System of a Down: Deer Dance Meaning

Deer Dance Lyrics

Circumventing circuses
Lamenting in protest
To visible police
Presence sponsored fear
Batallions of riot police
With rubber bullet kisses
Baton courtesy
Service with a smile
Beyond the staples center you can see america
With it’s tired...

1. tainted_youth

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   Aug 2nd 2006 !⃝

   I think it's about that thing that went down in london, where therer was a big riot and the riot police got involved and they were beating ppl with their batons.

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2. anonymous

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   Jun 27th 2006 !⃝

   Your missing the whole point it's about how the US pushes around other weaker 3rd world countries and while it citizens don't agree the goverment just disperses them with "less lethal weapons".
3. SOAD4lyfe234

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   Jun 26th 2006 !⃝

   The Song is About police brutality
4. foxhound17

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   Jun 13th 2006 !⃝

   About what the guy above me said, when it says beyond the staples center you can see america I think it meant that if you look closer at society, then you see the problems that it has, such as policemen "pushing little children with thier fully automatics, they like to push the weak around." Its saying that we are not perfect and that our beaty as a country is only skin deep, but beneath that we have serious problems.
5. anonymous

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   May 11th 2006 !⃝

   personally one of my favourites.
   i think this song is friggin awesome!
   yeah n I agree that it's about protesting and whatever...blah blah blah.
   but what does it meen: beyond the staples centre you can see america?

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6. anonymous

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   May 6th 2006 !⃝

   naw eric, it's about the free concert system held. 8000 fucking people showed up and there was a sea of people there. how do I know? I was fucking there...
7. eric

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   Mar 4th 2006 !⃝

   This song has nothing to do with Rage Against the Machine.
   Its about how the government is bullying around the citizens.
8. anonymous

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   Feb 1st 2006 !⃝

   I think you are very right, but I am pretty sure System of a Down had a free concert where the riot police got involved and assulted many people who attended, most of whom were from age 16-20 years old, hence the 'Pushing little children, with their fully automatics' line.

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9. anonymous

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   Jan 13th 2006 !⃝

   I may be wrong but if I'm not mistaken this song is actually in reference to a Rage Against the Machine show that was held outside of the 2000 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. The show ended in a riot with the police firing tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowd.
10. anonymous

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    Dec 30th 2005 !⃝

    I've always thought it was about Communism

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11. sikeye

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    Dec 13th 2005 !⃝

    I really haven't gone deep into this song to figure out what it's about, but ever since the first time I heard it I picture the guy coming after Elian Gonzalez hidding in the closet with his automatics weapon drawn. "Pushing little children with their fully automatics"

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12. Tweaker

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    Sep 19th 2005 !⃝

    This song is basically a song protesting against the riot squads.

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