| The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I like your interpretation of the song. I could be completely wrong. But to add to what you have said maybe "it" or in your words the "something he did" is making the decision to have an abortion at some point in his life. The reason that comes to mind is I am sitting in a hotel room in Wichita, KS and I am watching Rachel Maddow on MSNBC who is doing a piece on Dr. George Tiller who was the Medical Director of a womens health care clinic in Wichita KS that provided abortion services for women after the 21 week of pregnancy. Dr. Tiller was killed in May of 2009 by an anti-abortionist who obviously had issue with what he was doing. Even before he was killed though Wichita had been the front line of the anti-abortionist war on abortion clincs and those who perform them. Tiller was a target long before he was killed. He actually shot 5 time in 1993 by an anti-abortionist but some how managed to live. The whole part about him "going to Wichita" might be about him taking the battle against the people who have given him grief about his decision to have an abortion by going to Wichita to work on the front line of the war where the fight is real; far from the opera that everyone else is participating in by simply debating the topic and not seeing the real violence playing out because of the difference of opinions. And in the end he is bleeding before the lord who the anti-abortionist say is on their side. And he is making his case by bleeding and bleeding and bleeding out his soul on the issue before the lord until he can sing no more. I don't know if Jack White has ever made his views on the whole pro-life, pro-choice debate known to the public or what it is. If anyone reading this has any information on this, I would be interested in knowing. Again I could be completely wrong on this. This is a pure speculation and does not represent any information based on truth. This just what happens when you have to spend the evening alone in a hotel room in Wichita, KS. |
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