Spiders

Vocalist Serj Tankian is obviously Shiva the destroyer hence the dreads and the ash and Shivas realm is exactly like what the video shows a dead like spirit world covered in ash then Vishnu comes (the god of creation) to recreate the illusion the girl levitates because we - through Buddhist practice or any other means of enlightenment - are trying to break the cycle research Hinduism & Buddhism and this song and most of system of a downs songs will make sense to you. I think its awesome how they force you to think without actually telling you what its about the ashy dead world, Serj's costume and lyrics are a dead give away. I never knew until I read more into eastern religion what this song or the video where about the government has nothing to do with it (as many have alluded to who've analyzed it) there's a battle far greater than petty wars for control all this war & greed is just our way of dealing with the prison of our reality. Think about it in prison, prisoners form gangs that govern the main population to try and maintain humanity in an other words animalistic situation - no rights no control. But They mean nothing to the police who really control the prison. The gods in Hinduism are our jailers and Serj's character Shiva feels bad for doing what he's doing but its not his fault your "we" are so easy to fool.