I liked reading through others interpretations of this song, there are some things that make a lot of sense that I had never even thought of.
I've never even knew about "The Forgotten Genocide" probably because that wasn't something I learned in school, thanks sonic911 for bringing that into the light for me. I enjoyed reading both yours and elite89's comments.
I don't think my interpretation is the best or the worst but here it is.
When Serj uses the term "empty walls" it made me think of the boundaries that divide people today. Boundaries like the borders to countries, something that splits up human beings. It also make me think of not-so-literal boundaries like religion and how it separates people and how in a lot of cases it drives people to kill one another. Another thing I sense to be a "wall" is ignorance and how it keeps people from coming together. I don't mean ignorance in the sense of stupidity, I mean in the sense of what we learn after the government filters out all the "undesirable" information. A good example of this would be what I stated early, how I didn't know anything about The Armenian Genocide, mainly because I never learned about it in school.
Hope my comment gives you another angle of thought.
Think for yourself, don't let your government think for you. Unless you want to give up your individuality and join the "unthinking majority".
I liked reading through others interpretations of this song, there are some things that make a lot of sense that I had never even thought of.
I've never even knew about "The Forgotten Genocide" probably because that wasn't something I learned in school, thanks sonic911 for bringing that into the light for me. I enjoyed reading both yours and elite89's comments.
I don't think my interpretation is the best or the worst but here it is.
When Serj uses the term "empty walls" it made me think of the boundaries that divide people today. Boundaries like the borders to countries, something that splits up human beings. It also make me think of not-so-literal boundaries like religion and how it separates people and how in a lot of cases it drives people to kill one another. Another thing I sense to be a "wall" is ignorance and how it keeps people from coming together. I don't mean ignorance in the sense of stupidity, I mean in the sense of what we learn after the government filters out all the "undesirable" information. A good example of this would be what I stated early, how I didn't know anything about The Armenian Genocide, mainly because I never learned about it in school.
Hope my comment gives you another angle of thought.
Think for yourself, don't let your government think for you. Unless you want to give up your individuality and join the "unthinking majority".