If I were American, "Sad Statue" would probably have a deep meaning to me. I would likely hear it as a poignant hymn, a symphonic representation of how the fabled "American dream" has been stained and tarnished, battered and shattered by greedy capitalists and corrupt leaders; and, of course, a less-than-subtle lament that accuses us of being amoral, unsympathetic and apathetically nonchalant beings. Perhaps I would feel a tinge of zealous anger at these accusations - maybe I would defend the United States as being the "land of the free" it once was, rather than the "land of the damned" as many now see it. And, given that System of a Down are Eastern European by descent, I might fabricate a retort by saying they are not "truly American" and therefore have no right to make such blatant accusations of weeping statues, burning love and the paradoxical evolution of permanence; forgetting that Serj Tankian and his ensemble are American citizens and have, themselves, born witness to the degredation of modern American society. I could also argue the same about Rammstein's "Amerika".
But I'm not American, so I just think it's a bloody good song.