| Serj Tankian – Empty Walls Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I've never seen the video, but as soon as i heard the song i felt a close connection with it. As i listened to the song, something came to mind. It made me think about what happened in Waco Texas to the Branch Davidians. In case you don't know what happened, there was a group of religious people that wanted to get away from the other organized religions, and David Koresh believed himself to be a savior to lead them into a new life. But then they(the government) believed the Branch Davidians were stock piling illegal weapons, like machine guns, rocket launchers, grenades, ect. ect. so the ATF stormed their compound. There was a gunfight, and a few ATF agents died, and all hell broke loose. I would like to point out that during this firefight, and in the firefights to come, the Branch Davidians don't use a single machine gun, rocket launcher or greanade. Then when the ATF admit they couldn't contain the situation, they get the FBI in, and then the FBI gets the army involved. After weeks of negotiations, and David Koresh never giving up(even though he was shot), they use tanks to knock holes into the compound and shoot CS gas in to try and gas them out. During this assault, a fire breaks out. There is much controversy as to who set the fire, but compound went up in flames, the CS gas turning to poison in the fire, choking the Branch Davidians to death, and they are all eventually burned(except a few who managed to get out of the compound). Now, I won't go so far as to say this is what that song is about, but my mind made that connection. |
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