System Of A Down - Toxicity (lyrics)

Toxicity
System of a Down
Produced by
Daron Malakian, Rick Rubin
Release Date
September 4, 2001
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
#lyrics
#systemofadown
#toxicity

[@Quakeinc14]

“Somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep.”
That’s the way in. Always dropping nuggets in their songs.

[@michaelcook6483]

Conversion, software versión 7.0
(Today music is used to bring ideas to the people softly/to upload people with knowledge without them realizing it [instead of converting people with violence as in the past] to convert them into good people. 7 is the number of God.)
Looking at life through the eyes of a tire hub.
(Like a Rolling Stone-- wandering through life without having the conviction to build upon the stable foundation of Jesús's teachings, life will have a swirling chaotic appearance.)
Eating seeds is a pass-time activity.
(The many temptations and traps set for us are meant to weed-out weaker peoples' offspring from the population.)
The toxicity of our city.
(The evil which constantly grows among populations as random genetic mutations create disfunctional people and hedonism corrupts people in times of peace and prosperity. )
More wood for their fires, loud neighbors.
(Another metaphor for the slow-motion genocide used to guide population growth. Loud neighbors being bad people, especially those who fight with their own families. Neighbors referring to the fact that we all share this planet.)
Flashlight reveries...
(Revering/worshipping/paying attention to an artificial light source such as fame, wealth, ideology rather than worshipping The Sun/The Son of God.)
...caught in the headlights of a truck.
(A death sentence for those distracted by flashing lights.)
You, how do you own the world?
(How is it possible to control the population in such a way as to create peace and prosperity, while also protecting the planet and colonizing space?)
How do you own disorder?
(How can someone convert the population to follow Jesus when people are rebellious and their random genetic mutations cause them to slowly become useless without some type of selective pressure to guide their evolution?)
Sacred Silence
(Perfect Order. Those who have acheived economic liberation and moral enlightenment become crystalized, as their desire for sex and adventure disappears, and they hide themselves away from the people as to not create jealousy nor spread their crystalization.)
Sleep
(The darkness of the absolute chaos of nature without any conscious beings.)
Now, somewhere between the Sacred Silence and Sleep.
(Humanity today--the place between the perfect order of The Illuminated Ones and the Absolute Chaos of Nature. ☯️ The place where the action happens, sex/reproduction, adventure/discovery. The place where new forms of being are born and rise.)
Disorder.
(The purposeful introduction of Chaos to balance out Humanities natural inclination to Order our world. The balance between Chaos and Order.)
When I became The Sun....
(When I achieved the enlightenment and wealth which put me above humanity and made me a true source of illumination for them. When i became a Son of God/an embassador for the growth of the consciousness of The Universe through human evolution.)
...I shone life into the man's hearts.
(I illuminated/I converted softly. I showed people how to awaken their spirits so they would create technologies and families and mass movements which grow humanity's glory.).

[@Thriveandsurvive2154]

Wow. Is this song godly or demonic in nature? Or is it both?

[@Quakeinc14]

@@Thriveandsurvive2154The song has a surface level and esoteric meaning.

[@ligondesenuts769]

@@Thriveandsurvive2154
Its a somg about how the rich are profiting from wars

[@kellymaroney6586]

😅was qqààààf😅​😅@@michaelcook6483

[@kj_arts1017]

I love the duality of the calming sunset and the absolute monster of a song

[@lamatime9542]

calming sunsets are elite

[@smgm9217]

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@talktalk2412]

Your right, sounds almost like a horror film

[@justinhaller7361]

The ending of this song is one of my all time favorite endings to a banger!

[@BMM8621]

Eating seeds doesn’t sound that bad as a past time activity

[@michaelcook6483]

"Eating seeds" refers to tricking weak people into ending their own bloodline.

[@michaelcook6483]

Conversion, software versión 7.0
(Today music is used to bring ideas to the people softly/to upload people with knowledge without them realizing it [instead of converting people with violence as in the past] to convert them into good people. 7 is the number of God.)
Looking at life through the eyes of a tire hub.
(Like a Rolling Stone-- wandering through life without having the conviction to build upon the stable foundation of Jesús's teachings, life will have a swirling chaotic appearance.)
Eating seeds is a pass-time activity.
(The many temptations and traps set for us are meant to weed-out weaker peoples' offspring from the population.)
The toxicity of our city.
(The evil which constantly grows among populations as random genetic mutations create disfunctional people and hedonism corrupts people in times of peace and prosperity. )
More wood for their fires, loud neighbors.
(Another metaphor for the slow-motion genocide used to guide population growth. Loud neighbors being bad people, especially those who fight with their own families. Neighbors referring to the fact that we all share this planet.)
Flashlight reveries...
(Revering/worshipping/paying attention to an artificial light source such as fame, wealth, ideology rather than worshipping The Sun/The Son of God.)
...caught in the headlights of a truck.
(A death sentence for those distracted by flashing lights.)
You, how do you own the world?
(How is it possible to control the population in such a way as to create peace and prosperity, while also protecting the planet and colonizing space?)
How do you own disorder?
(How can someone convert the population to follow Jesus when people are rebellious and their random genetic mutations cause them to slowly become useless without some type of selective pressure to guide their evolution?)
Sacred Silence
(Perfect Order. Those who have acheived economic liberation and moral enlightenment become crystalized, as their desire for sex and adventure disappears, and they hide themselves away from the people as to not create jealousy nor spread their crystalization.)
Sleep
(The darkness of the absolute chaos of nature without any conscious beings.)
Now, somewhere between the Sacred Silence and Sleep.
(Humanity today--the place between the perfect order of The Illuminated Ones and the Absolute Chaos of Nature. ☯️ The place where the action happens, sex/reproduction, adventure/discovery. The place where new forms of being are born and rise.)
Disorder.
(The purposeful introduction of Chaos to balance out Humanities natural inclination to Order our world. The balance between Chaos and Order.)
When I became The Sun....
(When I achieved the enlightenment and wealth which put me above humanity and made me a true source of illumination for them. When i became a Son of God/an embassador for the growth of the consciousness of The Universe through human evolution.)
...I shone life into the man's hearts.
(I illuminated/I converted softly. I showed people how to awaken their spirits so they would create technologies and families and mass movements which grow humanity's glory.).

[@lucaswright6142]

Better than eating tide pods 😅

[@BMM8621]

@@michaelcook6483 my man just told us the whole meaning of the song in a biblical way. Respect

[@michaelcook6483]

@@BMM8621 what do you think about the balance of Chaos and Order?

[@a-person-called-ezra]

The sound never die, see me, a teenager hearing this song

[@pogoprithish3235]

what if they get electrocuted with the guitar strings they are pulling ? wondering....hmmmmmm!!!

[@Amira-on-paws]

I’m 12

[@houstonharvey4145]

Definetly my favourite system of a down song

[@saivillaq]

Same here!!!!

[@patrickgillitzer7773]

Tried to play this on my drums when I was 15. Now I‘m 27, never nailed it…

[@carmenbermudez3196]

Its all abt practice

[@Kakashi_Hatake____]

All about practice dude, I think anyone can do it if they really tried ✊🏼

[@kamziefretton5966]

some dude at my school did it today, i’m sure you can do it man

[@mychalhuskie5671]

You can do it mate 🔥

[@mikoro88]

You should watch El Estepario Siberianos drum cover of this song! 😅

[@jerrybiscay6987]

So I saw these guys in 2004 in concert.
Didn't really appreciate them till later.
Dang....

[@cheesysstuff1]

are you that old now?

[@diggie9598]

@@cheesysstuff1 Nah, he stopped aging around 2008.

[@Dreama-xx8bp]

Yeah I used to be an exotic dancer & danced to this song. Amazing & challenging at the Same time

[@Jacob_M_C_Alien]

"There's Water! There's Water! There's Waterrrr!"

[@cashmeoutside888]

Its father, father lmao

[@v1ncent426]

@@cashmeoutside888 bro he was making a joke

[@Jacob_M_C_Alien]

@@cashmeoutside888 All these Years when he said "Disorder" I thought that he was saying "There's Water" 🤣😂

[@BlahBlahName]

This song is not long enough...

[@Bluegrassriver8]

For rock it doesn;t get any better than this

[@cajunfries6955]

Correct

[@lizbethramos2390]

Facts

[@v1ncent426]

Deftones???

[@ariyanchowdhury302]

It does

[@illsli]

@@v1ncent426ew.

[@guerramundial9868]

Finally I found this great song 20 year later, I didn't know what was the song name. I listened this when I was a student in my country.

[@nereida8070]

Idk how old this song is but just hurd it and its my favorite 🤟🏽

[@williamhosker2502]

It's 20 some years old now. The first time I bought the CD, I listened to it for 6 hours straight while driving home. The whole album took me over and it was all I wanted to listen to.

[@ix69yn]

I’m not a rock fan but this song gets me fucking rock hard all the time!

[@baseballkid9000]

My favorite system of a down song I think it represents all the craziness that is the world

[@CraignDayDay007]

Damn j just remembered guitar hero and this was one of my favorite songs to play

[@Scarlet62762]

I remember my son playing it.. when it came on I always ran to watch him.. this song is wicked epic and I’m blessed to have shared it with my son as a teen.

[@windyzulmayrani2785]

❤

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

My fav song by them

[@chrisbailey9377]

Mines chop suey... This is right there though.

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

@@chrisbailey9377 Yes

[@kapnkarhoonch5497]

This song on a lyrical level sounds almost like a mash up of parables.

[@xixitapuga7208]

Me relaja tanto...❤

[@emmanuelmota257]

Russia airstrikes .....🇷🇺💂‍♂️
US_USSR 🇺🇸✈G6 ❤ what do you think you run the world?
😭 conversion .
6.0 ...... 🤣

[@Dreama-xx8bp]

Try dancing to this song in a high end club in Florida.. it was pretty amazing

[@Saritaaa_m]

My song 🎧 my fav 🎵

[@frischoutofwater]

i like this song

[@j.d.campos3512]

I love it

[@VXRAIL455]

Yes!!

[@josefinagimenez1517]

Listening from sta.ana st.francis convent.. To my Friend Fr.Rod i know ur so stressed about those toxic elements..anyway thank you for letting me stay for a days...

[@user-ef9fe3pc8h]

Well done man🎉

[@matthardin4685]

Me to this song is the best.

[@KTMbrandon25]

Ahhh yes.....early 2000S.

[@mohdnasyaaidiljalil2219]

2005 I heard this song n until now

[@cotiaratv3651]

I can't breathe.

[@AyeshaKhan-le8yo]

We will never be too old

[@user-gu4kb5vn9f]

...and we will never be young again...

[@james4wd236]

THIS WHOLE TIME I WAS SINGING THIS ENTIRE SONG WRONG LOL. LIKE EVERY SINGLE WORD.

[@sumitn3wa]

Some stuff of W and Home boies and alot to vibe among the music

[@michellebellamy6540]

Disorder disorder disorderrrrrrr

[@oliviasimoneau8890]

Finally the right lyrics

[@Caffeinated-DaVinci]

What? There's a ton wrong with this version's lyrics

[@oliviasimoneau8890]

@@Caffeinated-DaVinci well for the most part, they are correct! I saw one that said :eating seems like a pastime fertility! I think it's mostly the right lyrics

[@amedeobongiovanni3620]

I think he says :"YOU what do yo own? The world?"
Not NEW*

[@oliviasimoneau8890]

@@amedeobongiovanni3620 I think so too :)

[@ferdzadalim6459]

Sarcasm 😂

[@scorchagain]

Eating seeds is the best time activity
The toxicity - every city, every city

[@glassoflemonade1386]

Of our city*

[@ayrtongoat92]

If i ever have to get fired the f up this is my jam

[@elenaverdes6269]

E bellissima

[@awesomegirl5190]

2:40-3:03 I love the music

[@andregoncalvesleite1990]

Brabo

[@sethevenstar6395]

There was a level in final fantasy 16 when you enter a city the battle song that played literally sounded like this without the lyrics

[@mathewscheiber1726]

Your right

[@AngelaKambourian-jz3sb]

Que buenos los
Armenios!!!❤

[@EstefaniHerrera-ei1ju]

This the Best dong

[@haagie70]

Real shit

[@OCMakerNo.1]

0:50 is good to lip-sing according to my brother

[@jaybird3896]

I never understood the lyrics. So random. But I love the instrumental

[@Moss_butt-da-_-alien]

You will someday, beleive in yourself, it might not be a good day, but it shall come.

[@michaelcook6483]

Conversion, software versión 7.0
(Today music is used to bring ideas to the people softly/to upload people with knowledge without them realizing it [instead of converting people with violence as in the past] to convert them into good people. 7 is the number of God.)
Looking at life through the eyes of a tire hub.
(Like a Rolling Stone-- wandering through life without having the conviction to build upon the stable foundation of Jesús's teachings, life will have a swirling chaotic appearance.)
Eating seeds is a pass-time activity.
(The many temptations and traps set for us are meant to weed-out weaker peoples' offspring from the population.)
The toxicity of our city.
(The evil which constantly grows among populations as random genetic mutations create disfunctional people and hedonism corrupts people in times of peace and prosperity. )
More wood for their fires, loud neighbors.
(Another metaphor for the slow-motion genocide used to guide population growth. Loud neighbors being bad people, especially those who fight with their own families. Neighbors referring to the fact that we all share this planet.)
Flashlight reveries...
(Revering/worshipping/paying attention to an artificial light source such as fame, wealth, ideology rather than worshipping The Sun/The Son of God.)
...caught in the headlights of a truck.
(A death sentence for those distracted by flashing lights.)
You, how do you own the world?
(How is it possible to control the population in such a way as to create peace and prosperity, while also protecting the planet and colonizing space?)
How do you own disorder?
(How can someone convert the population to follow Jesus when people are rebellious and their random genetic mutations cause them to slowly become useless without some type of selective pressure to guide their evolution?)
Sacred Silence
(Perfect Order. Those who have acheived economic liberation and moral enlightenment become crystalized, as their desire for sex and adventure disappears, and they hide themselves away from the people as to not create jealousy nor spread their crystalization.)
Sleep
(The darkness of the absolute chaos of nature without any conscious beings.)
Now, somewhere between the Sacred Silence and Sleep.
(Humanity today--the place between the perfect order of The Illuminated Ones and the Absolute Chaos of Nature. ☯️ The place where the action happens, sex/reproduction, adventure/discovery. The place where new forms of being are born and rise.)
Disorder.
(The purposeful introduction of Chaos to balance out Humanities natural inclination to Order our world. The balance between Chaos and Order.)
When I became The Sun....
(When I achieved the enlightenment and wealth which put me above humanity and made me a true source of illumination for them. When i became a Son of God/an embassador for the growth of the consciousness of The Universe through human evolution.)
...I shone life into the man's hearts.
(I illuminated/I converted softly. I showed people how to awaken their spirits so they would create technologies and families and mass movements which grow humanity's glory.).

[@l.c.899]

​@@michaelcook6483I think your wall of text is longer than the freakong chinese wall😂

[@torioumlol]

​@@michaelcook6483 Bro... THIS IS FCKING BRILLIANT! Amazing interpretation.

[@michaelcook6483]

@@torioumlol thanks bro. If you think thats crazy, listen to Youre Gonna Go Far Kid by Offspring, keeping in mind the idea of Conversion Software Versión 7.0.
Or rewatch 1999 The Matrix but keep in mind that Neo is Jesus. ...
Or if you think THATS crazy, lol, read some bible passages, but replace God with Natural Selection. 🤯

[@user-jh8ig9tv9j]

Here in 2023

[@Witchyheathen]

Singing this to my 10 month old lol

[@ingridugarteche4301]

What is this song about? I have always LOVED it and never knew the lyrics 😝

[@repostmadness]

i think it’s either about ADD or how toxic people can be in the area you live and how it affects people

[@gamebellover]

ima lmao 😂

[@renzolaer1617]

2024!!

[@ricidak779]

keren

[@zeuskratos1780]

❤☺

[@IstValeeYT]

*se sorprende en Uzi*

[@kerstenweltlich9999]

❤🎉❤

[@pujendraanpillai1501]

Vibe while eating seed 😂

[@guayapizza2314]

Sacred disorder...not bad

[@crusaderlonk9677]

this song kind of sounds like a slowed down version of one part of toxicity by system of a down

[@ratlord09]

This is toxicity by soad?

[@darrenwebb7325]

@@ratlord09 ladies and gentleman, we got him

[@Hollow.gs_]

Mc vv me trouxe aqui

[@benedictohernandez2459]

Snorlax, Snorlax, Snooooo oohhhrlax!!!!

[@0angel821]

DISORDER DISORDER
Me when my squishmallows fall out of their nets

[@welberlau]

cs 1.6 + lan houses

[@wendyvanessaninoshernandez5961]

🤟🤟🤟🤟🤘🤘🤟

[@netodablio]

BRO! EU ERREI O GOL! EU ERREO A XOTA! A XOTA!

[@THINKING_A_LOT]

COMEÇOU KKKKKK
NO! BOBO DEMAIS EU PEGUEI O MEU PA0 E ACERTEI O UMBIGO~...

[@Meia_duzia]

ooo man, todo mundo agora sabe disso, vergonha, vergonha, VERGONHAAAA...

[@user-wx9zx3tw1b]

☝

[@DfiedlerPlayer]

About Big techs

[@SomeExistite]

I am so confused. The vinyl release and this lyrics video say it goes "New, what do you own...", but the official music video's captions and a lot of other places say it goes "You, what do you own...". Who's correct?

[@GiogeW]

Bad trip

[@cbinnieluv]

some of the lyrics are wrong but i love this part 2:41 ~ 3:04

[@awesomegirl5190]

Me too

[@archiebrulet2284]

0:12

[@associationtayrintzuri1202]

Mmmmmmmm 😢😢😢

[@Meia_duzia]

Por favor lidia não me evite, não me evite, bro errei o gol...

[@mamalibisoyi8432]

Hello Voyager i & ii

[@user-jr3sm3qs1w]

🇨🇱🧡🇺🇲

[@kkSamykkj]

"BRO ERREI O GOL ERREI A XOTA"

[@flowersofthefield340]

A Toxic Fallen World
.............. 🌍 ...........

[@stevesanda5181]

dis order / is dis what you
ordered ? [ I heard deserter ]

[@tanyaserrano3483]

Disorder

[@sripujiati7767]

ya Robb..karuniakanlah anugerahMu..unt cucu saya I Putu Adiasta Narendra Tama untuk menaklukkan dan memainkan drum dalam lagu ini dengan hasil terbaik..Aamiin YRA

[@keysha989]

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, our city
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
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
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
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
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

[@ChrisMcAlister-wl5wh]

All toxicity be gone.❤️⛑️❤️ in jesus name amen.

[@AbcDef-xz6oq]

5tr4321 aix2 #herri 1:03 rock roll 1:20 RESIDEN#

[@Thehigher13]

2024

[@Mrozekk]

yo

[@flimedbylia]

Sup

[@SerenityJayne19912]

Hey

[@aguswardoyo2936]

Alip ba ta cover is the best one....

[@spooky5338]

tbh vocalist kinda sounds like mr crabs

[@andresmontoya2741]

We actually undertand the menaning at the end that he says ?

[@massufiani7467]

their the last great band, this song came out on 9 11 2001

[@eisenhowermaldiajr3511]

2024?

[@charlesmonris139]

Conversion software to 7.0 >> upgrading OS to Windows 7

[@user-vf9ur4mf6r]

When your pruning your flower garden and lose your handle on the hoe

[@cotiaratv3651]

MSDS

[@bhalogena8489]

Ano ngayon mo lang nalaman na choupesoy ni parokya ni edgar to no hahaha copyright

[@carlolachica6961]

Sino ba na una order taker ng parokya at kamikaze o yan toxicity?

[@romeg9889]

​@@carlolachica6961 toxicity

[@Elmast__]

fornai

[@vincenting545]

.

[@ucihaitachi9409]

I am tired to practice this my drums .. almost 11 years still nubbb ..I am not musical ..i am business man .. Just listen But not playing ...

[@chrysotirekoglou]

Che sbocco

[@fredcraven1699]

🍣🍇🫐🫐🫐🍇🍗

[@TrevorKimble-tw9uw]

Science science science science x100000000 everywhere hahahahhahahahaha pillllsssssssss worldwide good luck

[@bobyoktana2319]

Ngaco nich