Chop Suey! - System Of A Down
Stathia’s Track
Wake up Grab a brush and put a little, makeup Hide the scars to fade away the, shakeup (Hide the scars to fade away the) Why’d you leave the keys upon the table? Here you go create another fable
21
by Stathia Pedioti
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 Why’d you leave the keys upon the table? You wanted to I don’t 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 Photo by Robert Sebree
And The Verdict Is SOAD’s first single and one of the most recognisable songs in the metal scene. We’ve all tried at least once to sing the first verse -but not many have succeeded. After that, we’ve all screamed the chorus and the bridge along with Serj, but when listening to “Chop Suey!” for the first time, what do we actually understand? What’s this song talking about, after all? There are many theories on that. Some say it’s a song without meaning, some say it’s a suicidal song… Some find it anti-Christian/Atheistic, while some others are insisting it’s a drug story. In the end of the day, it’s but a matter of personal opinion. According to Wikipedia, Daron Malakian during an interview, explained, “The song is about how we are regarded differently depending on how we pass. Everyone deserves to die. Like, if I were now to die from drug abuse, they might say I deserved it because I abused dangerous drugs. Hence the line, ‘I cry when angels deserve to die’. The lyric ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit’ is a reference to Jesus’ death on the cross, as, according to
the Gospels, it was one of the seven things Jesus said while dying.” The verse is talking about how the “person” is trying to “hide scars” under a “little makeup”. It could be talking about suicidal scars, or about the creation of something fake, like when religion is putting on a “show” to ground on its statuses. The chorus is a cry about this “self-righteous suicide” and the death of angels, which is possibly a reference to Jesus’ sacrifice, and an oxymoron -because angels are not supposed to die. And here comes the bridge, which is two out of Jesus’ Seven Last Words from the Cross, “Father into your hands I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46, -the Word of Reunion) and “Why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46 “Around the ninth hour, Jesus shouted in a loud voice, saying “Eli Eli lama sabachthani?” which is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”/ Word of Abandonment). The “person” in our song feels pressured and forgotten, ready to “commit spirit” but then getting angry and feeling hopeful.
He then analyses that he is forsaken in God’s eyes, thoughts and heart, where the lyricist is trying to say that God isn’t watching over us anymore, he doesn’t think of us and in the end, he doesn’t even love us. We’re somehow doomed and we shouldn’t expect help from a superior kind of force. Repeating the chorus, emphasis is given to the “speaker”, where he now puts his faith in his suicide, knowing that his body is either a biological time bomb, knowing that his body will eventually die. He then thinks that angels deserve this death too, even though they were “programmed” to be forever. Closing, we’re reading this song’s name, Chop Suey. Though before the release they refer to this song under the name “Suicide”, they change it to this. Chop Suey is a mixed-piece Americanised Chinese food, with many variations. It’s only correlation with the song is when during the video a scene briefly shows Serj Tankian eating chop suey with some fans.
Burst www.afternoiz.com