Godspeed

Skyphoenix that is extremely shallow. This is a song of how this soldier gets an epiphany of how this war is for nothing and that the enemy and himself are more alike then he thinks, and that the enemy was never going to fight back. Pathetic is a person who can't see past his own ideas of how things, i.e. music, is supposed to be. Seriously come out that shell you seem to live in and be open minded.

The Vietnam war ended in 1970. It was a long and unfavorable war so Ronnie sings:

"It's January, 1970 Do you remember me? You put me on a boat across the sea In the name of victory" The war was fought in the name of victory, or Capitalism. The U.S. was afraid if communism spread to

Vietnam it would spread throughout the entirity of Asia.

Then Ronnie recalls the memories of the soldiers and how after he killed a man he looked through his personal belongings and found out there was not much different between the two.

The Vietnam war ended due to the fact American soldiers were questioning why they were there in the first place.

i actually loooove this song. but i think its:

"i've sealed it with my tears and stamped it with my fears"

fist makes more sense.. but fears is what i here..

what are you talkin' about skyphoenix, this is great stuff. Granted it is different to 'Don't you fake it' but it's still damn good

What war are they talking about. Good song liking the new album

I love this song. It sure is different from their other stuff, but its lyrics are powerful if you really listen to them and understand them. It helps if you know about the Vietnam War, too. But just imagine being in war, standing there with an empty chamber, and having someone running toward you about to take your life. That takes courage.

I get really into songs haha

Wow TitoC11 The song is based on the Vietnamese War as laurenmaureen pointed out. And musicians can write about something they have never been through, if they couldn't, music would be pointless. Music is the greatest instrument to express feelings and deep emotions through metaphors or literal stories within songs. Maybe Ronnie's grandfather was in the Viet War, how will you ever know?? This song is simply amazing, it almost made me cry when I first heard it, it has such meaning and beautiful lyrics. Good job on this piece RJA.

I hear "i've stamped it with my FEARS." too.

yeah i think the beginning is about the vietnam war and of course he hasnt been in it but that doesn't mean he didnt know someone personally who was in it. i think the whole song has to do with war in general.

so, TitoC11, don't say that Ronnie had nothing to do with it when you do not know.

This song could also have a deeper meaning (Obviously). Some bring up the fact that he was not in the war, thus how could he tell a tale about it...

But what if Ronnie is telling a story about "what could have been."

When we meet people, we judge them immediately, whether it be subconsciously or not. "And I began to realize this person I despised In actuality, was not much different from myself We probably could have taught each other many things"

I feel this way about many of the people I interact with. If you approach someone with an open mind, there wouldn't be so much hatred between one another.

"And now I know it's much too late Although I couldn't hesitate I checked his gun And his chamber was empty"

Usually it's too late for us to go back and change what we have done. Ok, so nobody died as a result of our actions, but this is an exaggerated example of "killing" a friendship or an opportunity that may have been.

--But that's just my interpretation of the song... You may have another. And that's the beauty of all lyrics.

until i started reading the lyrics on the net, i actually heard "...and stuffed it with my fears..."

also, "...i checked his gun and his chamber was empty..." made me think that his enemy had fired his gun as well...