"when you lose small mind you free your life" and "swimming through the void we hear the word, we lose ourselves but find it all" both have tremendous meaning to me spiritually.
finally someone made a song about a writing font (edit: vid creator changed the title from "Arial" to "Aerials" for those wondering why i commented saying this..)
When I was a teen I listened to this on the radio and I thought the base part was so so pretty to listen to. I couldn’t get the name of the song or the artist back then so I kept trying to sing the melody into the song finding apps but couldn’t find it anywhere. in college I found it again and I think it’s just as nice to hear when I was little. Thank you
I started sharibg my favorite songs with my youbger siblings and my little brother told me that all my songs are depressing. 😯I was in complete disbelief and really confused.😶 I was like 😨What! Dese songs are awesome! 😫Whatchu talkin bout! But, yeah, now I get it😅👍Thanks for puttin it into words!
@@sanv3275 that just means you like songs that mean something, Mine has kind of dark undertones, or is about something not typically “happy” most good songs are sad tho
this song has always spoken to me very deeply and whether its about government or spiritual beliefs, my interpretation has always been that of A river of experience, all of us wanting to drink the good from it while attempting to protect ourselves from the bad. in the end we are all like fireworks exploding in A black sky only to fade back into the nothingness that birthed us, stop worrying about life and start living it.
bros, just think in that bird. "Ho my god, there's a hole on that human's house, what's there inside ?, everything maybe, i want to know... wait, who's the other bird ?"
This song is about how people can lose their identities and become just like everyone else. Some lyric analysis: "Life is a waterfall,we're one in the river, one again after the fall." - We all start off the same and we all end up the same. "Swimming through the void, we hear the words,we lose ourselves, but we find it all." - As we go through life we are told lessons, but we ignore them. We forget who we really are in the mix of seeking the synthetic lifestyle, and that's the price to lose who we really are. "'Cause we are the ones that wanna play, always want to go, but you never want to stay." - We always want to be part of the scene. We strive for what we want and when we get it, it still does not satisfy. "And we are the ones that want to choose, always wanna play, but you never wanna lose." - We want and want. We do whatever we can but if trouble is ever near we do whatever we can to maintain innocence. "When you lose small mind you free your life." - When we stop to see the full picture is when we really have control of our lives. "Life is a waterfall, we drink from the river then we turn around and put up our walls." - We take and take and in the end we give nothing. This shows how greedy, oblivious and inconsiderate people can be
I know where no flaming unicorns are, thus I cannot stuff them. Also, you didn't specify what you want me to stuff the flaming unicorn with. But it seems slightly homophobic, I must say.
Oh, just teasing the person who told me shut up by deliberately mistranslating their acronym and attempting to illustrate the absurdity of expecting someone to obey a stranger who can't even be bothered to write out what they want of you. Plus, what more did they expect I was going to say if not prompted? Good times.
Heard this song for the first time today . And as a hip hop fan and being open more open to music for the past year I can say this song is dope man . Amazing music . And I like system of the down now .
holly fuuck still having the chills from the first line, Life is a waterfall, We're one in the river, And one again after the fall. goddamn... Just never heard someone putting it like that. So good it hurts. So simple and brilliant, how we are nothing like human, we are just some kind of energy, that we call atoms. Than we become a conscious human being, but it really doesn't matter cuz we just go back to how we were, and we are nothing like when we "lived" anymore. It's so insignificant yet we think of ourselves as the center of everything just cuz we have a conscious...
Szabo Tamas yeah, i dont think it called atom i think it called "life force" "chi" "consciousness energy" or "soul" its just so true how they put that hidden meaning in the lyric. im still trying to see through, to get the eternal prize
Nguyễn Thịnh Well I was referring to how we are built from the same stuff that the world around us is built of. And if we dig deep enough, atoms are more than 99 percent empty space and to a fundamental level we still don't know what causes them to stay in motion and what it is. The particles that makes up an atom are protons electrons and neutrons. And we don't really know what those are fundamentally. Some kind of energy/mass/wave etc. That's what I was getting at. I don't mean to be disrespectful but I don't believe in bullshit.
Szabo Tamas actually everything is in some system of believe. if we think out of the box we can see religion are some system of believe and science are also some system of believe. they are equal if we change the perspective not from our stand point in one system looking to another, but outside all of them. thank you for not disrespectful. iam truly an atheist but what iam saying is religion and science may be not the same, but they are equal, have some crosssection. specifically in the previous comment. iam saying all those souls those religious people talking about is actually is just what science people call energy like what inside our brain? what inside those computer is designed electric pulses. they are energy so iam saying souls are just energy. get what iam saying? its not like things not exist, just that sometime we stand in some perspective that make us thing it is nonexistence and am pretty sure those guys in soad do mindtrips. if you experienced those stuff sure you will know what iam talking about and why iam making all these reference and connection in their lyrics
[Verse 1] Life is a waterfall We're one in the river And one again after the fall Swimming through the void, we hear the word We lose ourselves, but we find it all [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause we are the ones that want to play Always want to go but you never want to stay And we are the ones that want to choose Always want to play but you never want to lose [Chorus] Aerials in the sky When you lose small mind You free your life [Verse 2] Life is a waterfall We drink from the river Then we turn around and put up our walls Swimming through the void, we hear the word We lose ourselves, but we find it all [Pre-Chorus] 'Cause we are the ones that want to play Always want to go but you never want to stay And we are the ones that want to choose Always want to play, but you never want to lose Oh
"when you lose small mind, you free your life". In buddhism the small mind is the mind that cling to their thought, to their emotions, who isn't mindful, who can't see that in reality everyone and everything is connected, the small mind sees everything as separate (I am here, you are there) , as if all things are separate, because our senses see this. SO the small mind falls victim of the illusion that our senses give us (that everything is separate) and also becomes victim of the ego and of the many thoughts, without being mindful and present in the moment.
System of a Down is one of the deepest bands the world has ever seen, next to Tool, they express themselves in there music to a point where nobody will ever understand.
I know I'm a whole ass year late to this comment but I literally just heard it I needed to come here and just have a little ear massage after hearing MGK's nail on chalkboard representation of it
Same thing? What is a -- a lien... monetized it means ... Break down words and see how it is all connected and talks about currency like water and land ...somebody have a brain!!!
Songinterpretation: We all are afraid of something, and we never want to face that. In our lives, we always want to enjoy and gamble for the better, but never want to lose. we never want to accept loss. We can never deal with bad luck and bad emotions. We can never face, that our relationships one day will fail, that we will die one day, that we will just lose this game, one day. That we will always just run away from our problems. We will only ever feel free, when we dont put up our walls and accept others as they are, even if they had more luck than oneself. We have to face problems and be rewarded only if we get the reward by ourself. Nothing will ever be handed to you that easily. You can never expect the best to happen and be mad because it hasnt been gifted to you. You must accept that it happened and just go on, cause live is a waterfall, we drink from the river and put up our walls. we are the ones who want to play and choose, we always want to play, but never want to loose. When you loose small mind, you free your life When you free your eyes, ethernal prize. Baltori
You're looking too deep into it my brother. Keep your eyes in the sky. Truth in plain sight. Free your mind. Wake the fuck up. They're trying to tell you
Best comment here! The only acceptance we are looking for in our whole life is the acceptance of ourselves. We cannot accept us as we are, we cannot accept that the failure is a part of game of life. If we can accept us we are gonna pull off our fancy masks and drop these walls. Rember that the revolution begins from us as individuals. Have a nice day from Greece.
@@v._vanja6515 haha yeah I thought that was funny , and also thought it was funny that someone responded to this comment just a few minutes before I started to read it ,that's rare
My dad showed me this when i was like 6 and in my lady gaga phase and i still loved it. Even for a child that hated this type of music i loved this song
For me when they talk about being in the river, they're talking about the flow of the higher consciousness that we're all apart of. The fall, life like they say, is that moment we're droplets, seemingly separate, just consciousness observing itself. Once we hit the water at the end of life we realize once again of being whole. The putting up the walls and the damns are us trying to control the flow of life. Getting rid of death, trying to find a way out. We open our minds to the whole, the knowledge of being One we free those constraints on ourselves be our true selves. We take life with grace. This seems to be a good conclusion to the whole album, as the rest are bits and pieces of the same message. If you got this far, I appreciate you hearing me out. Love and Light
Life is a waterfall We're one in the river And one again after the fall Swimming through the void We hear the word We lose ourselves But we find it all? 'Cause we are the ones that want to play Always want to go But you never want to stay And we are the ones that want to choose Always want to play But you never want to lose Aerials in the sky When you lose small mind You free your life Life is a waterfall We drink from the river Then we turn around and put up our walls Swimming through the void We hear the word We lose ourselves But we find it all? 'Cause we are the ones that want to play Always want to go But you never want to stay And we are the ones that want to choose Always want to play But you never want to lose Aerials in the sky When you lose small mind You free your life Aerials so up high When you free your eyes Eternal prize Aerials in the sky When you lose small mind You free your life Aerials so up high When you free your eyes Eternal prize
I couldn’t keep up with the video so I needed to know what was the next line before it started so I know how to pronounce it correctly until I memorize it , something u won’t be able to understand since am pretty sure you are a native English speaker :) , think about all the possibles choices why certain things happen before you open your mouth , you’ll be surprised after all, btw I posted them for me to memorize the lyrics not for other people but you are more than welcome to use them as u want :)))))
“When you loose small mind you free your life” - I feel means that when you let go of your current life circumstances and situations and realize there’s more to life and you were put here for something bigger than yourself and we are invincible human beings with no limit except the one we put on ourselves, then you will have peace of mind and be free from this thing we call society and all of its “problems “ it’s just an illusion we have to overcome to see Life.
Tony Quintana this is a very good outlook, but I think when you “lose small mind”, it correlates to ego death. Ego death is the loss of your subjective self identity (the thing that controls you in your daily life, via the ego). Ego death is achieved from psychedelics and intense meditation. Once you lose your ego, you are a “free” bird. You are your TRUE self after ego death, freeing yourself from the ego that controlled you all your life.
I remember being in the school weight room when this came out and the build up and ending of aerials raised my testosterone levels through the roof. Can still remember it like it was yesterday. Badass song.
For me this song is about the labels society wants to put to you. How even the justice wants to determine what's wrong or right. They even want to control the way we dress and think,define us by race , skin color, nationality and religion . We can't let people tell us the right thing, We have to discover it ourselves. We have to aim for individuality and real hapiness.
+Lacrima28 please understand I once followed satan , i worshiped him to get power in music , when they mention 'the word ' , thats G od ,it is so obvious if you once lived on the dark side as i have, this whole song mocks the one true God , I now live for jesus christ , he's the only way , i have been born again since 1982, was a rock & roll singer , nothing wrong w/ rock n roll in itself , but it should glorify God when you rock jesus is coming soon for all of us, are you ready ? if not please get ready , i'm 57 yrs. old . still rock but now going to heaven, st. jason
This song reminds me of Salvation in Christ. And how when you hear the "word" of the gospel if you follow it youll lose your life but find eternal life..Then there are those who want eternal life but they don't want to sacrafice or suffer to attain that eternal life..wanting to always win but never lose..
Hmm, interesting. This song always reminds me of the time I saw a small raccoon eating a bag of sour cream and onion potato chips. He was just sitting there munching away. He was a sloppy eater. It took me forever to get the grease stains off of the unicycle seat. Thankfully I had full insurance so I was covered for unintentional critter snack damage. Absolutely the last time I bring that little bastard to a bar mitzvah.
@@Zazou_96 We’re one in the river and one again after the fall. Basically life is like the waterfall, rough and turbulent but we are all one before life begins and one after life ends, like the river that leads in and out of the fall.
Personally I believe that this song is finding that the only way to bypass your youthful mind progress to your adult mind is to realize that you may never accomplish your dreams and you have to live with what happens and how you live your own life
…SONG OF THE DAY!!! SYSTEM OF A DOWN - AERIALS (2001) Entiendo que muchas veces su guitarrista 🎸 Daron Malakian menciona (a manera de sarcasmo) que no tiene ningún significado la canción. Sin embargo podemos mencionar que la letra trata sobre cómo las personas pueden perder su identidad y volverse como todos los demás. Es decir: A medida que avanzamos en la vida se nos dan lecciones, pero las ignoramos. Olvidamos quiénes somos realmente en la mezcla de buscar el estilo de VIDA SINTÉTICO. Siempre queremos PERTENECER EN ALGÚN CÍRCULO del cual HACE QUE "ACTUEMOS" para así ser ACEPTADOS. Luchamos por lo que queremos y cuando lo conseguimos, todavía no nos satisface. RECUERDEN BND: Cuando nos DETENEMOS a ver la IMAGEN COMPLETA es cuando realmente tenemos el CONTROL de nuestras vidas. Tomamos y tomamos y al final no damos nada. Esto muestra lo CODICIOSOS, INCONSCIENTES y DESCONCERTADOS que pueden ser las personas. A ellos los pude disfrutar en e año de 2018 🇲🇽 🤘🏿ULTRAMEGAROLOTA🤘🏿02/11/2021
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This song will never die
Steve Murray
I hope so man i want to be 90 and still be listening to this song im only 13 now but man i really hope these songs stay with us
@@ldeaI. same im 14 and i will forever listen to this and soad
I thought it was colors?😂
The truth limp biz kit
"when you lose small mind you free your life" and "swimming through the void we hear the word, we lose ourselves but find it all" both have tremendous meaning to me spiritually.
Listen to chop suey
@@funnyboyz6208 best song for playing halo ngl
It is very spiritual and meaningful.
Only for those with the ears to hear and the eyes to see.
@@SRWill64 It was good. O:)
Talk to them bro 💪🏾
STILL get chills when he starts chanting.....
Out of this world voice
Indubitably
Perhaps you're becoming possessed
I feel the same way
finally someone made a song about a writing font (edit: vid creator changed the title from "Arial" to "Aerials" for those wondering why i commented saying this..)
2 spoopy
@@glow6514 conversion software. Version 7.0
I'm sorry I need help understanding what you guys are talking about I'm a little bit slow forgive me
@@Crowfist Toxicity - System of the Down
This comment had me rollin 😂
When I was a teen I listened to this on the radio and I thought the base part was so so pretty to listen to. I couldn’t get the name of the song or the artist back then so I kept trying to sing the melody into the song finding apps but couldn’t find it anywhere. in college I found it again and I think it’s just as nice to hear when I was little. Thank you
Bass
Listen one from fade, the bass is really good.
Eu passei exatamente a mesma coisa pois não sabia qual o nome da música até que finalmente a encontrei
Procurei durante 7 anos
Lifelong SOAD fan.
It will get better.
I've been listening to S.O.A.D my entire life and nothing is better then them. This song is one of my favorites. Always has been always will be.
10 anos atrás…
they say that about most of their songs
They freaking suck smh
the opening will always be the reason i love this song
Jacob Fort cool
i found it that it's a sample
One of them
Kulo Ren of course there so much to love about this song
Reminded me of a three days grace intro, take me under lol
This song is sick 🔥 cant believe im barely listening to them
when we were kids we sang the lyrics
now we feel em
I started sharibg my favorite songs with my youbger siblings and my little brother told me that all my songs are depressing. 😯I was in complete disbelief and really confused.😶 I was like 😨What! Dese songs are awesome! 😫Whatchu talkin bout! But, yeah, now I get it😅👍Thanks for puttin it into words!
@@sanv3275 that just means you like songs that mean something, Mine has kind of dark undertones, or is about something not typically “happy” most good songs are sad tho
Now im doing both 🥰🥰🥰
NICE....
Couldn't said it better myself ur right
this song has always spoken to me very deeply and whether its about government or spiritual beliefs, my interpretation has always been that of A river of experience, all of us wanting to drink the good from it while attempting to protect ourselves from the bad. in the end we are all like fireworks exploding in A black sky only to fade back into the nothingness that birthed us, stop worrying about life and start living it.
"When you lose small mind you free your life"
Yeah, this is big brain time
BIG BRAAINN!!!
- Einstein
This is too good
@SAMUEL MORALES lol
@SAMUEL MORALES NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCEEE
"When you free your eyes, eternal prize."
-Itachi approved
XD
Sasuke too
+Upasna Ganguly Brothers approved
thank you for this comment
lol
How do they manage to add a violin and a bell into a heavy rock song is amazing
This is perfection. Anyone who wants to have a bad time go check out MGKs cover
Yeh
the second he started singing I noped tf outta that
thatll make it worst
that's why im here, saw that garbage and needed to come cleanse my ears with the real shit
Oh….really….dare i go there????????
This song is deeper than anyone can fathom
This song is definitely about when a bird fucked'up my window.
you are so fucking stupid man...srry
+Dawnslayer13 Sorry for what...you say sorry because you are a fucking bitch
bros, just think in that bird.
"Ho my god, there's a hole on that human's house, what's there inside ?, everything maybe, i want to know... wait, who's the other bird ?"
+Mihai Tudor Bostan triggered much?
+Mihai Tudor Bostan Jesus dude, chill tf out. Christ.
Had to cleanse my ears after hearing MGK's cover of this masterpiece
Machine gun kelly has a cover of this!?
im glad i never heard it i can only imagine the monstrosity
nvm, i gonna check it out
So catchy.. Maybe one of the best songs by them.
Look up temper.
shitty song temper
I agree !
Temper is really good
nah I like chop suey better tbh but tempers pretty good
This song is about how people can lose their identities and become just like everyone else. Some lyric analysis:
"Life is a waterfall,we're one in the river, one again after the fall." - We all start off the same and we all end up the same.
"Swimming through the void, we hear the words,we lose ourselves, but we find it all." - As we go through life we are told lessons, but we ignore them. We forget who we really are in the mix of seeking the synthetic lifestyle, and that's the price to lose who we really are.
"'Cause we are the ones that wanna play, always want to go, but you never want to stay." - We always want to be part of the scene. We strive for what we want and when we get it, it still does not satisfy.
"And we are the ones that want to choose, always wanna play, but you never wanna lose." - We want and want. We do whatever we can but if trouble is ever near we do whatever we can to maintain innocence.
"When you lose small mind you free your life." - When we stop to see the full picture is when we really have control of our lives.
"Life is a waterfall, we drink from the river then we turn around and put up our walls." - We take and take and in the end we give nothing. This shows how greedy, oblivious and inconsiderate people can be
Bold of you to assume i need the meaning.
@@idab9949 ok asshole
@@idab9949 fortune favors the bold, yo
@@idab9949 aerial in bold is a cool font
English teachers: 😍😍😍🤤🤤
Unfortunately heard MGK's "cover" of this today & had to come here to clean my ears. I feel better now...
2024 anyone??
Aerials in the sky
Hi 👋
old school is the best school
Only school that i like
IRubexD
I grew up listening to Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory album so I love your profile pic
IRubexD and u still have linkin park as profile pic smh...poser
Shayde Wolfe still a strong fan of LP today. I hear a new album is coming soon too
Tom Araya
You're the type of guy who would mourn Chester even after you made fun of him.
I have always loved System of a Down for their superior vocals. My God. This song is spectacular.
Symphonic. Orchestral. Takes you to a genius you couldn't make up in your mind
I love how this song only has a few verses but they make it work so well
do songs usually have more than a few verses?
2020 song still in my play list
Same
Yep
"Aerials, in the sky" Whats happening in my head: the little mermaid flying in the sky above the ocean.
yes, very much!
lol
sends legit
Awkward. But thats understandable.
Sarah The Shepherd i saw you in the comments of a planet dolan video a while back. Thought i recognized your profile.
I used to think the lyrics were:
"Aliens,
in the sky
when you lose your mind you free your lies."
You may want to get your hearing checked if you have yet to do so.
Bismuth Crystal stfu
I know where no flaming unicorns are, thus I cannot stuff them. Also, you didn't specify what you want me to stuff the flaming unicorn with. But it seems slightly homophobic, I must say.
Bismuth Crystal what the hell?
Oh, just teasing the person who told me shut up by deliberately mistranslating their acronym and attempting to illustrate the absurdity of expecting someone to obey a stranger who can't even be bothered to write out what they want of you. Plus, what more did they expect I was going to say if not prompted? Good times.
First time listening to System Of A Down and I LOVE IT!!!!!
@Ben Bowers I was thinking the same thing lol, Rob zombie the shit tho🤘🏽
@@benbowers4835lmao
Here in 2024
play it at my funeral
same
Cpt. Tripps you never truly die
well this comment was oddly prophectic
havoc127 Did he die?
@@mongopipes, this guy not to my knowledge. But thesong was played at Keith Flint's funeral.
1:51 seriously am i the only one hearing that?
no
i hear the skip too
A little mistake
Actually one at about 2:46 as well
It’s the version of the person who uploaded it
NOO omg I downloaded it and everytime this came up it made me so annoyed
"Once again, this song is about nothing!"- Daron Malakian
5g aerials, in the sky~ killing all that stands in pride~ is there anywhere we can hide?~
@Olek the Eternal cool
amusingly SOAD felt like they had a LOT of songs like that really - one of my favorite songs is basically just vowels for the chorus
yes its about Nothing= NO THING aka source creator, the "river" from where everything originates
It's about something more profound than you could ever imagine
Not many bands have a sense as critical as System of a Down.
Thank you!🙏
I like this video better mainly because the Eye child scares the fuck out of me
Why is he in the video ?
Me 2
It isn't scary it's just fucked up and unnecessary IMO
That's not the point of this song
Travis Dyer no shit, that doesn't make him any less disturbing.
soad fans:
"14 year old girls: billy eilish is so deep!"
"me: aerials by system of a down is so deep!"
Daron: "This song is about nothing"
Who's daron
@@zogar9169 the guitarist of this band
Right tho lol
@@zogar9169 he's guitarist, background vocal and song writer(not all but most of them)
Imo sounds like a religious reference, but okay.
The Only SOAD music my throat is able to Afford Singing
Lonely day? Lost in Hollywood? Get a clue..?
A.T.W.A?
@@siLence-84 Yep, Lonely day is pretty Cool too
Meth user
What about "Lost in Hollywood" cause that's a great song your throat will love to sing. Trust me on this one.
Heard this song for the first time today . And as a hip hop fan and being open more open to music for the past year I can say this song is dope man . Amazing music . And I like system of the down now .
holly fuuck still having the chills from the first line,
Life is a waterfall,
We're one in the river,
And one again after the fall.
goddamn...
Just never heard someone putting it like that. So good it hurts.
So simple and brilliant, how we are nothing like human, we are just some kind of energy, that we call atoms. Than we become a conscious human being, but it really doesn't matter cuz we just go back to how we were, and we are nothing like when we "lived" anymore. It's so insignificant yet we think of ourselves as the center of everything just cuz we have a conscious...
Szabo Tamas yeah, i dont think it called atom
i think it called "life force" "chi" "consciousness energy" or "soul"
its just so true how they put that hidden meaning in the lyric.
im still trying to see through, to get the eternal prize
Nguyễn Thịnh Well I was referring to how we are built from the same stuff that the world around us is built of. And if we dig deep enough, atoms are more than 99 percent empty space and to a fundamental level we still don't know what causes them to stay in motion and what it is. The particles that makes up an atom are protons electrons and neutrons. And we don't really know what those are fundamentally. Some kind of energy/mass/wave etc. That's what I was getting at. I don't mean to be disrespectful but I don't believe in bullshit.
Szabo Tamas Bullshit is what you want to be bullshit my man :p
Szabo Tamas actually everything is in some system of believe.
if we think out of the box
we can see religion are some system of believe
and science are also some system of believe.
they are equal
if we change the perspective not from our stand point in one system looking to another, but outside all of them.
thank you for not disrespectful.
iam truly an atheist but what iam saying is religion and science may be not the same, but they are equal, have some crosssection.
specifically in the previous comment.
iam saying all those souls those religious people talking about is actually is just what science people call energy
like what inside our brain?
what inside those computer is designed electric pulses. they are energy
so iam saying souls are just energy. get what iam saying?
its not like things not exist, just that sometime we stand in some perspective that make us thing it is nonexistence
and am pretty sure those guys in soad do mindtrips. if you experienced those stuff sure you will know what iam talking about and why iam making all these reference and connection in their lyrics
'' we drink from the river and then turn around and put up our walls '' that song is really good.
my parents got me hooked on this album as a baby. Fuckin love you dad, rip
God bless you Brother
[Verse 1]
Life is a waterfall
We're one in the river
And one again after the fall
Swimming through the void, we hear the word
We lose ourselves, but we find it all
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause we are the ones that want to play
Always want to go but you never want to stay
And we are the ones that want to choose
Always want to play but you never want to lose
[Chorus]
Aerials in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
[Verse 2]
Life is a waterfall
We drink from the river
Then we turn around and put up our walls
Swimming through the void, we hear the word
We lose ourselves, but we find it all
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause we are the ones that want to play
Always want to go but you never want to stay
And we are the ones that want to choose
Always want to play, but you never want to lose
Oh
Its on the fuckin video dipshit
@@Graxonscool chill out man-
out played,the video is a lyric video 💀
@@bigoofs6237 not everyone can sing with the lyrics been displayed, for some its easier to have the full text infront
@@StasiSLG very good point,i was just joking
The lyrics to this so song are incredibly deep. Anyone who is interested in meditation and spirituality will know.
"when you lose small mind, you free your life". In buddhism the small mind is the mind that cling to their thought, to their emotions, who isn't mindful, who can't see that in reality everyone and everything is connected, the small mind sees everything as separate (I am here, you are there) , as if all things are separate, because our senses see this. SO the small mind falls victim of the illusion that our senses give us (that everything is separate) and also becomes victim of the ego and of the many thoughts, without being mindful and present in the moment.
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My thoughts exactly!! Very well said
Do you really expect me to read "ALL THAT SHIT?"
So beautiful
@@sic5153 actually too many people did .
Had to come back after hearing mgk do this song a massive injustice
System of a Down is one of the deepest bands the world has ever seen, next to Tool, they express themselves in there music to a point where nobody will ever understand.
Who’s here after hearing MGK’s horrid cover
I know I'm a whole ass year late to this comment but I literally just heard it I needed to come here and just have a little ear massage after hearing MGK's nail on chalkboard representation of it
After listening to MGK, I needed to come back here.
Here for my pallet cleanser after that Machine Gun Kelly cover.
Man, I always heard "aliens in the sky" before seeing this.
Bioweapon N
What a tweest.
Bioweapon N haha nice man
Hahaha
Same thing?
What is a -- a lien... monetized it means ...
Break down words and see how it is all connected and talks about currency like water and land ...somebody have a brain!!!
Warriors :DDD
Idk why but it sounds like warriors to me even tho I know it's wrong lol
Anyone else get full body tingles listening to this song? Just me? Ok.. 👍
me tooooo
When I was a child I used listening this song, twelve years later i do again and feel the same mood
Had to come here after watching Mr. voice like warm flat cola (MGK)
Songinterpretation:
We all are afraid of something, and we never want to face that. In our lives, we always want to enjoy and gamble for the better, but never want to lose. we never want to accept loss. We can never deal with bad luck and bad emotions. We can never face, that our relationships one day will fail, that we will die one day, that we will just lose this game, one day. That we will always just run away from our problems.
We will only ever feel free, when we dont put up our walls and accept others as they are, even if they had more luck than oneself. We have to face problems and be rewarded only if we get the reward by ourself. Nothing will ever be handed to you that easily. You can never expect the best to happen and be mad because it hasnt been gifted to you. You must accept that it happened and just go on, cause live is a waterfall, we drink from the river and put up our walls. we are the ones who want to play and choose, we always want to play, but never want to loose.
When you loose small mind, you free your life
When you free your eyes, ethernal prize.
Baltori
You're looking too deep into it my brother. Keep your eyes in the sky. Truth in plain sight. Free your mind. Wake the fuck up. They're trying to tell you
Accurate
But life is a waterfall
Best comment here! The only acceptance we are looking for in our whole life is the acceptance of ourselves. We cannot accept us as we are, we cannot accept that the failure is a part of game of life. If we can accept us we are gonna pull off our fancy masks and drop these walls. Rember that the revolution begins from us as individuals.
Have a nice day from Greece.
@@v._vanja6515 haha yeah I thought that was funny , and also thought it was funny that someone responded to this comment just a few minutes before I started to read it ,that's rare
Love this band!!! Love this song!! Eternal kick ass rock!!
first song i learned to play on guitar
That's also my case :O
same for me!
first song I learned to play on bass
Lost Moose. now that's cook... love bass forever
Lost Moose probably one of my favourite songs to play on bass
My dad showed me this when i was like 6 and in my lady gaga phase and i still loved it. Even for a child that hated this type of music i loved this song
Essa guitarra arrepia até o cabelo da unha!!!! Incrível 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😻
Cabelo da unha ?kkkkk
I came across this the other day and I just love it now
For me when they talk about being in the river, they're talking about the flow of the higher consciousness that we're all apart of. The fall, life like they say, is that moment we're droplets, seemingly separate, just consciousness observing itself. Once we hit the water at the end of life we realize once again of being whole.
The putting up the walls and the damns are us trying to control the flow of life. Getting rid of death, trying to find a way out.
We open our minds to the whole, the knowledge of being One we free those constraints on ourselves be our true selves. We take life with grace.
This seems to be a good conclusion to the whole album, as the rest are bits and pieces of the same message.
If you got this far, I appreciate you hearing me out.
Love and Light
Jarl Dolan you sun worshipper . thank you for translating
Life is a waterfall
We're one in the river
And one again after the fall
Swimming through the void
We hear the word
We lose ourselves
But we find it all?
'Cause we are the ones that want to play
Always want to go
But you never want to stay
And we are the ones that want to choose
Always want to play
But you never want to lose
Aerials in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
Life is a waterfall
We drink from the river
Then we turn around and put up our walls
Swimming through the void
We hear the word
We lose ourselves
But we find it all?
'Cause we are the ones that want to play
Always want to go
But you never want to stay
And we are the ones that want to choose
Always want to play
But you never want to lose
Aerials in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
Aerials so up high
When you free your eyes
Eternal prize
Aerials in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
Aerials so up high
When you free your eyes
Eternal prize
Thanks man, we definetly needed lyrics to a vid where the lyrics are already given. Thanks for improving my life😒
Ps: what where you thinking dude!?!?
I couldn’t keep up with the video so I needed to know what was the next line before it started so I know how to pronounce it correctly until I memorize it , something u won’t be able to understand since am pretty sure you are a native English speaker :) , think about all the possibles choices why certain things happen before you open your mouth , you’ll be surprised after all, btw I posted them for me to memorize the lyrics not for other people but you are more than welcome to use them as u want :)))))
WOW WOW..........................
Why post the lyrics on a lyric video.
U just wasted 10 min of ur life
this song is major deep
Zim O.E SOAD 4 U
“When you loose small mind you free your life” - I feel means that when you let go of your current life circumstances and situations and realize there’s more to life and you were put here for something bigger than yourself and we are invincible human beings with no limit except the one we put on ourselves, then you will have peace of mind and be free from this thing we call society and all of its “problems “ it’s just an illusion we have to overcome to see Life.
Tony Quintana this is a very good outlook, but I think when you “lose small mind”, it correlates to ego death. Ego death is the loss of your subjective self identity (the thing that controls you in your daily life, via the ego). Ego death is achieved from psychedelics and intense meditation. Once you lose your ego, you are a “free” bird. You are your TRUE self after ego death, freeing yourself from the ego that controlled you all your life.
I heard something simillar from alan watts
I had to come back to hear original right after hearing MGK version 😂
It's that one song you never can actually analyze it and know for certain how you perceived it personally is actually right or wrong.
This was made 21 years ago and I am 13 but I LOVE it and nothing will make me not listen to it.
This song came out 21 years ago.
@@6.thedollar415 ohhh the video was made 15 years ago and it confused me thank you 😊
This shit used to be a top ten in the radio fam lol just think about that
Fam
The beginning build up to this song will make you run through a wall
This one of the most beautiful songs ever!!!!!!!!!
thats a lyrical masterpiece.. just genius...
This type of music gives me chills 💯💯
Had chills while reading the comments then came across this oneee, vibee on my friend
I love this kinda music
this is one of my favourite songs ever! im just so happy to find it again!!
Not gonna lie the med express ad that played before this video made me madder than a midget in a crowded elevator...
*CLAP CLAP CLAP*
Madder then a two peckered Billy goat.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Who's here after the MGK performance!!
This was the first metal song I heard in my life. It's amazing 💗💗💗
I remember being in the school weight room when this came out and the build up and ending of aerials raised my testosterone levels through the roof. Can still remember it like it was yesterday. Badass song.
...theres schools with weight rooms?
@@diknmuhbutt2735 was cool. Was pretty much a full gym but old school. I thought it was normal to have them. Guess i was lucky.
For me this song is about the labels society wants to put to you. How even the justice wants to determine what's wrong or right. They even want to control the way we dress and think,define us by race , skin color, nationality and religion . We can't let people tell us the right thing, We have to discover it ourselves. We have to aim for individuality and real hapiness.
+Resul Atakan Aypek wait is that true?
+Lacrima28 please understand I once followed satan , i worshiped him to get power in music , when they mention 'the word ' , thats G od ,it is so obvious if you once lived on the dark side as i have, this whole song mocks the one true God , I now live for jesus christ , he's the only way , i have been born again since 1982, was a rock & roll singer , nothing wrong w/ rock n roll in itself , but it should glorify God when you rock jesus is coming soon for all of us, are you ready ? if not please get ready , i'm 57 yrs. old . still rock but now going to heaven, st. jason
Jason Kamakazee you are the definition of a fucking sheep
what are you a sjw?
definitely
Someone once told me SOAD's music was ugly, although to me, it sounded like the most beautiful music I had ever heard.
I"VE been listening to SOTD for over fifteen years, and, their greatness still stands the test of time. Also happy 4,20. 🎮❤🎮❤🎮❤
yet sou still spell the band name wrong
Cant believe its been a couple decades when i first heard this song
There is a spiritual meaning to this song
15 years after listening to this with my Dad on Yahoo and it's still my favorite song from them
2060 anyone 😏 ?
Smh
Helps bring me out of a dark place.... thank you S.O.A.D
serj im so sorry that MGK disrispected ur song like that
This song reminds me of Salvation in Christ. And how when you hear the "word" of the gospel if you follow it youll lose your life but find eternal life..Then there are those who want eternal life but they don't want to sacrafice or suffer to attain that eternal life..wanting to always win but never lose..
Hmm, interesting. This song always reminds me of the time I saw a small raccoon eating a bag of sour cream and onion potato chips. He was just sitting there munching away. He was a sloppy eater. It took me forever to get the grease stains off of the unicycle seat.
Thankfully I had full insurance so I was covered for unintentional critter snack damage.
Absolutely the last time I bring that little bastard to a bar mitzvah.
Have always loved their music, but 25 years later, really understand and appreciate. So relevant today.. how strange that he knew...
People can say what they want about system they got me through some tough times and i love em
Oh yeah system of a down is slapper love the music
I've been looking for this song for 10 years....
10 years? how did it take you so long
LMAO it took you 10 years to figure out how to say "system of a downx, aerials", to google? Ffs!
Had to come back here after watching the mgk cover
Love the call and return between the vocals and guitar in the melody. Beautifully well done
This song is sooo good first time listening to it is just epic
Also first time listening. Discoverd "Chop Suey" this week ans now iI keep searching and discovering. It's like falling in love.
this song has a "tool" feel to it. that I never realized until now lol
+Paragon Clan Didn't expect to come to listen to System of a Down to see Tool in the comments.:)
+Missa Beauvais Why? their audience is essentially the same people...
Taylor Gray Not entirely typically, no. I just didn't expect it in the comments.
+Taylor Gray not really,tool sucks
+OrganizedMessOffical you suck! dude tools fucking great!
Great song
That waterfall line is real as shit. Took me all these years to really think about what it meant.
What does it mean?
@@Zazou_96 We’re one in the river and one again after the fall. Basically life is like the waterfall, rough and turbulent but we are all one before life begins and one after life ends, like the river that leads in and out of the fall.
Everyone has there own perspective on the song and I respect all of them.
😋😊😄
fuck your opinion
" when you lose small mind , you free your life"
Control. the metal community needs more people like you
@@foreheadgoals the fuck dude? Lmao
Personally I believe that this song is finding that the only way to bypass your youthful mind progress to your adult mind is to realize that you may never accomplish your dreams and you have to live with what happens and how you live your own life
This song reminds me of Thursday mornings, eating ham.
When you free your eyes, eternal prize.
MrAnguswangus itachi approved.
"when you lose small mind, you free your life"
Real eyes, realise, real lies 👁👁
Mathieus The Walking Witness you are awakened 👁
Still the best and the deepest song i've ever heard :D ;)
Peter Bartfai listen to dance with the devil by Immortal Technique, you will thank me :)
I first heard this in 2005 and still jamming it in 2018 🎧
I was a Jimmy johns and I walked in at 1:21 now I play this song like I’ve had it for 15 years 😂😂😂😂
…SONG OF THE DAY!!!
SYSTEM OF A DOWN - AERIALS (2001)
Entiendo que muchas veces su guitarrista 🎸 Daron Malakian menciona (a manera de sarcasmo) que no tiene ningún significado la canción. Sin embargo podemos mencionar que la letra trata sobre cómo las personas pueden perder su identidad y volverse como todos los demás. Es decir: A medida que avanzamos en la vida se nos dan lecciones, pero las ignoramos. Olvidamos quiénes somos realmente en la mezcla de buscar el estilo de VIDA SINTÉTICO. Siempre queremos PERTENECER EN ALGÚN CÍRCULO del cual HACE QUE "ACTUEMOS" para así ser ACEPTADOS. Luchamos por lo que queremos y cuando lo conseguimos, todavía no nos satisface. RECUERDEN BND: Cuando nos DETENEMOS a ver la IMAGEN COMPLETA es cuando realmente tenemos el CONTROL de nuestras vidas. Tomamos y tomamos y al final no damos nada. Esto muestra lo CODICIOSOS, INCONSCIENTES y DESCONCERTADOS que pueden ser las personas. A ellos los pude disfrutar en e año de 2018 🇲🇽 🤘🏿ULTRAMEGAROLOTA🤘🏿02/11/2021
this reminds me of tool for some reason
Grace Wilkerson
Same tho
Everything weird reminds me of Tool XD