Constant Illuminations

Absolutley amazing song. Maybe my favourite on the new album..?

Lyrically, the song is about war. On the massive global scale down to the small scale of bullying.

It also seems to be about the fear of having someone out in a "war" (whether with the army, or on the playground...) - 'Soon you will be home again.'

Such amazing song.

The song does sounds awesome and the activism is right there. gemhenz, I like your interpretation. "Constant illuminations" is the visual imagery of the impact of bombs being detonated on site, like a fireworks display. "Nothing but friendly fire" is ironic, i think the line is having a jest at how the military promotes the reasons in the concept of 'war' as a positive purpose when it's training and reprogramming the minds of their troops and soldiers. It's to camouflage or disguise the true nature of what war achieves or what they will achieve when they go into combat. Invade a country, abuse it's system/people, power to exploit, bomb it's people, kill and injure civilians and send yourself into a suicide missions. The war really does kill the spirit, or humility thats left in those soliders and troops. After an experience like that, their entire being and perceptions change into nothingness, apathy. Out of context, "Dulce et decorum est/Pro patria mori" - it is sweet and noble to die for one's country. There is more than one way a person can die and not always int he physical sense, in this case, war can kill a person's spirit/soul.