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Reading for Comprehension III

Febi Suwandani

[CHOP SUEY]
This song is brought by System of A Down. They are Armenian who stays in
America.

"Chop Suey!"
Wake up (wake up)
Grab a brush and put a little make-up
Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up (hide the scars to fade away
the...)
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
Here you go create another fable
You wanted to
Grab a brush and put a little makeup
You wanted to
Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up
You wanted to
Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?
You wanted to
I don't think you trust
In my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die
Father, father, father, father
Father, into your hands I commend my spirit
Father, into your hands
Why have you forsaken me?
In your eyes forsaken me
In your thoughts forsaken me
In your heart forsaken me, oh
Trust in my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die
In my self-righteous suicide
I cry when angels deserve to die

The reason why I choose this lyrics

I feel that the lyric has a deep and multi interpreted meaning. I also
like the diction in this lyric; it describes two things in contrast yet they still
have relation. It causes multi interpretation in this song. Besides, I like the
band, I like the members and I like their historical background. This song
represents their thought, culture, knowledge and point of view about one
case.
What is the lyrics about?
The lyric tells about suicide, drug abused, even though there is no
words that have relation with drugs. The lyrics tells about how the way
someone die because of drug and what they will be regarded after the
death. The verse stanza shows that the person tries to live normal and try
to hide the truth about the life. The second tells that the condition getting
worse. Finally the ref. tells about the death. The last stanza shows the
hopelessness of the person.
The interesting part in the lyrics
The lyrics seems like has correlation with religion but it tells about
drug abused. It causes multi interpretation among the listener. when
angle deserve to die, into your hand I commend my spirit and why
have you forsaken me cause multi interpretation.
My opinion
The diction is so good, from the first stanza until the last. It describes
the reality of life such as grab a brush and put a little make up. It shows
life in this era, millennium era. It is like narrative text that shows the story
orderly. After it comes to its climax, the resolution shows. After telling the
pathetic story of a person life until he dies, the reason of his action doing
that appears.
I am going to suggest this lyrics to all of my friend. This lyrics show
the story of a person who is addicted to drugs because of problem of his

life. It gives us different point of view about drug abused moreover about
youngster problem in common.