Empty walls....

Serj Tankian, well known frontman for the band System of a Down released the album "Elect the dead".  One song in particular that sticks out is "Empty Walls" which was released as a single on September 10, 2007.  Read the following about the video single.  I've always admired Serj for his writing and vocal abilities.  His songs are cryptic but passionate. 

(wikipedia entry)

Serj released one of the videos on September 11, 2007, which fits the theme of the video. The music video was uploaded onto YouTube on September 12, 2007. The video was directed by Tony Petrossian. The video shows young children playing in a day care center, with their playing imitating the "War on Terror" in a tongue-in-cheek manner. In the beginning of the video there is a little girl playing with blocks in the shape of the World Trade Center, both of which are knocked over by a toy airplane thrown by a boy, clearly making the girl upset. There are various different images displayed in the coming scenes that are symbolic of or related to the War in Iraq (such as the children preparing for "war", a teddy bear being pulled down like the statue of Saddam Hussein, a presidential figure declaring "Mission Accomplished", imitation of the capture of Saddam Hussein, a child in a cage reminiscent of one of the Kenneth Bigley hostage videos, a toy plane being thrown into the blocks (the Twin Towers) mentioned above, and a child dressed and positioned in an imitation of a noted picture from the Abu Ghraib prison). A boy inside a play car puts on goggles and is driven into a playground wall where it explodes symbolic of the many suicide bombings. All the while Serj, dressed in a top hat and suit imitating the notable American army recruitment advertisement, Uncle Sam (with some elements of  Willy Wonka), sings as they play. The video concludes as the children all look out the window of the daycare they are in and solemnly watch a Marine Corps detail load a flag draped casket into a hearse.

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