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| Elbow – Charge Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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Also the line "I am the boy who loved her so in every song"- I feel like that's a reference to soldiers being in love with their Motherland |
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| Elbow – Charge Lyrics
| 9 years ago
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I think it's about an ex military man; not only does the title bear reference to military maneuvers, but other terms such as "double time" (a part of drill, moving at twice the pace you would normally, as you can probably tell), and the otherwise violent language in the song, eg "I've broken jaws" (I realise that the next line may make it sound like a policeman but hold on a second) and especially the line "to keep you/free" suggests a man who went to war- I'm not sure which war as the line "I'm from another century" can be taken literally or figuratively so not sure there. Furthermore, "We never learn from history" is especially true when taken in the context of wars don't you think? Just my ideas but I agree in general with what everyone else has said |
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