“Chop Suey!” is typically engaged with at arms length because “Chop Suey!” is a frightening, bracing song about domestic abuse. It’s all “Wake up! Grababaldsfghairle MAKEUP!” or anecdotes about how the lyrics were picked at random from a book in Rick Rubin’s house or the seeming non-sequitur title. See Also: Lacuna Coil "Stars", Nightwish "Nemo"ĭespite being very possibly the most acclaimed nu-metal song of all time, System of a Down’s “Chop Suey!” is rarely engaged seriously on its own merits. Millions of teens followed Christian fatalism to its logical conclusion but bands like Evanescence were lanterns in the dark for millions more. As a young, hurting teen, reading these stories inevitably compels one to ask, “If earth is such suffering, why not take my own life now?” “Tourniquet," a cover of a song by Soul Embraced but absolutely owned by singer Amy Lee for Evanescence, finds Lee during a desperately dark night of the soul, wracked with pain and pleading for release (“My wounds cry for the grave”) and wondering if Jesus will welcome her into heaven (“Will you be on the other side or will you forget me?”) despite taking her own life (“Am I too lost to be saved?”) When the song builds to a climactic scream of “I want to die!” it chills the blood, she's dangling from the edge but holding on.
The Bible abounds with tales of noble Christian martyrs dying for their Lord and receiving their treasures in heaven and heaven itself is sold as a pure endless paradise with no more pain or strife.
Writing for PluggedIn, the media watchdog branch of the evil conservative Christian Focus on the Family tree, Bob Waliszewski warned of the "album's darkness and inner turmoil" and claimed songs like “Tourniquet” would confuse “despondent young fans” with lyrics that refer to "Christ as ‘my suicide.’” This failure of imagination is twofold: the inability to recognize that rendering pain and suffering directly with no filter can be a healing act is a big failure the failure to recognize how Christianity indirectly and directly glorifies suicide is a much larger one. Evanescence may have rejected the label of “Christian band,” but plenty of Christian music critics were happy to revoke it from them as well.
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