Understanding Toxicity

Nice

he is talking about daydreaming

You really don't understand ADHD, it's not psychological, its neurological. Its not difficulty focusing on everything, just certain things. ADHD and ADD have been collapsed into one 'disorder' in the past few years, but honestly they are used interchangeably. Furthermore, labeling neurodiversity as a disorder is incorrect as its literally just an alternative functioning of the brain. I myself am on the spectrum and have ADHD and just struggle to focus on specific boring topics but can obsess for days on end about certain topics. Admittedly that's a mixed case instance, but I digress. You massively oversimply to the point of legitimate harm to normalizing neurodiversity.

Wellll, about those seeds. Eating seeds (I mean, sunflower seeds) was really popular in the eastern countries in the '90s. I don't see anything cryptic here. Young people (teens and a bit older) used to hang out in the streets, just talking, laughing and eating sunflower seeds, while spitting out the rest what is left from the seed, usually on the ground. It was very awful littering and not a particularly great sight to look at.

yes, D# and A# are the same tones as Eb and Bb but it just makes more sense to think of the main riff as outlining the i and III chords (i'll leave it at that before this becomes an unhinged theory rant) – thanks for your analysis otherwise though!

When trying to interpret the lyrics "now, somewhere between the sacred silence, sacred silence and sleep" from an ADD analysis lens, I think that "sacred silence" could reference death and sleep is referencing a passive form of living (like zoning out, being on autopilot, or similar examples). Granted this is the case, paired with the lyrics "disorder, disorder, disorder", it gets me thinking that the lyrics are referencing how the disorder (the disorder in question being ADD) makes the sufferer feel like they are just floating in a space between what feels like passive life and "sacred silence".

The songs lyrics are not a PSA about ADD, lmao.

I assume that was a comment made in jest due to the frustration the songwriter(s) encounter seeing the public unable to focus on what's going on in the world and how that might influence their lives. People become more distracted by the petty topics of the day and swept up in prevailing sentiments influenced by propaganda that puts forward one narrative one day and the opposite narrative the next.

Decent video otherwise though.

I keep coming back to this song, year after year. It's such a masterpiece packed into such a short runtime.
For lack of a better word when it comes to music theory, the "world-building" of that intro is so iconic and impactful every single time.
It really takes you somewhere. And the drum pattern is equally as hypnotic as the opening riff. That delayed snare on the last bar gets me every time. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Ps. I think "eating seeds as a pastime activity" refers to gopnik culture of literally sitting on the floor and eating sunflower seeds for hours on end. Literally a way to pass the time in russia.

I love system of a down their music is crazy in the best way possible

At 2:38 It sounds like the intro to shimmy which is also om toxicity

If you had ADHD or ADD it would make a lot more sense to you between the sacred silence (meaning nothing is silent for the individual suffering to the point where when you have silence in your mind sacred, and sleep) because any other time all you get is disorder your mind racing pinpointing your focus is then impossible unless you’re on Adderall pretty much meth and for whatever reason it helps a unexplainable ways to focus and organize our thoughts but that being said at least, in my opinion, it becomes more clear he’s actually talking to the doctors saying How do you want disorder not talking about the disorder add or adhd as a double entendre for the reminder in the world being in disarray

Whats background song at 5:10?

While they started to do more slower songs – which aren’t my favorite – at this point, Toxicity really is an amazing song.

“Father into your arms, i commit my spirit”

As a person with ADD, I think the chorus makes perfect sense. Please keep in mind that it's technically just a really confident interpretation, but here it is:

Before anitating the lyrics but without the repetition, I have a comment on the chorus in general. What he (the lyricist or the narrator) is trying to say is hard for him to say. That's why lyrics are so amazing; you can say what you need to say to someone in the most honest way even though they'll never understand or care and at least it makes sense and isn't "cringe" to you. This is reflected by the bizarre Grammer and repetition, which might even be a mediphore for studdering and rambling. Speaking of the Grammer, imma translate part of it so we're on the same page: "[And] now disorder [is] somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep!" The particular order of words they do use makes it seem like we're approaching a place or said place is being revealed to us. He turns our attention to this place, and then shows us the horror there. Before I found out what the song was about, I thought it was about pollution and what I pictured was the movement from a blissful and edvanced civilization to a hidden land of broken horrors.

"What do you own the world?"

He addresses some kind of authority figure (probably all of them) which is something people with ADD have issues with. The reason for this explained as simply as possible is, even if we care, we don't always have an easy time and succeed at paying attention. This is a he'll of a concept, so people who exert any kind of authority tend to not know how to deal with us. Which results in a lot of misunderstanding and tension as reflected by the frustration expressed in this line.

"How do you own disorder?"

He asks the addressed individual (like, the whole world, maybe) what they think he should do about it, or how they plan to deal with it, or what they would do if they had it, something like that. It has a lot of possible translations but it's relatively simple. He's basically challenging "you", your actions, and your beliefs about his condition. "How are ya gonna control me if I can't let you?" is one interpretation.
It's also a plea for help. He's demanding that who ever it is needs to pay more attention to us (get it?), and expresses how we're told that we're capable of so much more then disability, but many of us don't know how do access it.

"Now, somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep"

The meaning of sacred silence depends on who you are. Where Do you find the sacred silence? Preyer? Reading? Paralysis? Trying and failing to sleep? Attempted conversation? Notice how most of these empliy deep thought and perhaps wasted time. But it's "sacred" silence. The state this line describes is when you just let your mind run wild and lose focus on reality, and it's so consuming that it's beyond the sacred silence; it's almost sleep. This is the other world you escape to if your ADD controlles you.
The other meaning of this is line is darker. What's probably the first thing that comes to mind when you hear "sacred silence" is death. One can enterpret a disabled person as somewhere between sleeping and dead, incapable of anything, impossible to reason with, impossible to save. Imagine if someone saw you that way. Now imagine if you believed them.

"Disordor!"

The message here is in the way he sings it. He's showing us what the word can do to someone. It can leave you horrified by yourself.

great job you're a nice person, thank you

Down of a System !!!

I find you much more informative and engaging than rick beato tbh, I'd much rather have a teacher who is still learning but is willing to share than a person who knows everything and assumes we do too.