Lyric discussion by JofaGuht 

This song is about comparing suicide with martyrdom. The verse "Wake up, grab a brush and put on on a little make up" and so on is talking about the hidden stories in the bible and hiding the bad things they never told about christ in the bible. Then "here you go create another fable" another religious story. The chorus is saying the fact that Jesus could be looked at from a viewpoint of suicide. Then the thrid verse "father, into your hands, I commend my spirit" and "father, into your hands, why have you forsaken me" are two of seven last words of christ. The direct definition of "chop suey" is a dish filled with a mix of all the leftovers (meaning the leftovers of stories in the bible never heard)

I couldnt agree more, but what interests me is the line "Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?"

According to your theory, does this mean the facts that were hidden can easely be unlocked? If that is the thruth, why is Jesus not agreeing with this by asking WHY?

As I understood, Jesus is angry in this song at God, his father, for hiding all the parts of the story.

I do strongly agree with most of this, however, in an interview, SOAD said that the original title of the song was suicide, but that didnt work well with the label...its possible that they picked some random name...

Chop-Suicide?

Extremus, to be more specific "Allah Allah lamma sabcthani" (probably mis-spelled) among the last words of Christ. Translated from the original Hebrew "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" This was not an angry sort of statement, he was actually asking.

To help further explain the song, my thought "self righteous suicide"... because Jesus "sacrificed" himself on the cross for peoples' "sins" people around the world "praise" him. Thus his dying (if he is/was God) would be for self righteous reasons.

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