| Yes – Shoot High Aim Low Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I agree completely with Rikdad. This is EXACTLY what I had envisioned before I first read Rikdad's comments. In fact, I logged onto this website just to see what others thought the meaning was. The song has a more general message, about the waste of human life in wars (such as the millions of young men who died in WW1). But I think it clearly uses the the landings during D-day to describe it. "Someone shouted open the door, lookout!" Everyone who has watched Saving Private Ryan knows this scene of carnage. Also, I think "in the blue sedan, we never got much further" really nails the point, since the Higgins landing craft were painted blue, and many were taken out, fully loaded with men (they never got much further except to wash up on the beach), by the heavy concentration of shell fire from the German batteries. |
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