Toxicity

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“Toxicity” is one of System of a Down’s biggest hits, the song reached No. 70 on Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on Mainstream Rock chart. During a performance at the 2005… Read More

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Toxicity Lyrics

[Produced by Rick Rubin, Daron Malakian, Serj Tankian]

[Verse 1]
Conversion, software version 7.0
Looking at life through the eyes of a tire hub
Eating seeds as a pastime activity
The toxicity of our city, of our city

[Chorus]
You, 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

[Verse 2]
More wood for their fires, loud neighbors
Flashlight reveries caught in the headlights of a truck
Eating seeds as a pastime activity
The toxicity of our city, of our city

[Chorus]
You, 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

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
You, what do you own the world? How do you own disorder?
Now, somewhere between the sacred silence, sacred silence and sleep
Somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep
Disorder, disorder, disorder

[Outro]
When I became the sun, I shone life into the man's hearts
When I became the sun, I shone life into the man's hearts

About

“Toxicity” is one of System of a Down’s biggest hits, the song reached No. 70 on Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on Mainstream Rock chart. During a performance at the 2005 Download Festival, Daron Malakian said that the song was about Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a psychological condition that interferes with an individual’s executive functions. The video for the song was directed by the band’s bassist Shavo Odadjian, just like “Aerials” video.

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Songs like “Toxicity” contain the most talked about subject in many other System of a Down songs. These songs create a subject about the music industry, drugs, corruption, religion, and Hollywood, as well as their role of “toxicity” in the world. This “toxicity” is a type of characteristic that System of a Down thinks is poisoning the nation, due to the effect that takes place afterward.

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