System of a Down – I-E-A-I-A-I-O

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Peter's pecker picked another
Pickle bearing pussy pepper,
Peter's pecker picked another
Pickle bearing pussy pepper, Why.

Meeting John at Dale's Jr.
Winked an eye and point a finger,
Meeting John at Dale's Jr.
Winked an eye and point a finger, Why.

A former cop, undercover,
Just got shot, now recovered,
A former cop, undercover,
Just got shot, now recovered, Why.

Fighting crime, with a partner,
Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter,
Fighting crime, with a partner,
Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter, (siren).

I-E-A-I-A-I-O
I-E-A-I-A-I-O
As we light up the sky.

Peter's pecker picked another
Pickle bearing pussy pepper,
Peter's pecker picked another
Pickle bearing pussy pepper, Why.

Meeting John at Dale's Jr.
Winked an eye and point a finger,
Meeting John at Dale's Jr.
Winked an eye and point a finger, Why.

A former cop, undercover,
Just got shot, now recovered,
A former cop, undercover,
Just got shot, now recovered, Why.

Fighting crime, with a partner,
Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter,
Fighting crime, with a partner,
Lois Lane, Jimmy Carter, (siren).

AA EE EH AA EH AA OH
AA EE EH AA EH AA OH, Why
As we light up the sky.
AA EE EH AA EH AA OH
AA EE EH AA EH AA OH, Why
As we light up the sky.

Mine delusions acquainted,
Bubbles erotica,
Plutonium wedding rings,
Icicles stretching,
Bicycles, shoestrings,
One flag, flaggy but one,
Painting the paintings of the alive.

AA EE EH AA EH AA OH
AA EE EH AA EH AA OH, Why
As we light up the sky.
AA EE EH AA EH AA OH
AA EE EH AA EH AA OH, Why
As we light up the sky.

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Track duration: 03:09

"I-E-A-I-A-I-O" as written by Daron Malakian, Serj Tankian, Shavo Odadjian, John Dolmayan, Stu Phillips, Glen Larson, Camille Pfister

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group

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  • +1
    General Comment:We all get that I-E-A-I-A-I-O are the vowels to idealization, illegalization, liberalization, and internalization.

    The part that confuses us is:
    Mine delusions acquainted = MDA
    Bubbles erotica = BE
    Plutonium wedding rings = PWR
    Icicles stretching = IS
    Bicycles, shoestrings = BS
    One flag, flaggy but one = OF FBO
    Painting the paintings of the alive = PPA

    Is it possible that the first letter to each word make up acronyms (or stand for other words)?

    MDA - Media
    BE - Back-end
    PWR - Power
    IS - is
    BS - Bull S(h)it
    OF - Opposing Force
    FBO - For the Benefit Of
    PPA - Propaganda

    Could the song be telling us that "Media back-end power is a bull s(h)it opposing for the benefit of propaganda"?
    Flag lareebeeon April 23, 2013   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:I-E-A-I-A-I-O are the vowels found in the words idealization, illegalization, liberalization, internalization, and illegal immigration.

    It's basically like 90% of the songs by System Of A Down.
    And every single one of them being great.
    Flag 6thon April 17, 2013   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I'm pretty sure this song is closely related with Mr. Jack seeing as it's the song afterwards. Today on the bus I was listening too 'Steal this album!' and i was really listening too Mr. Jack, 'Put your hands up get out on the car, fuck you pig, fuck you pig !, fuck you pig !, fuckk you pig !, put your hands up get out of the car !' then this songs drums kicked in, I'm pretty positive Mr. Jack is a song from a criminals point of view when they're in a pursuit and this one is from an officers point of view, if you correlate the end of Mr. Jack with the start of this song you'll notice it seems asif at the end the driver has dis-obeyed the cop and driven off, the chorus of this song represents police sirens 'IEAIAIO' if you say the chorus slowed down it somewhat sounds like the same pattern you hear from sirens. everything else seems too fall into place 'peters pecker picked another pickle bearing pussy pepper', the criminal started a verbal attack at the police (see Mr. Jack) 'fighting crime, with a partner' and the rest you can do yourself, pretty convinced about this meaning but could be wrong !
    Flag enkorebruhon February 07, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Hmmm, I-E-A-I-A-I-O..........maybe IdEAlIzAtIoN idk idealization just came to me. I dont get the "Mine delusions acquainted, bubbles erotica.........." none of all that.
    Flagged Luukrawkson March 11, 2012   Link
  • +3
    Song Meaning:when they sing I-E-A-I-A-I-O it sounds like the KKK(Klu Klux Klan) chant. When the tongue twisters are being sung most of names that are said are old military operations/missions. I think the song is about American patriotism, and American nuclear power. I think when the part "plutonium wedding rings" is sung, its talking about how America has the highest divorce rate, plutonium has a really short half-life, with that we can figure that its talking about short lived marriages. When they talk about "Painting the paintings of the alive I think they are talking about how when a Nuclear bomb is detonated it burn the shadows of the people into the ground, hence painting paintings of the alive. There is something about the fourth of July in the original version of the song. The "Night Rider" theme is played but I don't know what it has to do with anything. Well that is my contribution :D
    Flag Ritzcrakerzon March 16, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Everyone's already explained, but SOAD has always been politically motivated and existentialist-like so none of the interpretations would surprise me if they were true :)
    Flag keykeyx10000on December 13, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:why is everyone hung up on i-e-a-i-a-i-o? what about bicycle shoe string? bicycle shoe strings!! 0.o
    Flag thecakeisalieon November 13, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:"Why
    As we light up the sky."
    burning crosses?

    "A former cop, undercover,"
    even a cop covered up in white?
    Flag bighitter57on April 19, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I-E-A-I-A-I-O is most definately a chant that the KKK said during their attacks. System is talking about how messed us things work.
    Flag bighitter57on April 19, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I love system of a down, but honestly I don't understand the lyrics 90% of the time
    Flag iloveparamoreon April 09, 2010   Link

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