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- In summary, the song is about the government's false protections and how censoring the viewing of caskets decreases critcism of the war and helps Americans avoid the reality that people are constantly dieing from war because they are unable to view the atrocities.
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"Told you to see from behind those empty walls" could have a few meanings. 1 is to see the world or the war from the eyes of the children. The other is to see the war from the life of an Iraqi citizen.
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Jan 1, 2024 · Tankian’s insistence, ‘I want you to be left behind those empty walls’ paradoxically serves as a provocation to break free from the echo chamber and to confront the reality beyond what is spoon-fed by media and governments.
Jan 6, 2024 · The bridge adds another layer to the song’s meaning, with Tankian singing, “From behind those empty walls, I loved you, yesterday, before you killed my family,” suggesting a personal connection to the themes of war and loss.
Sep 6, 2016 · Before you killed my family, (From behind those empty walls, the walls...)" What the TV had told us (or didn't) had made us either like or just not mind the countries that we are in war with. Then the TV told us that they killed our families, making us hate them.
Dec 2, 2007 · "I want you to be left behind those empty walls, taunt you to see from behind those empty walls" He wants those who send soldiers to wall to be the ones left in the coffins, so they can know and feel what they're doing to others.
Feb 20, 2019 · “I want you to see from behind those empty walls.” This is the underlining message form Serj Tankian’s first single “Empty walls” off his debut album Elect the Dead. But what does...
Sep 10, 2007 · [Chorus] I want you to be left behind those empty walls. Taunt you to see from behind those empty walls. [Verse 2] Those empty walls. When we decline from the confines...