Circumventing circuses,
Lamenting in protest,
To visible police,
Presence sponsored fear,

Battalions of riot police,
With rubber bullet kisses,
Baton courtesy,
Service with a smile

Beyond the Staples Center you can see America,
With its tired, poor, avenging disgrace,
Peaceful, loving youth against the brutality,
Of plastic existence.

Pushing little children,
With their fully automatics,
They like to push the weak around,
Pushing little children,
With their fully automatics,
They like to push the weak around.

A rush of words,
Pleading to disperse,
Upon your naked walls, alive,
A political call,
The fall guy accord,
We can't afford to be neutral on a moving train,

Beyond the Staples Center you can see America,
With its tired, poor, avenging disgrace,
Peaceful, loving youth against the brutality,
Of plastic existence.

Pushing little children,
With their fully automatics,
They like to push the weak around,
Pushing little children,
With their fully automatics,
They like to push the weak around.

Push them around,
A deer dance, invitation to peace,
War staring you in the face, dressed in black.
With a helmet, fierce,
Trained and appropriate for the malcontents,
For the disproportioned malcontents

The little boy smiled
It'll all be well,
The little boy smiled
It'll all be well

Pushing little children,
With their fully automatics,
They like to push the weak around,
Pushing little children,
With their fully automatics,
They like to push the weak around.
Pushing little children,
With their fully automatics,
They like to push the weak around,
Push the weak around,
Push the weak around,
Push the weak around,
They like to push the weak around.



Lyrics submitted by F4RiD

Track duration: 02:55

"Deer Dance" as written by Daron Malakian, Serj Tankian, Shavo Odadjian, John Dolmayan

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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  • +1
    My Interpretation:Ok guys, I believe I've uncrypted what the song's meaning is what it is saying.

    First of all, it is a political song about protesters. Second of all, they are talking about the government using riot police to settle the entire "peaceful" protest. By breaking down the song into small parts I will interpret there meanings and what are actually singing about.

    Edit: I hate how I can't erase some of my writing without it writing over my new constructed paragraphs ~ oh well :/

    Was I good so far? I know I didn't explain at all to show the meaning of the song but I am very confident in what it means.

    "Circumventing Circuses" = Ignoring circuses (not actually circuses but if you think about it circuses are always packed with people which could be a reference to protesters.

    Edit: please excuse my awful constructive comment - it's very hard to write with this bug.

    To visible police,
    Presence sponsored fear

    When they send the riot police they itimidate the protesters and try to get them scared so the back off. It's ass move by the government but that is what they are most likely trying to say.

    Have to go right now but I hope this helps!
    Flag DeadOneon January 11, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:I think this relates to Cigaro because i thik it has to do with government control. And also relates to BYOB becasue when it says "They like to push the weak around" is kind of similar to "Why do they always send the poor?!" form BYOB.
    Flag Magikarp1on September 25, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:i think its about people who actually fight for the right. but the us are to cowardly to admit that they are wrong, so they send the police to fight these people.
    Flag intheforeston February 03, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Love the song...and i agree with the opinions about the excessive force used by police
    Flag cheatmastertcon June 14, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Just to throw in something to make you think, Howard Zinn, a historian looking at the idea of neutrality and political leanings affecting ones take on history wrote a book about it, showing how ones political leanings will affect everything they do, this was called "you cant afford to be neutral on a moving train" this makes me think that the ideas being passed around may be be benefitted from this idea and maybe put into a different perspective.
    Flag Robbbon March 10, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i think its about the brutality of the los angeles police department because it says beyond the staples center, also peaceful loving youth against the BRUTALITY
    Flag c22football22on October 22, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:yea the song is about politics.....another political song...i mean i love s.o.a.d. but cmon dude...i cant help but like the song tho...i reluctantly admit this..hahah.i like the song
    Flag flowersinthearcticon August 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Serj's appropriation of Howard Zinn's train metaphor is kind of annoying, since he seems to misunderstand it. It's not that you can't AFFORD to be neutral on a moving train; you just CAN'T be neutral on a moving train. If you choose to do nothing, you are carried wherever the train is headed, so there is no neutral stance available.
    Flag tommythecat42on July 05, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song refers to the numerous times the american people have tried to speak out and change things (land of the people remember?), but the government calls in the police to arrest us or break up our protests in other violent ways.
    Flag bluenowhereon April 30, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think: this song is great and SOAD is great band but I don`t like when they sing about God.Is Serj a christian?I am and I respest God.Anyway,they`ve band based on political happening.

    Flag guitarloveon March 09, 2009   Link

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