Serj Tankian has expanded on the meaning behind the lyrics “sacred silence and sleep” from 2001’s ‘Toxicity’.While promoting his new memoir, Down With the System, Tankian appeared on the Soul Boom podcast.
Hosted by The Office’s Rainn Wilson, the podcast charts various spiritual themes like the meaning of life.During their chat last month, Wilson asked the System of a Down singer to “describe that space between the sacred silence and sleep,” referencing the chorus to ‘Toxicity’ (“You, what do you own the world? / How do you own disorder?
Disorder / Now somewhere between the sacred silence / Sacred silence and sleep / Somewhere, between the sacred silence and sleep / Disorder, disorder, disorder”).Tankian explained: “Sacred silence alludes to Native American understanding of spirituality and it’s the place that you go to if you meditate.
Everything is lost and everything is found through the different veils of the sacred silence.“And sleep — we know what sleep is.
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