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“Needles” is the second song in System of a Down’s album Toxicity, connected to the previous track “Prison Song”.
It was written by Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian. The lyrics, are about drug (such as heroin) abuse and its dangers. Just like having a tape worm, you keep feeding this addiction without ever being “nourished”. The more you feed it the bigger it gets and the less you get from it. After the second chorus, there is a bass riff that leads into bridge, where Malakian the guitarist sings “I’m sitting in my room with a needle in my hand. Just waiting for the tomb of some old dying man”, and later Tankian joins and leads into the last chorus, with his famous death growl.
The band has denied ever using drugs.
At concerts, the band makes the bridge a total funk style.
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  • metalhed00

    HEY!

    21 days ago

  • Violet-Heart

    Pull the tapeworm out of your ass! [5]

    last month

  • Nukdown

    LA I L U. T W M.

    March 2012

  • fionashakespear

    i'm sitting in my room with a needle in my hand.........GGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

    March 2012

  • Jooo97

    awesome!! :))

    February 2012

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    February 2012

  • kato1984

    Pull the tapeworm out of your ass! [3]

    December 2011

  • SargentAwsome

    SOAD RULEZ

    October 2011

  • NaniiSparrow

    just waiting for the tomb of some old dying man

    October 2011

  • KittPaws

    I'm sitting in my room with a needle in my hand <333

    September 2011

  • Banets

    HOORAY!

    September 2011

  • Storchel

    HEY!

    September 2011

  • TommyMonoTone

    HEY!

    August 2011

  • DementedSmile

    my tapeworm tells me what to do, my tapeworm tells me where to go

    July 2011

  • Albert19749802

    Im Sitting In My Room With A Shotgun On My Head Waiting For The Tune Of Some Old Dying Man

    June 2011

  • terzzii

    Pull the tapeworm out of your ass! [2]

    June 2011

  • lukasz_pulawski

    Beware of needles.... some good growling.........nobody beats Mike Patton

    May 2011

  • PeterCore

    What a sludgy riff at the beginning! :)

    May 2011

  • Seberinoid

    Inspiration for Irvine Welsh perhaps? Mental good song:)

    May 2011

  • TrY-H0neStY_-

    I can safely say this is their best track [2]

    April 2011
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