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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. Praise The Lord And P ass The Ammunition
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Beethoven C*** s 12. Elect The Dead BONUS TRACKS 13. The Reverend King 14. Blue 15. Falling Stars

Empty Walls
Empty Walls, empty walls Pretentious attention Dismissive apprehension Don waste your time on coffins today t When we decline from the confines of our mind Don waste your time on coffins today t Don you see their bodies burning t Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication Don you see their bodies burning t Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication I want you to be left behind those empty walls, Taunt you to see from behind those empty walls, Those empty walls, When we decline from the confines of our mind Don waste your time t on coffins today Don you see their bodies burning t Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication Don you see their bodies burning t Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication I want you to be left behind those empty walls, Taunt you to see from behind those empty walls, Want you to be left behind those empty walls, I taught you to see from behind those empty walls, From behind those empty walls From behind those empty walls The walls, I loved you yesterday before you killed my family. Don you see t their bodies burning Desolate and full of yearning Dying of anticipation Choking from intoxication I want you to be left behind those empty walls, Taunt you to see from behind those empty walls, Want you to be left behind those empty walls, I taught you to see from behind those empty walls, From behind those empty walls From behind those empty walls Those walls, those walls.

The Unthinking Majority

We don need your democracy t Execute them kindly for me Take them by their filthy nostrils Put them up in doggie hostels We don need your hypocrisy t Execute real democracy Post-industrial society The unthinking majority Anti-depressants Controlling to ols of your system Making life more tolerable Making life more tolerable Anti-depressants Controlling to ols of your system Making life more tolerable Making life more tolerable We don need your hypocrisy t Execute real democracy Post-industrial society The unthinking majority Anti-depressants Controlling to ols of your system Making life more tolerable Making life more tolerable Anti-depressants Controlling to ols of your system Making life more tolerable Making life more tolerable We don need your hypocrisy t Execute real democracy Post-industrial society The unthinking majority Post-industrial society The unthinking majority We don need your hypocrisy t Execute real democracy Post-industrial society The unthinking majority Post-industrial society The unthinking majority I believe that you re wrong Insinuating they hold the bomb Clearing the way for the oil Clearing the way for the oil I believe that you re wrong Insinuating they hold the bomb Clearing the way for the oil Clearing the way for the oil I believe that you re wrong Insinuating they hold the bomb Clearing the way for the oil brigade Clearing the way for the oil brigade We don need your hypocrisy t Execute real democracy P ost-industrial society The unthinking majority We don need your democracy t Execute them kindly for me Take them by their filthy nostrils Put them up in doggie hostels We don need your hypocrisy t Execute real democracy P ost-industrial society The unthinking majority I believe that you re wrong Insinuating they hold the bomb Clearing the way for the oil brigade Clearing the way for the oil brigade.

brigade brigade

brigade brigade

Anti-depressants Controlling to ols of your system Making life more tolerable Making life more tolerable Anti-depressants Controlling to ols of your system Making life more tolerable Making life more tolerable Anti-depressants Controlling to ols of your system Making life more tolerable Making life more tolerable

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 appetite s 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 All for money, Money, money, money, money.

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 lo ok out and, Cheat us when you feed us with the lie, Stars lo ok out, Go odbye, go odbye, She speaks unrehearsed Languages from skin In the morning light P ainting shadows on the faces of the dead In front of their widows, You cheat us when you feed us with the lie, Stars lo ok out and, Cheat us when you feed us with the lie, Before its to o late, Do you know that life is ending, As we go, the dots connecting, We had our chance to save the gar den, As it dies, our souls will harden, With these words chastising your conscience We re breaking through and praying for transcendence. But you deceived us all now, You cheat us when you feed us with the lie, Stars lo ok out and, Cheat us when you feed us with the lie, Stars lo ok out, Cheat us when you feed us with the lie, Stars lo ok out and, Cheat us when you feed us with the lie, Stars lo ok out.

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 lives apart, s You were the one to tell me go, But you were the one for me And now you re going through the do or 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, Observing the fun of everything And loving all of mother God, Tearing us, you re tearing us, You breaking us, re you breaking us, re 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, breaking us, You re killing us, killing us, You re saving us, Why do we sit around and Break each other hearts tonight, s Why do we dance around The issues till the morning light, When we sit and talk and Tear each other lives apart, s You were the one to tell me go, But you were the one for me And now you re going through the do or 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, Observing the 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 killing us, killing 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, Forever alive, forever alive, forever, forever, Forever alive, forever alive, forever, Never and ever 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, breaking us, You re killing us, killing us, You re saving us, Forever alive, forever alive, forever, forever, Forever alive, forever alive, forever, Never and ever again.

Sky Is Over
Everybody knows, Everybody knows, That you cradle the sun, sun Living in remorse, Sky is over, Don you want to hold me baby, t Disappointed, going crazy, Even though we can afford t The sky is over, Even though we can afford t The sky is over, I don want to see you go, t The sky is over Even though we can afford t The sky is over, Behind closed eyes lie the minds ready to awaken you, Are you at war with land And all of its creatures, Your not-so-gentle persuasion Has been known to wreck economies Of countries, of empires, the sky is over, Don you want to t hold me baby, Disappointed, going crazy, Not Not Not Don t even from the sun, even from the sun even from the sun, you want me to run,

Even though you can afford t The sky is over, Even though we can afford t The sky is over, I don want to see you go, t The sky is over Even though we can afford t The sky is over, I don want to see you go, t The sky is over Even though we can afford t The sky is over, I don want to see you go, t The sky is over Even though we can afford t The sky is over, The sky is over us.

Baby
You came to me within a dream Not everyone is who they seem, All these words we can redeem, t Like the great magic of our world, Corroborated by your words, Splitting planets into thirds. Baby oh baby, Baby my baby, Baby o oh babe I miss you, lalala, Baby oh baby, Baby my babe, Baby o oh 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 bo oks read, Inadvertently we bleed Fighting for what we deceive, Baby oh baby, Baby my baby, Baby o oh babe I miss you, lalala, Baby oh baby, Baby my babe, Baby o oh babe I miss you Leave me alone, Leave me alone, Now why can you see that you t always perturb me so Nearing the end of the world, just leave me alone, leave me alone Why can you see that you t always perturb me so Nearing the end of the world, leave me alone, leave me alone. Baby oh baby, Baby my baby, Baby o oh babe I miss you, lalala, Baby oh baby, Baby my babe, Baby o oh babe I miss you

Honking Antelope
Why don you go photograph t Everything that ever passed in time, Indigenous traces, tribal chiefs, Vanishing hereditary lines, P oets gone wild on the muse Prophets all destroying the Tao, When you see that honking antelope, The secret dance of snakes, the tales of it all, Nature based beings will survive Apocalyptic days of now, Poets gone wild on the muse Prophets all destroying the Tao, 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 you go and photograph t Everything that ever passed in time, P oets gone wild on the muse Prophets all destroying the Tao, 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 it be great to heal the world t With only a song.

Lie Lie Lie

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 Im 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 Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie She to ok my hand and I let her go She broke her little bones On the boulders below, To ok 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 Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie Lalalalalalalala lie lie lie

Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition

Come lay it down, won you, t Come burn it down, can you, t Lay it down, the guns above the ground Come lay it down, won you, t Come burn it down, can you, t 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 know what this t 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, won you, t Come burn it down, can you, t 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 know what this t 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, Dragging my feet any longer through the pussy litter, Dragging my feet any longer through the pussy litter, 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 know t 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 one been s No one been. s Come lay it down, won you, t Come burn it down, can you, t Lay it down, the guns above the ground, Won you. t

Beethovens C***
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 heart again, s 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, Ive been walking through these dead farms But I don mind, t Ive been screaming through these dead lungs, But I can find, t Being that I love you so much In the end they all will say Breaking someone else heart again, s Find the little evil perpetrator And feed her 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 Ive 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 Ive been blind Leave me all alone, left in time.

Elect The Dead

Arms are raised above the sky, But all I want is me You are there beside the night Death we know Comes to us alive But all I want is you, Death we know Comes to all of us alive

But I 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.

But all I want is you, All I need is you, All I want..

Lyrics Reprinted by Permission. All Rights Reserved.

All Songs Written & Performed by Serj Tankian (Guitars, Bass, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizers, Drum Programming, Melodica, Bells, and various tone generating beauties) Stunning Suppository Sounds (BMI) All songs recorded at Serjical Strike Studios Produced by Serj Tankian Engineered by Dan Monti & Serj Tankian, except as noted Mastered by Vlado Meller at Sony Music Studios in New York, NY ELECT THE DEAD: All drums recorded at The P ass in Los Angeles, CA Drum Engineer Krish Sharma Assistant Drum Engineer Bo Joe Drum Technician at The P ass Sako Karaian Mixed by Neal Avron at P aramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA Mix Assistant Nicholas Fournier Drumming on Tracks 1, 3, 7-9, 11 by Brain Drumming on Track 2 by John Dolmayan Drumming on Tracks 4 & 5 by Brain and John Dolmayan Drum Programming on Track 6 by Dan Monti Additional Guitar on Tracks 1-4, 6, 8, 11 by Dan Monti Additional Bass on Tracks 2, 6-9, 11 by Dan Monti Additional Solo Guitar on Track 5 by Diran Noubar Additional Vocals on Tracks 5 & 9 by Ani Maldjian Additional Cello on Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12 by Cameron Stone Additional Violin on Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 by Antonio Pontarelli Additional Synthesizers on Track 6 by Dan Monti and Fabrice Favre BONUS TRACKS: Drums on Falling Stars recorded at The P ass in Los Angeles, CA Additional Engineering on Blue by Thom Russo Drum Engineer on Falling Stars Krish Sharma Assistant Drum Engineer on Falling Stars Bo Joe Drum Technician on Falling Stars Sako Karaian The Reverend King Engineered by Serj Tankian The Reverend King & Blue Mixed by Serj Tankian & Dan Monti Falling Stars Mixed by Neal Avron Falling Stars Mix Assistant Nicholas Fournier Drumming on Falling Stars by John Dolmayan Violin Solo on Falling Stars by Antonio Pontarelli Additional Guitars on Falling Stars by Dan Monti Additional Violin on Falling Stars by Antonio Pontarelli Additional Cello on Falling Stars by Cameron Stone

A&R - Craig Aaronson & George Tonikian Original Artwork Provided by Vahe Berberian Album P ackaging Design by Keith Aazami PDF Layout by Jodi Tack Worldwide Management: Dave Holmes and Darin Harmon Bo oking (US) Don Muller at CAA Bo oking (Europe) Emma Banks at CAA Photography by Greg Watermann Legal Don P assman and Gene Salomon at Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Business Management David Weise at DW & Associates John Dolmayan appears courtesy of American/Columbia Records

I would like to thank and acknowledge:

The Spirit that moves in all things, Creator, Earth Mother, Father Sun, and Grandfather Sky, my family, Ange, and all my close friends whose input and encouragement I cherish. Commander Dan, Johnny Boy, Brain, Ani, Cameron, Antonio, and Diran for their contributions. Vahe for the amazing art, Sako and Vahag for the site, Kiarash for the digital domain, GTonik for, well, a lot, Mikee for Myspace, Dave, Darin, Lauren and 3D for perspective, help, and honesty, Bob Ezrin, Rick Rubin, David Bottrill, Greg Watermann, Sara Newkirk, Beno and the System guys. Tom, Craig, Rob, Brian, Susan and all our associates at Warner . Jimmy at First Act Guitars, Steve at Sony Creative Software, Bob at Taylor Guitars, Jennifer at Korg/Marshall, Randy, Dar and Jessica at Artist Relations (Mo og, IK Multimedia & more), Anthony at Digidesign, Mindy, Chuck and Mike at Ultimate Ears, Steve Doc at Ampeg, Brian and Derek at Ernie Ball, Scott at Dunlop, Rich, Bill and Ryan at Shure, Tara at Boss/Roland, Bill at Apple, Matt and Kasey at Gibson, T im at Line 6, and Steve at Latin Percussion. and how can I forget Bowie

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The diversity of sounds rule my ever presence with their highs and blows, encompassing the totality of sensual experience. Im a child of the sirens of knowledge, a warrior for truth in a world of washed perspectives and harsh realities. My voice cries the initial cry of the unborn into this perplexing illusion. I long for the realization of the human drama, the defeat of the dogs of war, and the unity of existence. The beloved Gods of virtue have been undersold for the bleeding bread of empathy. I now await the triumphant roar of destiny, dressed in the inviting hands of a mother, perplexed by discovery, aroused by Spirit. The door is open, the road transformed. The exit code to civilization is

hacked beyond despair, chased by the moon toward the freeing sun, on our journey to light. This is an open plea to the beautiful insanity of your hearts. It is time to consummate the kiss of oblivion into the obsidian of love! The Empty Walls of The Unthinking Majority hide Money for the illusive afterlife and do not Feed Us instead, thereby Saving Us from the conclusive environmental theory that the Sky Is Over. The Baby is run over by the careless Honking Antelope who, quoting from the book of Lie Lie Lie, cries Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition. The ground rumbles and out flies Beethovens C*** screaming Elect The Dead! Serj

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