System Of A Down - Protect The Land Lyrics

System Of A Down Lyrics

"Protect The Land"

The big gun tells you what your life is worth
What do we deserve before we end the earth?
If they will try to push you far away
Would you stay and take a stand?
Would you stay with gun in hand?
They protect the land
They protect the land

Those who protect the land
Those who protect the land
Those who protect

The enemy of man is his own decay
If they're evil now then evil they will stay
If they will try to push you far away
Would you stay and take a stand?
Would you stay with gun in hand?
They protect the land
They protect the land
They protect the land

Our history and victory and legacy we send
From scavengers and invaders those who protect the land
Those who protect the land
Those who protect
Those who protect the land
Those who protect

Some were forced to foreign lands
Some would lay dead on the sand
Would you stay and take command?
Would you stay with gun in hand?
(With gun in hand)
They protect the land
They protect the land
They protect the land

Our history and victory and legacy we send
From scavengers and invaders those who protect the land
Our history and victory and legacy we send
From scavengers and invaders those who protect
Those who protect the land
Those who protect the land
Those who protect
Those who protect the land
Those who protect

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Writer(s): Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, John Dolmayan, Shavo Odadjian

"Protect The Land" is one of two new songs (the other is "Genocidal Humanoidz") by System Of A Down in 15 years. Both songs were surprise-released on the 6th of November 2020. The band explained, "These two songs, 'Protect The Land' and 'Genocidal Humanoidz' both speak of a dire and serious war being perpetrated upon our cultural homelands of Artsakh and Armenia."

Serj Tankian told the following about the story behind this song, "The current corrupt regimes of Aliyev in Azerbaijan and Erdogan in Turkey now want to not only claim Artsakh and Armenia as their own, but are committing genocidal acts with impunity on humanity and wildlife to achieve their mission. They are banking on the world being too distracted with COVID, elections and civil unrest to call out their atrocities."

Some proceeds from this song go to Armenia Fund to help the people of that country. System Of A Down commented on it, "These funds from Bandcamp + pre-orders of our new merch collection will be used to provide crucial and desperately needed aid and basic supplies for those affected by the hideous acts happening in Artsakh."

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