Serj Tankian - Harakiri lyrics

We're the day birds
Deciding to fly against the sky
Within our dreams, we all wake up
To kiss the ones who are born to die
We're the greying herds
Hurting each other with our lies
Within our dreams, we all wake up
To kiss the ones who are born born to die
Born to die

The drum fish
They beached themselves in Harakiri
The blackbirds
They fell in thousands from the sky
Their red wings
Streaming down from the higher seas
Deflected by the ground they crowned the sun

They crowned the sun (They crowned the sun)
They crowned the sun (They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
When their time was done
(Their time was done)
They were drowned by the only one
(They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
Washed by the sun

These are the stakes we must
Either love each other, or we must die

Our statues the soaring edifice of our times
Detracted from the ways of the wise
The future will view all history as a crime
So, Father
Tell us, when is the time to rise?

They crowned the sun (They crowned the sun)
They crowned the sun (They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
When their time was done
(Their time was done)
They were drowned by the only one
(They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free

We're at war with the most dangerous enemy
That has ever faced mankind in his
Long climb from the swamp to the stars
There's no place to escape to
This is the last stand on earth

We're the day birds
Deciding to fly against the sky
Within our dreams, we all wake up
To kiss the ones who are born to die
We're the greying herds
Hurting each other with our lies
Within our dreams, we all wake up
To kiss the ones who are born born to die
They crowned the sun (They crowned the sun)
They crowned the sun (They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
When their time was done
(Their time was done)
They were drowned by the only one
(They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
They crowned the sun (They crowned the sun)
They crowned the sun (They crowned the sun)
But I believe that they are free
And we believe that they are free
'Cause I believe that they are me
Washed by the sun