Asked in October 2011 whether System of a Down will record a new album, drummer John Dolmayan replied, "We're gonna take it day by day. For the people who are waiting for an album — I know there's a lot of people waiting for an album; I'm waiting for an album just like they are. It's gonna happen when it's right and when we can make something that tops what we've done in the past. Because we don't really wanna rest on our laurels — where what you've done in the past is what you depend on. Well, I don't wanna do that, and I know the rest of the guys don't wanna do that. Instead of resting on our laurels, we wanna throw them away and create something new and specific for this generation that they can say that's their System of a Down."

The unsettled mind is at times an ally,
Leaving the senses to fend for them selves,
The senses collect undeniable data,
About beta carotine and theta waves,
The unsettled mind is at times an ally,
Leaving the senses to fend for them selves,
Then, the senses wanted the sky,

All rise, I fall,
Time feels like a midnight ride,
Finality waits outside,
Weeping in perplexitys arms,
Curessing our smiles inside,

The national debt is at times an ally,
Leaving the senses to fend for them selves,
The senses collect undeniable data,
About high pulse weapons and microwaves,
The national debt is at times an ally,
Leaving the senses to fend for them selves,
Then, the people found out the lie,

All rise, I fall,
Now I rise, and then fall,
Time feels like a midnight ride,
Finality waits outside,
Weeping in perplexitys arms,
Curessing our smiles inside,

Wanting to get you high,
Wanting to touch the sky,

All rise, I fall,
Now I rise, and then fall,
Time feels like a midnight ride,
Finality waits outside,
Weeping in perplexitys arms,
Curessing our smiles inside.