life is a story.
go ahead and find your sight.

life is a glory.
go ahead and live the night.

but to live means to be here,
in the present now,
do try to bow for the gift of your day,
then you cede to the morning sun.

pretending that we live doesn't make us alive.

life is a story.
go ahead and find your sight.

but to live means to be here,
in the present now,
do try to bow for the gift of your day,
then you cede to the morning sun.

pretending that we see doesn't give us the sight
pretending that we live doesnt make us alive.

what is it that makes us lose sight,
true sight, of what is real and essential?
i'll take organised patterns of choas
over the chaotic organisations of man, any day.

pretending that we see doesn't give us the sight
pretending that we live doesnt make us alive.

pretending that we see doesn't give us the sight
pretending that we live doesnt make us alive.

The patterns in the carpet do add up though,
you don't have to count.
the patterns in the carpet do add up though,
you don't have to count.



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    General Comment:If anybody wants SOAD unrealesed songs just give me ur email and the songs u wanr and ill send them to u
    Flag SOADfan805on January 24, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song reminds me of Black Sabbaths "Iron Man" (I love it).
    Flag Nosdravdeon October 02, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:OK, I need to clear this up. It is possible to get a lot of these rare tracks LEGALLY, if you can hunt them down. I'll give a list of where to find them here:

    Starlit Eyes: not actually by SOAD, but another Serj collaberation, this time with Snot. Can be found on Strait Up

    Storaged: Heavy Metal 2000 OST.

    Temper and Honey: Demo tape 2, 1996

    Dam: Demo tape 1, 1995

    Johnny: Chop Suey! - EP (available on iTunes)

    Shame, Snowblind and Metro: Lonely Day/Vicinity of Obscenity - EP (also on iTunes)

    Marmalade: Strangeland OST

    Most of the others are from various soundtracks, demo tapes and releases of their albums in other countries/continents e.g. the japan release of their self-titled album has marma;ade and storaged on it.
    Flag Nothing is trueon July 17, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:>Blue
    >Dam
    >Honey
    >Johnny
    >Marmalade
    >Shame
    >Snowblind
    >Starlit Eyes
    >Storaged
    >Temper
    >The Metro
    >Marijuana In your Brain

    Some other rare sytem songs for those intereste, the majority aren't bad at all.
    Flag John_Eagleon March 05, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:"Life is a story" - Biblical Prophecies
    "i'll take organised patterns of choas
    over the chaotic organisations of man, any day."
    - Organizations creating chaos , world government(s), i.e. Order out of Chaos, an Illuminati philosophy.
    Flag Muminon July 01, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I can't find this song, will someone mail it to me at chlorinebreath@mindspring.com
    Flag chlorinebreathon June 05, 2003   Link
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    General Comment:But then Sight and Night wouldn't rhyme. I think it'd make more sense to have lyrics that rhyme in a song. But Serj does make intellectual lyrics, that have more than what they seem/sound. But Sight makes more sense over Side.
    Flag TRUSTsystemon October 09, 2002   Link
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    General Comment:Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought it was "Lfe is a story, go ahead and find your side"
    As in, there are always 2 sides to every story.
    Makes more sense to me
    Flag ubwcolton August 28, 2002   Link
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    General Comment:one of the best songs that ive ever heard
    Flag Raveninthemiston August 25, 2002   Link
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    General Comment:This is a pretty kick ass song man
    Flag AngelBaby28on August 05, 2002   Link

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