| James Blunt – No Bravery Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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in an interview they asked what "He" was, James replied "Satan" Though i may be confused, here's how i see it. During the NATO invasion of former yugoslavia, alot of people protested the war (similiar to the war in iraq, but on a much smaller scale obviously). News networks were critical of America pushing their weight around and being "world police", Clinton took alot of heat and even called a world criminal for taking action. the catch phrase "humanitarian bombings" was stirring about. No Bravery than, to me, is those people who protested the war. "A nation blind to their disgrace" would be both civilian protestors and the enthnic groups involved in the massacres who feel that some how mass murder is the right thing. "Only Sadness" would mean both the victims of the massacre and the self-pity of a vain people who care more about how they look rather than other people's security |
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| James Blunt – Same Mistake Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I was incorrect about this being a song to his lover, this infact is him singing to God to explain how he feels and the journey that's led him to committing suicide looking at it from that perspective, this song is 10x more sad |
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| James Blunt – Same Mistake Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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At first, I believed that James was singing this song to his ex-lover, and essentially trying to explain to her how he felt. I believe it's a about a soldier deploying overseas, and his "mistake" is volunteering to be a soldier and by that profession, leaving behind his lover, as a result she leaves him, "so i send some men to fight" implies that he is an officer who feels guilt for casualties he's taken "said he'd seen my enemy, said he looked just like me", this can be taken a few different ways, 1) one of his soldiers blames him for their losses 2) he feels disgusted with himself for hurting his lovers feelings and he's soley to blame for them breaking up and for his affliction and 3) possably a observation about war, "he looked just like me" may suggest that we are all human, and infact, in this situation his "enemy" (an opposing army) would be a human being with the exact same profession as him. b) Of his experiences in Bosnia, he had to deal with stopping a genocide, so this could suggest he's lost all faith in the human condition "cause i'll just make the same mistake again" suggests that his devotion to duty and self-sacrafice will overcome his selfish feelings of pre-maturely resigning from the army to stay with his lover |
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