System of a Down: I-E-A-I-A-I-O Meaning

I-E-A-I-A-I-O Lyrics

Peter's pecker picked another
Pickle bearing pussy pepper,
Peter's pecker picked another
Pickle bearing pussy pepper, Why?

Meeting John at Dale's Jr.
Winked an eye and point a finger,
Meeting John at Dale's Jr.
Winked an eye and point a...

1. anonymous

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   Jul 5th 2010 !⃝

   And we light up the sky. Didnt the KKK light a crucifix as a ritual? Just saying maybe it has something to do...
2. GuyFawkes

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   Apr 26th 2010 !⃝

   I figured this out after I heard the part about lighting up the sky and the Ku Klux Klan chant. It does point toward the KKK. The i e a i a i o is obvious and the lighting up the sky part is burning a cross. That is my interpretation.
3. anonymous

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   Apr 13th 2010 !⃝

   My opinion is that it's about all the messed up things of modern society.
   
   "repainting the paintings of the alive!" is one of the lines. Why Wood you repainting someones picture if they are alive and can do it
   
4. Tweak281

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   Mar 30th 2010 !⃝

   I-E-A-I-A-I-O is a kkk chant, but yet, the band is very random. Get this, my opinion, is that all of the tongue twisters, are having to do with secret missions, the United States Government is holding beneath us, without our knowledge. "As we light up the sky." Is based on war, "Lighting up the sky" has a relativity to B.Y.O.B "Blowing up the sunshine." (War's, without our knowledge.) All System of a Down is trying to do, is tell people, about what the government is doing, without our knowledge. I-E-A-I-A-I-O is making fun of the kkk chant (They're Armenian)
   
   Hope this helps! :D

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5. Samskinburg

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   Nov 18th 2009 !⃝

   I agree with most of the interpretations afore. I beleive 'plutonium wedding rings', it may mean something alog the lines of using nuclear bombs as a way to take over, or marry to countries toghether.
6. anonymous

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   Nov 12th 2009 !⃝

   I-E-A-I-A-I-O are the vowels in Idealization, Illegal Migration, Liberalization, Illegalization and Internationalization.........:) think about it...they have been smart..called it I-E-A-I-A-I-O and then Recited a KKK chant...:)
7. anonymous

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   Jul 15th 2009 !⃝

   I think everyone should just listen to it and take it how they want, most people listen to music ,for the music not for subliminal codes or so teenagers with no girlfriend or friends can play it over and over in slomo fuck that enjoy the song take it how you want it man SOAD legends
8. EpicLolzEmerDawg

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   Jun 12th 2009 !⃝

   I-E-A-I-A-I-O are the vowels inside the word I-D-E-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N, as well as I-L-L-E-G-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N, L-I-B-E-R-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N, and I-N-T-E-R-N-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.
   Also, I-E-A-I-A-I-O is a portion of a mantra or "word of power" described by the English occultist Aleister Crowley, presumably in parody of numerologically significant syllables uttered in magical ritual that have no meaning without understanding the specific numerology tradition used in the ritual (in this case, Hebraic Gemetria, numerology of Hebrew letters). The I-E-A-I-A-I-O is parodical because it somewhat emulates the sounded choral portion of the traditional children's song, "Old MacDonald Had a Farm". It is said that Aleister Crowley would teach his students the incantation as a sacred and mystical mantra, then after they'd chanted it for a few minutes, begin singing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" to see if they could keep their meditative concentration instead of laughing.
   There are other explanations theorizing that the "One flag", "plutonium wedding-rings" and other strange descriptive shapes, and the sharp, loud tribal drumbeat all add to the conclusion that this song is about the fourth of July - "and we light up the sky" is another strong reference, which could mean the traditional fireworks displays. The lyrics "Why, On the fourth of July" appear in the originally recorded version of the song from the Toxicity recording sessions, but not in the Steal This Album version. The "One flag" and "plutonium wedding-rings" could also be describing the effect after a nuclear bombing, with one flag ruling over all others, radiation affecting all things, and of course this could explain the "As we light up the sky" part of the song.
9. anonymous

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   Apr 1st 2009 !⃝

   This could have something to do with the Civil War, seeing as that was when the artillery "boom"(no pun intended)happened, and many people were still very supportive of slavery, and the KKK, which quite a few people have mentioned, was founded around the end of the Civil War. That era was also known for the people being idealistic and utopian, so that would explain the vowel theory. The Civil War also ended in the late 19th century, and this was when entertainment took a huge upswing, and Lois Lane may be but one specific example to symbolize this. Jimmy Carter was born around the same time comics first appeared. this may be completely wrong, but it makes pretty good sense to me, and if you find anything wrong with it, let me know.
10. anonymous

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    Feb 18th 2009 !⃝

    IEAIAIO KKK chant and the vowels in the word idealiztion, Why (is there still racism) as we light up the sky. forth of july. The beginning is some seceret mission stuff so the song is mainly about racism.
11. CommonInsanity

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    Feb 9th 2009 !⃝

    eh... it i see so many meanings to this song
    
    I-E-A-I-A-I-O. WHY!!! and we light up the sky
    ^this is a kkk chant and it also is Idealization vowels.
    why is there racism still yet we light up the sky on the forth of july and try to inspire pride. OR this is the kkk chant and it also is idealization vowels. WHY! and we light up the sky could possibly refer to the kkk burning the cross....
    
    
    hell idk im not as great as SOAD
12. anonymous

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    Jan 27th 2009 !⃝

    I kind of put the KKK chants, the secret missions and the fourth of july together, and i wondered if maybe they said "and we light up the sky" meaning "how do we derserve to celebrate the USA with what our country has done in its history". It really made sense to me that way.
13. anonymous

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    Jan 20th 2009 !⃝

    there may be another theme in the song. it consists of a combination of the lyrics: plutonium wedding rings, which could be a reference to atomic bombs, the lyric about lighting up the sky which refers to the fourth of july, an american holiday, and the lyrics containing the code names for secret operations. these lyrics as a whole could reference to a terrorist attack on america involving an atomic bomb. this is just my own theory.
14. anonymous

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    Oct 21st 2008 !⃝

    I agree with a comment left above, the title of the song are the vowels of idealization in order. what I think the are trying to get at is why are we so concerned about what race color or nationality is ideal

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15. anonymous

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    Oct 14th 2008 !⃝

    Ok, I searched this
    http://www.google.com/search?q=peter+secret+mission
    
    'Peter secret mission' and one of the things that popped up was - Secret Cuban Documents on History of Africa Involvement Soooo.... There's the whole cuban and racist thing

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