, when angels deserve to die
In, my, self righteous suicide
I, cry, when angels deserve to die

Father, father, father, father

Father into your hands, I commend my spirit
Father into your hands
why have you forsaken me
In your eyes forsaken me
In your thoughts forsaken me
In your heart forsaken, me oh

Trust in my self righteous suicide
I, cry, when angels deserve to die
In my self righteous suicide
I, cry, when angels deserve to die



7. Bounce


Jump, bounce, down, up

I went out on a date
with a girl, a bit late
she had so many friends
gliding through many hands
I brought my pogo stick
just to show her a trick
she had so many friends

Jump, bounce, down, up

Gliding through many hands
Jump pogo.....Bounce pogo
Down pogo, up pogo
Unannouced twster games
All players with no names
they lined up double quick
but just one pogo stick
everyone gets to play
runaway exposŽ
it was so exotic
but just one pogo stick
Jump pogo.....Bounce pogo
Down pogo, up pogo
Oh I like to spread you out
touching whoeverīs behind
Jump pogo.....Bounce pogo
Down pogo, up pogo



8. Forest


Walk with me my little child
To the forest of denial
speak with me my only mind
walk with me until the time
and make the forest turn to wine
you take the legend for a fall
you saw the product

why canīt you see that you are my child
why donīt you know that you are my mind
tell everyone in the world, that Iīm you
take this promise to the end of you

walk with me my little friend
Take this promise to the end
Speak with me my only mind
Walk with me until the end
And make the forest turn to sand
you take the legend for a fall
you saw the product

why canīt you see that you are my child
why donīt you know that you are my mind
tell everyone in the world, that Iīm you
take this promise to the end of you

Take this promise for a ride
you saw the forest, now come inside
You took the legend for itīs fall
you saw the product of it all
no televisions in the air
no circumcisions on the chair
You made the weapons for us all
just look at us now

why canīt you see that you are my child
why donīt you know that you are my mind
tell everyone in the world, that Iīm you
take this promise to the end of you



9. ATWA


Hey you, see me, pictures crazy
All the world Iīve seen before me passing by
Iīve got nothing, to gain, to lose
All the world Iīve seen before me passing by

You donīt care about how I feel
I donīt feel it any more

Hey you, are me, not so pretty
All the world Iīve seen before me passing by
Silent my voice, Iīve got no choice
All the world Iīve seen before me passing by

You donīt care about how I feel
I donīt feel it any more

I donīt feel it any more
I donīt see, anymore
I donīt hear, anymore
I donīt speak, anymore
I donīt feel

Hey you, see me, pictures crazy
All the world Iīve seen before me passing by
Iīve got nothing, to gain, to lose
All the world Iīve seen before me passing by

You donīt care about how I feel
I donīt feel it any more

I donīt sleep, anymore
I donīt eat, anymore
I donīt live, anymore
I donīt feel



10. Science


Making two possibilities a reality
prediting the future of things we all know
fighting off the diseased programming
of centuries, centuries, centuries, centuries

Science fails to recognise the single most
potent element of human existence
letting the reigns go to the unfolding
is faith, faith, faith, faith

Science has failed our world
Science has failed our mother earth

Spirit-moves-through-all-things

Letting the reigns go to the unfolding
is faith, faith, faith, faith

letting the reigns go to the unfolding
is faith, faith, faith, faith

Science has failed our world
Science has failed our mother earth

Spirit-moves-through-all-things

Science has failed our mother earth



11. Shimmy


Education, fornication, in you are go
Education subjugation, now youīre out go
Education fornication, in you are go
Donīt be late for school again boy

I think me, I want life
I think me, I want a house and a wife
I want to shimmy-shimmy-shimmy
through the break of dawn yeah

Education, fornication, in you are go
Education subjugation, now youīre out go
Education fornication, in you are go
Donīt be late for school again girl

I think me, I want life
I think me, I want a house and a wife
I want to shimmy-shimmy-shimmy
through the break of dawn yeah

Indoctrination of a nation
Indoctrination of a nation
Subjugation of damnation
Subjugation of damna....

Donīt be late for school again boy
Donīt be late for school again girl
Donīt be late for school again boy
Donīt be late for school again girl



12. Toxicity


Conversion, software version 7.0
looking at life through the eyes of a tired hub
eating seeds as a pastime activity
the toxicity of our city, of our city

Now, what do you own the world?
how do you own disorder, disorder
Now somewhere between the sacred silence
Sacred silence and sleep
somewhere, between the sacred silence and sleep
disorder, disorder, disorder

More wood for the fires, loud neighbours
flishlight riveries caught in the headlights of a truck
eating seeds as a pastime activity
the toxicity of our city, of our city

Now, what do you own the world?
how do you own disorder, disorder
Now somewhere between the sacred silence
Sacred silence and sleep
somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep
disorder, disorder, disorder

When I became the sun
I shone life into the manīs hearts
When I became the sun
I shone life into the manīs hearts



13. Psycho


Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy
Psycho groupie coke
Makes you high makes you hide
makes you really want to go, STOP
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy
Psycho groupie coke
Makes you high makes you hide
makes you really want to think and stop

stop your eyes from flowing

Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy
Psycho groupie coke
Makes you high makes you hide
makes you really want to go, STOP
Psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy
Psycho groupie coke
Makes you high makes you hide
makes you really want to think and stop

stop your eyes from flowing out

so you want the world to stop
stop in and watch your body fully drop
from the time you were a

psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy

so you want to see the show
you really donīt have to be a ho
from the time you were a

psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy
psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy
Psycho groupie coke
Makes you high makes you hide
makes you really want to go STOP
psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy
psycho groupie coke
do you really want to think and stop

stop your eyes from flowing out

so you want the world to stop
rushing to watch your spirit fully drop
from the time you were a

psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy

so you want to see the show
you really donīt have to be a ho
from the time you were a
psycho, groupie, cocaine, crazy



14. Aerials


Life is a waterfall
weīre one in the river
and one again after the fall

swimming through the void
we hear the word
we lose ourselves but we find it all....

cause we are the ones that want to play
always want to go
but you never want to stay

and we are the ones that want to choose
always want to play
but you never want to lose

aerials, in the sky
when you lose small mind
you free your life

life is a waterfall
we drink from the river
then we turn around and put up our walls

swimming through the void
we hear the word
we lose ourselves but we find it all...

cause we are the ones that want to play
always want to go
but you never want to stay

and we are the ones that want to choose
always want to play
but you never want to lose

aerials, in the sky
when you lose small mind
you free your life
aerials, so up high
when you free your eyes eternal prize

aerials, in the sky
when you lose small mind
you free your life
aerials, so up high
when you free your eyes eternal prize

Revolution the only solution



15. Johnny


Hello, my name is Johnny
Well hello, my name is Johnny
I, like to explain myself
And I, like to complain in vain
Sweet little boy, Johnny!
Sweet little boy, JOHNNY!
Let me show you the way to mind
Let me show you the way to mind
Let me help you explain your mind
When I help you explain your mind
Hello, my name is Roger
Well hello, my name is Roger
I, like to proclaim myself
A God, and likely ordain myself
Sweet little boy, Roger!
Sweet little boy, ROGER!
Let me show you the way to mind
Let me show you the way to mind
Let me help you explain your mind
When I help you explain your mind
Let me show you the way to mind
Let me show you the way to mind
Let me help you explain your mind
When I help you explain your mind
Sweet little boy, Johnny
Sweet little boy, HELLO ITīS ROGER!
Let me show you the way to mind
Let me show you the way to mind
Let me help you explain your mind
When I help you explain your mind
Let me show you the way to mind
Let me show you the way to mind
Let me help you explain your mind
When I help you explain your mind



16. Inner Vision


Well I have a home longing to roam
I have to find you, I have to meet you
Sanctum your face, slowing your pace
I need your guidance, I need to seek my
Innervision, Innervision
My pupils dance, lost in a trance
Your sacred silence, losing your violence
Stars in their place, mirror your face
I have to find you, I need to seek my
Innervision, Innervision, Innervision
Itīs never to late to re-invent the bicycle
Spell brings forth energy, your life giving you force
Vision
Innervision, Innervision
Innervision, Innervision, Innervision
Your sacred silence, losing your violence



17. Fuck the System


Iīm, but a little bit, bit, bit show
Iīm, but a little bit, bit, bit shame
Iīm, but a little bit, bit, bit
Bit, bit, bit

Iīm just the meaning of Pi
Just the meaning of Pi
Just the meaning of Pi

War!
Fuck the system
War!
Fuck the system
Fuck the system
War!
Fuck the system
War!

I need to fuck the Sys
I need to fuck the Sys
I need to fuck the Sys

Iīm, but a little bit, bit, bit show
Iīm, but a little bit, bit, bit shame
Iīm, but a little bit, bit, bit
Bit, bit, bit

Iīm just the meaning of Pi
Just the meaning of Pi
Just the meaning of Pi

War!
Fuck the system
War!
Fuck the system
Fuck the system
War!
Fuck the system
War!
I need to fuck the Sys
I need to fuck the Sys
I need to fuck the Sys

You need to fuck the sys
You need to fuck the sys
You need to fuck the sys
You need to fuck the sys

Iīm, but a little bit, bit, bit show
Iīm, but a little bit, bit, bit shame
Iīm, but a little bit, bit, bit
Bit, bit, bit

I need to fuck the system
I need to fuck the sys
I need to fuck the system
We all need to fuck the system


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