| Rise Against – Hero of War Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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To the soldiers who commented on this, I respectively believe you're taking offense to something that you SHOULD find profoundly representative of a soldier's unpleasant duties and humanity. Stories like this, about soldier beating their enemies or shooting innocent people ARE real and ARE popular because of how incredibly sad they are. They aren't meant to degrade soldiers. I think it's quite the opposite. To me, the band is trying to show that even the best of soldiers sometimes kills innocent people out of fear (which is justifiable, but sad) and that some may beat their enemies out of pent-up anger and grief over the terrible things that have happened to them and that they have seen. This doesn't mean soldiers themselve are bad, simply that they are HUMAN, and that WAR makes people do horrible things. This isn't a song against soldiers, but rather war, and the way regular Americans glorify it and treat soldiers as though they're heroes when in reality, many soldiers don't FEEL like heroes after watching their friends die and doing dishonorable things or killing innocents to survive. War is not PRETTY or POETIC. War is tragic. The song intends to show regular people that being a soldier is not glorious or FUN but rather painful, terrifying, and difficult. That isn't to say soldiers are bad or weak, or anything. Only to caution people that war is never a good thing for anyone. |
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| Cursive – The Martyr Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| My favorite Cursive song after Art Is Hard. I actually only discovered them yesterday, but their lyrics are amazing, and I think lyrics are the most artistic part of a song. | |
| Emanuel – You Cannot Rape The Willing Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Pretty much been said. You cant make someone do something they dont want to. On a side note, I love the line "dance like a knife fight" AND Emanuel kicks ass Live. I saw them at some back-water theatre in my home town a few years ago and fell in love. Glad to hear they have a new album on the way. |
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