American Dream

Introduction:

It's a protest song written by System of a Down, a rock band from Southern California, formed in 1994. System of a Down’s lyrics often discusses topics such as drug abuse, politics and sexual intercourse. And this song is particularly expressing discontents with the government’s values of belligerence, and the intense contempt for materialism which was derived from the American dream that one can pursuit liberty and prosperity in this land as long as they work hard.

Lyrics:

We fought your wars with all our hearts
You sent us back in body parts
You took our wills with the truth you stole
We offer prayers for your long lost soul
Your remainder is an unjustifiable egotistical power struggle
At the expense of the American dream
Of the American dream
Of the American..

We don't give a damn about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a damn about your world
Right now, right now
We don't give a fuck about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a fuck about your world
Right now, right now
Right now, right now

There is no flag that is large enough
To hide the shame of our man in cuffs
You switched your signs then you closed the blinds
You changed the channels and you changed their minds
Your remainder is an unjustifiable egotistical power struggle
At the expense of the American dream
Of the American dream
Of the American..

We don't give a damn about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a damn about your world
Right now, right now
We don't give a fuck about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a fuck about your world
Right now, right now
Right now, right now
Right now, right now
Right now, right now

No flag large enough
Shame on the men in cuffs
Close the blinds

Your remainder is an unjustifiable egotistical power struggle
At the expense of the American dream
Of the American dream
Of the American..

We don't give a damn about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a damn about your world
Right now, right now
We don't give a fuck about your world
With all your global profits and all your jeweled pearls
We don't give a fuck about your world
Right now, right now
Right now, right now
Right now, right now
Right now, right n-n-n-now!

Analysis: 

This song doesn’t refer to any specific war, but it obviously talks about war "we fought your war with all our hearts you sent us back in body parts." It’s saying that we fight the wars, while political leaders won't even set foot on battle grounds. I think it’s also saying that the American dream we all try to live in is an impossible dream. we don't realize that all the material things we all work for mean nothing "global profits/jeweled pearls" they’re saying that they don't give a fuck about our fake world full of over bearing advertising and propaganda brainwashing us into believing what they want us to believe "changed the channel and you changed their minds." We know what the government wants us to know, and take it for the truth.