Lyrics for Aerials as interpreted by F4RiD

Aerials Lyrics
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 lost 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 chose,
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 lost 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 chose,
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.

Interaction
Mail to a friend Send Lyrics to a Friend
Share on Facebook

Stumble It
Add to Del.icio.us Add to Del.icio.us




  • 367 Comments
  • Printer Friendly Lyrics
oldest first     Expand All
ComaKona
11-26-2001

Rated +1 
At the PoA tour Daron (Guitarist) said that this is about the stupidity of the world. They fucking rocked this song live too.

Log in to reply
VirulentAngel
12-04-2001

Rated -1 
yea i believe that bcause a lot of good stuff will happen to us, we take life for granted, which is stupid.

Log in to reply
axenic
12-07-2001

Rated 0 
its certianly about life in that sense, i think the 'one in the river and one again after the fall' is a reference to the after life. just opening up your mind, breaking down the walls you've put up, 'lose the small mind' and gain happyness in life.

Log in to reply
zero36
01-25-2002

Rated +1 
shavo said that the song is about a boy in a weel chair looking at acrobats in the sky and knowing he can never do them, relising the world is unfair

Log in to reply
Victim of a Down
01-26-2002

Rated 0 
I heard this song was originally an armenian folk song, translated to english and played with guitar.

Log in to reply
gmh1
01-29-2002

Rated 0 
At the Big Day Out tour in Auckland, New Zealand, Surj introduced this song with "this.. song.. means... NOTHING.."
He really did p[ut emphasis on the 'nothing'
(shrug)
Other than that I dunno, this ones wierd (but still damn cool)

Log in to reply
dreamer
01-30-2002

Rated 0 
ahw i love this song. it's different than other soad songs. it's rather moving whatever serj's reason for writing the lyrics. and i think daron does a fabulous job with the music. this and ATWA are probably my favorites.

Log in to reply
SOADdevotee
02-03-2002

Rated 0 
you know what acid does? frees your mind of inhibitions, "knocking down the walls" if you will. you'll know what this song means when you trip from track 1 to 14.

Log in to reply
maxpower114
02-08-2002

Rated 0 
I think this song is just about different groups of people being segregated and how stupid and meaningless that is.

Log in to reply
petrol_addict
02-08-2002

Rated 0 
i think this song is about the cycle of people lives and how they look through life so selfishly and they dopnt give a fuck about anything but getting a high powered jod...then they die and it all mean dick all to the.

Log in to reply
petrol_addict
02-08-2002

Rated 0 
i think this song is about the cycle of people lives and how they look through life so selfishly and they dopnt give a fuck about anything but getting a high powered jod...then they die and it all mean dick all to the.

Log in to reply
SolarSky329
02-08-2002

Rated 0 
This song has an effect, and emphasis, on life. It seems to speak about the cruelty, unfairness, and selfishness not only of life but of the human mind. Very cool. My favorite SOAD song.

Log in to reply
suicide_al
02-13-2002

Rated 0 
I've always heard the lyrics as more of a warning about closemindedness
"Aerials, in the sky,
When you lose small mind,
You free your life.
Aerials, so up high,
When you free your eyes,
Eternal prize. "
these lines here - these seem to be the pivitol lines, its about freeing your mind, opening "your third eye" if you will (Tool reference there for anyone keeping score ;-) ).
I suppose it could also be about drugs - and using them to truely see the world for how it is.

Log in to reply
mo0stah
02-22-2002

Rated 0 
This is the best song on Toxicity. Plain and simple. The lyrics, and the music to support it is just mind boggeling.
THis band ROCKS
Listen and Feel.
Music is the most important thing in life.

Log in to reply
Lostprophet03
02-26-2002

Rated 0 
Well, Daron has said an in interview that this song was written about children how are mentally disabled and the beauty of how they see the world ("Life is a waterfall...") and also of how they are often mistreated ("We are the ones that want to chose/Always want to play but you never want to lose"). Also the reason that Serj says it's about "nothing" is cuz they still want the song to be open for anyone's interpretation...either way, it's a kick ass song

Log in to reply
Tanko
03-02-2002

Rated 0 
Life is a waterfall, in come a system, and dum come the rest oftha allll.
To rise above, Elevation. To transcend beyond material. To see above the river, to not reach the fall. You selfish, heartless, ignorant, media-oriented shits!

Log in to reply
xmod2
04-05-2002

Rated 0 
to me it's about spiritual enlightenment.

life as a waterfall.
The holistic nature of the world. The oneness.

Swimming thru the void we hear the word.
the first part speaking of meditation. "hearing the word" refers to what a lot of religions consider divine revelation. Thru meditation you hear an 'audible' source, which is the word which guides you to enlightenment. (pretty eastern)

We lose ourselves but we find it all?
we lose our egocentric selfish nature, and unable to put what was gained it into words, 'we find it all' is almost asked as a question.

we are the ones..
shows egocentric and prideful nature of 'normal' people.

Aerials could be OBE(out of body experiences) if considered at face value, or just the accent to enlightenment, The loss of the closed mind and 'eternal prize'.

Log in to reply
Kdog30001
04-12-2002

Rated 0 
this song is about retarded people and how beautiful they are, i saw it in an interview with the guitarist

Log in to reply
SysPsychosis
04-16-2002

Rated 0 
I think it says that we are all drones letting all these iseas that other people force fed us control the human mind...they say eternal salvation is in the afterlife, if you "live a proper life" what the hell is proper??? They are saying, free your mind of all these ideals that we have been exposed to as being "right" over our lifetimes, and just live our life with the open mind...and in that, we shall have true salvation...and the stupid people Daron speaks of this song being about, are the ones that choose to live their life by other's beliefs hoping they shall reach salvation in the afterlife...christ people, live your life for now...do everything you can, and be OPEN

Log in to reply
SCREWEDUPKID
04-18-2002

Rated 0 
"swimming Through The Void we hear the word"

in christianity i think, it says smthing about swimming through the deepest and darkest waters and god guiding you through them, and as a sign or smthing u hear his voice...but really i dunno

Log in to reply
SoAdGrL
04-19-2002

Rated 0 
the solo part at the end or whatever is sweet!! it's an armenian choir song and it's sweet!!

Log in to reply
bobfromm
04-23-2002

Rated 0 
Seems to me, be this an armenian folk song or not, that when applied to current life in the western world it is reference to how everyone wants to do their own thing but don't want to face consequences. We always want to play but never want to loce, always want to go but never want to stay could be a reference to the way we live in a fast paced world, we always want something new but we get bored with things all to fact and devalue the important things in life. When you lose small mind you free your lives could mean that when we let go of things that are trivial and have to true impact on our basic existance and then can we be free to live. We always want to know things but we eventually for get because simply knowing something doesn't mean you learn from it. Oh well, I have a phone call so my train of thought derailed.

Log in to reply
me_is_jordan
04-26-2002

Rated 0 
For real guys.....Daron said it himself at the lowlands concert that this song means nothing. I have it on video. But then again, he was probably high.

Log in to reply
i post comments
04-26-2002

Rated 0 
ok yeah in an interview with serj they didnt mention this song but he said he believes something like: people have become too logical and are losing touch with the earth and themselves and all that crap

Log in to reply
Im Iranian
04-29-2002

Rated 0 
lol he was on so much cocaine u dont even know it. if u saw him perform psycho u would know wat i mean. and it dont matter wat daron said cause obviously the song has to have meaning, jus listen to it. it cant mean nothing. he was either kidding or he said that cause he left it open for u to interpert the meaning of it.

Log in to reply




  • Add Your Comments
What does this song mean to you?

You must be logged in to post your comments.

Feel free to create an account with us, or log in with your existing account, to start adding your comments to songs.





Popular
Top:   Lyrics, Artists, Albums
Random:   Lyric, Artist, Album

Your Ad Here