The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg

I think this song is about reincarnation and war, or the reincarnation of soldiers in general.

Let me tell you 'bout my life, Let me tell you 'bout my dreams, Let me tell you 'bout the thing that happen, all is real to me. Let me tell you of my hope, of my need to reach the sky, Let me take you on an awkward journey, let me tell you why. Let me tell you why

• The narrator is explaining his experience in a past life in which he re-lives in his dreams.

"Why should these curses be laid upon me, I won't be forgiven 'til I can break free, What did I do to deserve all this guilt, Pay for my sins, for the sale of my soul."

"Demons are trapped all inside my head, My hopes of god, reach for heaven from hell, My sins are many, my guilt is too heavy, The question of knowing of how then what I know?"

"I'm able to see things, things that I don't wanna see, The lies of a thousand souls weigh heavy down on me."

• The narrator doesn't understand why his curse of reincarnation is being laid upon him again: he has died prematurely before and he will die again. He doesn't understand why he has to keep dying, reliving the previous death and in turn die again in this life. He could have possibly been an officer or commander in a past life as the lyrics state "The lies of a thousand souls weigh heavy down on me." So 1000 men; he had some intricate role to play with their death. As the grave states 1939 (and someone else mentioned in a comment) was the date of the day war was declared on Germany by Britain.

"I know they're crying for help reaching out The burden of them will take me down as well The sin of a thousand souls knocked out in vain Reincarnation of me live again."

Someone to save me, Something to save me from myself To bring salvation To exorcise this hell Someone to save me, Something to save me from myself To bring Salvation To exorcise this hell

Something to save me from my hell Our destination away from this nightmare Someone to save me Something to save me from myself To bring salvation To exorcise this hell

• He is foreseeing the future; the thousands of new soldiers that are about to die in the new war. He is reincarnated in his new life to his old position as officer/commander and will again have to send what he sees to be more men to their deaths; including what could be his own.