I'm only in the second verse, mind you. If you didn't know, Fort Knox is the location of the US gold reserves, a place the government would turn to so they may fund this forsaken war. The hangars spoken of are where planes and choppers from past wars reside, retaining that old American-favorite word "freedom.
So here's a new one Watch the music video While they're singing the normal stuff, this is the lies we are fed, all the stuff what's nice, what we get. The rest is the truth about the lies and the price we pay. Peace out, wake up. The beginning is comparing easy lifestyles to that of war and violence.
We are kept behind a curtain of sugar coated stories that are usually a fraction of the actual events taking place. The last line in the first paragraph talks about how our televisions during meal times, hence "tablecloth," broadcast lies to us keeping us from the pure truth that is out there. The chorus compares a party to war. This is where the song title plays a role. Usually BYOB means "Bring your own booze," but in this case it has an ironic meaning, "bring your own bombs. The chorus is used to try to strike home how presidents make war for fun or rather for profit.
War in the middle east is used for O. Oil, Israel, Logistic. This was an acronym used by Ray McGovern. The second set of verses has much deeper symbolism than most think. After doing some research, one of the arab symbolisms for a rose is the blood of Mohammed and his sons. Or in this case, the adherents of Islam. Therefore, kneeling roses dissappearing into Moses' dry mouth area around modern day Israel means dying arabs or blood of the arabs being spilled around the Middle East region.
Fort Knox, in the second line, is a fort that houses a huge amount of gold. The Fort Knox of the Middle East could be its store of oil beneath the ground.
Our intentions could mean our want to secure the oil reserves. After this, the song returns to the chorus before going to the bridge, where it calls this our country a fascist nation. Here, it is likely using the more modern, loose meaning of fascist that could almost be synonymous with bully. The first would be asking why isn't the entire nation fighting the war.
Why are only a select few fighting when the rest are at home tucked away in bed safe from the horrors. The other aspect of this could be asking the ones who started the war, why aren't they fighting. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
Email Address never made public. Follow Following. Where the fuck are you? Why don't presidents fight the war? Why do they always send the poor?
Kneeling roses disappearing into Moses' dry mouth Breaking into Fort Knox stealing Our intentions Hangers sitting dripped in oil Crying freedom Handed to obsoletion, Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth La la la la la la ooooooo Everybody's going to the party have a real good time Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine Everybody's going to the party have a real good time Dancing in the desert blowing up the sun They always send the poor They always send the poor Explain Request.
Add song structure elements. Songwriters: Daron V. Malakian, Serj Tankian. Corrected by PTVfan. Midnight Sky. Therefore I Am. Christmas Saves The Year.
The song is obviously commited to revealing the president s as a coward who would rather use people's need for money the Poor in order to calm or to end the threats in the world. The porr are suffering because they need to, not because they want to. And what about all the genocide Saddam comitted in Iraq. Please some of you seem really smart, research the last ten years and tell me that it wasn't time to fix this. Don't let a band who makes millions of dollars influence your political beliefs, they are more likely more mistrued than you are.
System's music is good but these rants get old and the lies they push on America's youth is just as bad as a politicians. Use your civil liberty, get out and vote in your states lower level elections and educate yourself on candidates. Once you get your representatives straight push on towards the whitehouse. The Piece on April 08, Link.
The Piece. You apparently are ignorant of true wealth and what IS rich. Even you :mr" got money" are easily swayed into a tax free payout. People keep joining up because they see it as an easy out like you. Sending the poor was always the intention. Just check the lyrics of a song called Fortunate Son by CCR thats proof its been that way for a long long time.
What weapons? The educated go to officer school and the poor and ignorant go enlisted. The Piece It's a little presumptuous of you to think they are referencing the US army isn't it??? Perhaps they are referencing the Armenian Army or another army? Not everything in the world revolves around the fuckin' US Tricky on February 11, My dad didn't have anything except 2 kids, a wife that hated him and a broken down truck when he went into the army. He came out with more, sure, but at the expense of his BACK Long story short.
The Piece The Piece amen brother. Don't let the ignorant people who have not themselves served tell you that you're wrong. As for poor? My mom went in dirt poor because she wanted to do something for this country and my dad went in well off for the same reason. They both came out of it well off. War isn't fun and no one wants to go, least of all the people who are fighting in it. But it's necessary at times, and we're getting more shit from people now with a weak president who now has a reputation for not fighting than we did for presidents who didn't fuck around.
This is exactly how first world governments manage to recruit poor members of their population. Just give them money and they'll risk their lives. In contrast, they politicians and stakeholders will not be entering the battlefield themselves to fight for whatever they wish to claim. They kept it real and attempted to open the masses blind eye to real world problems with every song they released.
My interpretation of this song is not unlike many others. Daron and Serj are protesting the Iraq War by calling out the leaders of the U. My interpretation of the first verse that some have trouble understanding: "Barbarisms by Barbaras With pointed heels Victorious victorious kneel For brand new spankin' deals" SOAD is calling out not only women, but men as well, that are distracted from the ongoing atrocities of the war by material things and "brand new spankin' deals. Another part of the song points out how our politicians and leaders continually reject the idea that the U.
This is a brilliant song that calls for the attention of the masses. Serj and Daron did a great job attempting to open the eyes of the nation. It's an interesting and disturbing fact that a group of Armenians can see the corruption that is rampant in the U.
OpenThirdEye on July 07, Link. General Comment crap.. I think bombomb is mostly correct, but I'd like to put in my thoughts about the song as well. Can you spending kneel.. Hypnotic computers, new technologies like smart bombs, etc you depend on our protection, we do depend on it a lot in this war. Goes back to the whole BYOB thing. Makes it sound like Bush is playing God. Sarcasm obvioulsy from SOAD here, but they really need people to enlist because of the shortage of troops.
Dancing in the desert, blowing up sunshine, being careless, wreckless in Iraq. Maybe us going into IRaq is condeming them to ish years of wandering before getting what they deserve. I don't know why don't they? General Comment I agree with shadowwiththeeyes.
SOAD has always been about global issues, not just American issues. War and poverty are global issues, and this dynamic of the upper class never going to war is usually true in almost all countries. Unfortunately, this system will probably always be in place, and there is little we can do about it because we don't hold the power in this country i'm assuming none of you are rich
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