Social and Political songs

Empty Walls- Serj Tankian

Your empty walls, your empty wallsPretentious adventures, dismissive apprehensionDon't waste your time on coffins todayWhen we decline from the confines of our mindDon't waste your time on coffins today

Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?

I want you to be left behind those empty wallsTold you to see from behind those empty wallsThose empty walls

When we decline from the confines of our mindDon't waste your time on coffins today

Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?

I want you to be left behind those empty wallsTold you to see from behind those empty wallsWant you to be left behind those empty wallsI told you to see from behind those empty wallsFrom behind those empty wallsFrom behind those empty walls, the wallsFrom behind those empty walls

(I loved you yesterday)From behind those empty wallsFrom behind those empty walls, the walls(Before you killed my family)

Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearningDying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?

I want you to be left behind those empty wallsTold you to see from behind those empty walls(Desolate and full of yearning, dying of anticipation)(Choking from intoxication)I want you to be left behind those empty walls(Don't you see their bodies burning, desolate and full of yearning(Dying of anticipation, choking from intoxication?)I told you to see from behind those empty walls

From behind those empty wallsFrom behind those fucking wallsFrom behind those goddamn wallsThose walls, those walls

In this song the artist is talking about the war in Iraq. In the video of this song it illustrates major events in the war but using children and a childrens play place to illustrate what is happening. In the song he talks about the people that have died and who are dying for our country. This song is important because it grabs your attention to what is happening currently and makes you think about it. It makes your heart go out to everyone involved.


Hunger Strike- Temple of the Dog

I don't mind stealing bread
From the mouths of decadence
But I can't feed on the powerless
When my cup's already overfilled
But it's on the table
The fire is cooking
And they're farming babies
While the slaves are working
The blood is on the table
And their mouths are choking
But I'm growing hungry

In this song the band is talking about social inequality and how people will steal from those who they consider "lower." It shows how everyone is not equal and what they have to deal with. It also brings up the point that the people that work really hard in life are the ones that struggle while others do not. The relenvence of this song is to prove that people do have hard times and it is not fair.