Question System of A Down?

Question

What is the meaning of the song Question by System of a Down? It's a really beautiful song, but I don't get it.
Lyrics:
Sweet berries ready for two ghosts are no different than you.
Ghosts are now waiting for you.
Are you...
Sweet berries ready for two ghosts are no different than you.
Ghosts are now waiting for you.
Are you...
Dreaming! Dreaming the night! Dreaming all right!

Do we! Do we know, when we FLY?
When we, when we go
Do we die?

Sweet berries ready for two ghosts are no different than you.
Ghosts are now waiting for you.
Are you...
Sweet berries ready for two ghosts are no different than you.
Ghosts are now waiting for you.
Are you...
Dreaming! Dreaming the night! Dreaming all right!

Do we! Do we know, when we FLY?
When we, when we go
Do we die

LALALALALALLALAALALALALALAALALALALA

Do we, do we know
When we fly
When we, when we go
Do we die

Answer 1

System is a political band.



Sweet berries ready for two ghosts are no different than you.

:Money for the government which are not different than you.

System is saying that they are greedy and racist.



Ghosts are now waiting for you.

:They are waiting for you to give in.

System is saying that they wait until we believe the lies and then we belong to the government.



Dreaming! Dreaming the night! Dreaming all right!

:We think that the government is really nice.

System is saying that the government is doing things corrupt that we don't know and we think they are doing their job.



Do we! Do we know, when we FLY?

:They do things to control

System is saying that we die during our lifetime because we believe the lies and let them control us.

Answer 2

This song is a question of the afterlife; this is obvious with serj talking about ghosts, and death.



Consider these lyrics:



Do we, do we know, when we fly?

When we, when we go, do we die?

Where do, where do we go, when we DIE?



The question is do we know when we fly (leave our bodies?) The answer is, no, nobody knows when they will fly.



The next question, is when we go, do we die? The obvious answer to this question is, NO! Now, athiests would argue that when we die, thats it, just nothingness, non-existantace, eternal. Thats just not true, many people have had an experiences of dying on the operating table and such, and saw what it was like after.



The final question is WHERE do we go when we die? Well, obviously serj does not beleive that there is nothingness after death, or he would not ask this question, its clear to me, that serj believes in God, and an afterlife.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

I think it's about knowing what happens after you die

Answer 6

its askin are yew dreaming

dreaming how it will be for us when we die