Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Harakiri was a suicidal practice performed by Japanese Samurai.
In the song Serj is using the term as a metaphor for what human kind is doing with themselves. The choices we are making today will be responsible for the dawn of civilization in the future. We, humanity, are basically performing Harak...
[Chorus]
We're the day birds
Deciding to fly against the sky
Within our dreams, we all wake up
To kiss the ones who are born to die
We're the greying herds
Hurting each other with our lies
Within our dreams, we all wake up
To kiss the ones who are born
Born to die
Born to die
[Verse 1]
The drum fish
They beached themselves in Harakiri
The blackbirds
They fell in thousands from the sky
Their red wings
Streaming down from the higher seas
Deflected by the ground
They crowned the sun
[Refrain]
They crowned the sun
(They crowned the sun)
They crowned the sun
(They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
When their time was done
(Their time was done)
They were drowned by the only one
(They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
Washed by the sun
[Quote from Lyndon B. Johnson (Video Version Only)]
These are the stakes. We must either love each other, or we must die
[Verse 2]
Our statues
The soaring edifice of our times
Detracted
From the ways of the wise
The future
Will view all history as a crime
So, Father
Tell us, when is the time to rise?
[Refrain]
They crowned the sun
(They crowned the sun)
They crowned the sun
(They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
When their time was done
(Their time was done)
They were drowned by the only one
(They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
[Quote from Ronald Reagan (Video Version Only)]
We're at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars. There's no place to escape to, this is the last stand on earth
[Chorus]
We're the day birds
Deciding to fly against the sky
Within our dreams, we all wake up
To kiss the ones who are born to die
We're the greying herds
Hurting each other with our lies
Within our dreams, we all wake up
To kiss the ones who are born
Born to die
[Refrain]
They crowned the sun
(They crowned the sun)
They crowned the sun
(They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
When their time was done
(Their time was done)
They were drowned by the only one
(They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
They crowned the sun
(They crowned the sun)
They crowned the sun
(They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
And we believe that they are free
'Cause I believe that they are me
Washed by the sun
Harakiri was written by Serj Tankian.
Harakiri was produced by Serj Tankian.
Serj Tankian released Harakiri on Tue Jul 10 2012.
“The human race will eventually die of civilization.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Millions of animals have perished in recent mass die-offs:
– 8300 Drum Fish dead in Beebe, Arkansas
– 4500 Black Birds dead on New Years Eve 2011
– 877 Dolphins dead in Northern Peru
– 2300 Sea Birds dead in Chile
Plastic is...