

Why have you forsaken me?' It's wild… The context, it doesn't really make sense to what's going on, it's rad." "It's the part, 'Father, into your hands. Rogan followed up by asking what part Rubin was talking about specifically, and Rubin took a second to think before the words came to him. "He opened it, first phrase he sees: that's what's in the song, and it's a highpoint in the song. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and their song B.Y.O.B. So I said, 'OK, pick a book off the wall.' He picked a book randomly off the wall, I said, 'open it to any page tell me the first phrase you see.' "And we're sitting in the library in my old house and he said 'I don't have words for this' and we were finishing and it's like, OK. You know that song? It has this big bridge section in it where Serj , lyric writer - the singer - didn't have words for this one part of the song.

In May 2005, the band released part one of a double album, Mezmerize.

It is also political for example the opening track: 'Prison Song' which has Serj speaking the lines. This album explores a more melodic side of metal music. "My experience is, when you are open and looking for these clues in the world, they're happening all the time," Rubin said. "And they're happening, often right when you need them… This System Of A Down song called 'Chop Suey!'… I think. Their next album, Toxicity, made in 2001, had their first UK top 20 single 'Chop Suey'. During a new interview on the Joe Rogan Experience, Rubin recalled a time in the studio during the Toxicity sessions when Tankian needed a lyric to fill out that aforementioned section of the song, but couldn't muster up the inspiration in his own brain.
