Holy Mountains Lyrics
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, yeah
[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]
Can you feel their haunting presence?
Can you feel their haunting presence?
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Liar, killer, demon! Back to the river Aras
Someone's blank stare deemed it warfare
Liar, killer, demon! Back to the river Aras
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Freedom, freedom
We're free, we're free
[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]
Can you hear the holy mountains?
[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]
Liar, killer, demon! Back to the river Aras
Someone's mouth said, "Paint them all red"
Liar, killer, demon! Back to the river Aras
Freedom, freedom
We're free, we're free
[Bridge: Serj Tankian]
They have all returned, resting on the mountainside
We have learned that you have no
They have returned, resting on the mountainside
We have learned that you have no
[Pre-Chorus]
Honor, murderer, sodomizer! Back to the river Aras
They have returned, resting on the mountainside
We have learned that you have no
Honor, murderer, sodomizer! Back to the river Aras
[Chorus: Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian]
Freedom, freedom
We're free, free
[Outro: Serj Tankian]
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
About
“Holy Mountains” references Mount Ararat—an important symbol in Armenian culture—and details that the souls lost to the Armenian Genocide have returned to rest here.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
It’s important for people to be aware of the atrocities inflicted on the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and that those actions continue to be covered up by the Turkish government, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Administration, and Turkey’s allies in the defense and oil industries. The Armenian genocide happened, it was very real to the 1.5 million Armenians who were murdered or deported from their homeland. Had the Armenian genocide been deemed a crime against humanity in the books after World War I, Hitler might not have thought he could get away with the Jewish holocaust.
- 1.Attack
- 2.Dreaming
- 4.Hypnotize
- 6.Tentative
- 7.U-Fig
- 8.Holy Mountains
- 11.Lonely Day
- 12.Soldier Side