The phoenix he helped create,
Out of control boy without a dad,
Shot the gun that startled my life,
While I drove him with a forty-five.

Friends for years images in red,
Blew off his own mother-fuckin head,
Confidence, death, insecurity,
Men fall unrealized,
Unrealized, unrealized.

Making a decision of death,
While everyone around you pled,
Now you fly in peace,
I hope, my friend,
A man can't avoid what he's meant to do,
When he's meant to do it,
Even if he doesn't really want to,
My memories are of fun and friendship,
Of weakness within the strength of youth,
For reasons undefined, reasons undefined,
Reasons undefined, reasons undefined.

Friends for years images in red,
Blew off his own mother-fuckin head,
Confidence, death, insecurity,
Men fall unrealized,

Don't you realize,
Evil, lives in the m-fucking skin,
Don't you realize,
Evil, lives in the m-fucking skin,

Unrealized, unrealized.

Don't you, realize, evil,
Lives in the mother-fucking skin,
Don't you, realize , that evil,
Lives in the mother-fucking.



Lyrics submitted by soadude01

Track duration: 03:26

"Soil" as written by Daron Malakian, Serj Tankian, Shavo Odajian, John Dolmayan

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    General Comment:I think it means the same as "the flesh is weak".
    Flag tipponyon January 10, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Why God when "evil lives in the mother fucking skin"???
    "Why the fuck did you take him away from us you mother fucker!"
    I believe in this case "Evil" is that motherf@cker.
    Flag szamfon June 29, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:the song is obviously about a friend that commited suicide but anyways the line "dont you, realise, that evil, lives in the mother fucking skin", really got to me its like, everyone has evil in them, with the potentiol to grow and grow to drive someone to want to end thier own life, and damn does serj's voice get to me, he can be a fucking insane monster and feed you nothing but anger then the next second make you want to cry, fuck.
    Flag smokedmteveryoneon April 12, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:With the lines:

    Don't you realize evil
    lives in the mother fucking skin

    I think he means that humanity is evil. Evil is not an antity but lives in us all.
    Not sure about the rest of the song though...
    Flag QuebecGuy777on November 27, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:what you say about the former bassist's suicide is absolutely wrong. their former bassist "David Hakopyan" is alive and is currently the member of the band named "Mt. Helium". perhaps the song is about suicide or death bu it's not about a particular person's death.
    Flag LonelySoldieron November 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:While most of you are accurate about darons friend.
    the song is named soil.
    because soil is what bring forths life.
    daron does not blame his friend for his decision.
    "A man can't avoid what he's meant to do,
    When he's meant to do it,
    Even if he doesn't really want to,"

    and the bottom line of this song is
    Don't you realize,
    "Evil, lives in the mother-fucking skin"
    most people think of evil as ghosts dark figures demons and the like. but the truth is. and I'm going to say it the most evil are mankind/
    "Don't you realize,
    Evil, lives in the mother-fucking skin"

    instead
    its the soil he was raised in.
    that were all raised in.
    hollywood is some nasty soil for sure.
    Flag thegreatmmon August 27, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:thx vader.
    Flag astral1on March 25, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I never thought it that way botVader. Amazing.
    Flag Fuckinpieceofshiton April 17, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song has such meaning. Listen, "Shot the Gun that Startled my Life" "Blew off his own mother- F--king head" "Why the F--k did you take him away from us you Mother F--ker!"

    But yet, none of you have said what the song truly means. If you were to research about System of a Down, you would know. Before System of a Down formed, Serj Tankian had his own band and so did Daron Malakian. They met in a recording studio and began playing together. They later picked up a drummer (Not John Dolmayan) and a Bassist. (Not Shavo Odadjian) They were called Soil. After a gig, the drummer and the bassist thought Soil was going nowhere, so they quit. Serj and Daron stayed together though. They later picked up Shavo as their Band Manager, then picked up a drummer, John Dolmayan. Shavo later became their bassist. They decided to name themselves System of a Down after Daron's poem entitled "Victims of the Down." They chose System because they believed it addressed a wider audience and because they also wanted to be closer (Alphabetically) to their current idol band "Slayer." After a year, System of a Down became substantially larger. At the same time, believed to be associated with his anger and frustration, Soil's previous bassist committed suicide via shooting himself in the head, hints the song's name, "Soil" and "Blew of his own mother f--king head." Also hints "Friends for years, images in red." System has been very quiet when it comes to the meaning of this song, although this is the most probable meaning of Soil, based on clues."
    Flag botVaderon February 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:cant believe no one has mentioned there is a line missing in this lyric post...... not sure what is said, but its not written here:

    "my memories are of fun and friendship
    ????????????????????????
    for reasons undefined
    reasons undefined..."
    Flag herenthereon January 15, 2009   Link

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