—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.146.110 (talk) 02:10, 16 July 2010 (UTC) It is Tankian's debut solo single and the opening track off of his first solo album, Elect the Dead. “Empty Walls” speaks mainly about the war against the terroristic members of “Al Qaeda” in the USA. hence the term empty walls, the walls are empty because theres nothing to protect yourself from.
The empty walls are referring to the borders of the counrty, somehow like the borders being empty of people or of justice or something (the borders idea came … The song has been described as a "traditionally pummeling rocker".
In the title, "Empty Walls," it is referring to both the meaningless waste of time and effort from the troops and the pointless emotions felt by the suffering people, from both sides of the wall. "Empty Walls" is a song by musician Serj Tankian. those empty walls when we decline, from the confines of our mind dont waste your time, on coffins today dont you see their bodies burning? General Commentmy interpretation is short.empty walls could mean the whole terror levels and all that crap, notice the little rating system thing that came out at the begining?as the levels rise or fall the we create ways to protect ourselves from this "threat"what do walls do?
Empty Walls: There is no question the song is directly about the Bush administration's censorship of the Iraq war and specifically the choice to ban the …
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The true meaning is the War in Iraq, which would be quit clear if you have seen the music video, since the video contains scenes of children doing the 9/11 attack and pulling down Suddam's (A teddy bear in the video) statue. The video intends to show, by filming it in a …