System of a Down: Forest Meaning

Forest Lyrics

Walk with me my little child
To the forest of denial
Speak with me my only mind
Walk with me until the time
And make the forest turn to wine
You take the legend for a fall
You saw the product
Why cant you see that you are my child
Why...

1. anonymous

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   Dec 14th 2009 !⃝

   I think it is definitely God speaking. However, I think he is speaking to the believers, maybe (i might be wrong) to the Jews, supporting that is that they believe they are god's holy people.
   
   Now, tell everyone in the world you mine, is simple, preach the word to all who will listen. Make the forest (where i could be wrong with saying the Jews) turn to wine, is saying: don't think you don't need me.
   
   You forged the weapons, is simple as well, you started war; look at you now.
2. anonymous

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   Jun 4th 2009 !⃝

   you guys are all off....obviously no american or western influenced mentality will understand.
   
   
   they're political, and they're anti conformist (New World Order aka Israel USA UK).
   
   
   you (america) make the weapons for us (middle easterns and others) all, just look at us now!
   
   why cant you see that you are my child?---you come from us. our lands are holy lands, lands that my ancestors (YOUR ANCESTORS) lived on. its where the ancient civilization was spawned. as a persian american, i believe this is EXACTLY what they are speaking of. of coarse non of your mindsets would fathom such truth.
   
   
   keep listening to your parents and your television, they teach you what you know!
3. anonymous

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   May 20th 2009 !⃝

   This can not be God speaking... really, we approach God not God us.
   OH i dont want to scare anybody but the first impression that i got was this:
   It might be the devil speaking, being angry yet paying compliments to the human. This tremendous fury and these ways are of the devil.
   "Just look at us now" this is vanity man and "why can't you see that you are my child" it is him complaining and at the same time implies his failure combined with fury is perfect.
   Yet the devil seduces progressively.
   1. turn the forest into wine (appears as an angel of light)
   2. turn the forest into sand (true form)
   3. continues tempting yet we can not know if human accepted him. As perfect as can be.
   
   Well think about it. Dont judge me:)
4. anonymous

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   May 6th 2009 !⃝

   I think this song is writen from a victims standpoint living in 3rd world nation, i think "forest of denile" symbolises an obviouse problem all people can see but several nations gov. denies it. I think "You took the legend for its fall" meaning you took the terror you were looking for out of power. "You saw the product, why cant you see that your my child" meaning the "heroic" country that took the terroring legend for a fall, and now that they see the product of it all, they take the product of another and build their walls. The reason he states "your my child" maybe hes hinting that without oil or any imported product the country would not be able to exist. therefore making the smaller less powerfull 3rd world countries "mother or Host countries". when money and power is left unattended when a dictator is gone its left to the radicals, and After many countries invade and war is faught, they evade their weapons leaving them behind. "you left the weapons for us all" I think the singer in this perspective wants to kno why the country he lives in is still being terrorized for its product after the battle has been faught. why not reform and do it the right way, instead of being a parasite to a host country.

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5. anonymous

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   Mar 25th 2009 !⃝

   This song I think is about the earth talking to us. She's wondering "Why can't you see that you are my child" She wants us to promise that we won't destroy her anymore"take this promise for a ride" And that we are destroying the forests"make the forest turn to wine, make the forest turn to sand" she's saying that we all are going to go to war"You made the weapons for us all, just look at us now" i think its basicly about todays materialized society, and how we destroy the place that in which gives us life.
6. anonymous

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   Dec 12th 2007 !⃝

   "Why can’t you see that you are my child" (Humans created God, and not vice versa, that's why "YOU ARE MY CHILD")
   
   "Why don’t you know that you are my mind" (God is just an idea, he's just in our minds)
   
   "Tell everyone in the world, that I’m you" (God isn't the one who makes things happend -catastrophes, murders, new lives, etc.-, but humanity is responsible for the way things are.)
7. anonymous

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   Dec 12th 2007 !⃝

   I think it talks about god and jesus, but talking that they don't exist, or challenging them to show up if they do exist.
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   "Walk with me my little child (little child=god)
   To the forest of denial (humanity/earth)
   Speak with me my only mind
   Walk with me until the time
   And make the forest turn to wine"
   "You saw the forest, now come inside"
   
   In those parts he challenges god to show up.
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   "You saw the product"
   
   In that part he talks to god about what humanity is now, and then about god being our imagination and creation:
   
   "Why can’t you see that you are my child
   Why don’t you know that you are my mind
   Tell everyone in the world, that I’m you"
8. anonymous

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   Oct 20th 2007 !⃝

   It's about God telling jesus(Tell everyone in the world, that Im you) to tell the "children" of earth that he is there father, and he creates the "miracles" (You saw the product).
9. anonymous

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   Oct 17th 2007 !⃝

   I think that he's talking about himself, being the child of humanity. But in this song he sounds like he doesn't want to admit to all the things that people have done (television, circumcision, weapons, etc).
   
   Also, it sounds like he thinks he is incapable of doing the things that other people can, such as turning the forest into wine. In doing this, he digraces the 'legend' of human race: "...you take the legend for a fall...".
   
   Although this is a pretty crappy theory because if it were correct he would be changing his personality every so often...Haha. Oh well. I still like the song anyway. =D
10. anonymous

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    Mar 23rd 2007 !⃝

    The song is talking about Satan and a man, Satan is compelling the man to commit act for destruction he's convincing him to turn the forest into sand (desert), by the means of a nuclear weapons, something along these lines.
11. anonymous

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    Mar 7th 2007 !⃝

    This song is about ministeral sexual abuse. Walk with me through the forest of denial? Denial of the abuse being a sin. They are from the melatic religion. Why can't you see that you are my child/ why don't you know that you are my mind. They were the children subjected to the abuse of the religion. This song is very obliviously obvious.

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12. anonymous

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    Oct 28th 2006 !⃝

    Hey fellas take a look on that part of "just look at us now!! Why can't you see..." he´s saying us, not me. First I thought right the god and jesus thing till I heard that part... And I don't thing that the armenian genocide is right, it fits only at the beggining of the song. Think about it.

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13. anonymous

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    Aug 18th 2006 !⃝

    I like the comment about the two countries us and iraq....But I thought about it and since the band members are from armenian descent they could be talking about turkey and armenia....Turkey being the father and armenia its child. During the first world war...The turks killed millions of armenians in a genocide....Then tried covering it up. Maybe turkey is taking armenia into the forest of denial...Denying that the genocide ever happened.
14. anonymous

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    Jul 7th 2006 !⃝

    dude it's about God telling jesus to go to earth and tell everyone about him."tell everyone in the world that I'm u"and it talks about his miracles exept instead of water into wine its forest into wine>"walk with me until the time turn the forest into wine"
15. anonymous

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    Jun 17th 2006 !⃝

    I'm kinda thinkn jesus and god as his father...on mind one person...triune

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