System Of A Down
System Of A Down
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
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System Of A Down
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Man made shame
This line is the crux of the whole song. It states that humanity as a collective clings to the Ego, believing it to be as real as the source, to our own detriment. Individuals carry around this “Pain Body” of shame believing they have to move on and deal with it, but this is ironical...
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Life is but a dream
Drifting on a stream, a stream
Consciously it seems
All of what remains
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Ego Brain, man made shame
Shame love after it rains
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
You see my pain is real, watch my world dissolve
And pretend that none of us see the Fall
As I turn to sand, you took me by the hand
And declared that love prevails over all
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
I am just a man
Fighting other men for land, for land
While I turn to sand
In Spite of the pain
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Ego Brain, man made shame
Shame love after it rains
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
You see my pain is real, watch my world dissolve
And pretend that none of us see the Fall
As I turn to sand, you took me by the hand
And declared that love prevails over all
[Bridge: Serj Tankian]
All of what remains...
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Ego Brain, man made shame
Shame love after it rains
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
You see my pain is real, watch my world dissolve
And pretend that none of us see the Fall
As I turn to sand, you took me by the hand
And declared that love prevails over all
[Outro: Serj Tankian]
Love after it rains
Ego Brain was written by Daron Malakian & Serj Tankian.
Ego Brain was produced by Rick Rubin & Daron Malakian.
System Of A Down released Ego Brain on Tue Nov 26 2002.
The song tells the bitter story of a man who dies in shame due to the egotistical state of his mind.
At the very beginning of the song, Serj says that life is merely a dream and that our material presence is insignificant. What is significant is one’s mind. When one’s mind is tainted by egotism (eg...