Feed Us lyrics

i liked what Psychoticwolf said he think the same way i do .
and i think the is about the war in the middle east and the government lies.

I don't really know what the majority of the song is about. Maybe government lies, maybe something else. What I actually can interpret is the line "We had our chance to save the Garden/As it dies, our souls will harden". Looks a bit like a biblical reference to me (Not that I'm religious at all. Athiest actually) what with humanity having a chance to preserve the Garden of Eden in Genesis(?) and failing while subsequently having their souls "harden" to the world around them due to humanity's banishment from the Garden. Just my two bits.

‘Feed Us’ is a song by American artist Serj Tankian. It explores the concept of the government giving lies to us in the form of truth and how we take it literally to mean the truth just because of who they are.
‘Those in power want their truth’ is an underlying theme here, Tankian is highlighting that there are lies evident in our life which we choose to believe because it is legitimate power we believe it because we ‘believe’ it is a viable source.
‘Maybe you believe’ is used in the song’s opening lines, its questioning that we believe, the use of the word ‘maybe’ is highlighting and hinting that what we believe may not be so true.
The chorus goes on “You cheat us when you feed us with the lie”, Tankian is pointing that when we’re given our ‘truth’ it’s wrong (they’re cheating us of the truth) and calls this a lie.
‘Feed’ is used as a strong word for accepting the undying ‘truth’ and believing it.
In the second verse Tankian mentions painting faces on the shadows of the dead, a reference to the brutality in WW II, how fighting in it is rubbing the death of the common enemy in the face of their widow, but we don’t know this, because the government has lead us to believe we’re killing machines when we’re not, we’re killing actual people and leaving their wives to become widows and wonder what happened to their husband.
‘Giving all that life is ending’ is used in the last verse along with the following line ‘as we go, the dots connecting’, these two lines hint at as we drew closer to our last breathe we start to question the truth, ‘dots connecting’ is a symbolism for realization.
The following lines; ‘we had a chance to save the garden, with these words our souls will harden’, ‘garden’ is used as a different word to describe the masses, ‘save’ is used to highlight telling the truth that someone knows e.g. you’re ‘saving’ someone from believing a lie.
Tankian in this line explores how truth is sometimes best left to be kept out, because people need someone to believe such as the government rather than finding out that it lying.
The second follows up the concept of ‘saving’ people, not saving them has resulted in their souls ‘hardening’, as if they are becoming more resilient to everything around them.
‘With these words chastising your conscience, we’re breaking through and praying for transcendence’ follows the previous line and in it we can see that not ‘saving’ the ‘garden’ of people has altered the person’s truth, are they keeping truth for themselves?
We can then see that they have become just like the government, they have truth but they’re withholding it from the people who make them worse than the government; they realize this and in turn are asking for transcendence; for forgiveness.
Then it cuts back to the government, Tankian then says ‘but you deceived us all’ and we’re brought back to reality where it is the government giving out lies.
Peace, 10/10

When you dont' tell us the whole truth, we never really know what America stands for and we ourselves ARE America. Our reputation internationally is fueled by the actions of our government, while we are responsible (in part) for electing the officials, once elected we have no choice in any matter. WE are America, yet our image is created by the Machine and we are ill equipped to stop it.

"She speaks unrehearsed,
Language from the skin"
~A fake, a phoney, she speaks unrehearsed yet she DID rehearse, she is a spokeswoman after all. Language from the skin; so natural, so honest (or so it seems).

"Painting shadows on the faces of the dead"
~ This is so wrong; Taking away their identity.. they become dead soldiers, not your dead friend Tony... just a nameless number with no face. It takes away the sting of war and of death. Especially if its someone connected to you.

"In front of their windows"
~ As the families watch from the homes they used to share with the deceased.. they are lied to and minimalized.. as though it was their duty to give their beloved child to a war which was perpetrated unethically, through lies.

Look There is Not a right and wrong to your Meaning of Serj's Songs He said it him Self What do you Think the songs mean... So really you all right But I don't like how you are saying Quite Obvious it means this. It means what you want it to mean...