Aerials by System of a Down Songfacts. This song is about how people can lose their identities and become just like everyone else. Some lyric analysis: "Life is a waterfall,we're one in the river, one again after the fall." - We all start off the same and we all end up the same. read more
Their music is all about self realization and going beyond materialism - you're not a material object, you're a spiritual one. This is the common theme in all of their music. The physical reality does not matter. The "Aerials" refer to the antennas that transmit the waves (radio, television) that blind your reality. Now we break it down. read more
"Aerials" is a single by the heavy metal band System of a Down. It was released in 2001 from their second album Toxicity, which earned the band its second Grammy Award nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2003. The song hit number one on both the Billboard Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock chart. It was System of a Down's first number-one hit. read more