I think the meaning is pretty clear. This person got really burned in a previous relationship, and because of this is unable to love and show care in his present one, even though he so badly wants to. It's lovely song, and very sad. You can really feel how defeated and frustrated he is with himself.
Land Mine - Blew my legs off
Now I sit by - The subway station
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I ask for change - You turn your head and walk away
I was a kid once - I got forced into it
I couldn't afford college - I didn't have a deferment
They call it service - Dismemberment
They call it service - Amputation
Germany Panama Lebanon Korea
Vietnam Philippines Iraw.. This time it's Bosnia
Favorable Statistics - And smiling confident Presidents
Couldn't ever portray - An 18 year old
Cut in half
never gonna walk again Never gonna run again
Never gonna Stand again
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I ask for change - You say to yourself just another alcoholic
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I got some change - I think I think I'll drink it all away
I was a kid once - I got forced into it
I couldn't afford college - I didn't have a deferment
They call it service - Dismemberment
They call it service - Amputation
Germany Panama Lebanon Korea
Vietnam Philippines Iraw.. This time it's Bosnia
Favorable Statistics - And smiling confident Presidents
Couldn't ever portray - An 18 year old
Cut in half
never gonna walk again Never gonna run again
Never gonna Stand again
Jail all the owners of the mainstream media for the crimes
of violence against humanity
Jaill all the owners of the defense industry for the crimes of
violence against humanity
Jail all the presidents and senators and congressmen for the
crimes of violence against numanity
Jail Ted Turner, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Henry
Kissinger and Al Haig
For the crimes of violence against humanity
Now I sit by - The subway station
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I ask for change - You turn your head and walk away
I was a kid once - I got forced into it
I couldn't afford college - I didn't have a deferment
They call it service - Dismemberment
They call it service - Amputation
Germany Panama Lebanon Korea
Vietnam Philippines Iraw.. This time it's Bosnia
Favorable Statistics - And smiling confident Presidents
Couldn't ever portray - An 18 year old
Cut in half
never gonna walk again Never gonna run again
Never gonna Stand again
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I ask for change - You say to yourself just another alcoholic
Land mine - Blew my legs off
I got some change - I think I think I'll drink it all away
I was a kid once - I got forced into it
I couldn't afford college - I didn't have a deferment
They call it service - Dismemberment
They call it service - Amputation
Germany Panama Lebanon Korea
Vietnam Philippines Iraw.. This time it's Bosnia
Favorable Statistics - And smiling confident Presidents
Couldn't ever portray - An 18 year old
Cut in half
never gonna walk again Never gonna run again
Never gonna Stand again
Jail all the owners of the mainstream media for the crimes
of violence against humanity
Jaill all the owners of the defense industry for the crimes of
violence against humanity
Jail all the presidents and senators and congressmen for the
crimes of violence against numanity
Jail Ted Turner, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Henry
Kissinger and Al Haig
For the crimes of violence against humanity
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