Serj Tankian - Empty Walls

It is said that this song, 'Empty walls' By Serj Tankian, has been described as a "traditionally pummeling rocker." It was released on September 10 in 2007 and is now on Serj Tankian's debut album, 'Elect the Dead'.

This video is very fast paced and quite 'heavy'. The lyrics could be described as violent

'Can't you see those bodies burning, desolate and full of yearning'

The video itself reflects that. When the music slows down, so does the onscreen action. The lyrics are about war and the suffering of the innocent people, the video shows many aspects of war, represented by children in a play area, showing innocence and ignorance. There are two towers of bricks, a toy plane comes and knocks them down, almost certainly representing the 9/11 attack in America which happened in 2001. Other aspects of war included are tanks, 'silly string' representing firearms and shootings. Another significant point in the video includes the children attatching ropes about a large teddy bear which is standing on a big block. It is brought down and they run around it, representing the bringing down of the Sadam Hussein's statue and it being beaten with shoes. This is evidently a very political piece of work which is an aspect of the video and I really like.