"Sky Is Over" is a song by

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.The song was released as the second single from Tankian's debut solo album ''

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''. The song charted on both the

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and the

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in the US.

Song meaning

This song is worked around the now defunct website skyisover.com which Tankian supports. This means that the song is about pollution and global warming. Tankian said also, about the meaning of the song, in an interview with

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Music video

Elect the Dead was accompanied by a complete set of videos for each track, September 11, 2007. Tankian was not pleased by the original video and so he and director

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made an official video for "Sky Is Over", released on January 16, 2008. The music video begins with Tankian playing a white piano in the middle of the street. After establishing the main piano melody, he gets up, walks down the street, and picks up a chalkboard eraser. With the eraser he begins literally "erasing" the sky out with erratic swipes over the wordless chorus, then throws the eraser far away and walks to a black piano to play the last note. The camera pans up to reveal that amid the random eraser swipes he has written . The entire video was shot in one take. At the end of the video a web address is shown for the now defunct "Sky Is Over" website, which gave links to various environmental organizations.

Track listing

*All songs written by Tankian.

Radio edit promo single

2 Track promo

Official UK CD single

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Chart positions

References

External links

Serj Tankian's website
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